#h1-for-new-players

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random copper
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how do i make achilles hunting blades work

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lol i simply cannot get a spear clear

dusty vault
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Start with ares keepsake for cast/if you dont find artemis on tart (or got artemis but missing the duo) force her in aspho

Any chaos gate for extra casts/cast dmg helps, same for charon wells

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Engulfing vortex can help pre hunting blades and unlocks the legendary boon, if you see flurry jab as a hammer option take it to have some nice dmg before hb, same for any damaging dash (preferably smth like tidal/divine which wont open extra duos)

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Also mirror helps a lot
Deep pockets for early buying boons from gods you need, dark foresight to see more gold laurel rooms, fated persuasion to increase chances of right boons

hasty flower
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Should I put doom hangover or lightning on chaos shield special?

viscid notch
hasty flower
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Alright, thanks

dusk onyx
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how to get more casts

random copper
# dusk onyx how to get more casts

infernal soul in mirror = +2 casts
prometheus stone in well = +1 cast (temp.)
chaos grasp boon = +1 cast
fully loaded from artemis (legendary) = +2 casts

dusk onyx
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so... its max 5 cast that last...

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and then you can buy another one

random copper
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yeah pretty much

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but i think you can get two grasp chaos boons, so 6

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then +prometheus stone = 7

dusty vault
sweet brook
# dusk onyx so... its max 5 cast that last...

you can get lucky and get multiple grasp boons from chaos. considering you can see chaos at least 3 times sometimes (you can guarantee a chaos room from a certain item in the well) you can get insanely lucky and get grasp boons multiple times

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and ofc you can have more than 1 prometheus stone on you at a time from multiple wells or rerolling a well

fluid plank
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hey whats the best weapon

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i personally like the twin fists but is there smth better?

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that isnt the bow

near fox
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I used to like the spear

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But I'm actually better with the sword

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It's just personal preference

sweet brook
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all the weapons are viable in their own way, some aspects are just bad and not worth using tho

fluid plank
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ALR GOT IT

spiral kraken
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I like the twin fists special attack but also i rlly like the blade as well as the shield

wise hornet
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guys i've unlocked weapon aspects and i wonder what is good to get for spear/sword

hasty flower
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What about the hidden aspects?

tranquil nimbus
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don't bother they are all slow and bad

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shield's hidden aspect is borderline broken

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bow and spear have good hidden aspects but they have a learning curve

hasty flower
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Ok thanks

proven pivot
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The sword hidden aspect is very good even if it IS slow

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It's basically an aoe weapon. Just get aphro attack and you're good

tranquil nimbus
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for survivability, yeah

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as long as you dont|| run FO2 on the pact||

proven pivot
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Idk I've done it with ||fo2|| without much issue

tranquil nimbus
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i guess you're just better

wise hornet
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guys dash nova, cursed slash, or piercing waves?

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from the hammer

topaz jasper
quaint moat
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yo i have a question

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to unlock the aspect of guan yu

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can i invest 2 levels of titan blood to 1 aspect then unlock 3 others to get guan yu?

dusty vault
quaint moat
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Ah alr alr

gray haven
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For their respective hidden aspects.

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Pretty much.

hybrid jolt
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If I do Higher ||heats|| than the next ||heat,|| do i get multiple bounties?

muted pivot
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no

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you get the bounties for the lowest heat you havent claimed all of them with\

topaz jasper
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which is dumb imo

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it should at least be 2 bounties at once allowed

gray haven
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Spoiler tags. dusa

somber frigate
proven pivot
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exactly

random copper
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i remember when i first started hades my favorite weapon was talos fists

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now i realize i was gravely mistaken in choice lol

tranquil nimbus
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talos bestlos

long pagoda
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what do i do for more damage??? i almost beat hades 2nd phase 1st time. fighting him.... my damage not enough

wise hornet
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i once reached styx relying only on deflects and super weak damage. i thought it was a good idea, i was mistaken.

untold shale
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guysss

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i just started

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any suggestion

random copper
hasty flower
wise hornet
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exagryph is so hard to use when i dont get the unlimited ammo hammer

tranquil nimbus
viscid notch
wise hornet
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does that work for the bow

viscid notch
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You'll have to practice a lot to make it work on the bow

wise hornet
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double nova or world splitter, i have doom on my special

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the other one is furry slash but is that good if i spam dash attacks

long pagoda
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what are pretty good weapons to learn? i feel like i've been using spear too much

random copper
long pagoda
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is it better to use ares boon or cerberus boon in base difficulty?

wise hornet
dusty vault
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Flurry slash hurts you if you are dash striking

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As it forces you to do a standing atttack after dash strike

random copper
random copper
long pagoda
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ye

random copper
# long pagoda is it better to use ares boon or cerberus boon in base difficulty?

god keepsakes increase the rarity of a god's boons and force them to spawn at least once per biome. therefore, i recommend them for early game in tart and aspho.
cerberus gives you extra life total, which may be helpful, but there's a big-ass fountain in between biomes that should fill you up rather nicely.
if you're having trouble with the heroes ||and/or dad||, acorn from eurydice negates damage from the first 5 attacks during the boss fight of the region.
lucky tooth from skelly also gives you an extra DD so if you're running low, go on ahead

long pagoda
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normally best daedalus upgrades for most weapons?

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/ones to always pick

random copper
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depends on what you're going for

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have you unlocked weapon aspects yet?

long pagoda
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yes

random copper
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ok i'll dm you some stuff, i'll do some research :D

long pagoda
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oki

random copper
long pagoda
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spear

random copper
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do you use spin attacks often?

long pagoda
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no

random copper
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aight thats what i thought

long pagoda
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it takes too long and i cant move

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it takes me around 1 life to kill theseus and co

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(rn im on malphon for dark thirst)

random copper
long pagoda
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oke

random copper
long pagoda
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i use collar

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because i

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get hit

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a good amount

devout basalt
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theseus and asterius hit you for more than 10 damage each so maxed acorn protects you for more health

long pagoda
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i normally get aphrodite

devout basalt
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oh

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well i dont remember the numbers rip

long pagoda
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i do not like malphon

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bruh i just died to h p2 because i ddint geet enough dashes

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man

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malphon does not suit me

gray haven
# long pagoda normally best daedalus upgrades for most weapons?

