#h1-high-heat-strategies

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tidal flame
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EM3 is 3 heat yes?

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or 2?

honest kernel
tidal flame
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failbag it feels like 5 tbh

forest vortex
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Yeah because of the Asterius fight

mossy zinc
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Just gotta keep in mind that heat is not linear. The higher in heat you go, the more one point of heat will matter. squirtnya

tidal flame
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EM4 👀

static plover
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EM4 bittieS

mossy zinc
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Maxy but stronger?

tidal flame
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Hades now inherits 2 random BP perks.

exotic ocean
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;-;

tidal flame
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Bruiser Slugger Hades 🙃

exotic ocean
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i wanna get off the ride

tidal flame
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Slugger Speedster Hades

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Teleporting Cloner Hades

exotic ocean
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i wanna get off the riiiiide

tidal flame
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There is no escape

exotic ocean
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ghfdgjsdfkghsdfghd

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gosh cloner hades would be nightmarish

honest kernel
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But clones only have 1 HP.

tidal flame
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Yeah but laser and swing don't care

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Also skulls

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And vases

exotic ocean
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imagine four different laser sources

tidal flame
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Imagine Hades clonesa lso summons their own units

exotic ocean
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alternative idea for em4 hades:

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just a straight up boss rush

tidal flame
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Hades summons previous bosses instead of units

mossy zinc
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When's BP3.

exotic ocean
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it would actually be kinda cool to see the furies' em bonus in the hades fight

tidal flame
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Please no

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BP3'd better be 6 heat or I'm not touching that with a 10ft pole

mossy zinc
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Yo lad, we heard you like Cloners, so we put Cloners on your Cloners.

exotic ocean
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how many BP bonuses are there?

tidal flame
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Dang

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Was about to post that

exotic ocean
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so, clearly, the logical conclusion:

tidal flame
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Fastest copy paster in the West

exotic ocean
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BP11

mossy zinc
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Cloners only in Tartarus, Burners only in Asphodel, Poppers only for the Exalted, Seekers only for ranged units.

tidal flame
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Linker Cloner Savior Numskulls

exotic ocean
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oh huh

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ok then BP10

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er no thats bad math on my part

mossy zinc
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BP3 is just all the banned BP2 combos and nothing else. failbag

exotic ocean
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BP8, everyone just has all the available options

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just all of them

tidal flame
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New form of torture

mossy zinc
exotic ocean
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legit tho i never realized that cloner was only in tartarus

mossy zinc
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TD3 is just TD2 but Elysium has 3 more chambers.

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I think initially Cloners also showed up in other biomes? Not sure.

exotic ocean
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i just never paid attention to which BPs appeared where

mossy zinc
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AP3 is just no boons or hammers for you. Just none of that.

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UC2 is just sacrifice everything you have. Every biome is a fresh start.

tidal flame
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I'm just glad players are not in charge of balancing

exotic ocean
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i have wondered if it would be feasible to complete a run with no help

tidal flame
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Yup

mossy zinc
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HS2 all traps have a bigger hitbox.

tidal flame
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I did (kinda)

exotic ocean
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every trap damages you immediately upon entering the room

mossy zinc
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No, that would be unfair.

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Bigger hitbox is much better.

exotic ocean
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i mean yeah it's stepwise

mossy zinc
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So you can stand somewhere next to a trap, and it triggers, and you get hit.

exotic ocean
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what about just an oppressive number of traps

mossy zinc
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Why not both.

exotic ocean
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like alecto's room except every room

honest kernel
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Isn't that just Asphodel?

exotic ocean
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true but the lava magma is simply too forgiving

mossy zinc
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You haven't seen Asphodel if I designed it. dusa

exotic ocean
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walks into the transition room
hades: you brought extra dashes, right >:3?

mossy zinc
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You're gonna need 3 dashes to make it over this gap. Better go back and find Lord Hermes.

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I like that we have the same ideas. We would make a good level designer team.

exotic ocean
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and by 'good' you mean 'oppressive'

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"make your players hate your game," that's my motto!

mossy zinc
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One of my favorite games calls its easy mode "Ninja Dog" and makes fun of you for using it.

