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Athena is bae.
free invincibility
I love deflecting.
divine dash š© š
Iām playing on Switch, and I havenāt had any issues aiming Trippy Shot or the Exalted Railās special. The Railās special is just slow and ineffective on speedy enemies for me.
divine literally anything
Divine Dash is the best.
I also like Divine Strike on the Shield but not so much on anything else.
divine strike is so pretty
divine strike on fists š š
divine strike on fists is actually really good
Yooo so I unlocked aspect of zeus on Aegis and the special... 
Its good with || Gilgamesh || because of the big sweeping motions
I canāt get the hang of the Twin Fistsā special.
So I can basically just dash away from it to follow me and deal damage along the way 
aspect of talos tho
Iām not really sure what the advantage of the kick-flip upgrade is, either.
it launches you towards enemies
aspect of talos might also make it easier for you to use special since it pulls enemies in
Does Aspect of Talos stagger when it draws enemies in?
if they aren't armored, yes
yeah
you just have to break through it
Yeah, I figured theyād be unaffected.
Also, I really want to try the Shield upgrade that buffs your speed and damage by 20% after blocking an attack. I feel like thatās probably really fun to use.
m imo its not really practical
Really? It seems like a solid boost especially since it lasts for 10 seconds, I believe.
Maybe there are better upgrades, though.
10 seconds is a long time but 20% isn't a lot
could be good for cast builds though
also the move speed seems nice
def not the worst hammer
I wish the Shield had a just-release for perfect blocks like the Heart-Seeking Bow. š
yooo parrying would be so dope
Imagine if blocking attacks powered up your Bull Rush afterwards. š³
Oh, also, this is kinda random, but is there any particular reason that the Exalted Railās reload is on CR on Switch as opposed to CL? Just seems like a strange decision since the right stick isnāt used for anything else and since your hand is always on the left stick, anyways. Iām probably going to see if I can remap it.
yeah I personally would swap the gift/reload buttons
Gift is ZR, right?
yeah
also when do you reload the rail?
it only reloads for me when its empty
or is it right stick
I reload whenever Iām not shooting, pretty much.
you don't need to reload when you have
Uh, you reload by pressing CR, which is the right stick click.
ohhh
By default, anyways.
ok
i can't send images here
it says its r
i mean the hammer that makes the rail
Itās called R3 on PlayStation, I think.
Some people know the R3 terminology better than the CR terminology. CR isnāt officially used by Nintendo and is more so fan terminology, unlike R3.
Iāll have to try the infinite-ammo/burst upgrade sometime.
My current feeling on weapons is: Shield of Chaos > Eternal Spear > Twin Fists ā Heart-Seeking Bow > Exalted Rail > Stygian Blade.
In terms of how much I like them and how good I am with them.
They feel pretty balanced although I canāt really figure out the Blade.
I prefer Ruthless Reflex to Greater Reflex so far. The double dash is nice, but the buff for a perfect dodge is really fun and reminds me of Bayonetta.
Plus, I think Hermes offers a boon that increases your number of consecutive dashes, so itās possible to stack the two.
Thatās RNG, though, which is āehā.
hermes boons in general are an eh
hermes boons like can really help with survability for me
more dashes and regain health when dashing after taking damage?
more dashes, faster movement, automatic dodge, faster attack/special/cast
chat=not dead= good
who should i focus my gifts on now? i've got almost all of the 'base' gifts done
are all immensely helpful
||do the romance charicters||
still things like "attack and special and cast are faster" are so barely noticeable with most weapons
get all the keepsakes you can and then gift your nectar to whoever you want to :)
you will be swimming in nectar in no time so just give everyone
u can some times traid nector for stuff
it's not really recommended in the beginning tho
you will need 300 keys after getting mirror and weapons done
or someting like that
what do you need the keys for
i'm just trying to unlock the locked items at the bottom
ive got all the weapons and mirror
unlocking wepons
do they all have one?
and mirror upgrades
stuff just what do you need 300 more for
cosmetics
what cosmetics
late game cosmetics?
like house decorations?
yesn't
you geed gems forso many items tho
ahha
i wouldnt really recommend doing that in early game
yes
gems=keys=nector=diamonds=blood=ambrosia
bruh wha
the rest are all cosmetic so you can just ignore them for now
but again you shouldnt be lacking nectar from runs
what does deluxe contractor desk do
not anymore 
u get more options i think
huat
+2% speed
yes sometimes right?