Nyaanyaa's Hammer Guide
Zag Sword & Nemesis: Double Edge > Breaching Slash
Nemesis: Double Edge > Breaching Slash
Poseidon: Double Edge > Breaching Slash or Super Nova

Zag Spear: Flurry Jab or Exploding Launcher
Achilles: Flurry Jab
Hades: Quick Spin, Massive Spin, Exploding Launcher, Serrated Point

Zag Shield: Charged Shot > Pulverizing Blow > Sudden Rush or Explosive Return
Chaos & Zeus: Charged Shot > Sudden Rush or Explosive Return

Zag Bow: Twin Shot & Triple Shot > Perfect Shot or Point-Blank Shot
Chiron: Concentrated Volley > Relentless Volley > Twin Shot or Triple Shot
Hera: Twin Shot, Triple Shot, Flurry Shot

Twin Fists: Breaching Cross > Explosive Upper

Zag Rail: Spread Fire or Rocket Bomb & Cluster Bomb or Delta Chamber
Eris: Rocket Bomb & Cluster Bomb or Delta Chamber
Hestia: Rocket Bomb & Cluster Bomb or Ricochet Fire > Piercing Fire > Explosive Fire

long pagoda
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k

storm pike
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hello, got gifted hades a few days ago so here I am

sweet brook
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very nice

tall sequoia
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I feel like I keep dying to hades because I lose my DD's wayyy too fast, and I can't seem preventing losing one or even both of them on elysium, do you guys know any strategy to avoid the bull when he dashes, because it looks like he doesn't stop until he hits you

dusty vault
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Wait him at a pillar and dash through him at last moment

woeful juniper
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If this is just a normal playthrough then just wait at a pillar and dash out the way

tall sequoia
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O h

woeful juniper
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(you don't have to be too strict with the timing)

tall sequoia
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I thought those pillars were there to avoid the spear from theseus

dusty vault
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Can also use a lesser call iframes, dash through Theseus instead

tall sequoia
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Although you just could just dash time that

dusty vault
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If playing shield can just block

tall sequoia
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Yeah I've been trying to use like critical chance boons supported by Athena call

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On the bow

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But even then it feels like primary attacks barely scratch

dusty vault
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What aspect of the bow?

tall sequoia
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I just got my first aspect because I just unlocked

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I think it was aspect of Zagreus

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Like homing special

maiden ruin
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thats chiron

dusty vault
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Homing special is chiron

tall sequoia
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Mb

dusty vault
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Is it lvl 1?

tall sequoia
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Ya

viscid notch
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It's very underwhelming at lv1

random copper
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its only good at lvl. 1 if you have either concentrated and/or relentless volley hammers

storm pike
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is 3 tries for megaera like average? bad?

gray haven
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Good job defeating her. squirtnya

storm pike
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I've died twice to bone hydra so far

sweet brook
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sounds about normal

gray haven
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You're not really expected to clear on one of your first runs anyway.

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Just learn and explore the game at your own pace. It's no competition, there's lot of things to try. squirtnya

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Sometimes a boon combo that sounds great turns out terrible, and sometimes one that sounds terrible turns out great. You won't know until you try it. squirtnya

storm pike
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ye the only roguelites I've played are dead cells and have a nice death, both side scrollers

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never played an isometric one

quasi notch
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what would be the best boons for a chiron bow

topaz jasper
quasi notch
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im currently thinking zeus?

topaz jasper
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best of them is likely artemis, pair with aphrodite on attack and look for their duo boon

muted pivot
quasi notch
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ah right

topaz jasper
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zeus is less effective than you think, it's not awful but not something you should go for

muted pivot
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the lightning bolts have a 0.2s cooldown so it only hits once

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or twice if you angle it right

topaz jasper
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the safest of the chiron builds is dionysus special, aphrodite attack

quasi notch
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if it only hits once yeah its awful

topaz jasper
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meh it's not too bad

quasi notch
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10 damage per special

topaz jasper
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I think the aoe of it has merit

gray haven
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I mean his Special is AOE, so you get more than one hit. But it's pretty garbage.

muted pivot
gray haven
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Your boss damage is gonna be garbage.

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And it doesn't scale with Special hammers.

muted pivot
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but what can make it half redeemable is the fact that you can stack more zeus boons on it

topaz jasper
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zeus special gives pretty easy access to smair

quasi notch
muted pivot
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regardless it atill sucks

gray haven
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Or, hear me out, you could... get his Call for Smair. dusa

muted pivot
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like lv3 epic jolted does just under 200 damage i think which is pretty good

topaz jasper
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sure but forcing zeus means you're much more likely to naturally pick up his call and smair

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assuming you do aphro attack as usual

muted pivot
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but its nowhere near hr or dio chiron

topaz jasper
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yeah

gray haven
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Smair is great, but tbh Chiron benefits a lot less from Smair than most other aspects because the aspect builds god gauge so fast anyway.

quasi notch
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so what im getting is reroll zeus?

gray haven
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What rerolls are we talking about?

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Authority or Persuasion?

quasi notch
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the door ones

gray haven
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Ah, nah you can take his boon.

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Just don't take his Special.

topaz jasper
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zeus's billowing strength is great for chiron regardless of what special you take pretty much

quasi notch
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aight so take his call ?

topaz jasper
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arty dio both like him

gray haven
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Yeah, Call ideally.

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Lightning Reflexes is also pretty good.

