#h1-for-new-players

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finite marsh
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Ahh, yeah, Asphodel is fun.

honest hedge
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So I killed a big madusa head and a rock skull and was promptly killed by some weird ass skeletons idk

finite marsh
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Happens

honest hedge
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What

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Oh

muted latch
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||grandma|| is post final boss appearance so it is considered spoiler territory in this channel

honest hedge
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What ok

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Mm aphrodite got me feeling some kind of way

misty ridge
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So ||demeter|| is a spoiler in this channel since you have to have reached reached end boss once to unlock
Next time please spoiler tag the name

dusk kernel
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||so i keep seeing a guy called thantos in rooms sometimes and i am wondering who he is and why he shows up as there is no mention of him in the house of hades ||

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sometimes i get more rewards when he shows up but other times i dont

misty ridge
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Thanatos

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He’s part of the house

dusk kernel
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oh my bad

misty ridge
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He’s the incarnation of Death

dusk kernel
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where in the house?

misty ridge
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By the balcony if he shows up

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It’s not every time

dusk kernel
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oh

misty ridge
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He’s got a busy job

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The balcony is.. west wing?

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The area where Achilles is

dusk kernel
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ah

serene ferry
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He will always be at the balcony if you encounter him out in the underworld.

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He's ||Nyx's son, and Hypnos' brother.||

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||And also a good friend of Zagreus, as shown by the dialogue in the first enocounter and after giving him more nectar.||

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The reward from him depends on whether or not you got more kills than him in that chamber. It's always a centaur heart.

magic island
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man I love it when i go into a centaur heart chamber and then than appears and i win

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thats +50 max hp

carmine crater
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even better if you have Life Affirmation

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more from the chamber reward itself

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don't think it applies to the than reward, though

swift pasture
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Nope, it doesn't seem too

rain sinew
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I didn't say anything!!!

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Ah

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Okay nvm it's finding words within words

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What's a blitz disc

balmy stump
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for zeus shield its the new special

swift pasture
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It changes your special with the aspect of Zeus to act as a floating spinning disc, allowing you to attack while it's out.

balmy stump
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essentially you throw it out, its pretty big, and is a slow projectile that constantly deals damage

swift pasture
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^

balmy stump
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its pretty cool

rain sinew
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Oh, is it good?

balmy stump
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opens up for more builds

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overall fun

swift pasture
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Great for lots of crit chances, tons of lightning, etc

balmy stump
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my favorite shield aspect

rain sinew
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I wanna try just building like

swift pasture
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I prefer Chaos but Zeus is great fun

rain sinew
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Tank mode basically

balmy stump
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get arthur sword lol

rain sinew
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Just. As much health and as much defense as possible

swift pasture
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Yeah, that's Arthur

balmy stump
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arthur sword gives you i think extra 50 hp

swift pasture
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You start with an extra 50 health

rain sinew
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I can't yet

swift pasture
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Plus it hits hard

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I've done around 300 per attack on it with good boons

balmy stump
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but it is slow :3

swift pasture
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True

rain sinew
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That sounds awesome but I can't get it yet

swift pasture
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You'll get it in time

balmy stump
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also the special leaves a circle of slower projectile, lower damage recieved, and traps dont trigger

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yeaaaa

swift pasture
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For now, I'd try everything and see what you find fun

balmy stump
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^^^

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thats how roguelites be

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just experiment

rain sinew
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Zeus shield sounds v fun

balmy stump
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like in wiazard of legend i didnt know what i wanted to do until i messed around and found out the dumbest stuff

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it is

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i like it

swift pasture
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Honestly, I've found some of my favorite builds by just trying random stuff and seeing what I could make of it

balmy stump
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yeaa like one time i was like "huh i wonder if ares cast works on hera" and then i tried it

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and it kinda does

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you need hunting blades tho ;w;

swift pasture
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I haven't tried Ares cast on Hera tbh

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It seems weird lol

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But I suppose it beats ||Demeter's cast?||

balmy stump
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i mean yea demter cast imo worst cast

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like for ares you at least get a couple hundred by the time the casts get to far

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just take like stygian and hunting blades

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and the dem/ares also works for it

fresh current
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Her cast is in a weird spot where it’s either garbage or insanely useful if it gets built up

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With absolutely no in between

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which makes it mostly garbage :((

swift pasture
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I'm currently running Hera with Stygian for Than's 30% damage achievement, if I run into Ares I might give that a shot.

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Yeah, her cast needs other boons to be useful, even the base cast at least gives you the mirror bonus for staying in enemies.

fresh current
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How it doesn’t at least inflict her status curse out of the box is utterly beyond me

balmy stump
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i mean its like that for balance imo

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no other cast besides aphro inflicts a status out of the box

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and aphro is smol

rain sinew
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I get around this by simply not understanding how cast works

balmy stump
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so it has an excuse

rain sinew
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And therefore like never using it

balmy stump
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casts are good

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but tbh if you arent using a cast weapon or trying for a cast build its only worth for the boiling blood damage

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but once you do use a cast weapon you can hit crazy dps

rain sinew
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Hmm what's a good keepsake for zeus shield

balmy stump
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like a pos sword with athena lightning phalanx and mirage shot dealing around 2-3 thousand after the casts

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zeus lol

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zeus works good with zeus shield

rain sinew
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...that. Makes sense

fresh current
rain sinew
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I may not have the brain cells for this build 😂

balmy stump
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ummmmm athena is also decent especially if you get ME

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dio and dem are viable from what ive heard

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and you can do some wacky ps setups

misty ridge
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I like Zeus shield w Zeus special & then Athena/Artemis/Aphrodite/Ares attack

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And then something w Poseidon knockback so I can try for sea storm hehe

swift pasture
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Artemis special could be insane with how many times you're hitting things, that's a lot of chances for a crit

balmy stump
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imo high white damage doesnt work too well on zeus :/

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unless its arte

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its more of a ps weapon

rain sinew
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Ppl are out here using athena boons beside Devine dash?

