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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
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)
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
Should I put doom hangover or lightning on chaos shield special?
I would usually choose between Doom or Lightning, Hangover isn't that good for it imo, Doom is a bit more self sufficient with poms, whereas Lightning would need you to get more Zeus boons like Static Discharge and Double Strike, it can do more than Doom with those tho
Alright, thanks
vortex or metal?
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
yeah pretty much
but i think you can get two grasp chaos boons, so 6
then +prometheus stone = 7
Vortex
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
and ofc you can have more than 1 prometheus stone on you at a time from multiple wells or rerolling a well
hey whats the best weapon
i personally like the twin fists but is there smth better?
that isnt the bow
It's all up to you to be honest
I used to like the spear
But I'm actually better with the sword
It's just personal preference
all the weapons are viable in their own way, some aspects are just bad and not worth using tho
ALR GOT IT
I like the twin fists special attack but also i rlly like the blade as well as the shield
guys i've unlocked weapon aspects and i wonder what is good to get for spear/sword
Check pins. 
What about the hidden aspects?
don't bother they are all slow and bad
shield's hidden aspect is borderline broken
bow and spear have good hidden aspects but they have a learning curve
Ok thanks
The sword hidden aspect is very good even if it IS slow
It's basically an aoe weapon. Just get aphro attack and you're good
Idk I've done it with ||fo2|| without much issue
i guess you're just better
piercing
yo i have a question
to unlock the aspect of guan yu
can i invest 2 levels of titan blood to 1 aspect then unlock 3 others to get guan yu?
hidden spear doesnt work through investing blood, but aspects unlocked across all weapons
check #h1-story-discussion pins
Ah alr alr
Stygius: A→S
Varatha: F→A
Aegis: S→SS
Coronacht: S→S
Malphon: C→C
Exagryph: A→S
For their respective hidden aspects.
Pretty much.
If I do Higher ||heats|| than the next ||heat,|| do i get multiple bounties?
Spoiler tags. 
Best sword aspect 💪💪💪💪
exactly
i remember when i first started hades my favorite weapon was talos fists
now i realize i was gravely mistaken in choice lol
talos bestlos
what do i do for more damage??? i almost beat hades 2nd phase 1st time. fighting him.... my damage not enough
i once reached styx relying only on deflects and super weak damage. i thought it was a good idea, i was mistaken.
what do you need help with?
Get death defiance
exagryph is so hard to use when i dont get the unlimited ammo hammer
if you're playong on kbm make sure to turn aim at cursor off when playing the gun
what does that do
It makes auto aim do the work for you
does that work for the bow
You'll have to practice a lot to make it work on the bow
double nova or world splitter, i have doom on my special
the other one is furry slash but is that good if i spam dash attacks
what are pretty good weapons to learn? i feel like i've been using spear too much
if you're spamming dash-strikes, then flurry slash is not as beneficial
if you have doom special, i think double nova and dire misfortune from ares could work well
is it better to use ares boon or cerberus boon in base difficulty?
i chose flurry and im hoping for a athene attack deflect boon is that good?
Flurry slash hurts you if you are dash striking
As it forces you to do a standing atttack after dash strike
well if you like standing still then go ahead
do you mean keepsakes?
ye
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
yes
ok i'll dm you some stuff, i'll do some research :D
oki
what weapons do you normally prefer to use?
spear
do you use spin attacks often?
no
aight thats what i thought
it takes too long and i cant move
it takes me around 1 life to kill theseus and co
(rn im on malphon for dark thirst)
for zag aspect, when maxed out the special does 25% more damage
vicious skewer would be nice with arty crit boons
oke
use acorn from eurydice it helps alot
theseus and asterius hit you for more than 10 damage each so maxed acorn protects you for more health
i normally get aphrodite
i do not like malphon
bruh i just died to h p2 because i ddint geet enough dashes
man
malphon does not suit me
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
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hello, got gifted hades a few days ago so here I am
very nice
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
Wait him at a pillar and dash through him at last moment
If this is just a normal playthrough then just wait at a pillar and dash out the way
O h
(you don't have to be too strict with the timing)
I thought those pillars were there to avoid the spear from theseus
Can also use a lesser call iframes, dash through Theseus instead
Although you just could just dash time that
If playing shield can just block
Yeah I've been trying to use like critical chance boons supported by Athena call
On the bow
But even then it feels like primary attacks barely scratch
What aspect of the bow?