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Cast is fine but not a high priority.

quasi notch
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aight time to farm titan blood

gray haven
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Dash is actually not too bad if you get Static Discharge after that, and depending on your god pool that run, there's potentially nothing better for your Dash slot available anyway.

topaz jasper
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chiron is a great aspect to invest blood into

gray haven
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It's a lot of fun and easy to play.

quasi notch
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Huh

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taking damage from chaos

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doesnt affect butterfly

sweet brook
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you already got the bonus from clearing the encounter before entering chaos and the butterfly gives you bonuses on perfect encounters not perfect rooms

quasi notch
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no i meant the chaos boons that make you take damage

storm pike
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11 attempts and at elysium

untold shale
dusk elk
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i’m still a chiron hater 2 years later

sweet brook
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lmao

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why do you hate it

quaint moat
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what does chill do?

sweet brook
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slows enemies

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not sure if it slows their attack speed as well but it might

quaint moat
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aight aight

muted pivot
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yes, it slows enemy attack speed

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it also does weird things like slowing boss phasing

quaint moat
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yo do i have to spend 3 titan blood to unlock guan yu to get the other aspects or no

muted pivot
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no

quaint moat
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how do i get the conversation of aspect of lucifer faster

muted pivot
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just gotta wait, itll happen eventually

quaint moat
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aight aight

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do i have to use exagryph in order to get the dialog or nah?

gray haven
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@quaint moat spoiler tags for ||Chill|| and for the hidden aspects, please. squirtnya

quaint moat
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op mb

wise hornet
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guys, dash at cursor or no?

viscid notch
slow sparrow
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here from Hades

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One good game

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except for Zagreus' voice acting, feels like the dudes being forced to do it

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also thanks for the free Goodies on the websites

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not many companies do that

gray haven
devout basalt
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hes literally escaping the underworld of his own will

graceful spire
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what does the icon do after I simp for meg days

graceful spire
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btw this is an epic game

slow sparrow
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shes a tsundere

graceful spire
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yes

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I see tsundere

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I simp

slow sparrow
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Hahahha

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you must be M, good thing she has a whip to lmao

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wait she even says that during the fight, "How do you like my whip" lmfao

graceful spire
slow sparrow
wise hornet
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almost beat hades second phase but i lack damage : (

viscid notch
slow sparrow
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was in for a rude awakening

graceful spire
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roguelike game moment

gray haven
slow sparrow
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He's quite polite for a teenager though

gray haven
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Definitely.

devout basalt
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well, he is, but not directly

gray haven
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Yeah, he's doing the exact opposite of what he's being told to do by his father.

slow sparrow
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He's mature for everyone except his dad

slow sparrow
dusk onyx
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omg i did it

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yesss

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i made my build

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i spent like 5 retries to do it but now its overpowered :D

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6 casts, each one deals 280dmg, dislodge 180 and i use poseidon sword

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also casts are athena and i have zeus duo so it bounces off enemies

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all i have to do now is beat ||hades|| thats gonna be waay to easy

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will send screenshot latershadesmile

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and done

gray haven
dusk onyx
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i just wanted to show the build...

gray haven
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Well, victory screens are spoilers in this channel.

dusk onyx
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uuuh wait a sec

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better?

gray haven
random copper
# untold shale i need help with post meg

the hydra is color coded:
orange head = ranged
yellow head = magma
green head = bloodless spawner
blue head = melee
purple head = ranged wave

the same applies for the lesser heads it spawns while at 66% and 33% health. at 66% it spawns 3, and at 33% it spawns 6 heads. if at least one head is alive, the main boss is invulnerable and cannot be damaged

topaz jasper
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green head best lernie tbh

muted pivot
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agreed

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pink one is great with ddash

wise hornet
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is there a way i can break through theseus' shield except backstabbing?

viscid notch
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Like Charged Shot on shield

wise hornet
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also i have a thunder signet equipped and i got poseidon boon on the start why is that

viscid notch
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scripted one-time event

wise hornet
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oh yeah i got the legendary fishing boon

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is that permanent? or just for the run?

viscid notch
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just for that run

wise hornet
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i managed to save 3 death defiance

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and i still have lucky tooth

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i hope i clear this run

slow sparrow
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I've noticed something

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the boons give you something you need the most

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like when your just about to die

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you can get even another death defiance if your lucky

wise hornet
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finally beat this game

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shield op

slow sparrow
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Nah

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Achilles Spear OP

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Although I havent beat it yet so

unique meadow
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Achilles spear is pretty bad I think but I upgraded it a bit and it worked just fine!

slow sparrow
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wait Hades is DRM Free?

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so I can uninstall steam and it'll run?

sweet brook
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And then chaos is also whenever they feel like it

slow sparrow
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Just got past hydra

sweet brook
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Very nice

slow sparrow
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First time though

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Let's see what happens

sweet brook
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What weapon?

devout basalt
limber latch
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How do I use the fishing upgrade thing?

wise hornet
limber latch
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The thing you buy from the renovators

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Costs 1 diamond

wise hornet
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ohh it makes it so there are chances for fishing spots to appear throughout your runs

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you can catch fishes and sell it to the masterchef for rewards

limber latch
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What do the fishing locations look like? Is it literally just a fishing rod chilling?

viscid notch
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You can interact with it

limber latch
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Okay, thanks

sweet brook
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you'll know when you see it lol

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you'll see something new in a room and go "oh hey what's that" and then realize you can fish there

graceful spire
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what does greater call mean

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I triggered it by accident

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I think I had like 3 aid bar

dusty vault
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when using all the bars to do the call, 4 for most gods, 5 bars for artemis

graceful spire
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so I basically had 4 bars full

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then pressed f

dusty vault
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yeah

graceful spire
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thx

dusty vault
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you also know is one cuz the god appears to say smth during the call

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and well, it last longer/has better effects

graceful spire
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Thats how I realised this

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I had zeus lighting

slow sparrow
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F killed ||minataur|| and almost ALMOST killed ||Theseus|| first time too!

rancid roost
graceful spire
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How do I beat hades using bow

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it feels so hard even during elysium

rancid roost
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^wondering the same.