+1 HP
chat ran out of DDs
I actually hate the automatic dodge chance Hermes gives you if it works the way I think it does. It seems like itād mess up my positioning and throw me off.
it just dodges it (doesnt move you or anything) kind of like negating the damage but named differently
my weapon is stygian sword
ares or poseidon
unless you want oceans bounty
im at trial of the gods
maybe poseidon
poseidon
In that case, thatās very nice.
yep
automatic dodge is basically a flat damage mitigation
it does not actualy move you
just a "dodged!" and you take no damage
super, super nice if you manage to get blue or purple quality
I was worried it triggered the actual dodge move, which I would not like.
If it just negates the damage, thatās quite good.
are tank builds a viable option?
yes but it's hard to get a complete package
dodge and auto revenge builds are both a thing
Whatās revenge?
dodge is kinda easier to do, with plume + zag fist + auto dodge
whenever you take damage, the enemy takes damage as well, there is a zeus/ares duo that makes this automatic, regardless if you are hit
Oh, wait, yeah, I know what youāre talking about.
Well, Iām gonna go do a Shield run.
||so the pet meg gives, with 7th nectar. why cant i give her the last nectar? am i missing something||
Dont u need ambrosia?
poseidon imo is never worth taking tbh
hammer in most cases are more important
okay ty
the locked items at the bottom of the keepsake page - those are the companions right?
ye
ty
how do you get them?
Hey anyone want to join up in a voice chat? new to the game and i like to talk while i play.
||you have to give certain characters ambrosia||
play more, hint: it's tied to nectar
ok
I'm up to the point with a character that I need to give them Ambrosia to progress but the game doesn't seem to want to let me. They are either not there in the house of hades or can't be spoken to, is this normal? Is there some progression bar I have yet to reach? This would be for the Companion call.
i heard you need to do "||favors||" for them in order to be able to give ambrosia to them
How does that work?
most favors will be either pretty obvioous or the npc will tell it to you themselves/even give you a prophecy for it
some npcs tend to disappear more often if you got them pretty far but idk if thats gamedesign or just rng
it'll be quite clearly hinted in their dialogue
but ||cerb|| š
well he is a dog, what do you expect
what about ||charon|| š
also you would do his favor out of habit anyway
is 253 hp before meg good
life affirmation moment
OH MY GOD ||patroclus|| was a lifesaver I just beat ||theseus and the Minotaur|| for the FIRST TIME
IM SO EXCITED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IVE DONE IT
YES this is so exciting
Are there any major surprises in the next stage? Like asphodel lava really surprised me and I took a lot of damage the first time I was there
piercing is nice
Does anyone know the conditions for "activating an event with an angry charon"
you gotta find the "borrow" in the middle market
youll know it when you see it
I've seen it twice but don't know how to make it more consistent
not the end markets, only middle ones
I've done it got whooped
Guaranteed? Random?
||You won't actually fight him.||
jokes, you wont have to fight him yet
Lol yeah
ok Iām almost at chamber 45 and I am afraid
I have 60 health, 1 death defiance, 1 skellys tooth left and 215 overall health
Take advantage of the Charon wells that spawn throughout the chambers
oh wait maybe not....
do you have dio's strong drink or athena in the shop/tunnels??
||I only did 1 side chamber do you have to finish all of them||
no
||you have to go until you find the satyr sack||
the first tunnel never has the end goal, every other after it has a 25% chance of being the last necessary
Ah ok so I have dio and then the others are just heart coin etc
Iād go for dio
Ok and what is the best boon from him?