misty ridge
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Meant Zeus special shy

fresh current
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Lots of things can work incredibly well for zeus shield

balmy stump
misty ridge
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I’m auto typing oop

fresh current
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But for My First Zeus Build, it’s time to take that billowy white keepsake and get zeus’d up bro

misty ridge
swift pasture
balmy stump
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you need at least attack or special for ME tho

fresh current
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athena is legit great

balmy stump
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and ME is pretty epic on zeus shield since its always on them

swift pasture
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Sure, the deflect is great, but it's kinda weak for a dash damage wise

misty ridge
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Athena is boring

fresh current
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Don’t fall into the trap of thinking she’s lesser than just because she’s not spectacular

balmy stump
balmy stump
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like she's really powerful but just imo boring

misty ridge
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Oh, she’s great for sure

fresh current
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Athena has incredible safety and A-tier damage output for good base weapons like shield

misty ridge
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But it just makes for boring runs

swift pasture
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That's why you take Athena with someone more flashy

fresh current
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Athena zag shield + dash strike hammer = invincible

misty ridge
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But it’s boring to be invincible

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Gotta have some risk

fresh current
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I don’t disagree

rain sinew
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Do you tho

fresh current
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She’s not my fun choice to make big kabooms

misty ridge
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After a while yes

rain sinew
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I just wanna get to the mcfrickin surface

fresh current
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But boring will win you more games than its given due credit for

swift pasture
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^

fresh current
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many more

misty ridge
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I’d rather have epic dps then great defense

swift pasture
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Sometimes that defense saves you

balmy stump
misty ridge
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Ye ye, but still

swift pasture
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One less hit then normal could make or break a boss fight

balmy stump
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like when im min maxing im min maxing for damage

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since like, if i kill them first then i cant get hit :3

misty ridge
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I just wanna see how high I can make the number go

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My record so far is 2k I think

balmy stump
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and we did the math

misty ridge
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No maths

swift pasture
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How high did y'all get?

misty ridge
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Maths evil

balmy stump
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and if you have an absolout god run with perfect rng you can hit like 25k with bow HA

misty ridge
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Wao

swift pasture
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Oh my word

balmy stump
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but that was a lot of boons that might be physically impossible to get in one run

misty ridge
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But that name is shush here

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It’s post end boss hehe

balmy stump
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ah yea

swift pasture
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Not really?

misty ridge
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It is

swift pasture
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You can get it before the end boss

misty ridge
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You have to reach surface hehe

balmy stump
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i mean

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that isnt post boss

misty ridge
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It’s mods words

balmy stump
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:/

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we just have to wait until all the mods are asleep

swift pasture
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I agree it's a spoiler, just not for the same reason

balmy stump
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then we can have fun

misty ridge
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Some things just be spoiler ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Well, I’m gonna jump back into my living dex building
This was just the kind of short break I needed hehe

fresh current
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just call all the hidden aspects “hidden” bow gun sword etc. everyone will know, that’s all I do : )

rain sinew
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Wait if I kill more does than thanatos he gives me stuff??

balmy stump
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yea

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he gives you a centaur heart

rain sinew
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:0

swift pasture
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Yeah, if you beat or tie him

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It's great when the room already gave you a centaur heart lol, two for the price of one

balmy stump
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but keep in mind its not altered by life affirmation :3

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the heart you get from thanatos is always the +25

swift pasture
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^^^

rain sinew
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Do you unlock new aspects by fulfilling prophecies?

wild cloud
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Certain prophecies, yes.

rain sinew
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But in general no

wild cloud
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And only 1 ‘secret’ aspect per weapon.

maiden ruin
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you need titans blood

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you get it from killing first boss and last boss

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one per weapon if this is your first time escaping

balmy stump
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no?? none of them are tied to prophecies

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they have prophecies

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but the aspect is not locked to it

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the hidden aspects need
1: the spear one unlocked via having 5 other non zag aspects unlocked on any weapon
2: 5 blood dedicated into the weapon you want it for, i.e. 5 blood into bow for bow aspect
3: talk to the npc after those reqs are met and you get the "waking phrase" and you need 3 blood to actually use

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the pins in #h1-story-discussion have the reqs and npcs in the pins if you want to know the specifics :3

dusk kernel
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I just got such a good run

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I was 1 attack away from beating the game

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I learnt a lot about duo boons tho

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I can now beat the third boss consistently

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And only use 1 dd

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Very rarely use 2

maiden ruin
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nice

dusk kernel
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I’m on my 31st and was wondering what run you finished your first time playing

maiden ruin
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idk

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i just finished 240 runs

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but i killed end boss on my second try

dusk kernel
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Bruuuuuuuuuuh

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2 runs

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How lmao

maiden ruin
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nah

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second fight with end boss

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killed him

dusk kernel
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Oh

maiden ruin
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i actually used to be really bad at the game

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but then i figured out how to play

dusk kernel
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I am on my 4th try rn

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I have gotten very close

scenic verge
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I only started playing Hades yesterday and have had like 15-20 runs and still haven't beaten the first boss and only made it to her twice. 🙂 I am very bad at videogames lol

rain sinew
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I am once again asking not to die like 3 hits from beating the final boss

leaden whale
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Is the final boss the... Duo at the end of the third area? I am on my 14th run and i just nearly nearly beat it

rain sinew
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I'm on run 70something and i have beaten the champions twice :')

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i bit the bullet and turned on god mode bc i am not gonna make it in a tollerable amount of time otherwise

swift pasture
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Took me 80 runs to get my first clear, so keep at it and you'll do it in time

rain sinew
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I wanna seeeee ||MY MOM||

serene ferry
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elysium >>> styx in difficulty

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you got this

royal warren
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30 runs to beat end boss on hell mode (13 hell mode, 17 before switching to hell mode)

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I will say that shield is the way to go for first clear, and some specific duo boons

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but you will just get there so there's not a need to stress, you build up a lot of power eventually

dusk kernel
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Just use what you like tbh as all of the weapons are good

royal warren
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all weapons are totally good, I just found being able to block during the bosses to help a lot at first

rain sinew
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What happens if you give a God like a whole load of nectar? Have they got side quests too?

balmy stump
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well first off, they build relationship like any other character and have bonds able to forge, (which are necessary post game for story). Outside of that, some do have prophecies but nothing more than that. and even then i dont think the prophecies are relationship bound, just luck. but i could be wrong on that front

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iirc hermes, posiedon, ares are the ones with prophecies

rain sinew
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I beat the final boss

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I'm

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Gonna need a minute, 😭

balmy stump
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🥳

swift pasture
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Congrats!