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I'm currently on a run with a bow

dusty vault
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Are you dash striking first of all

graceful spire
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I wasted probably 2 death defiance after elysium

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with fist I spent 0

graceful spire
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I see

dusty vault
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it reduces the charging time of the bow at the cost of decreasing the dmg a bit

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but you gain mobility/get benefit from dash strikes bonuses from chaos for example

rancid roost
dusty vault
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also is worth practicing power shots ofc

graceful spire
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which aspect is better for bow, I current have chiron and original

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chiron is auto seek and original is 3% crit

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I only have 1 lvl for each

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chiron looks so cool ngl

topaz jasper
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chiron's very beginner friendly even at lvl1

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use dio special and hope for relentless volley

graceful spire
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whats dio special

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oh

topaz jasper
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dionysus

graceful spire
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the hangover guy

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whats relentless volley though

topaz jasper
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hammer

graceful spire
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I see

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thx

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damn

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I looked up

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extra special

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cool

sick marsh
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Yo what’s ambrosia used for

sweet brook
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mostly late game stuff

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at some point you'll have to use it instead of nectar for advancing bonds but that's generally a lot later

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any bonds that you've maxed out with nectar and is locked will require ambrosia and a lot of lines to be spoken

inner hound
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just wondering whether the aspect of guan yu is useful due to its side effects

topaz jasper
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aphrodite is best there, your basic damage sequence is special -> dash strike -> dash strike especially without charged skewer

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athena is great as a secondary god for divine dash and on the attack to provide safety against the health loss

inner hound
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icic thank you!

slim patrol
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What am i supposed to do in Styx? I have gotten there like 3 times now but it is different from the other areas and i just die in the first room i go in from poison. Btw how do you stop the poison effect? Because i just slowly die after 3/4 tiny rooms going towards the end room.

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The farthest ive gotten in styx is a end room(i think) with a big rat

viscid notch
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When you get poisoned just interact with it

viscid notch
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It can never be the first tunnel

slim patrol
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ah thank u so much!

timber torrent
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normally i'd pick the 200-cost one assuming it is higher rarity, but the glow throws me off

wise hornet
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how do you dodge hades' green pulse attack i see speedrunners dodge through them but i still take damage

viscid notch
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No dash striking

wise hornet
viscid notch
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What's probably getting you is that you try to attack as you dash through it

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Which strips your iframes

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So instead just dash, no attacks

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And that's for everything, not just this move

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If you want to iframe with your dashes, they should always be empty dashes

slow sparrow
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Got past The Heroes

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This is getting easier with nyxs mirror

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Especially after the second death defiance

graceful spire
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what does borrow from charon mean

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what if I dont pay back

dusty vault
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Do it to check it dusa

graceful spire
dusty vault
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||he will fight you||

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Dont open if you wanna learn for yourself

graceful spire
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okie

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time to borrow money

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bruh wth

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he dragged me to somewhere

dusty vault
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Have fun

graceful spire
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qwq

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wtf

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he is so strong

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I died one already

sweet brook
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Lmfao

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I love seeing everyone's reaction to that

graceful spire
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BRUHHHH

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I DIED

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TO A DAMN MERCHANT

dusty vault
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Was that in tart

graceful spire
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I wasted 3 death defiance

sweet brook
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Maybe don't steal from that damn merchant smh

graceful spire
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no

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he was in asphodel

graceful spire
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it says borrow

sweet brook
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"borrow"

dusty vault
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It says "borrow"

graceful spire
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BRUH

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fml

dusty vault
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Dont forget to talk with everyone to see their reactions dusa

sweet brook
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Yep

graceful spire
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I also had 1 fire pact thing that adds more skill for the bosses

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does that also add difficulty for ||charon||?

sweet brook
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The ||heat|| technically makes everything harder but it doesn't make 1 specific enemy harder

sweet brook
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Once you face him multiple times and get used to the fight then it's not as bad

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Which can be said about all bosses really

graceful spire
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indeed

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||charon|| has a huge aoe range somehow

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his ranged attack is fairly easy to dodge

sweet brook
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iframe it lol

nova lava
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I had problems with the ||theseus and asterius|| fight for awhile but I figured it out pretty quickly how to eat it at a consistent degree

graceful spire
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but his close range swipe is like ||hades||

sweet brook
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Spoiler ||hades||

graceful spire
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okie

dusty vault
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Also ||charon fight|| is also a spoiler

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As it only happens ||post first win||

graceful spire
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alright time to put spoiler tag on names

sweet brook
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Oh whoops lol

nova lava
sweet brook
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It do be like that

graceful spire
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thats what just happened qwq

nova lava
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lol, I do enjoy that boss battle tho

graceful spire
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I have a question for the family favorite, a thing on the mirror

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does it add damage for each boon or each olympian

dusty vault
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Olympian

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Is a 25% boost most of the time

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4 god pool + hermes

graceful spire
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emmm

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I got previllieged status maxed

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40%

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I dunno which one is better

dusty vault
#

Ff most of the time

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A lot of builds dont get 2 curses or have to force extra booms for a 15% difference over ff

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FF also comes online from the first boon you have

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If your build has 2 easy curses (like weak + hangover) then PS is worth

graceful spire
#

understandable

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its true

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I often have to struggle in order to get 2 at least

dusty vault
graceful spire
#

thats great to learn

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ff and ps are both good I guess

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It also helped me to decided whether to change god's pride or no

dusty vault
#

God's pride my beloved

graceful spire
#

I just wasnt that sure

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but now yes

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god's pride

timber torrent
muted pivot
#

i dont believe it means anything

sweet brook
#

it might mean that it's your first time seeing that god in the run but i'm probably wrong

#

but honestly i doubt it's important

graceful spire
#

which aspect is better for spear

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hades?