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So yeah lol.

exotic ocean
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oof

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... that other comment brings up an interesting question, though, about how backtracking might function

mossy zinc
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What backtracking.

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There's no going back except through death. dusa

exotic ocean
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ah, of course, where are my manners

honest kernel
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I feel like cloners showed up in other biomes or am I going crazy

mossy zinc
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Maybe in an older version.

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I think they showed up in other biomes some versions ago, but they haven't in awhile.

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Or I could be misremembering because BP2 was still new to me at the time.

honest kernel
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okay shadeembarassed

mossy zinc
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It's obvious when you pay attention because you see Cloners all the time in Tartarus.

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Then suddenly no more Cloners.

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Cloner Numbskulls, Cloner Louts, Cloner Pests, Cloner Thugs . . .

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When was the last time you saw Cloner Giant Rats?

honest kernel
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I have memories of cloners in tartarsauce and elysium but ye probably not anymore

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which is good bc these guys were annoying af

mossy zinc
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Some combos seem to be banned, too.

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Never seeing any Speeder + Puller recently.

acoustic hare
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T... Tartarsauce?

honest kernel
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now ban speeder chariots for me 😏

mossy zinc
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Tarutaru.

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Remember, we can F10 any chambers that are particularly unfair. Amir said so. squirtnya

honest kernel
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I prob wouldn't be as scared of chariots without max JS on

mossy zinc
honest kernel
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but seeing like 6 of them coming at me at once always makes me run in panic

mossy zinc
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You could back up the temp save to practice the encounter.

honest kernel
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ah gonna do that next time

exotic ocean
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am i the only one who feels like crying upon entering a room and seeing it teeming with armored flamewheels

acoustic hare
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You can at least disable Flamewheels with the Well purchase. Can't do that with Chariots.

One of them managed to hit me the same frame it died, costing me a DD.

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I think I should have F10'd that.

forest vortex
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Chariots with the Speeder perk are what keep me up at night

proper kestrel
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50 heat is fun

honest kernel
forest vortex
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Meanwhile I got brought down to 1hp by Meg at 32 Heat

fresh marten
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oof FO2 is rough

mossy zinc
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Ugh, I really hate the EM3 fight with Malphon.

proper kestrel
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I actually think that Malphon kinda broke on this patch

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Because it feels like dash-attacks are much worse in terms of frames, like, i could try to prove that even, there is something wrong

mossy zinc
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I don't think Dash-Strike frames have changed.

misty bough
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does artemtis attack or pressure point ability work well with lucy laser? like does each time the laser ramps up in damage is there a chance for crit? and would this strategy be decent for high heat or is it too chance based

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cause the only gods ive tried on lucy have been demeter attack + demeter chill explosion boons and zeus attack boon.

cyan stag
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Every tick has a separate chance to crit (it's not that different from the regular rail bullets). I hypothesized during theory-crafting that Deadly Strike on L could work together with Hunter Instinct for faster God Gauge charging. Didn't come around to testing it yet.

fallow stream
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I don't think Dash-Strike frames have changed

They have, actually. There were patch notes on it at some point, specifically on dash striking and bringing the iframes in line with the strike itself.

This was well before the iframe adjustment to Lucifer rail in particular. Can't remember exactly which patch it was though.

mossy zinc
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The comment was about Malphon.

fallow stream
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Dash striking applies to Malphon

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Don't see what you mean

tidal flame
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Is this pre Nighty Night or recent?

fallow stream
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Recent

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Post beta I believe

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Possibly during beta

mossy zinc
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  • Adamant Rail (Lucifer Aspect): fixed Dash invulnerability persisting after canceling with an attack; range normalized with other Aspects; fixed cases where it triggered some Boon effects very frequently
    This has nothing to do with Malphon.
fallow stream
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I just said NOT regarding Lucifer rail

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Do you even read bro?

tidal flame
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No

fallow stream
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I can't remember the exact wording, but I do remember seeing it

mossy zinc
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Sigh.

fallow stream
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I'm working at the moment, but I'll try different search strings later

mossy zinc
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"in: hades-patch-notes fists" will bring up everything for Malphon.