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What’d you use?

balmy stump
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i swear if they say shield

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like i get that its a beginner friendly weapon but still :/

rain sinew
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Fists

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What's wrong with shield?

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Caveman weapon go bashy bashy

sleek axle
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Nothing wrong with it

swift pasture
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Fists are fun

sleek axle
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It's a perfectly good weapon

swift pasture
balmy stump
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it is but like, geez is it overused ngl

rain sinew
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Oops

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I didn't know ||he was gonna pull the whole "two health bars" thing|| but i pommed up my Artemis call and got lucky

balmy stump
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because im not a fan of shield i waited till 10th clear to use it shadesmile

sleek axle
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Not a fan of shield and never will be

swift pasture
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Pfffffft

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I took spear then

balmy stump
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like tbh zeus shield is nice

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and beo i can see the appeal

sleek axle
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Zeus shield is the only shield I will use

balmy stump
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i just have better options

swift pasture
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I like Zeus and Chaos

rain sinew
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I'm just happy I got a clear

swift pasture
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Honestly, Chaos with charged shot becomes like the bow

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It’s my go to hammer, just for that range

rain sinew
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I like the fists bc uhhh punch punch

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Also I got a hammer upgrade and got to high kick my enemies in the face

balmy stump
rain sinew
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I don't remember

swift pasture
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You can check the admin chamber

rain sinew
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Uhhh

fresh current
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They can’t for a second lol

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I don’t think I could until after my first fair few

swift pasture
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Well, yeah, but there’s a way to see what they had

swift pasture
fresh current
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ok weird

rain sinew
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Artemis aid level 3, Devine strike level 2, deadly reversal, deadly flourish, strike, rush kick, deus ex machin, life affirmation, deathless stand, tidal dash, hyper spirit, breaking wave, rush delivery, dark thirst

fresh current
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I distinctly remember not being able to see my early clears for a little while

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But I could be wrong

balmy stump
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athena attack with deadly reversal

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on fist

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and rush delivery is very good if its the boon im thinking of

rain sinew
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Yeah that and the Artemis call saved me

swift pasture
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Artemis call is great

balmy stump
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yea i like it :3, just needs a faster weapon tbh

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and since i use bow normally i generally run like aphro call

swift pasture
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Ooooo

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My two favorite calls

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It’s so satisfying to end a boss with one

balmy stump
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hehe the 2 very simpable gods are my 2 most used calls i think

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and below arte and aphro would have to be zeus and pos :3

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just good calls

rain sinew
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God the clear took me 33min? A speedrunner I am not

balmy stump
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my pb is like 11:09 or smth 😎

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but yea youll get faster

swift pasture
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21ish for me

balmy stump
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like my fastest without trying is like 14

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and thats cuz i was playing rama

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and kinda fast

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i wasnt even trying

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i just got a sub 15

swift pasture
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I wasn’t even trying tbh, I just buffed/spammed Talos special and pulled everything to their doom

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Melted Asterius

balmy stump
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not a fan of talos ngl :/

swift pasture
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I can’t use it correctly but it’s fun

rain sinew
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I was trying very hard to clear in the first place and I'm glad I finally managed it :')

swift pasture
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It’s a great feeling, isn’t it?

rain sinew
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Yes but also ||VERY SAD BECAUSE THE ENDING ||

swift pasture
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Ah, yes, emotional pain

balmy stump
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oh theres more than that 1 clear

rain sinew
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I wanna try again but I think that would slightly melt my wrists

balmy stump
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hence why you need to do it 9 more times

rain sinew
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I know there's more in theory I'm just like

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Gimme a sec to process, man

balmy stump
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heh yea lol

swift pasture
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Yeah

rain sinew
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That ending hit me in the emotions like a freight train

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If it gets worse I swear

balmy stump
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oh ill let you find that out :3

swift pasture
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We can’t confirm or deny anything.

balmy stump
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just wait about 6 more clears :/

swift pasture
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^

spare estuary
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whats the best weapon in yalls opinion

swift pasture
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I enjoy the bow the most

hard shell
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everyone has their favorite based on their style

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for me it's probably shield in general, or the hidden fist aspect

swift pasture
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I don’t think there’s an actual “best” weapon tbh

spare estuary
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BET

golden blaze
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how many runs did it take yall to beat the game?

swift pasture
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Main story? Uh, around 100

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But counting the rest of the story stuff, not done yet at 160 runs.

golden blaze
balmy stump
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and like 70 for epilogue

golden blaze
leaden whale
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took me 60 to beat hades himself, just surpassed 100 runs trying to get everything else

hard shell
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there's beating the final boss once. then beating the final boss 9 more times. then the epilogue. then finishing all the other side stuff for the various characters

golden blaze
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oh cool

balmy stump
golden blaze
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i just started the other day and its becoming one of my fav ga,es

balmy stump
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since its just dialogue after the main game for the epilogue tbh

hard shell
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It gets easier as you play more. Even if you're not using god mode

balmy stump
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no gameplay really changes

golden blaze
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is there good replayability?

balmy stump
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wdym

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its a roguelite

golden blaze
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story wise

balmy stump
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the entire game is just you playing the thing again

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ummm

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not really imo

hard shell
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Story-wise, I do think it's replayable

balmy stump
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theres a few funny thing s you can get for going fast but outside of that not really

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1 file and you can get what it has to offer

hard shell
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I've done 80+ escape attempts and there's still new stuff

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although once you finish the epilogue there's not much more

swift pasture
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Storywise, yeah, but mostly due to side plots with the character hearts

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But mostly just pure gameplay to bring you back

golden blaze
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and you get hearts by giving nectar?

hard shell
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Yep, you give nectar and eventually ambrosia

golden blaze
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alright sick thanks guys

honest hedge
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Pog I made it all the way to the minotaur fight my first time beating the bone hydra

serene ferry
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||Just the minotaur||? TrollFace

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It gets worse my friend

silk swift
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||you start playing with Heat and the game changes a lot as you add more of it||

misty ridge
stoic nexus
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I mean,,, literally all roguelikes be like

silk swift
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If you think ||0, 32 and 50|| have anything in common besides your weapon and the enemies 🙄

finite marsh
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||I assume you unlock heat once you clear one run||

silk swift
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Yes

serene ferry
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Or if you play on Hell Mode.