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ngl I dont use hold attack often

topaz jasper
#

achilles is generally regarded as the best non hidden spear

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although it's mechanically demanding

graceful spire
#

now I understand why

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its has mobility and extra damage

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no wonder why ppl say its the best

topaz jasper
#

yeah it's good

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at max level hades spear gives +150% to attack and special, achilles gives +150% to attack and cast

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and I'm sure you've noticed that using special is a lot easier and safer than hitting stuff with the spin attack

graceful spire
#

also does hold special of achilie gives u extra damage of special

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it surely provides longer distance

topaz jasper
#

think holding just gives range but don't quote me on that

graceful spire
#

I just tested on skelly

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nope

#

only range

dusty vault
#

You mostly double tap on achilles for instant bonus

topaz jasper
#

yep although it's really strong to special directly behind an enemy so you can backstab and dodge attack

graceful spire
#

mobility brrrr

#

I can already predict myself burn alive in asphodel

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the only issue I have achille spear is that I got used to the original spear which is spam q twice each time

#

it got me hit a few times now due to this

#

me noob

sweet brook
#

Are you using default keybinds

graceful spire
#

yes

sweet brook
#

You should change it lol

#

What's your right click

graceful spire
#

now if I want to retract it I have to q and left click

graceful spire
graceful spire
dusty vault
#

You dont tend to recall the special like normal on achilles

sweet brook
dusty vault
#

Just double tap q

graceful spire
dusty vault
#

Hold it a bit longer to dash through the enemy

sweet brook
#

I'm pretty sure recalling the spear doesn't even give you the bonus

dusty vault
#

Yeah recslling doesnt work

sweet brook
#

I tried it the other day and noticed it

graceful spire
#

hopefully I can get used to it

#

Recalling gives me backstab damage

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which I value it

sweet brook
#

The bonus damage is more damage than the backstab lol

dusty vault
#

The dmg sucks on special

graceful spire
#

I got it

#

thx

sweet brook
#

Get the damage bonus and then stab them in the back with the attack lol

#

Backstab and bonus

dusty vault
#

Hades/zag spears when doing special builds use the hammer exploding launcher

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Which deletes the recall but increases base dmg to 50

graceful spire
#

how is aspect of guanyu

#

I revealled it by accident

#

should I unlock it

#

life stealing looks so damn cool

dusty vault
#

is hard to get used to, and really punishing at low lvls

graceful spire
#

alright

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might consider unlocking it

topaz jasper
#

it has use though

slow sparrow
#

Almost has senior zag

untold surge
#

like, fav and award please 🙂

timber torrent
#

Is there an easy way to see how far in I've gotten with each weapon? like i know there are a couple i haven't beaten the Furies with, but not sure which

random copper
timber torrent
#

yes i know, was hoping to be able to see before i start a run

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as i'd like to get the blood and second level diamond for the weapons i haven't gotten them for yet

random copper
dusty vault
#

can just write things down before that as skelly said

sudden brook
#

Returned to the game after a while, started a new save, and realized I do no damage to anything in elysium. Am I just building wrong, or are the enemies there meant to be very tanky

gray haven
sudden brook
#

Which god(s) should I go for on malphon?

leaden whale
wise hornet
#

i can now always reach hades every run with a 75% win rate

#

i feel great

proven pivot
#

Nice!

graceful spire
#

guanyu aspect got me killed in a painful way after I encountered the rat king, skill issues

#

I spent 2 death defiance since that little rat is fast and guanyu took 70% of my damn health and I put a heat of reducing healing effect

#

silly me

graceful spire
devout basalt
#

lasting consequences doesnt affect guan yu spins right?

topaz jasper
#

nope

#

nor cursed slash or draining cutter

random copper
#

LC doesn't affect life total gains, but affects direct healing without change of life total. centaur hearts (and souls), cerb keepsake, guan yu life steal, and above hammers will heal you.

#

i think hammers are exceptions to LC

#

but idk

gray haven
#

Hidden aspect names are spoilers, by the way. squirtnya

dusk ibex
#

||how can I dodge hades ?
theres a move he is drawing a circle and 1 second later he do 360 degree tracking attack.
what is the timing of dash-i-frame this ?
so far I am only able to avoiding it by moving completely out of the attack range with triple dash from hermes boon||

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||and the in 2nd phase, he do a multiple tracking laser shoot, is only way to dodge is hide behind pillars ? or is there a way to dps him while laser is still tracking you||

viscid notch
# dusk ibex ||how can I dodge hades ? theres a move he is drawing a circle and 1 second lat...

You should spoiler all of this in this channel, || to dodge it you just have to dash twice, no dash strikes because those strip your iframes, that’s it and for the second question the safest thing is to block with a shield or stand behind pillars, if you’re very close to him you can avoid the damage but it’s easy to get knocked back and start taking damage again from the lasers ||

dusk ibex
viscid notch
#

Well now you know, you can edit your message and put spoiler tags

wise hornet
#

what builds are good for ||aspect of arthur?||

proven pivot
#

Build: literally just get aphro attack
Other high percent attacks also work but aphro is easiest

graceful spire
#

I think arthur itself is already op with damage boast and slow effect

#

I had super nova

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with larger area under the effect of special

wise hornet
#

double nova good too?

graceful spire
#

dunno, didnt get that

#

me new player too

#

but I made my fastest run using arthur

#

oh hit twice thing

#

I think its good too

sweet brook
#

considering all the other awful sword hammers, double nova isn't bad yeah

#

losing knockback can be kinda bad tho but not the worst thing in the world

random thorn
#

Do you guys have any homepage that you would say is a "must have" that maybe makes the game more easily?

#

like a boon table or something I dont know 😛

analog sparrow
#

I have killed meg 100 why do I have no titan blood?!

#

seriously wtf

sweet brook
#

you only get titan blood the first time you defeat her

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per weapon

#

so before you get your first clear the max you can have is 6

#

unless you trade some ambrosia for titan blood in the shop

#

once you get your first clear there are more opportunities to get titan blood

analog sparrow
#

then how did I get 2 for demeter?!

graceful spire
#

?

#

I think thats nectar

analog sparrow
#

the fists require blood

graceful spire
#

oh yes

#

have u fulfilled prophecy

#

that also gives titan blood

#

some quests

#

if u want to get more titan blood, its either fulfilling prophecy or defeating fury + the final boss

#

or through trade

#

1 ambrosia is 1 titan blood

sweet brook
#

i'm assuming you didn't get your first clear

analog sparrow
#

no some of these dumb quests require to use awful boons like why do the quests when they encourage you to use awful boon that kill runs?

sweet brook
#

prob find the right build then

#

because certain boons are considered useless for certain weapons

#

like why would i get artemis' legendary (+2 casts) for the rail, which is obv bad
but get a cast based build like poseidon sword or hera bow and then the +2 casts are amazing

#

there are hardly any "awful boons", yes there are some but for the most part they all have a place in some build

dusty vault
#

(and if they arent just visit your nearest purging pool)

sweet brook
#

yep

#

looking at the wiki for the fated list and the only way to get titan blood without escaping is by reaching styx and killing every miniboss in the game or something

random thorn
#

Hunter Dash is pointless with bow right?