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  • Twin Fists: fixed Dash-Upper not staggering foes as intended
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That was the only change that had anything to do with dashes.

fallow stream
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It was a blanket adjustment to all dash strikes though

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Not specifically to Malphon

misty bough
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has anybody tried posedion sword with an artemtis> posedion> acorn> acorn build at 32 heat. it feels in theory it would be decent cause arti cast is pretty strong especially with posedion but also there is the chance for the duo to have a secondary projectile with your casts which seem decent. does this sound like a viabile build for 32 heat or is it too much of a high roll cause it relies on a duo boon

tidal flame
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Like every speedrunners ever

mossy zinc
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The Duo Boon is nice, Fully Loaded or extra ammo from Master Chaos would be more important.

misty bough
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i haven't attempted 32 heat in a while and just been practicing around 8 to 20 something heat mattering the weapon and was just curious. this might be my next 32 heat run and hopefully it ends up working. i think i also got a hang of beowulf and lucy but still dont really know how to build rama that well

fallow stream
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It's a moot point, as I believe the patch notes were for beta, and all those patch notes have been removed

tidal flame
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How often do you get hit with that build?

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I think the biggest difference on 32 is that you need HL

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So it's less forgiving for mistakes and bad timing.

misty bough
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HL?

mossy zinc
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Hard Labor.

honest kernel
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u slap dio flourish on rama and then roll

misty bough
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I tried demeter flourish on Rama and zeus flourish on Rama those seemed alright but I didnt know if just spamming special is the way to go or if I was missing something

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I'll try dio next time I do rama

honest kernel
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dio is based on basicially clicking special until you have max stacks and then doing big attacks if possible

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I also never run TD with rama because the dps is kinda bad and elysium bites me in the hide often

fallow stream
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Imo, if you do Demeter special on rama, you have to take killing freeze

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And not arctic blast

misty bough
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TD? Also for the demeter rama run that I did it was 15 heat and artic blast was pretty strong there but obviously 15 heat is very different from 32+ so I can't really say if it's still good at that high level

fallow stream
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To me, arctic blast is for crowd control, while killing freeze is for minibosses and bosses, but when you can spread chill easily with a weapon like Rama special, killing freeze is just plain better

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And it's tough to make them both work, as arctic blast counters killing freeze

misty bough
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That makes sense. My go to is always kill freeze but I didnt see it even with reroll. I ended up having artic blast and demeter legendary so it worked well cause the explosions got stuff close to 10% and they would die

fallow stream
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Oh, you had winter harvest?

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I have yet to be offered that boon, and I use Demeter boons all the time

misty bough
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Yeah for some reason I get really lucky with demeter and around 9/10 runs i do with demeter keepsake as my first keepsake I get winter harvest

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It's always oh hey demeter attack or special, then killing freeze and/or Atric blast. Then my 3rd/4th demeter boon is winter harvest and I'm like woohoo I win the game

fallow stream
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Damn

misty bough
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Its my favorite boon

fallow stream
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My game loves to insert Dionysus into every run at random. The guy loves me, and I never take him. Drives me nuts

misty bough
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Doing the 15% legendary/duo boon mirror increase does help get those type of boons if you want winter harvest. Demeter and arti are usually my go to gods but they like to jab ares on to me and I'm not really a big fan of him except for his 10 % attack and special damage increase

fallow stream
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I'll be balls deep into a stubborn Roots build, or heart rend... Waiting for a miniboss room with a chance at duo.... And, Dionysus instead 🤣

misty bough
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Those can be the worse lol

honest kernel
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I like his side boons a lot at least

fallow stream
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I like Ares for his +20% damage after using stubborn defiance

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It's great

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Forgot what it's called

mossy zinc
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Lord Dionysus's Call is amazing, and his passives certainly don't hurt. Trippy Shot is strong, too. I don't really see the issue. thanthink

fallow stream
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Because it hijacks my build