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But I wouldn't recommend it until you do clear a run anyway

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Technically it isnt even a post-final-boss spoiler hollowwoke

pastel cipher
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what's considered spoilers in this channel is based on a non-hellmode file though 😉

honest hedge
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This game is easier than I thought it would be I got it two days ago and I just got all the way to the final boss and even got them down two a quarter heath before I died

misty ridge
honest hedge
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Ok sorry

misty ridge
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Also

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There’s more to the game then just the first clear hehe

serene ferry
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I think the name is they least spoiler-y part

misty ridge
burnt jackal
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(spoilers) ||Does fighting Hades the 10th time make his fight harder? I just want to know if it's harder or not. ||

drowsy plover
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No, it is not unless ||you activate Extreme Measures 4||

maiden ruin
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not gonna spoil the game for him

drowsy plover
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Ok

muted latch
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10th clear? it's definitely not

misty ridge
misty ridge
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I know you can do it!

burnt jackal
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Thank you! I just beat him the first two times today

misty ridge
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Woo

burnt jackal
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I'm currently trying to catch up on the ||entire codex|| before I go for another run

misty ridge
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Double good luck then!

burnt jackal
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ty

dense laurel
burnt jackal
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I just wanted to know ||if it was harder||

gentle needle
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hey i played a lot about christmas but stopped. now i might get back into it so whats a good build i can run? i have hera bow, chaos shield and eris gun. none fully upgraded but a bit. and ofc the standard weapons. if someone wouldnt mind id also like to post my mirror and someone tell me how to fix it in dms?

slender reef
leaden anchor
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This chat looks like a CIA dossier

sleek axle
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How do you know what that looks like SkepticalPepe

marble hill
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redacted

dense laurel
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*SCP fanfic

glad vector
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Hey! recently just got the game in the Steam sales and I'm loving it! Still trying to figure out which weapon is best though. Any thoughts?

balmy stump
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i think everyone here agrees that there is no "best weapon"

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it all comes down to what you enjoy playing the most

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personally, i feel like shield is the most beginner friendly and imo bow is stupid good

misty ridge
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Some agree that there’s “worst weapons” though hehe

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But they can rarely agree on which

balmy stump
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but thats just my 2 obols

sleek axle
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The best weapon in the game is the one you like the most

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And vice versa

balmy stump
misty ridge
glad vector
sleek axle
misty ridge
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No

balmy stump
misty ridge
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If I could get better bow rng sure

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But as is no

sleek axle
misty ridge
balmy stump
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there

swift pasture
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If the bow is bad then hidden spear is the easiest weapon to learn

balmy stump
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the pleading face

balmy stump
misty ridge
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Evil aspect

misty ridge
sleek axle
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Bow haters just cring lol

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You cring

swift pasture
balmy stump
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bow is high key best weapon

misty ridge
sleek axle
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Nayeon best twice member will hear no other opinions

misty ridge
balmy stump
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mhm

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but hidden spear is trash

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like thats just a fact

misty ridge
silk swift
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I could tell ya none of the aspects is trash

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But you'll have to come to that for yourself

olive pagoda
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It would be nice not to spread non sense to the beginners here :)

grim iris
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How does Sturdy stack?

balmy stump
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i dont think it does :/

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like its just a 30% damage res + no flinching

grim iris
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Currently have Hyper Sprint and Colossus Knuckle. Both give sturdy

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Damn ok

balmy stump
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yea its another boolean condition, if it could stack that would be busted :/

shrewd knot
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Folks, I have a question about Hades for Steam: can I still get its achievements when I play offline?

carmine crater
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I don't dislike the bow, I just find it kind of awkward to use without certain hammer upgrades

opal quarry
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I can't say it's the same for all of the games on Steams with achievements but Steam is able to keep some information offline

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So when you play offline nothing happens but once you're able to have the connection back, you may have a lot of achievements activating

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because Steam and the game remember

balmy stump
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im having war flashbcks to me 100%ing ori and it was offline but when i went online none of the achievments activated ;w;

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i was very sad

swift pasture
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I can only imagine your pain

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That sounds painful

balmy stump
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it was ;w;

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and then i never touched the game again

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but im wanting to get will of the wisps

shrewd knot
shrewd knot
balmy stump
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nice

shrewd knot
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Speaking of the weapons, not including any aspects (except for the Demeter one and Zag Sword one that I’ve unlocked thus far), the one I’m having most difficulties with is the Rail

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I adapted to Malphon!