#

since its only the dash-attack

dusty vault
#

You always dash strike on bow

sweet brook
#

hunter's dash buffs your dash atk doesnt it

dusty vault
#

Is faster + benefit from both attack buffs and dash strike

random thorn
#

Ok

#

thanks

dusty vault
#

For a bit less base dmg

sweet brook
#

oh i misunderstood the question lmao i forgot the default with bow isn't dash attacking

random thorn
#

But do you dash attack when you do the normal wait for charge - attack?

#

Im thinking the stab with the sword for example = Dash attack

#

or the spear

sweet brook
#

it's just slow

random thorn
#

with the bow i mean

sweet brook
#

if you're waiting for something to spawn then it's nice

dusty vault
#

Dash then hold attack

random thorn
#

i usually wait untill he flashes then attack and dodge then repeat

dusty vault
#

Zag holds the bow different and the charge speed increase really notices

analog sparrow
sweet brook
#

you can't purge hammers and thats just unlucky

dusty vault
#

Hammers cant never be purged, and yeah it only chooses 3 at a time

sweet brook
#

but tbh not many boons actively hurt your build so it's not that big of a deal really

analog sparrow
#

so what the point in doing the quest they just reward you for throwing and waste your time when the point of the game is to be beaten

dusty vault
#

What boon are you talking about in first place

sweet brook
#

you can still beat the game by using "awful boons"

graceful spire
#

indeed

analog sparrow
graceful spire
#

I wouldnt judge the boons by rarity

sweet brook
#

oh hammers can be awful that's fair

graceful spire
#

hammer is very nice on bow

sweet brook
#

bow has good hammers yeah but some of the other weapons aren't so lucky

graceful spire
#

yep

dusty vault
#

Sword moment

sweet brook
#

sword and shield dont have too many great hammers

analog sparrow
sweet brook
#

wait isn't that pretty good

#

base 50 damage?

dusty vault
#

That one is fine, but im assuming you didnt have Dem aspect

graceful spire
#

shield has a power shot replacing bull push which works alright with rupture

dusty vault
#

Otherwise i can see how it feels bad

graceful spire
#

ngl my favorite boon effects are rupture and doom

analog sparrow
#

like why would you want a ranged special if you're playing melee if I wanted ranged I'd pick the long knuckle which makes the fist have long melee range

dusty vault
#

On base fists i agree tbh

sweet brook
#

demeter aspect makes kinetic launcher good tho doesn't it because chunky

dusty vault
#

Yeah on dem aspect is fun

sweet brook
#

i mean to be fair if you're using the fists, using the special isn't too valuable to begin with if you're not using demeter aspect

#

or talos i guess for that matter

analog sparrow
#

besides that rng keeps on screwing me over the game keeps giving me all of the other gods beside my trinket ( Aries )

sweet brook
#

it only works once

#

it just guarantees the very next boon you see is from them

analog sparrow
#

I thought people said this game was suppose to be the "anti-roguelike" where RNG NEVER screws you over

sweet brook
#

but after that first boon it doesn't work anymore

sweet brook
#

but for casual playing, there are plenty of ways to control rng

#

the keepsakes change at the start of every biome, rerolls in the mirror, dark foresight in the mirror

analog sparrow
#

like when i got to charon's thing low on health when I need food he never seems to be selling food

sweet brook
#

and for some builds you need like 4 boons or something and then everything else is bonus

sweet brook
#

can't do much about things like that

#

but also at the same time the game's not gonna give you a win on a silver platter, you gotta work for it
learn enemy attack patterns, timings, builds, etc

graceful spire
#

I encounter an issue

#

I am currently trying to reveal the hidden aspect of shield

#

I already invested 5 titan blood into it

#

and chaos just doesnt care and gives me regular dialogue

#

I have been into the chaos gate 5 times already

#

3 times with shield equipped

#

2 times without

dusty vault
#

Has Chaos mentioned the shield (or any of the aspects) already?

analog sparrow
#

these trove things suck they say I get like 50 darkness for example when I beat then i get less

graceful spire
#

I aint sure

#

thats why I tried both

#

with and without

#

both didnt trigger

dusty vault
#

Yeah dialogues arent guaranteed so you just have to keep going

#

You have hidde soear already no?

graceful spire
#

yea

dusty vault
#

If you dont remember the dialogue i suggest keep trying with the shield, just in case

graceful spire
#

okie

#

thx

gray haven
sweet brook
#

Isn't there a contractor upgrade to make them worth more

random copper
#

yeah

#

goes up to superior

#

500 gems

sweet brook
#

I should do troves more often to get gems lol

random copper
#

after the troves, are there any more upgrades from the contractor you use to make escaping easier/reap more rewards? i dont think so

sweet brook
#

The nectar thingy, darkness thingy

#

Fountains

#

Fishing rod for more resources

random copper
#

mk

#

what about purchaseable with gemstones

#

im starting to get a buildup

sweet brook
#

Chance of gold pots in rooms for more money

topaz jasper
#

eh not much is, it's mostly for decorations

#

gems are good for spamming nectar to everyone though via trader

random copper
#

i have boss gemstones, fated keys, darkness life total, darker thirst

sweet brook
topaz jasper
sweet brook
#

Free random pom for nectar is really good

random copper
muted pivot
#

gems->keys->nectar->ambrosia->titan blood chain

sweet brook
#

Esp in Tartarus

random copper
#

i just feel i rarely find nectar chambers

muted pivot
topaz jasper
#

yeah agreed

#

unless you're a fated auth*rity user

muted pivot
#

oh wait he already has fated keys

sweet brook
#

Turn off dark foresight to find more nectar chambers 🧠

muted pivot
#

hmm

topaz jasper
#

hera speedrunners using olympian favor to spam rerolls at wells

muted pivot
#

also why do i feel like nectar is offered way less than the other 3

random copper
#

it is

muted pivot
#

damn

topaz jasper
#

is it really

muted pivot
#

i think so

topaz jasper
#

can we ping someone

muted pivot
#

@silk tiger

random copper
#

some runs i never ever get nectar chambers

topaz jasper
#

@silk tiger

dusty vault
topaz jasper
#

what about @torpid hemlock

#

I want numbers dammit

muted pivot
#

me too

dusty vault
#

If i see nectar in run is cuz dio nectar boon lol

random copper
#

does sidon boons drop nectar?