athena can give you more DDs and dio's strong drink fully heals you up for the last fight
Try to get strong drink or positive outlook
oh true, positive outlook is fantastic
Ok I think Iād love some extra health back
||tip: always pick the elite/boss tunnels, they are actually easier overall||
and faster
And if I canāt find ||satyr|| in that Iāll go for centaur heart next
it feels amazing when you get a daedulus hammer and a boon that you want from charon
Except for the ||tiny vermin||
I hate them
vermins threw me off so many good runs
Although in the smaller chambers I have a Poseidon boon called breaking wave
That is really amazing
Check all the wells or Charon you might get kiss of Styx or healing
Yeah the poison got me
ye
And if thereās an Athena boon in the shop get it you might be able to replenish a death defiance
it dos so much so fast
You have to cure the ||poison|| in the yellow wells
ik
but i dont notice it sometimes
because im to focued doing somthing
yeh ik its a massive effect
Yeah but the hello wells are locked until you defeat them right
I tried to and it wouldnāt let me
No
no
no
Oh shoot
You can use them during the fight
I didnāt know that
rip
you can press E on them if you use KBM
They have a cooldown on them after you use them for a few seconds
ye, but you'll see it
Ah I see maybe thatās it
i kinda wanna taste a well of charon
I was too busy spamming dash strike
or the healing pools
I wonder if he drinks from the pools or bathes in them
zag must be a good chugger
the healing pods taste like mangrove i guess
like a ubnormally good one
I think you put obol in it and get the item from it
a wishing well
i mean
I couldnāt have passed Elysium without him
how do we blank out the words again
Iād say he spawns about 1/3 times
Put || on both sides
oh yeh its amazing, i got him 2 times in a row ( in multiple runs
||like this||
Ah thatās annoying cuz if you have a really good build Iād want him to show hp
I think this run I got both ||eurydice|| and ||patroclus|| which was amazing
thats great
Having a zeus shield boon would have been a+ but im stuck with a Poseidon/dio combo
Once you play more you wonāt use as many death defiances
but it only had 1 choice
which was massive catch
20 % chance to get a spot to fish
patty is as common as every other npc room in the staegs
omg it was great
I used to use one during meg and now I donāt anymore which is so nice
i got like 20 fishs
Iāve beat it with no death defiances several times so I usually get cyclops jerky from him
I finally got someone other than Meg which was... interestinf
And the ||bone hydra seems to be evolving into something diff each time||
the most annoying fury for me is tisiphone
Is that luck of the draw? Or does it actually get harder
Yeah thereās different colors that behave differently
Yeah tisiphone was annoying I havenāt met the other one
Just you wait. She is so much harder than the other ones
Ah I remember Alecto from percy jackson
if you got athena deflect tis is just nothing but alecto's blades? BROOOOOO
yee, it's the worst hydra
even speedrunners agree that you gotta be careful with it lol
i wonder how the healing fountain in the temple of styx tastes
zagreus be like: develops throat cancer that was good.
Ah I donāt wanna die but I think I will before I get the ||satyr|| whatever
Poor zag hes come so far
whats the trick to getting duos? does it happen at radom?
never give up
Me I'm right at the door with 0 DDs left waiting to get a nice beating from [Redacted]
cough hack wheeze goes down smoothly
Make sure you have your DDs
you need their requirements and get the second to last mirror aspect for higher duo chance
I thought it was a heat thing?
or just buy ariadne's carn or get eurydices nectar, those also make duos appear more often
Requirements? that in the wiki
ye
duo boons is definitely not a heat thing
or if you get the codex upgrade you can look them up in there too
how do i actually find the boons in the codex
i have the upgrade but i can't find it
Ok so I found what I needed from the dio chamber and Iāve got a choice between after part and premium vintage (not gonna choose trippy shot)
You can get duo boons without the mirror upgrade theyāre just rare
There was also a healing fountain in the room so that was nice
press B when you are on a god's page in the codex on KBM

What does premium vintage do
Gain life bonus when you pick up nectar and receive one now
give nectar and give 30+ max health per nectar
After party is useless now
time to go find more duo boons that'll seriously carry me through a whole run
After party restores health to 40% threshold
I like trippy shot though
So just do premium vintage
Hm I never use cast
then go premium vintage
what does after party actually do
trippy shot makes the enemies slower tho
like if your hp is below 50% does it just heal you to 50%
after party restores your health after an encounter up to 50%
I think if you were low on health after chambers it restores to a minimum
Yes
But if there arenāt many chambers left itās not worth it
it only restores UP TO the minimum
^in the case that it's an epic rarity boon
Epic variation does 50%
not +50% +50% per chamber
oh true i forgot
This was only rare at 40%
ye
so if my hp is low and i have epic after party it heals me for 50% of my health?