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But not the Rail. Not yet

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The reloading time still catches me off guard

swift pasture
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Try and use that reload time to dash, use your special, etc

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That way you're not defenseless during it

shrewd knot
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I do, it just needs some getting used to, is all

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Mostly cos I get immersed and caught up in battles and trying to attack and avoid and stuff that I don’t exactly keep track of the ammo before I’m running on empty and have to auto reload again

swift pasture
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Yeah, same

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I try to manually reload whenever there's a break in the action

fresh current
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Play/upgrade zag rail for a while to make your ammo window much more forgiving. You’ll get used to it

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Also in case no one’s given you rail 101: put zeus on attack. That’s it, that’s the build

shrewd knot
shrewd knot
fresh current
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Yeah it’s going to feel like a big 5head moment when you see it

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Zeus on rail attack is a recommendation so universal it borders on boring

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because it’s just that well suited

rain sinew
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hey here's a challenge

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what build will allow me to press the least buttons

balmy stump
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ummm

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guan yu special build

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you literally only press special

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hestia

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you press 2-3 buttons the whole game

swift pasture
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Hidden fists dash run?

balmy stump
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yea thats also a very low effort build

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takes a lot of time tho

swift pasture
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I've also done a special only run on Talos, abuse that magnet pull like crazy

rain sinew
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oooh i like talos

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I mean less "least buttons used on the controler" and more "Least button presses across the board" which 🤔 specials could be good for

swift pasture
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Oh

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Hm

maiden ruin
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its probably just secret spear special build

swift pasture
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You'd need something that hits like a truck

maiden ruin
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you just have to move, dash, and special

rain sinew
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i know w some builds i get demeter special and everything in tartarus just 1-2shots instantly

balmy stump
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chiron is also small brain

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you only press like 3-4 buttons

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dash, attack, special

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and cast for boiling

maiden ruin
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four buttons on controller

balmy stump
swift pasture
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Chiron can be done without casts too, if you want to remove pressing that

rain sinew
rain sinew
balmy stump
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dash, reload, attack

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thats it for hestia

swift pasture
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Yeah, Hestia is all about the reloads

maiden ruin
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or you could just use secret rail

balmy stump
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i like to rebind reload to L since i dont open codex anymore

rain sinew
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reloading is. hard >.>

balmy stump
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makes it much more smooth

maiden ruin
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because i dont use special on that

swift pasture
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I put codex on left stick and made reload LB

rain sinew
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is LT anything? rebinding could work if i do that

swift pasture
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It is

balmy stump
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LT is companions

swift pasture
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But that can be moved

rain sinew
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lt is whompst

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I don't have companions yet

balmy stump
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ah yea then freee button for the time being :/

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just make sure to rebind it once you get companions

rain sinew
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o7

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mostly i wanna do more runs but my current playstyle is getting super buttonmashy which isn't good for my wrists 😔 but I'm like, smooth-brained bad at videogames so I'm not sure how to adapt it

balmy stump
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bow honestly isnt that button mashy

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its just keeping your distance

rain sinew
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ooh that's true

maiden ruin
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my play style is very button mashy

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because i play zeus shield

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and i just spam special and attack all the time

rain sinew
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I play demeter fists so it's just

maiden ruin
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pretty much the same

rain sinew
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yup lol

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bow is a good idea though

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i'll practice with that

fresh current
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Bind reload to L2 all day long

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That’s what I did. It’s a great spot for it

rain sinew
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literally any game control bound to pressing the stick is just

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why

swift pasture
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I did it with the codex, it works

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You're not in the middle of stuff when opening it so it doesn't matter

rain sinew
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that's a good point

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yeets codex to the barren wasteland of left stick, never reads again

swift pasture
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Poor Achilles, all his hard work won't get read

dawn sphinx
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is Sweet Nectar (+1 level from poms) retroactive? will it affect previously gained poms?

balmy stump
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no it only affects poms you get afterwards

dawn sphinx
#

thanks!

rain sinew
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what's an afk build?

balmy stump
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vengeful mood

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but like

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it doesnt work well at all

rain sinew
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no i mean like

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whats it for

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i keep seeing that term on the subreddit

balmy stump
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oh idk :/

misty ridge
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if it's afk.. playing without playing?

balmy stump
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yea thats why i thought about the afk revenge builds

fresh current
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It’s a meme

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And yes, thats it. Trying to use revenge boons exclusively to deal damage

rain sinew
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Ohhh

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I stacked a buncha revenge boons and got my second ever clear so 🤷‍♀️ can't be all bad

balmy stump
#

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just

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thats an example of the absolute luck you need for a build like that to work

rain sinew
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Oh wow

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Revenge seems to work in my favor tbh

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If I get revenge boons, weakness, and chill, it really reduces the tunnel-carpelling buttonmashing I do

swift pasture
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AFK builds are risky, you have to have enough health and defense to survive long enough, or really high damage and hope you can take the hits.

unique topaz
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question, ||how do you unlock the last weapon aspects?(I'm new to this game ;-;||

balmy stump
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but if you want a tldr essentially you need
1: spear hidden aspect unlocked(5 non-zag aspects unlocked and talk to ||achilles||)
2: after that, 5 blood in the weapon you want the hidden aspect of in whatever aspects it currently has i.e. putting 5 blood into the sword for the sword one
3: hope you get the dialogue and talk to the respective npc

swift pasture
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^^^^^^^

unique topaz
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OH

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dude

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I would've NEVER gotten that

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since I don't spend my styx

swift pasture
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It is a bit weird tbh

balmy stump
#

yeaaa its really specific

swift pasture
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I got lucky with getting the first but the rest I had to look up to get fast

unique topaz
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does unlocking other aspects count as spending styx?

balmy stump
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yes i think

swift pasture
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The blood? Nope, they just become an option to spend blood on to get

balmy stump
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oh

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huh

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neat

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i dindt know that

swift pasture
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It’s like before you buy any other aspect (like Eris or Chiron)

rotund timber
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hey could anyone tell me how to get another diamond i really want to fish

muted latch
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kill the hydra with all 6 weapons give you 6

rotund timber
#

so each time i get another diamond?

muted latch
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you first kill using the weapon ||on a certain difficulty, including normal||

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repeated kills do not

near mirage
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You will be able to get more than 6 btw

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so dont worry too much about spending them

dense laurel
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just do some prophecy if u havent

tawdry plume
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Hey guys new player here and i cleared the game for the first time. I was wondering, is there also a scenario where we will have to fight Cerberus? 🙂

lyric urchin
#

Who gives the boon of the rapid fire arrow but you lose the power shot?

lyric urchin
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never mind

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yeah

tawdry plume
dense laurel
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i mean there is technically one appearance of him in that one battle but its still far away

tawdry plume
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ah ok cool

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yah i was just wondering since i fought Chayon too for the first time i was kinda hoping that be a thing aswell 😂

dense laurel
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cerberus will ||get summoned by hades if u played EM4||

tawdry plume
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i dont even know what EM4 means