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You only get so many chances at getting a duo

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Yeah, he's good... But show up in a regular boon room, don't ALWAYS be in the Charon shops or miniboss encounter

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It's uncanny

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And trippy shot is quite literally my least favourite cast

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I can agree with his call being good

mossy zinc
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I dunno. Just pick up the Call and buff that if you get him so much. Might as well do that.

misty bough
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I'm a big fan of tipsy shot with hera bow. Especially if ya go for Zeus or demeter for attack

mossy zinc
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The slow and the extra damage when Hangover is applied passives are great.

fallow stream
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My biggest gripe with Dio is that my favourite passive of his (premium vintage) is unsellable for underworld customs

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I'll take premium vintage always

mossy zinc
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I'll reroll 1-2 times for the Call, then maybe pick up Premium Vintage if the Call doesn't show up.

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I used to ignore him a lot until I started aggressively going for his Call when he shows up in my runs.

misty bough
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I'm a big fan of the demeter call cause I like dropping it near a boss then running away to keep long range attacks

fallow stream
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Meg's hitbox for her whip attack has similar issues @mossy zinc

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But since that fight is relatively easy, it's not as impactful

mossy zinc
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She also doesn't do that move 2-3 times in a row

fallow stream
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Yep

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I find Lernie head slam shockwaves also hit me when they shouldn't, but it's not as egregious

mossy zinc
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And yeah, she has less than a third of his HP—not even counting Theseus's HP on top of that.

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The Furies are basically glass cannons. They can do a lot of damage, but they die pretty fast, too.

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EM Asterius is like . . . all the offensive capability of a Dark Knight with all the tankiness of a Paladin. Something like that.

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Is he supposed to bull-rush two times in a row? Because he just did that lol.

fallow stream
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I've had him tornado twice in a row

mossy zinc
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Losing 3x20 or something HP because Theseus decided to turn towards the center just then, even though you were behind him, is also ridiculous. https://imgur.com/a/Kfk8ZXH

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That hitbox at the front is ridiculous and procs way too fast.

fallow stream
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I always use my call when going after Theseus

autumn sable
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There were exactly zero patch notes for the beta.

fallow stream
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I know there was some mention of dash strike adjustment at some point, and I thought nothing of it at the time

autumn sable
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The only one recently is the Lucifer one

fallow stream
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I know

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But it wasn't that. It was far more subtle

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Which is why I paid no mind to it

autumn sable
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I’d be curious if you find it

mossy zinc
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Greg told us during the beta that they added 1 i-frame to dashes in Nighty Night and have made no changes to dashes since because some people were questioning if dashes had i-frames removed or something. That's the only mention of dashes I remember.

tidal flame
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I think shockwave attacks are a bit overtuned

mossy zinc
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I think I'm going to just grind the FO2 EM Theseus and Asterius fight in the next days with Malphon with just Divine Strike and a Call, so I can give them a long list of all the issues I have with that fight.

tidal flame
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See:
Meg whip twirl
Hydra head slam
Asterius ground pound

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MM Skullcrusher head slam

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Also Asterius slam also creates 3 mini shock projectiles that are hard to predict

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Which infuriate me the most

autumn sable
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The 3 can also shotgun you

mossy zinc
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I get that you're supposed to have to deal with certain attacks with melee, but it's ridiculous how much more effort EM TA takes with Malphon even when you have Deflect than with Hestia where it's honestly pretty free. A lot of the time in that fight, I have basically no means to attack anybody because Theseus zooms way too fast and Asterius does those massive shockwaves or spins2win all the time.

tidal flame
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The 3 can also shotgun you
Where is Mercy Invincibility when you need it?

autumn sable
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Melee, in general, is just significantly more difficult in this game. Dunno if there is a solution to that or if even a solution is needed

tidal flame
mossy zinc
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Like, have him throw his axe at me or something instead. That way ranged weapons have something they need to dodge, and Malphon can maybe go in and get some hits in while he's picking it up.