I just got my first aspect because I just unlocked
I think it was aspect of Zagreus
Like homing special
thats chiron
Homing special is chiron
Mb
Is it lvl 1?
Ya
It's very underwhelming at lv1
its only good at lvl. 1 if you have either concentrated and/or relentless volley hammers
is 3 tries for megaera like average? bad?
Good job defeating her. 
I've died twice to bone hydra so far
sounds about normal
You're not really expected to clear on one of your first runs anyway.
Just learn and explore the game at your own pace. It's no competition, there's lot of things to try. 
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. 
ye the only roguelites I've played are dead cells and have a nice death, both side scrollers
never played an isometric one
what would be the best boons for a chiron bow
there are a few specials regarded as good
im currently thinking zeus?
best of them is likely artemis, pair with aphrodite on attack and look for their duo boon
zeus is bad bc cooldowns
ah right
zeus is less effective than you think, it's not awful but not something you should go for
the lightning bolts have a 0.2s cooldown so it only hits once
or twice if you angle it right
the safest of the chiron builds is dionysus special, aphrodite attack
It's awful.
if it only hits once yeah its awful
meh it's not too bad
10 damage per special
I think the aoe of it has merit
I mean his Special is AOE, so you get more than one hit. But it's pretty garbage.
special has 30 damage base and 45 at epic
but what can make it half redeemable is the fact that you can stack more zeus boons on it
zeus special gives pretty easy access to smair
ah sorry 30 damage per special
regardless it atill sucks
Yeah, but so does any core boon from him lol.
Or, hear me out, you could... get his Call for Smair. 
like lv3 epic jolted does just under 200 damage i think which is pretty good
sure but forcing zeus means you're much more likely to naturally pick up his call and smair
assuming you do aphro attack as usual
but its nowhere near hr or dio chiron
yeah
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.
so what im getting is reroll zeus?
the door ones
zeus's billowing strength is great for chiron regardless of what special you take pretty much
aight so take his call ?
arty dio both like him
Yeah, Call ideally.
Lightning Reflexes is also pretty good.
Cast is fine but not a high priority.
aight time to farm titan blood
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.
good idea
chiron is a great aspect to invest blood into
It's a lot of fun and easy to play.
you already got the bonus from clearing the encounter before entering chaos and the butterfly gives you bonuses on perfect encounters not perfect rooms
no i meant the chaos boons that make you take damage
11 attempts and at elysium
i need help with post meg
i’m still a chiron hater 2 years later
what does chill do?
aight aight
yes, it slows enemy attack speed
it also does weird things like slowing boss phasing
yo do i have to spend 3 titan blood to unlock guan yu to get the other aspects or no
no
how do i get the conversation of aspect of lucifer faster
just gotta wait, itll happen eventually
@quaint moat spoiler tags for ||Chill|| and for the hidden aspects, please. 
Hidden aspect requirements are pinned in #h1-story-discussion.
op mb
guys, dash at cursor or no?
Try it for yourself and see if you like it, but most players dont use it
here from Hades
One good game
except for Zagreus' voice acting, feels like the dudes being forced to do it
also thanks for the free Goodies on the websites
not many companies do that
You mean kind of like a teenager who is forced to do something he doesn't wanna do...? Like, say... Zagreus, for example? 
hes literally escaping the underworld of his own will
what does the icon do after I simp for meg days
I dont even know where to review it
btw this is an epic game
Daym mind blown
Meg tries to play hard to get so bad lol
shes a tsundere
Hahahha
you must be M, good thing she has a whip to lmao
wait she even says that during the fight, "How do you like my whip" lmfao


almost beat hades second phase but i lack damage : (
Spoiler that in this channel
I was so overjoyed when I got out of Tartarus, thought I'd get a save and start from there
was in for a rude awakening
roguelike game moment
He's literally rebelling against his parent. 
He's quite polite for a teenager though
Definitely.
his dad isnt making him escape lol
well, he is, but not directly
Yeah, he's doing the exact opposite of what he's being told to do by his father.
He's mature for everyone except his dad
I mean if I were in zags place I'd live there. He's got a life a girl and a secure job
omg i did it
yesss
i made my build
i spent like 5 retries to do it but now its overpowered :D
6 casts, each one deals 280dmg, dislodge 180 and i use poseidon sword
also casts are athena and i have zeus duo so it bounces off enemies
all i have to do now is beat ||hades|| thats gonna be waay to easy
will send screenshot later
and done
@dusk onyx congratulations! Victory screenshots go in #h1-victory-boasting however. 
thx and sorry
i just wanted to show the build...