Itās fine Iāve gone with premium vintage for now
It's not so great though. I prefer the one when you drink from fountains and restore hp + gain more damage
strong drink
it's the best boon
Yes, that one
Zeus shield is good
strong drink > positive outlook > premium vintage/after party if you arent in styx >
strong drink is good if you actually need to heals
No
Spend it all now
Tip for the final boss, camp with the shield block because the bossās hits do a lot of damage
if you're already good enough at the game to not constantly be hoping for a fountain that heals you for all your hp that's not even likely to appear then strong drink isn't that good aside form the damage boost
strong drink makes it so you dont care for your health after regular bosses
"oop lernie got me to 4HP, too bad i have 300 max HP and strong drink"
Is sure footing (trap damage resistance) helpful at this stage or is proud bearing better (starting with god gauge partly full), I have Athena as god call as well
If you have dark regeneration you already get filled up though
dark regeneration sucks when you still have bounties bro
Do you have an option for the one that refills a death defiance?
but how do you actually get 300 hp at asphodel
Not really, itās better than the alternative
No unfortunately
Do proud bearing
not really, if you go on a bounties run you can get max 20 darkness twice per stage instead of getting healed 30+ health per stage :)
what was that mirror aspect called again? cthonic regeneration?
At this point, I prefer Chthonic Vitality just because I value consistent, reliable health boosts over depending on RNG for periodic bigger ones.
Yo I have been googling for hours, can someone please explain to me how to use the hera aspect on bow? My casts aren't loading into my shots and I can't figure out why, I've unlocked it
Can't figure it out it's driving me insane
you have to press the cast button before shooting attack
Yeah, I think it replaces your cast.
you will see the red swish around zag when it's loading in
and onec you shoot your attack the cast fires along it
chthonic vitality is also nice with demeter's boon that increases heals
Idk maybe I just need to put more levels into it because it just won't work, I appreciate it
I'll try that then when I die, thanks
when using cast, it gets reserved and the cast is activated when you fire an arrow. you can stack multiple casts if you have more than one
Also, is Alecto really supposed to be harder than Megaera? I thought she was pretty tame, all things considered. Her rage mode is annoying, but her casts are easy enough to avoid, her AOE blasts are much easier to dodge out of than Megaeraās, and her bullet hell seems less dense.
Not sure how she measures up in terms of damage, but I thought the fight was fine.
I dieeeeeed ššš that was so hard omg
the buzzsaws are the worst part
I find them more of a nuisance than anything.
The saws can shred you if you arenāt careful
Megaera feels more like once she enters her last phase you have to start paying attention
I think Alecto gets permanent rage in her last phase.
Alecto does, yeah
||when does megaera visit your room to collect her belongings?||
But I think Alecto is more manageable than Tisiphone imo
Oh, thatās another thing. Alectoās enemy summons seem significantly less dense than Megaeraās.
alecto/tisiphone when you have decreased movement speed r so bad
And I prefer the placement of the traps in Alectoās room to the placement of traps in Megaeraās.
I have fought Tisiphone yet.
If I have a trap on a "safe" zone during Meg's AoE patterns I wind up double-dashing
alecto is the only fury I have to pay attention to

Is it worth exchanging ambrosia for Titan blood?
Ok I only have one ambrosia at the moment
If itās better to save for story purposes I will do that
alecto is the only fury that's somewhat barely challenging
megeara is literally meant for new players and tisiphone is so easy to read after the first encounter
Youāre fine spending a few, youāll get more later but donāt go overboard
ambrosia is more limited in supply than Titan blood after your first few clears
Before your first clear if you need to get titan blood itās ok to spend it
Tisiphone just dies fast in particular if you have a Deflect Build
i had 12 ambrosia and i just exchanged to raise a single aspect level that isnt going overboard is it
Did you spend 12 Ambrosia?