tidal flame
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You know what they say, why bring a meelee weapon to a gun fight

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The message is sponsored by the Hestia gang

mossy zinc
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1 dash to i-frame the slam, 1 dash to i-frame the shockwave, 1 dash to get back in to attack a couple times before he recovers and attacks again. And during the second 50%, his turn speed is faster even.

tidal flame
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I want to see a no hit FO2 EM3 run

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Like no TD needed

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Take your time

autumn sable
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I thought about doing that

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But I don’t hate myself enough

tidal flame
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How about LC4 FO2 EM3 but you need to take DD

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Doable imo, will try it after work

worldly hearth
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LC is too scary for me. I feel like I don't dodge or deflect well enough, and I heavily rely on in-between chamber healing, but it's making finding the right 32 heat combination really difficult

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Either I'm missing a secret way to heal with LC on or y'all are just super amazing and don't take damage 😁

tidal flame
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You take SD

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And suicide every chamber that you are below 30% health

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Or take GY for spin heal or Sword Cursed Slash

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But SD death healing is the main way people run LC4

worldly hearth
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So those will still give heals even with LC on?

tidal flame
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Yeah otherwise you will be at 0 hp upon revive

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And die again

worldly hearth
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Hmm okay thanks, I didn't know that

tidal flame
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Yeah. Abuse SD heal, or weapon specific healing

worldly hearth
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Fists are my favorite and "best" weapon but trying to do the high heat runs on it has been difficult

tidal flame
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Which pact do you usually run?

autumn sable
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I didn’t bother running high LC til 40+ so there’s not a good reason to try and take it at 32

worldly hearth
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I have been changing it up a lot lately to the point I don't have a "usual" but I've honestly lately been trying to keep foes in normal encounters at their natural health, meaning I'm going all in on FO or HL and CF while trying to avoid stuff like Calisthenics or the one that gives armorod foes perks

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I'm brainfarting right now

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On the names

tidal flame
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We have mirror pacts pinned

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If that helps

worldly hearth
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Basically hoping to take stuff down before they can really hurt me, but it's not been going well as I usually end up having to max out approval process and that really limits options

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Oh sweet thanks

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I'm on mobile so I don't always remember the hidden icons

tidal flame
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Yeah I do the same. My "core" set up for higher heat is HL5 EM3 BP2 MM UC FO2 TD2

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That's not 32 heat

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But the rest is mix and match depending on weapon.

fallow stream
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LC4 with SD is essentially get patty cakes' room, and good Styx RNG to carry the Regen bonus into Hades fight... Or lose

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Unless you have stubborn Roots, you might be able to pull it off that way

tidal flame
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Does Stubborn Roots help that much?

fallow stream
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Yes

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Against bosses, absolutely

tidal flame
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With that regen speed I feel like you would have serious TD issue

fallow stream
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You don't use it in regular rooms

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Unless you suicide immediately

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It's for sustaining against bosses when you lose your SD

tidal flame
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Well here is my problem with that though

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If Roots is mainly good at bossfights, then practically it's kinda bad

fallow stream
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I've had plenty of Lernie and Asterius fights where the only reason I won was because of stubborn Roots

worldly hearth
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I'm not gonna lie, I hate asphodel more than any other place in the high heat runs

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I just want to dash everywhere but everywhere is LAVA

fallow stream
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Look, you can intentionally suicide when you enter a room to get more Regen, but it comes with a huge risk

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It depends how confident you are

tidal flame
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  1. you probably won't get Roots in Tartarus so Fury fight is out
  2. Lernie is relatively free, so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
  3. How do you use Roots heal in Elysium where TD is so crucial
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It helps at Hades fight sure

fallow stream
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But if it takes 30s on average to clear a room, that's essentially 40 extra hp that you Regen

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Assuming you suicide when you enter

tidal flame
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And clear the room hitless

fallow stream
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Or use something like Athena call + proud bearing

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So you don't take damage

tidal flame
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Idk, I just fail to see how Stubborn Roots is good on high heat