Well, victory screens are spoilers in this channel.
Idk but I don't think the mods would take issue with it now lol.
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
green head best lernie tbh
is there a way i can break through theseus' shield except backstabbing?
Some things can pierce through it using hammers
Like Charged Shot on shield
also i have a thunder signet equipped and i got poseidon boon on the start why is that
scripted one-time event
just for that run
i managed to save 3 death defiance
and i still have lucky tooth
i hope i clear this run
I've noticed something
the boons give you something you need the most
like when your just about to die
you can get even another death defiance if your lucky
Achilles spear is pretty bad I think but I upgraded it a bit and it worked just fine!
I think that's only offered in the wells if you're missing at least 1, Athena can offer it whenever she wants as long as you have one of her core boons I believe
And then chaos is also whenever they feel like it
I got lucky that time lol
Just got past hydra
Very nice
What weapon?
theres no preference its random
How do I use the fishing upgrade thing?
wdym the boon from poseidon?
ohh it makes it so there are chances for fishing spots to appear throughout your runs
you can catch fishes and sell it to the masterchef for rewards
What do the fishing locations look like? Is it literally just a fishing rod chilling?
It's like glowing things in the water
You can interact with it
Okay, thanks
you'll know when you see it lol
you'll see something new in a room and go "oh hey what's that" and then realize you can fish there
what does greater call mean
I triggered it by accident
I think I had like 3 aid bar
when using all the bars to do the call, 4 for most gods, 5 bars for artemis
yeah
thx
you also know is one cuz the god appears to say smth during the call
and well, it last longer/has better effects
F killed ||minataur|| and almost ALMOST killed ||Theseus|| first time too!
I always have a hard time with them too ☠️
Are you dash striking first of all
it reduces the charging time of the bow at the cost of decreasing the dmg a bit
but you gain mobility/get benefit from dash strikes bonuses from chaos for example
... I can't believe that made such a difference. I just applied it and managed to defeat the room faster. Thank you!!
also is worth practicing power shots ofc
which aspect is better for bow, I current have chiron and original
chiron is auto seek and original is 3% crit
I only have 1 lvl for each
chiron looks so cool ngl
chiron's very beginner friendly even at lvl1
use dio special and hope for relentless volley
dionysus
hammer
Yo what’s ambrosia used for
mostly late game stuff
at some point you'll have to use it instead of nectar for advancing bonds but that's generally a lot later
any bonds that you've maxed out with nectar and is locked will require ambrosia and a lot of lines to be spoken
tysm
just wondering whether the aspect of guan yu is useful due to its side effects
it is, it's most viable by using the special alongside the hammer charged skewer
aphrodite is best there, your basic damage sequence is special -> dash strike -> dash strike especially without charged skewer
athena is great as a secondary god for divine dash and on the attack to provide safety against the health loss
icic thank you!
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.
The farthest ive gotten in styx is a end room(i think) with a big rat
There is a curing pool in every room
When you get poisoned just interact with it
And that’s not the end room, you’ll have to go through another tunnel until you find food for Cerberus
It can never be the first tunnel
ah thank u so much!
what does the glow around a boon indicate? https://i.imgur.com/LSMnMe9.png
normally i'd pick the 200-cost one assuming it is higher rarity, but the glow throws me off
how do you dodge hades' green pulse attack i see speedrunners dodge through them but i still take damage
Just dash twice through them
No dash striking
can the dash deflect also work?
It is not needed, it wont make a difference
What's probably getting you is that you try to attack as you dash through it
Which strips your iframes
So instead just dash, no attacks
And that's for everything, not just this move
If you want to iframe with your dashes, they should always be empty dashes
Got past The Heroes
This is getting easier with nyxs mirror
Especially after the second death defiance
Do it to check it 

Have fun
Was that in tart
I wasted 3 death defiance
Maybe don't steal from that damn merchant smh
I thought I need to pay next time when I see him
it says borrow
"borrow"
It says "borrow"
and then if I cant pay back he will fight me
BRUH
fml
Dont forget to talk with everyone to see their reactions 
Yep
I also had 1 fire pact thing that adds more skill for the bosses
does that also add difficulty for ||charon||?