Probably not bad
No, that's perfectly fine to do, especially early on
But might not want to spend anymore
Ambrosia won't come into play until later in a save
never done much with the broker until now
whats the best sword aspect
You should always check them after a run, they always have a new deal
i mean this isnt early on im just asking here cause i have done very little with the broker
ive cleared it 12 times
Trust me, if you have only 12 clears, you're probably early heh
The broker has special deals at the end of their list after each run
It's worth checking for them in case you're looking for any resource in particular
i mean you can't really use the ambrosia early on, might as well trade some of it for titan blood which you can actually put to use
100 gems for a diamond, 10 nectar for ambrosia, and 15 keys for titan blood are the best deals
100 gems pog
if it helps to know
|| ive got both orpheus and eurydice the point where the next heart is a lock which i think means i have to do a favor/ ambrosia ||
to progress with their relationships
so i do have a use for it to some extent
Ah gotcha, then yes, you are at a point where it becomes more valuable
So it would be wise not to pawn it off
yeah no one else near that though
I usually just trade Nectar
the only ambrosia I've traded for Titan blood are the ones I get from ||surface fishing||
if you have an aspect that could use a couple blood to make them super powerful, go for it
otherwise keep the ambrosia now
yeah im not trading anymore ambrosia rn
what does the poseidon boon thats about slamming foes into barriers mean
aspect of chiron is preetty good
If you slam foes into walls or other enemies, they explode
ah ok
It synergyses with his knockback
Very good hehe
Aight mino & spear boi 4, me 0, time for bed 
stick em with the pointy end
You need to be a bit more methodical with the spear, and less mashy
Take advantage of the range it gives
sweet dreams
take advantage of the spear in general
you can literally camp enemy spawning points while charging the spin attack and can do up to i think 250 damage as they spawn
does anybody know how much the general armor health is? 100? 50?
could someone help me with this? ||when does megaera visit your room to collect her belongings?||
randomly after a few times that you fought the furies
i have fought them 98 times now
š
and still nothing
hardcore backlogged dialogue?
?
main story related and run related dialogue is often more important than sub-plot dialogue
idk how else it could be that she hasnt been there yet
she should appear pretty early-ish š
do i need to completed the learn more by having conversations?
thats not a requirement for that to happen tho
hmm, do you have maxed her hearts to the locked heart yet?
hmm, now it'sjust fighting the furies a few more times and if you did get the ||first room interaction|| then you will get the second one soon 
okay
btw is there any way to know where the ||satyr sack is in the temple?|| or is it random
if you still dont get it ina longer time you might have backlogged dialogue and might wanna ask around in #h1-tech-support but else idk
it's never in the first tunnel and every tunner afterwards the tunnel has a 25% chance of having it
ye
no ive found it
if you wanna be quicker just chose the boss tunels for your first tunel
in the first tunnel before
thats impossible tho
i think i have
I usually find it in the third one
yeah it's a game mechanic that your first is never the final one
what does choosing boss tunnel as first do though
oof i remember when i needed to go through all of them before i found it xd
that makes it quicker
the boss tunnels are way faster
faster for what
faster time
the last chamber doesnt have enemy waves
the end rooms in nonboss tunnels take years
oh
you only have one boss whose health can go down quickly
the boss rewards are better too
yep!
like usual harder/midboss encounters you either get double the reward (like instead of 25hp from centaur sould you will get 50hp) or if it's a boon you get a higher rarity chance
when u see that obol reward boss tunnel with titan blood in the shop 
ayy got it on the second try
gg!
:O double gg
ohh very good choicce, it's my personal fave :)
yeah the 3 hits on dash is very nice
dashing is really helpful
I dash a lot so I probably do dash attack a lot without knowing
yeah
My first time in Styx I had some good hammer boons so it was really easy but now I'm here again and all my DD are gone, definitely rng on how hard it is
Also got the food on the second room my first 2 times
if you notice you keep missing DDs in styx, get athena so she can give you her DD refreshment boons
and i would recommend getting her dash to help you take less damage
Yea I'll have to do that
unless you are using spear serrated point
then you want artemis dash
the dash is too short for athena's magic to truly come out
yes, artemis dash and athena on attack
yeah
Actually I think a have a boon rn that heals me every second if I dont have any DD, I'll have to check when I get back on
ohhhh the ||demeter|| athena duo is a fun one
I like ice wine :3
good luck!
i have never gotten ice win for some reason even do i always pick up Dionysus and ||demeter|| boons
wine*
you can look up the requirements in either the codex or https://hades.gamepedia.com/Duo_Boons here for a bit quicker
Duo Boons are a type of Boon which combines the powers of two different gods for a unique effect. Duo Boons can only be obtained with the correct prerequisite boons and, like normal boons, are lost when Zagreus dies and returns to the House of Hades.
There are currently 28 Duo Boons in Hades, shared between 8 different gods: Aphrodite, Ares, Art...
so you can strategize which gods/boons to get
Yea alright
would sea storm be a good duo boon for ||aspect of chiron|| if you have poseidon on the special?