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is this game still receiving new updates and content btw?

marsh ether
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The devs haven't excluded this possibility yet but there's no news about it

tawdry plume
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kk thanks!

dense laurel
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SGG rarely releases dlcs so take that what you will

marsh ether
dense laurel
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spoiler tagging inside a spoiler tag

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spoiler ception

marsh ether
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I have grown too used to calling him redacted

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It's much funnier

tawdry plume
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Kk good to know

random carbon
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if i give up in the first chamber does it count as an escape attempt?

maiden ruin
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if you give up then no

serene ferry
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Give Up brings you back to your last save in the courtyard

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I believe it's regardless of where you are, which is odd

dense laurel
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u can kill urself with the hidden spear however

serene ferry
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huh?

dense laurel
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i assume the question about giving up in the first chamber is to farm dialogue progression and affinity (giving nectar to god you want with chosen keepsakes) by dying very early so u can reset

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so instead of giving up, u can just equip the hdden spear and die from the mobs, ||use the damge increase heat for more effective||

gentle needle
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i have been gone from hades for a while and im looking to get back into it. so can i dm someone to talk about build and stuff like that?

gentle needle
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ok

rain sinew
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I was today years old when i learned you can hold y to attack with the fists

misty ridge
misty ridge
rain sinew
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I knew that, it's a machine gun it goes ratatatatatatat

misty ridge
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There’s also an upgrade that makes it so you can hold to attack w sword hehe

shrewd knot
#

I have a weird question: do all the portraits of the characters when speaking blink?

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I think only a few of the Olympians blink when I observe, and I don’t know if it’s my computer or..?

tranquil patio
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not sure

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ill pay more attention when I play

rain sinew
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Hold attack is super useful for me! it's why i like flurry shot

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ngl i LOVE flurry shot

swift pasture
#

Flurry shot is great, but the not the best when you're trying to also use your cast/special for Hera, Chiron, and hidden bow tbh

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Those feel better with the normal shot to me

rain sinew
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that makes sense! mostly I'm building around my limitations in terms of physically playing the game

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so pressing fewer buttons is better, stockpiling health and keeping a distance is better (don't have to spam dash), revenge effects are GREAT

swift pasture
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Yeah, whatever suits your style

rain sinew
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I love bonkers big damage numbers and playing for dps is really fun

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but I can play more if i try and build like, tank-ish

swift pasture
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Whereas I'm more of a glass cannon and focus on just damage and curses

rain sinew
#

I love how many ways you can play this game

shrewd knot
rain sinew
#

It's like, with all the combos and the heat system and the aspects and the keepsakes you can get basically infinite different runs

swift pasture
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^

dusk kernel
#

Beat hades for the first time!!!!!!!!!

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41st run

maiden ruin
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nice

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also spoilers

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no ||hades||

dusk kernel
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Do I discuss ||heat|| in other channel?

maiden ruin
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yeah

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since youre technically not a new player anymore

uncut grotto
#

hi guys

misty ridge
uncut grotto
#

Im playing this game like for 2 days xd, so I cant beat hydra. Also I have question about nectar? What should I do with it?

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I just give it to Aphrodite

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XD

swift pasture
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Give nectar to whoever you want really, but I'd give one to everyone at least, since they all give a keepsake for the first gift.

maiden ruin
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give it to everybody

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to get keepsakes

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they will help you

uncut grotto
maiden ruin
#

anybody that you can talk to you can give nectar to

swift pasture
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Yep

misty ridge
maiden ruin
#

also you should be upgrading your mirror after every run

maiden ruin
#

?

uncut grotto
uncut grotto
misty ridge
maiden ruin
#

aidos?

misty ridge
maiden ruin
#

who is aidos

uncut grotto
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidos#:~:text=Aidos (Greek%3A%20%CE%91%E1%BC%B0%CE%B4%CF%8E%CF%82%2C%20pronounced,which%20restrains%20men%20from%20wrong.

Aidos (Greek: Αἰδώς, pronounced [ai̯dɔ̌ːs]) was the Greek goddess of shame, modesty, respect, and humility. Aidos, as a quality, was that feeling of reverence or shame which restrains men from wrong. It also encompassed the emotion that a rich person might feel in the presence of the impoverished, that their disparity of wealth, whether a matter...

maiden ruin
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they are not even in the game

misty ridge
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Not even in the game no

uncut grotto
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lol

maiden ruin
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bruh

uncut grotto
#

so who is that fat boy

misty ridge
#

Who??

uncut grotto
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with Cerberus

maiden ruin
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bruh

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that is hades

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you know

uncut grotto
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lmao

misty ridge
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That’s your dad

uncut grotto
#

hahah

maiden ruin
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the reason the game exists

uncut grotto
balmy stump
uncut grotto
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ok, will try my best

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thanks guys

dusk kernel
#

My boy hades getting roasted over here

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This was how he lost his third dd

hearty nova
#

Do you get any bonus if you beat a boss without taking damage?

balmy stump
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no

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i mean if you have pierced butterfly trinket yea but like not normally

hearty nova
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Alright thx

swift pasture
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You get bragging rights though

balmy stump
#

lol yea i did final boss hitless one time without even noticing it until i got the run accolade thing at the top of the stats

swift pasture
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Nice

leaden whale
#

What happens when you die in Hades? Do you have to start the game over again?

balmy stump
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yep!