nope
The ||heat|| technically makes everything harder but it doesn't make 1 specific enemy harder
What makes difficult is that you don't fight him often and his difficulty doesn't change between biomes. the earlier you fight him in the run the harder it's gonna be simply because your build isn't as developed
Once you face him multiple times and get used to the fight then it's not as bad
Which can be said about all bosses really
indeed
||charon|| has a huge aoe range somehow
his ranged attack is fairly easy to dodge
iframe it lol
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
but his close range swipe is like ||hades||
Spoiler ||hades||
okie
alright time to put spoiler tag on names
Oh whoops lol
I have staged him once and thats it, then I get destroyed
It do be like that
thats what just happened qwq
lol, I do enjoy that boss battle tho
I have a question for the family favorite, a thing on the mirror
does it add damage for each boon or each olympian
Ff most of the time
A lot of builds dont get 2 curses or have to force extra booms for a 15% difference over ff
FF also comes online from the first boon you have
If your build has 2 easy curses (like weak + hangover) then PS is worth
#h1-for-new-players message
Mirror guide by Mike too
thats great to learn
ff and ps are both good I guess
It also helped me to decided whether to change god's pride or no
God's pride my beloved
what does the glow around a boon indicate? https://i.imgur.com/LSMnMe9.png
normally i'd pick the 200-cost one assuming it is higher rarity, but the glow throws me off
i dont believe it means anything
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
achilles is generally regarded as the best non hidden spear
although it's mechanically demanding
now I understand why
its has mobility and extra damage
no wonder why ppl say its the best
yeah it's good
at max level hades spear gives +150% to attack and special, achilles gives +150% to attack and cast
and I'm sure you've noticed that using special is a lot easier and safer than hitting stuff with the spin attack
also does hold special of achilie gives u extra damage of special
it surely provides longer distance
think holding just gives range but don't quote me on that
You mostly double tap on achilles for instant bonus
yep although it's really strong to special directly behind an enemy so you can backstab and dodge attack
mobility brrrr
I can already predict myself burn alive in asphodel
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
Are you using default keybinds
yes
now if I want to retract it I have to q and left click
original
which makes my monkey brain suffer
You dont tend to recall the special like normal on achilles
To get the bonus from the spear you have to special twice
Just double tap q
it makes me dash and me get hit qwq
Hold it a bit longer to dash through the enemy
I'm pretty sure recalling the spear doesn't even give you the bonus
Yeah recslling doesnt work
I tried it the other day and noticed it
hopefully I can get used to it
Recalling gives me backstab damage
which I value it
The bonus damage is more damage than the backstab lol
The dmg sucks on special
Get the damage bonus and then stab them in the back with the attack lol
Backstab and bonus
Hades/zag spears when doing special builds use the hammer exploding launcher
Which deletes the recall but increases base dmg to 50
how is aspect of guanyu
I revealled it by accident
should I unlock it
life stealing looks so damn cool
is hard to get used to, and really punishing at low lvls
the life steal is cool but sadly not too much of its gameplay
it has use though
Almost has senior zag
like, fav and award please 🙂
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
if you start a run with a weapon, defeat a boss, and get darkness instead of the bounty reward, you've already beaten that boss with that weapon.
yes i know, was hoping to be able to see before i start a run
as i'd like to get the blood and second level diamond for the weapons i haven't gotten them for yet
otherwise i don't think so sorry
before killing the final boss there isnt an easy way
can just write things down before that as skelly said
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
Both. Elysium enemies have a lot more HP than the enemies before that, so you wanna make sure your build scales well.
Which god(s) should I go for on malphon?
Ares doom, or dio hangover are both solid on fists
Nice!
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
luckily I still got to see the final boss and finished a prophecy just by doing so
lasting consequences doesnt affect guan yu spins right?
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
Hidden aspect names are spoilers, by the way. 
||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||
||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||
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 ||
sorry I thought the game old enough and theres no spoiler channel in this server
Well now you know, you can edit your message and put spoiler tags
what builds are good for ||aspect of arthur?||
Build: literally just get aphro attack
Other high percent attacks also work but aphro is easiest
I think arthur itself is already op with damage boast and slow effect
I had super nova
with larger area under the effect of special
double nova good too?
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
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
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 😛
you only get titan blood the first time you defeat her
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
then how did I get 2 for demeter?!
the fists require blood
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
you prob beat the furies with a few different weapons then
i'm assuming you didn't get your first clear
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?