If I had unlocked my second DD I would've had it
having the three DDs is a really freeing feel
he and ||charon|| are the only bosses i die to
laughs in ||em||
I'm still having trouble with the champions lately but im getting better
is ||charon|| supposed to be a spoiler?
his fight, yes
my bad
Does that only unlock after first clear
it's ok, i also always forget what's deemed a spoiler
how do you know what to spoiler?
idk about first clear but it's very rng based if you get the secret bossfights
Never had the option to fight yet
well this is the new players channel, everything i would deem a spoiler before having done first clear is spoiler
makes sense
Finally cleared the game with the rail!
i would say ||charon|| is harder than ||hades||
discussion just doesnt want spoilers beyond first clear etc etc
thanks it was not that bad
the rail is my worst weapon xd
In styx with the rail rn
did you get clusterbomb?
there was this hammer aspect that gave me shorter range but higher damage
same xd
oooo very nice
my fastest clear with it is 33 min
Nice !
i used the hidden aspect of it had i used ||eris|| it might have been faster
Are we allowed to discuss ||weapon aspects|| in here or is that a spoiler
trying to get sub 15 or even sub 10 soon
nice
weapon aspects are okay, just not the hidden names, but thats in every channel(except the combat one) :)
Do the hidden ones unlock after first clear
you need to do special things to get them
hidden ones have specific requirements to become unlocked
Ok
yeah, there is a pinned message with all requirements in #h1-story-discussion but it'd be better if you try on your own first before looking up the spoilers for help :)
hidden sword 100%
I need help
Are the hidden ones generally just better
i tried out the hidden bow and I really liked it tbh
whats the general consensus on it
How do you spend your titans blood and where can you buy the fishing rod?
the hidden spear is doodoo
hypnos favor needs you to talk to than about hypnos :)
you spend your titans blood by talking to Achilles I believe after you unlocked every weapon and then selecting a weapon
he will mention it :)
you get the fishign rod via having been in every fish-able area (including the end boss arena)
and you get the weapon aspects via having bought every weapon and gone on a run afterwards; when you come back the weapon you have equipped will have a new glow meaning you can buy aspects :)
it doesnt have anything to do with achilles or skellie's dialogue about blood, you can actually have that dialogue way after unlocking aspects o.o
Also other questions
Can't be a good game if it doesn't have fishing
damn
I want to fish tho T-T
What summons
you can start with any one
Ty
||summons|| are basically the special keepsakes you see at the bottom of your keepsake holder, the ||companions|| :)
Thats what ambrosia unlocks correct?
with specific characters, yes :)
Only character with a locked heart for me rn is hades and hes not feeling it with me
his favor is unlocking the true end, so it might take some time
Alright
How many runs are required for the true end
||10|| wins
Oh
Im not that far
Ok last one
And a plus
How do i get bones trophies or w/e
And what does the game call "extreme measurements"
those are spoilers in this channel please :)
you can see the requirements of the ||trophies|| when interacting with them
i love greater recall combined with poseidon/ares duo
||extreme measures|| is the punishment that makes the bosses (stage per ||heat||) harder :)
So #h1-discussion is where i can talk without having to put spoilers?
the discription of the channels say that discussion and this channel are required to have spoilers in
i would say this could be discussable in #h1-story-discussion
Oh ok thx
Where can I find a tier list or a ranking of the weapon aspects?
its not impossible to get the ||satyr sack|| from the first tunnel i literally just got it from there xd
Depends on my build
Yeees second win without god mode and I entered the battle without any DDs
I was lucky I had Stubborn Roots
nice
I think this is the first time I see someone actually saying that was useful
can i start a run and then give up in order to progress quests or give people nectar over and over?
If you give up, the game goes back to where you were
Is like you never started
So dont give up
Actually die
"give up" doesnt give you new dialogue, only if you die ingame if you mean that :o
ah yeah like sleepydio said :)
suicide runs for the dialogue!
thanks
Like 20 of my runs have been suicide runs
or go to the second and stand on the trap
the one time when you are allowed to stand on them š
if you have the ||pact|| you can turn it off by maxing ||routine inspection||
ye, and go for ||hightened security|| and why not let the enemies do more damage 
Wow just found out that Hades had 300k words!
That's longer than a lot of visual novels!