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thats the entire genre

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you go through the same areas but every time you die you restart it but stronger with experience and permanent upgrades

leaden whale
#

Oh ok, I think that would frustrate me so I'm not sure if I would like it. Is it difficult for a new player?

misty ridge
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Depends on the person really

swift pasture
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Yes, but very fun

dusk kernel
#

It’s the rogue like genre that’s like that

misty ridge
#

No two people are the same

swift pasture
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I enjoyed every run I failed

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Made the wins even more satisfying

leaden whale
#

Ok thanks everyone.

misty ridge
#

Will say that in this game dying isn’t always a bad thing

swift pasture
#

Gets you more story too

leaden whale
#

I think I'll try it :)

misty ridge
swift pasture
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Congrats!

uncut grotto
#

Teseo is next 😠

misty ridge
#

He’s a precious angry kitten

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With his big friendly babysitter

uncut grotto
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I see

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haha

uncut grotto
rain sinew
#

what kind of witchcraft do i have to work for rail to not SUCK

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i can't damage those wee eyeball dudes fast enough to stop them turning back into soldiers

balmy stump
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zeus attack

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unless its hestia rail

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and in that case go aphro/arte.

rain sinew
#

ok

rain sinew
#

do i need to unlock hidden spear aspect to get hidden sword aspect?

balmy stump
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yep

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hidden spear is needed for all other hiddens

weak lotus
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you dont need to buy it

balmy stump
#

but spear is easy to get

weak lotus
#

but you need it available for every other hidden aspect

balmy stump
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just have 5 non zag aspects unlocked and talk to ||achilles||

weak lotus
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you should get it just by reaching final boss and talking to achilles

balmy stump
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yea no need to buy it as raccoon is saying

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mhm

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kinda poopy

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but like

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its how it be

weak lotus
#

i mean tbf its not super hard to get and spear is my fave weapon anyways

balmy stump
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spear 🤮

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its alright

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not my favorite tho

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just feels wrong

rain sinew
#

okay so I dont gotta buy hidden spear

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my favourite is fists and i want hidden fists bc apparently you can like claw someones face off

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i have hidden spear unlocked but idk who will give me hidden sword

weak lotus
#

you need to spend 5 titan blood on the weapon then someone will talk to you about the weapon

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in case of sword it's ||nyx||

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if you want fist just invest there tbh

balmy stump
rain sinew
#

i want sword bc i heard its good for being tanky and i like being tanky

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but i also like shield... decisions

balmy stump
#

imo shield is better

rain sinew
#

I had a really good shield build last run :)

balmy stump
#

cast weapons are crazy

weak lotus
#

hidden sword aspect is good tho

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but imo its more to the attack power

rain sinew
#

sorry!

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I had zeus sheild and blade rifts and a boon on me special and it just. hit like a blender

weak lotus
#

haha that's identical to the build i used for my first victory

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zeus shield is really good imo

rain sinew
#

i love combining it with blade rifts and just. "hit me baby one more time" boons where you put a status effect on everything when you take damage

weak lotus
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bruh lmao

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tbh just get vengeful mood

rain sinew
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tru

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revenge boons + zeus shield + blade rifts = barely beyond braindead build, like you gotta aim but thats it

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its like. glasgow coma scale 6 build lol

leaden whale
#

how do i kill hades with stygian

weak lotus
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get ||arthur|| aspect

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ok but in actuality its just the same as every weapon tbh

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look at his attack patterns and hit him after the attack

leaden whale
#

how do i unlock the arthur aspect

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dont have it yet

weak lotus
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spend 5 titan blood on stygius and talk to ||nyx||

leaden whale
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damn i have 3 titan blood

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and i maxed out zagreus aspect

weak lotus
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then you should be good already

leaden whale
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thanks

weak lotus
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np

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tbh you dont need ||arthur aspect|| lmao i was joking

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but it is good so might make it easier

leaden whale
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i have sytx aspect

weak lotus
#

wait which one is that?

leaden whale
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the one that gives you high crit

weak lotus
#

oh nemesis aspect?

leaden whale
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no wait its nemesis sorry

weak lotus
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yea that one's good

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tbh all the stygius aspects are good

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its just that stygius can be pretty hard to use when youre starting off since you need to get close

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i was really reckless so i died a lot using it lmao

leaden whale
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same

pallid snow
#

stygius "heal on hit" and "do nothing but slash two times really really fast" hammers is pretty much a guaranteed won run for new players

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face tank everything while holding down A

tepid cloud
#

What is the diamond called needed for the courts musicians sentence workorder

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?

balmy stump
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a diamond??

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i dont think it has any specific names tbh

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its just a diamond

tepid cloud
#

oh

balmy stump
#

beat hydra and you should get one :3

tepid cloud
#

oh okay

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Thanks

balmy stump
#

np :3

delicate reef
#

today couple hours ago i did my first escape, i'm very proud of myself

weak lotus
#

grats man

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what weapon did you use?

young silo
#

Just wanted to reach out and say hello to everyone in the server, I just started playing Hades yesterday and I'm loving it so far but would love some people to talk about the game with through voice chat if anyone's interested definitely hit me up! Would be really cool to have friends to talk about this game with!

shrewd knot
gentle needle
#

hey. i have unlocked all of my mirror but idk which upgrades to buy/focus on maxing first?

gentle needle
#

uhh my playstyle? uhm.. i honestly really dont know. i think i like stygian soul over infernal but i dont play that manty cast builds atm. i mean i have only done ||heat 5 with shield and working my way up with bow ||

misty ridge
#

||heat|| is a spoiler in this channel btw

gentle needle
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oh sry. how do i mark it as that?

misty ridge
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Since it’s only unlocked after end boss

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Use || before & after the word/sentence you want to hide

gentle needle
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so havnt played that much

misty ridge
gentle needle
#

ok thx

misty ridge
#

I favor status effects & not having to think too much about my cast return

gentle needle
#

ok thx a lot. but in what order do i max my mirror in?

balmy stump
#

tbh i would max the more set things first like dd's, dashes, thick skin, boiling blood, deep pockets

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since those really make a difference

gentle needle
#

deepo pockets or golden touch?

balmy stump
#

and if you want alt mirror stuff stubborn defiance is fun, stygian soul is really good, and like the bottom 4 are better with yellow talents

balmy stump
#

golden touch is more of a grindy talent ngl

marble hill
#

I havent used a ||companion|| yet, but it looks like you just ||summon it for a room|| vs it being a ||persistent pet|| this makes me a bit disapointed

balmy stump
#

havng the 100 at the start is super nice

balmy stump
#

it does kinda suck but companions are really helpful if you want faster times or to just clear things