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
(and if they arent just visit your nearest purging pool)
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
You always dash strike on bow
hunter's dash buffs your dash atk doesnt it
Is faster + benefit from both attack buffs and dash strike
For a bit less base dmg
oh i misunderstood the question lmao i forgot the default with bow isn't dash attacking
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
no, but you shouldn't really be doing that tbh
it's just slow
with the bow i mean
if you're waiting for something to spawn then it's nice
Dash then hold attack
i usually wait untill he flashes then attack and dodge then repeat
Zag holds the bow different and the charge speed increase really notices
They won't let me purge the hammer guy's boons and some of the other boons like I know I have more than 3 but they won't let me purge some of the other ones
you can't purge hammers and thats just unlucky
Hammers cant never be purged, and yeah it only chooses 3 at a time
but tbh not many boons actively hurt your build so it's not that big of a deal really
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
What boon are you talking about in first place
you can still beat the game by using "awful boons"
indeed
stuff like the hammer making my special into a projectile with a melee weapon stuff like that
I wouldnt judge the boons by rarity
oh hammers can be awful that's fair
Dash nova?
hammer is very nice on bow
bow has good hammers yeah but some of the other weapons aren't so lucky
yep
Sword moment
sword and shield dont have too many great hammers
kinetic launcher
That one is fine, but im assuming you didnt have Dem aspect
shield has a power shot replacing bull push which works alright with rupture
Otherwise i can see how it feels bad
ngl my favorite boon effects are rupture and doom
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
On base fists i agree tbh
demeter aspect makes kinetic launcher good tho doesn't it because chunky
Yeah on dem aspect is fun
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
besides that rng keeps on screwing me over the game keeps giving me all of the other gods beside my trinket ( Aries )
I thought people said this game was suppose to be the "anti-roguelike" where RNG NEVER screws you over
but after that first boon it doesn't work anymore
i mean "never" is an extremely strong word
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
like when i got to charon's thing low on health when I need food he never seems to be selling food
and for some builds you need like 4 boons or something and then everything else is bonus
now that's an rng moment
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
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
Has Chaos mentioned the shield (or any of the aspects) already?
these trove things suck they say I get like 50 darkness for example when I beat then i get less
I dont remember qwq
I aint sure
thats why I tried both
with and without
both didnt trigger
Yeah dialogues arent guaranteed so you just have to keep going
You have hidde soear already no?
yea
If you dont remember the dialogue i suggest keep trying with the shield, just in case
50 only if you beat the trove trial very very fast. It ticks down during the trial.
Isn't there a contractor upgrade to make them worth more
I should do troves more often to get gems lol
after the troves, are there any more upgrades from the contractor you use to make escaping easier/reap more rewards? i dont think so
gems per boss is huge
Chance of gold pots in rooms for more money
eh not much is, it's mostly for decorations
gems are good for spamming nectar to everyone though via trader
i have boss gemstones, fated keys, darkness life total, darker thirst
Decorations make your runs better wdym
get the nectar one for sure
Free random pom for nectar is really good
mk will do
gems->keys->nectar->ambrosia->titan blood chain
Esp in Tartarus
i just feel i rarely find nectar chambers
keys one more important imo
oh wait he already has fated keys
Turn off dark foresight to find more nectar chambers 🧠
hmm
hera speedrunners using olympian favor to spam rerolls at wells
also why do i feel like nectar is offered way less than the other 3
it is
damn
is it really
i think so
can we ping someone
@silk tiger
some runs i never ever get nectar chambers
@silk tiger
We dont have facts but i think we all know this 
me too
If i see nectar in run is cuz dio nectar boon lol
Sometimes I believe
Wait is ocean bounty or sunken treasurw
the only way i get nectar is trader in house or dio boon
I always mix them
Troves also can drop a nectar + normal reward at rare times iirc
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
oof I wasted my gems on the useless musician
wait really
bro 0.03% thats like literally impossible 💀
on average youd have to take sunken treasure 30,000 times for it to happen once
thats 3000 lol
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
well yeay obviously its closer to 3333.333333333333 but thats besides the point
How
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 king
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 : (
bruh
died to the third boss
or like fourth?
the one ||where theres two enemies||
focus theseus bull is too slow
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
just reached them again
I killed the bull
reached theseus' second phase (where he gets some kidn of power from athena) adn then died
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?