For reference Lord of the Rings (3 books) has 450k words
thatās so much dialogue
And almost all is voiced
They are really fleshed out tho, I havenāt beat the final boss yet and already Iām enjoying how amazing the dialogue is
wish achilles could read the codex to me
The singing by ||eurydice|| is ethereal
I pause EVERYTIME to just listen for a bit
And sing along
Yeah that song is really good
i like ||Orpheus'|| version of the song more
||but everyone knows the duet is the best one||
Its in the blood
oh it's in the blood
I wish I could get it but ||Orpheus always seems to be away||
What are the best things to spend your gemstone on early?
anything really
gameplay improvements then lounge improvements
theres only a limited amount of useful things you can buy with gems
then anything else
upgrades for the runs first
So everything in "work orders" first
I like to spend them on things which help runs e.g. fountains, gold urns and whatnot
Yep
and later on buy them cosmetics for the characters
(nyx looks stunning surrounded by ||flowers||)
damn i unlocked Athena and Poseidon's favor in one run xd
i feel bad i never got the doggie bed for cerberus because im always dead broke
nice
Omg yes. And she enjoys them too. At some point she tells Zag she loves the ||flowers||
"Lounge improvements"
I was so happy I drew her with her decorations
omg really??
I'm so glad they let me take out that ugly door between the lounge and the hall
Yea but I don't like how I drew the vases. Oh well
If it can be called a door
lounge upgrades also ||help progress Dusa's subplot||
bet it looks great :/
Ehhh. Gonna upload the pic tomorrow š
:O
i feel like im unlocking thanatos' favor as well in this run
yup i did
3 so far in this run and i havent even gone to the furies yet
welcome to reaching the middleground players
first poseidon then athena and now thanatos
no more new player status :c
my ambrosia is going to die
I've seen duo boons be mentioned a few times - is that just when you grab 2 boons for one skill or something?
go kick them champions' butts
Or specific combos you unlock somehow?
you need specific boons in order to get duo boons
a specific combo of two gods unlocks a duo boon that has "the best of both worlds"
Oh god ok.
lets take sea storm as an example
i'm very sorry
if you have poseidon attack and you go up to zeus there is a chance you will get the ability to pick up sea storm
if you want to see the requirements you get them after you encounter a duo boon for the first time in the codex upgrade or else just the wiki page
https://hades.gamepedia.com/Duo_Boons
Duo Boons are a type of Boon which combines the powers of two different gods for a unique effect. Duo Boons can only be obtained with the correct prerequisite boons and, like normal boons, are lost when Zagreus dies and returns to the House of Hades.
There are currently 28 Duo Boons in Hades, shared between 8 different gods: Aphrodite, Ares, Art...
Is there an easy way to anticipate them in game? Or just something you learn / lookup in time?
ye
you can "force" them by picking up boons
but you might still not get them as there is a chance
not a guarantee
the more boons you pick up the thinner the boon pool and the higher the chance for a duo!
yup
Oh, in game in the codex is great. I just dislike looking up stuff out of game.
Thanks y'all. 25 runs in and haven't seen them yet, so wasn't sure if I needed to beat the game or not first.
just if you wanna see all at once: here you go
nah you can find them i think after the 5th run
crap i managed to not pick the door that led to the hammer i noticed once i walked into a different door xd
one very insistent duo boon is the zeus-artemis one if you get both of them somewhere in the main attack boons; it's the bane of every duo hunter but a pretty safe bet for getting the first duo
hehe
it helps me clear faster as well
somebody just stood right next to a butterfly ball without getting damaged by the butterflies ONCE
1.2% per quick encounter and about 69 encounters... hmm i gues you need fists dodge aspect and the dodge boon by hermes to get 100%
yeah
reminds me of the voidstone when it sees that nobody is alive to make invincible anymore
i love doing it so much, they ||just start vibrating and selfdestruct trying to damage you one last time with a red wave|| 
xd
yeah thats the evil summon
yeah
at least it cant happen with ||em4|| :DDDDDDDD
Not as bad as him summoning ||minibosses|| in ||em4||
||em4 doomstones ||
imagine if he could summon the barge of death voidstone 
Imagine if he could summon ||the tiny vermin|| miniboss
it isnt a hard boss he just takes AGES to die
Iām honestly surprised that he canāt
IMAGINE HE SUMMONS ||charon||
would be too op
i think i was a millisecond away from failing my hermes keepsake clear damn
I was able to get 2 DD back in the last styx dungeon
what did the timer say š
it at the brink of running out

finally my first hammer
which weapon?