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most people dont use them until mini boss/bosses anyway :/

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and tbh i forget i have it half the time

gentle needle
#

@balmy stump then what?

balmy stump
#

i mean after dashes, dd, health, money, cast(not in priority btw get them however you please) id say fierce/sadow presence is def important, so is privileged status

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the bottom 3 are also super important for getting better runs

gentle needle
#

ok. so now i need to upgrade the 3 bottoms, dark regen and boiling blood. which do i chose first?

balmy stump
#

boiling and dark regen :3

#

those have more of an immediate impact

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and dont take much to max at all

#

and for the bottom 3 i reccomend dark forsight, gods legacy, and fated persuasion

gentle needle
#

now i have 1,8k and the bottom 3 left

#

in that order?

balmy stump
#

umm id say get at least 1 fated persuasion first, then dark forsight, and gods legacy more of a darkness dump

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fated persuasion is huge even when you just have one and dark forsight just gives you more boons overall so :/

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but then again just do it however you think is the best, it's your file :3

gentle needle
#

uhm is my game bugged? 2 times in a row i have picked the artemis keepsake for tartarus but gotten a peseidon boon?

maiden ruin
#

maybe

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that might happen when the keepsake isnt maxed out

gentle needle
#

i can only pick 1 boon from him. "huge catch"

maiden ruin
#

oh

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thats a part of the game

low garnet
#

hello good afternoon, i started playing hades a little while ago and i would like to know if it is better to play on the keyboard or control*

balmy stump
#

lmao trackpad gang

maiden ruin
#

doesnt matter

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both good

balmy stump
#

imo controller is nice

maiden ruin
#

choose the one you are more comfortable with

low garnet
#

thanks

balmy stump
#

^^^yea, same with control layout

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do whatever feels best

low garnet
#

what is the best weapon to rescue with the keys at the beginning?

maiden ruin
#

all weapons are good

#

choose the one that you are more comfortable with(just get all of them)

hazy musk
#

its personal preference! my fave is the fists

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shield is rly good for new players too

low garnet
#

I took that spear

balmy stump
#

i like bow :3

marble hill
maiden ruin
#

are you talking about companions?

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you have to unlock it

balmy stump
#

ahhh yea so essentially only ||skelly and sisyphus companions|| work on the final boss until some plot stuff happens and you get the authority to from hades

#

the wiki has more specifics but i think he needs like 4 hearts or smth

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its post main game stuff

fresh current
#

Simplicity and versatility are its two key strengths, perfect for someone still learning the core game mechanics to lean on

vestal pivot
#

i can't share pictures

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for some reason

balmy stump
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yea none of us have image upload perms

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you have to link it

vestal pivot
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why would they make this lame decision -.-

balmy stump
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i can only read english ;w;

magic island
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wait is that voiced

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hearing a brazillian portugese on any hades character would be amazing

magic island
low garnet
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thanks

fresh current
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realtalk: get hit less in general in boss rooms. if this is your first roguelike, you need to reset your expectations about what you can and cannot facetank in this game

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Bosses can always kill you much quicker than you can kill them. Always

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Focus more on not getting hit than hitting the boss a bunch. If you’re going to win this game, you need to make it to the end first

scarlet wharf
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okay alright

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I'm at Elysium

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ive been here before

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and i am terrified of the minotaur

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plz give me advice

balmy stump
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like the miniboss or the boss??

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since with theseus is a different story

scarlet wharf
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miniboss

balmy stump
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ah ok

scarlet wharf
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am scared spunchbob

balmy stump
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essentially just know how he attacks, and when he does, dash behind

scarlet wharf
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Okay

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im running gun rn

inland cedar
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The minotaur on his own is quite easy to manage. You just need to digest his attacks and go behind him, he has like 3 or 4 attacks

balmy stump
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ah yea then just keep your distance and you should be good

scarlet wharf
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mk

balmy stump
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his pattern is more like 1 swipe > 2nd swipe > and then a jump strike

neon quiver
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Are the locked weapon aspects(2nd and 3rd ones) only unlockable by titan blood?

balmy stump
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and after that he does a 1 > 2 swipe quickly

inland cedar
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Be careful when he starts running

scarlet wharf
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alright

inland cedar
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Drive him to a piller

balmy stump
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or wall

scarlet wharf
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thank you

balmy stump
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wall is easier imo

scarlet wharf
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this is all assuming i don't die by a default enemy

inland cedar
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Heh

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Yes

scarlet wharf
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which i haven't, at least in Elysium

neon quiver
balmy stump
scarlet wharf
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is seeking bullets the best upgrade for gun

balmy stump
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ummm what aspect??

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since personally i find it to be mediocre at best

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not my first choice at all

fresh current
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nah it’s not great

dense laurel
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delta chamber probably

fresh current
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great gun hammers include ricochet shot, piercing fire, +ammo, spread fire, delta chamber

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for the special all the bomb hammers are lovely

dense laurel
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the shotgun rail hammer is also great

fresh current
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rocket>triple>cluster for me

balmy stump
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if its a eris run i go triple>cluster>rocket

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and hazard is funny

scarlet wharf
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i like seeking

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because i can hide like the wuss i am

balmy stump
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lol

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i mean rail already has good range

scarlet wharf
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also

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i cut my fingernails

balmy stump
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and if youre playing on controller you already have auto aim

scarlet wharf
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but one of them is really hurting

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its my ring finger

balmy stump
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did you cut too low or smth??

scarlet wharf
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too low for me

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i think

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so whenever i hold a key

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i get a sharp pain

balmy stump
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i always bit my nails so i just feel pain if its too low :/

balmy stump
scarlet wharf
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i cant bite my nails

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never have, never will

dense laurel
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even if i cut my nails too low, the pain never really bothered me that much, i play games all the same

scarlet wharf
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DAMN IT

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the butterfly boss got me

balmy stump
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ahhh

scarlet wharf
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wait should i spoiler -?

balmy stump
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butterfly ball is a pain if you dont know how to manage it

balmy stump