#

or sisy companion?

sweet brook
#

Sometimes I believe

dusty vault
#

Ocean's bounty? It can rarely drop one

#

And even a more rare drop: a diamond

silk tiger
#

I’m not sure about the numbers tbh

#

But yeah it feels like you get it way less often

dusty vault
#

Wait is ocean bounty or sunken treasurw

random copper
#

the only way i get nectar is trader in house or dio boon

dusty vault
#

I always mix them

random copper
#

bounty

#

WAIT

#

no

#

its treasure

#

yeah

#

bounty gives you +darkness and gemstones

dusty vault
#

Troves also can drop a nectar + normal reward at rare times iirc

random copper
#

i just get keys and gemstones because by now they're practically useless to me. i trade with broker for nectar.

#

and fated keys gives me reroll :D

muted pivot
#

we forgot about the bag

analog sparrow
#

oof I wasted my gems on the useless musician

devout basalt
#

bro 0.03% thats like literally impossible 💀

#

on average youd have to take sunken treasure 30,000 times for it to happen once

dusty vault
#

Orpheus is great

devout basalt
#

no its not,,,

#

actually we're both wrong

#

except you're significantly more correct (probably with correct reasoning) and this is a blatant attempt to defend my goofy math skills

#

foiled by gamers once again

muted pivot
#

well yeay obviously its closer to 3333.333333333333 but thats besides the point

graceful spire
#

Every time I have to grind at dog dungeon for diamond

#

If I don’t have an op build I might even lose one death defiance when encounter rat kingshadegrief

placid river
#

how do i get aspects for my weapons?

#

also what does the diamond do

#

I didnt get it

#

but I saw a room that gave it i think

#

and lastly

#

any tips for hydra : (

placid river
#

lets go just beat it

#

ngl the spear is so good

placid river
#

bruh

#

died to the third boss

#

or like fourth?

#

the one ||where theres two enemies||

long wind
viscid notch
#

The other way

#

Theseus only slows spears at you

#

Easy to avoid if you listen to sound cues and pay attention

#

Asterius is a lot more dangerous and tankier so you should deal with him first

#

If you activate Theseus' second phase you'll also have a hard time handling both of them

#

So you want to do that when he's alone

#

Hence you should kill the bull first

placid river
#

just reached them again

#

I killed the bull

#

reached theseus' second phase (where he gets some kidn of power from athena) adn then died

placid river
#

I used a bow build with the 4+ bullets from your special and the "your special applies doom" and the boon that makes your doom effects do more damage but take more time. Is that good?

placid river
#

Should I unlock the fists and railgun before trying it again? Im on another run on elysium rn

graceful spire
graceful spire
#

Mirror is after when I got all weapons unlocked

placid river
#

I'll do that

placid river
#

bruh I was so close to beating them

#

I came in with 30 health and my only death defiance

#

theseus had like 15-20% of his health left...

viscid notch
#

Otherwise you shouldnt be using your Special at all, the attack is your focus and you rely on dash strikes strictly

#

On Hera it’s a bit different because your Cast will do much more than your attack but you should still be dash striking as much as you can and the Special never gets used

flat bay
flat bay
placid river
placid river
flat bay
#

that means he hasn't unlocked aspects

flat bay
#

It's a pretty good weapon

#

and getting used to reloading isn't hard

#

how much titan blood do you have?

flat bay
#

Don't attack Theseus while he is aiming at you

#

you get a chance after he attacks and starts walking away

#

for the second phase, you just start running the first time he uses the call (that god attack)

#

afterwards, every call has a set pattern

#

if you can learn the patterns you can avoid them easily with just one dash

#

except for Dionysus where the pattern is random iirc

#

when he falls below 50% health he throws the spear faster

#

and you should make sure to take cover when he throws (or time your dash) because after he does the call his attacks get special properties

#

(depending on who he calls)

#

the worst one being Dionysus because it makes his attacks inflict hangover

dusty vault
#

Eh when Theseus is alone dodging his attack is easy and Dio god call doesnt even aim you

flat bay
#

I don't think that's true when it's your third time fighting them

#

Imo, it's safer to just try to hide behind a pillar early on

#

it's def better to just dash

dusty vault
#

Thats what i mean with dodging his attacks

#

Is "easy" cuz asterius isnt pressuring you

flat bay
#

Maybe you're right 🤷‍♂️ , after all this is just my opinion

#

Skill launcher enjoyer can try both ways and decide which one fits him more

#

trying to time the dash, or hiding

#

either way theseus is not that hard after asterius is dead

graceful spire
#

me in elysium facing both boss is basically dashing and spamming

#

I dont even target the bull

#

sometimes I trigger both of them into the second phase

dusk ibex
#

do heighten security increase damage against enemy ? or only zargarut ?

placid river
flat bay
#

what aspect?

#

Chaos, Zeus,

#

or

#

Zagreus

sweet brook
#

If you're speedrunning with certain aoe weapons then killing both at the same time is what you want to do ideally

graceful spire
#

its just me braindead

#

me spamming brrrrr

sweet brook
#

It's fun if you have ME lol

#

And some of the hidden aspects make killing them both at the same time really easy

graceful spire
#

tbh with shield u dont need to think which one to kill first

#

just spam by holding it

placid river
#

it seemed edgy and cool lol

placid river
#

though it doesnt seem that good

random thorn
#

If I have not completed styx (the last level) on a weapon and put it on lets say heat 1 and complete the game, do I get 2 rewards if I do the last level or do I need to go back to 0 heat and do it again?