ooooooo
i got the option between double edge, shadow slash and hoarding slash
which one would be better?
shadow
double edge is the dash shadow slash is striking behind and hoarding slash is more dmg based on gold
okay
had to look up shadow for a sec lmao
xd
so satisfying
yeah
so basically 400 clean thrust damage that can be 1.2k crit
with shadow thats 2.4k crit
without any boon
and then you get the more crit from artemis
goddess hidden sword is awesome
honestly that with 50-100% bonus damage from aphro?? chefs kiss
and get the artemis/ Aphrodite boon
omg
150% more crit on weak foes
+150%
now we are talking big dmg
so basically 800 clean thrust with crit of 3600
yeah
with shadow, dude ||father dearest|| is cowering in fear
one stage of lernie is 2.5k hp
3 hitting lernie
he can just go hide in the lava
asterius just jumps into your arms and abandons theseus at that point
yeah
nah, just ||father dearest||
rip
unless you are talking to somebody who never got beyond meg
and then the gods be like "nah you dont"
theseus has more stubbornness in him than the bull
yeah
ares just comes down to the underworld and declares you the new achilles
yeah and he goes on vacation to ||simp on nyx||
i forgot thats a lategame thing excuse me
xd
after 300h you dont know what is up what is down anymore 
calculated risk with ||arthur|| is just projectile is dead
you will never get hit by a projectile again
it's so funny
when i first got hidden sword i got the aspho witch boss encounter and had athena on my dash
felt like a baseball player in the matrix
lol
thesus with ||em3|| is easier than without
cuz he doesnt have his stupid shield till you get him halfway down
yeah
Asterius is the real problem on ||em3||
too much lava
asterius himself is ok, but the beyblade move is just inducing cri from when i first thought he was the elysium boss when i got his middle boss fight 3 times in a row when first reaching elysium
cries in ||HS||
xd
No
sob
Never do ||HS|| itās not worth it for 1 ||heat||
15damage per tick 
im never turning on ||hs|| xd
gud
i just used it because i needed 1 ||heat|| for the 32 challenge and BOI IT KILLE ME
you need to be so careful when using it its insane xd
the only weapon where you really feel the 20%
i got the 30%
oh dang even better :O
7k crits go zoom
xd
i used ||HS|| for the longest time because i avoided traps like the plague already
but then i learned the hard way that ||Hades' grabby hands pots count as traps and basically insta-kill you||
||hs and em2|| hurts in a different way than the damage by the styx saw blades on ||hs||
i stopped using it after that
I just got the|| true ending||, how much game is there left?
^
even after the epilogue there's more
somebody said they still had new stuff 500h in.......
I want a sequel sooo bad
Zag could climb mount olympus for whatever reason
also there are references to other gods
so they could make a norse spin off
a sequel called olympus where you fight your way down from the mountain with boons from chthonic gods?
we are missing a few gods in the game
hephaestus
athenas DD boons only restore a lost one but it wont give me an extra if I havent lost any right?
yup
yeah
ok
beyblade asterius is op
nice
i always hear the "bayblade let it rip" song intensifying when i see that ||golden armor||
xd
They could fully add Heracles
Is|| Rama|| considered bad?
Oh I like ||Rama|| a bit
he is there in dialogue and ||statue|| that will be enough š
||rama|| is considered very weird and hard
its so different from the normal bow
But it is
it's different from every single bow aspect and even weapon
Is the general consensus that its an A tier
i like using aspect of chiron
||Well for furies and lernie they have alternate forms, why not replace Theseus with Heracles sometimes||
Chiron is pretty good but a little overrated imo
it's an absolutely insane aspect and hard to manage, so finding somebody who loves it enough to deem it a favorite is rare
whats the best option from eurydice
chiron is just fun for any build ever
I'd say that Chiron is an A-
depends on your boons so far
Not my favorite but it is great
^
nothing crazy
if you have a lot of Boons already then the Pom one is nice
If i pick a boon for dash by god x, does it reduce the chances for me to get the choise to replace it for divine dash, compared to just waiting that i get a boon from athena?
if you're short on them then the rarity bolster is nice
if you have good boons and dont think you will get better ones: either porridge or ambrosia
if you need/hope for better later: nectar