Should I unlock the fists and railgun before trying it again? Im on another run on elysium rn
||LERNIE||
Yes
I always unlock weapons first whenever I got spare keys
Mirror is after when I got all weapons unlocked
I'll do that
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...
It is alright if you’re running the Aspect of Chiron
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
They unlock one run after you buy the rail (the last weapon)
They are used for House Contractor upgrades
i havent unlocked any aspects
nice, I just unlocked the rail now.
He doesn't have all the weapons
that means he hasn't unlocked aspects
Nice
It's a pretty good weapon
and getting used to reloading isn't hard
how much titan blood do you have?
focus on killing Asterius first
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
Eh when Theseus is alone dodging his attack is easy and Dio god call doesnt even aim you
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
Thats what i mean with dodging his attacks
Is "easy" cuz asterius isnt pressuring you
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
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
do heighten security increase damage against enemy ? or only zargarut ?
I had 4, used 3 on the shield
Just zag
That's generally not a good idea unless you have the dps to kill one of them immediately after phasing lmao
If you're speedrunning with certain aoe weapons then killing both at the same time is what you want to do ideally
I agree
its just me braindead
me spamming brrrrr
It's fun if you have ME lol
And some of the hidden aspects make killing them both at the same time really easy
tbh with shield u dont need to think which one to kill first
just spam by holding it
though it doesnt seem that good
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?
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
And 0 is "used" after? If you know what I mean. Like doing heat 1 then go back and do heat 0
this is actually a bad example, you dont have to claim all 0 heat rewards to get bounties for 1 heat, but you do have to claim all of the 1 heat bounties to get 2 heat bounties, all 2 to get 3, etc.
doing it at a higher heat will get you the bounties for the lowest non zero heat you havent gotten them all at yet
I see
so the best thing is to do them 1 at the time? to get as much rewards as possible for them all?
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
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 🙂
It's not lol the special isn't that great to begin with
if you haven't finished 1 heat bounties and then do 2 heat, you'll get the rewards for 1 heat. When you do 2 heat again you'll get rewards for 2 heat bounties
Cool. thanks a lot!
then whats a good aspect for the shield?
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?
Whats the best shield aspect then?
have you unlocked ||hidden aspects||?
all three are good
base shield is excellent with a particular hammer and can coast off of very little else
chaos shield is meh
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
chaos takes time for the shields to come back and is terrible at low lvl.
?
Probably a no then lol
I see now
because I never completed the game using sword
then I used arthur aspect in 1 heat
I was kinda wondering
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
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
Congrats
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
it becomes usable with 4-5 shields but still not great lol
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
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
I guess its the run after this run
😵
I will take it as shield grinding time
Pray to RNGesus
is it good to add more heat than the heat gauge needs?
or should i just add heat until the gauge is full?
nope
no hidden aspect for me I guess
I already stacked from 2 ||heat ||now 5 ||heat||
do I have to equip the aspect of chaos or wha
or unlock other hidden aspect first
I already got the ones from spear sword and bow
spoiler ||heat|| plz
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 ?
Lmao HOW
I just beat theseus and asterius for the first time using fists
Didnt even use one death defiance
and I nohitted the fight until the minotaur was dead
just died by poison in the styx temple
what can i use ambrosia for?
should I buy 1 titan blood with it?
yeah just bought it
Ambrosia is used to increase your relationships with characters after a certain point, and some extra use for a bit later
But you can trade fine a few early ones
Nope.
it could be a QoL...so I dont need to print screen before I enter dungeon...
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.
how that spoil anything
That's content after the final boss
oki
so which step I did wrong to get shield hidden aspect
something aint right
I got bow one quite smooth
do I have to equip chaos aspect
Method is always pinned in #h1-story-discussion
If you have everything is really just an awful case of rng
aw
maybe next run
I will be lucky
so just to make sure
I maxed my aspect of zag on shield
||I already met the 5 blood requirement right?||
Ye
sigh
another run still no
||now she is talking about family relationship with nyx since I am giving nectar to everyone||
Ah yeah try to not advance story bits cuz if they have priority the ||awakening phrase may be put back||
How do you collect titan blood after you defeat the furies the first time with the weapons?
There will always be more blood to spill
ive given than 6 nectars now and it wont let me give any ambrosia is there something i need to do?
There is a special event that will unlock the next heart. Keep doing runs and it will come up