#

or should I just do it on 0 untill I kill the last boss then do heat level 1?

spark crag
#

you won't get two rewards

#

if you complete it at heat 1 if you haven't gotten all the rewards at heat 0, you'd get the same benefits as you'd get for completing it at heat 0

random thorn
#

And 0 is "used" after? If you know what I mean. Like doing heat 1 then go back and do heat 0

muted pivot
#

doing it at a higher heat will get you the bounties for the lowest non zero heat you havent gotten them all at yet

random thorn
#

I see

#

so the best thing is to do them 1 at the time? to get as much rewards as possible for them all?

muted pivot
#

yeah, you can do that. it doesnt really matter if you want to go to higher heats to challenge yourself as youll still get bounties the same as if you were doing it on level

random thorn
#

Sorry if Im slow but you are saying if I do like all the heat 2 challenges I wont get the heat 1 challenge? Like they will be gone after I complete 2.

#

I just want as much rewards as possible to level up all my weapons and stuff 🙂

sweet brook
sweet brook
random thorn
#

Cool. thanks a lot!

placid river
#

also wouldnt it become good if I upgrade it to max?

#

like 5 shields

#

and if they all apply some kind of effect (hangover or doom) its pretty good isnt it?

topaz jasper
#

it becomes a loooot better

#

but still not good compared to the other three aspects

placid river
#

Whats the best shield aspect then?

random copper
#

have you unlocked ||hidden aspects||?

topaz jasper
#

all three are good

#

base shield is excellent with a particular hammer and can coast off of very little else

random copper
#

chaos shield is meh

topaz jasper
#

zeus shield has some super powerful builds like merciful end and can also be fundamental with zeus on special

#

then hidden shield is the fastest of them by far and can room/boss wipe in seconds

random copper
#

chaos takes time for the shields to come back and is terrible at low lvl.

placid river
sweet brook
#

Probably a no then lol

graceful spire
#

because I never completed the game using sword

#

then I used arthur aspect in 1 heat

#

I was kinda wondering

wary iron
#

i dont know if i can ask this but when do ||chaos gates|| start appearing? The wiki says that they should start appearing after around 6 escape attempts, but i have double that and still havent seen one

sweet brook
#

it's still rng

#

there might also be some condition you need to fill as well as that but i doubt it

#

unlucky that you didn't see it yet tho

wary iron
#

finally got my first!

#

yay

flat bay
#

Its not very good the first three levels

#

but once you get it to 4-5 shields it becomes really good

#

and fun to play

sweet brook
#

it becomes usable with 4-5 shields but still not great lol

flat bay
#

Is chaos aspect not considered good in the community?

#

Huh

sweet brook
#

yeah it's really not

#

some people compare it with playing aspectless lol

#

the special on the shield isn't really what's doing the main dps unless you're playing zeus aspect (i've never played zeus aspect but people consider it pretty good)

#

there are decent builds you can do with it but there are just better options

#

ares, dionysus, or zeus on the special are all good options. you can spread doom around the room, stack 5 hangover onto a target if you point blank them, and when you get the jolted boon, you can spread jolted across the room

#

as someone here pointed out earlier, you cant point blank the zeus special because of internal cooldowns

graceful spire
#

so I still didnt get the chaos hidden aspect and I was wondering why

#

then I realised that I still have bow aspect secret word on me

#

after I unlocked it I am on another run with shield but still chaos doesnt say anything

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I guess its the run after this run

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😵

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I will take it as shield grinding time

devout basalt
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Pray to RNGesus

blazing crescent
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is it good to add more heat than the heat gauge needs?

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or should i just add heat until the gauge is full?

graceful spire
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Yea

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Add enough heat until it’s full

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To grind sufficient resources

mild sigil
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made 2 escape in a row

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its good for a noob heh

graceful spire
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no hidden aspect for me I guess

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I already stacked from 2 ||heat ||now 5 ||heat||

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do I have to equip the aspect of chaos or wha

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or unlock other hidden aspect first

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I already got the ones from spear sword and bow

random copper
dusk ibex
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I am trying to finish the Prophecies List (eg: picking every boons from a god)...is there a way to display it while I am in the dunguen map ?

placid river
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Lmao HOW

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I just beat theseus and asterius for the first time using fists

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Didnt even use one death defiance

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and I nohitted the fight until the minotaur was dead

near fox
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Wow

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Impressive

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I once got an absolutely insane build and I did hydra no damage

placid river
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just died by poison in the styx temple

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what can i use ambrosia for?

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should I buy 1 titan blood with it?

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yeah just bought it

dusty vault
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Ambrosia is used to increase your relationships with characters after a certain point, and some extra use for a bit later

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But you can trade fine a few early ones

dusk ibex
# gray haven Nope.

it could be a QoL...so I dont need to print screen before I enter dungeon...

gray haven
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Well, they're not gonna change anything like that anymore. I think there's a mod that can help with it. If you're interested in that, there's a link to the Hades modding discord server pinned in #self-promotion.

graceful spire
sweet brook
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That's content after the final boss

graceful spire
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oki

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so which step I did wrong to get shield hidden aspect

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something aint right

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I got bow one quite smooth

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do I have to equip chaos aspect

dusty vault
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If you have everything is really just an awful case of rng

graceful spire
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aw

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maybe next run

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I will be lucky

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so just to make sure

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I maxed my aspect of zag on shield

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||I already met the 5 blood requirement right?||

dusty vault
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Ye

graceful spire
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sigh

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another run still no

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||now she is talking about family relationship with nyx since I am giving nectar to everyone||

dusty vault
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Ah yeah try to not advance story bits cuz if they have priority the ||awakening phrase may be put back||

graceful spire
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I see

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its fine

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I also love stories

reef mauve
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How do you collect titan blood after you defeat the furies the first time with the weapons?

placid river
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final boss

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I think

warm saddle
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There will always be more blood to spill

tepid temple
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ive given than 6 nectars now and it wont let me give any ambrosia is there something i need to do?

warm saddle
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There is a special event that will unlock the next heart. Keep doing runs and it will come up