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It got it 2 or 3 tines

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I'll admit full heal after Hydra is nice

fallow stream
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Ok... Here's how it's good

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You get touch of Styx from Patroclus

tidal flame
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But that hardly warrants it

fallow stream
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You suicide on the next room halfway through clearing

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And Regen to full

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As you clear

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And you can do that in all Styx rooms as well, where it is needed

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Bosses, it's clear how useful it is

tidal flame
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You are making a lot of assumptions about regening to full while clearing though. That means you
a) Suicide quickly enough
b) Not get hit after suicide
c) Somehow stall long enough to have worthwhile healing while getting through TD

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As for bosses, it's good for Hades.

fallow stream
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But that's just it, you're not stalling the way I do it

tidal flame
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The other 3 I still see problems

fallow stream
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With touch of Styx dark you Regen to 80%

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So stubborn Roots only needs to Regen 20% more for you

tidal flame
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Then the healing mostly comes from Pattie ¯_(ツ)_/¯

fallow stream
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20% is 20%

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It's a factor

tidal flame
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Sure

fallow stream
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And if you do get hit, stubborn Roots is likely to recover it for you by the time you clear the room anyway

tidal flame
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Stubborn Roots is what I'll take if I was offered.

fallow stream
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It also gives you more time when running into TD2 deadlines

tidal flame
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I won't plan for it though

fallow stream
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Gives you 1 extra second every 4s

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Which doesn't sound like much, but it does help

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200hp/5 = 40s, so stubborn Roots effectively gives you 10 extra seconds to clear in that scenario

misty bough
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does chaos and hammer count towards family matters 5% increase for each boon from a different source?

fallow stream
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No, I don't think so. He's technically not part of the "Olympus" family

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I believe someone asked this question a while ago and that was the answer they got, but only the devs know for certain

hollow lynx
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chaos isn't an olympian (and the hammer isn't a god lol)

mossy zinc
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Stubborn Roots can carry a run through Elysium to Patroclus if you run DDs.

fallow stream
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That too, if you've lost all DD, it's amazing

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Always Regen, all the time

tidal flame
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I mean it does what it does

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But niche cases are niche cases

mossy zinc
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It's somewhat similar to Last Stand or Deathless Stand but also Nourished Soul.

fallow stream
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@mossy zinc can you test something for me next time you get a chance?

mossy zinc
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If it doesn't require EM3. squirtooh

fallow stream
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Take Zag fists in the courtyard.

Punch the air with them... Clearly faster than Demeter or Talos.

Now Punch Skelly with them. They seem to slow down to the same speed as Talos and Demeter aspect when actually making contact

tidal flame
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Hitstop

mossy zinc
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Oh, no it's still faster. That's hitstop.

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“Hitstop” is a term used to describe a technique employed primarily in fighting games. When you strike the opponent, both parties momentarily freeze, emphasizing the power of impact. It’s a crucial effect.”
https://mynintendonews.com/2015/11/12/sakurai-talks-about-the-term-hitstop-used-in-fighting-games/

Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai recently took to his column in Japanese gaming publication Famitsu to discuss a fighting game mechanic known as “Hitstop”. Hitstop is when two …

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SGG call it "hit pause".

tidal flame
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Does SGG refer to that explicitly?

mossy zinc
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  • Twin Fists: improved input buffering after flurry attack; reduced hit pause on Cutter special and Dash-Special (note: this was added as part of a hotfix yesterday)
    This is from patch 41.
tidal flame
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Thanks!

mossy zinc
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The punches wouldn't feel very powerful without hit stop, but it's balanced with that in mind, so it's not really an issue. I've been using Zag Aspect all day, and the Attack speed felt normal.

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But if you notice any situation where it's harmful, you should mention it in feedback.

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I think the massive hitstop the first iteration of the Uppercut had was actually the most fun lol. But people thought their game was lagging.

fallow stream
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They should fix the hitstop on rush kick. That's what I don't like about it

tidal flame
tidal flame
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4sack Styx

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Died to Hades at 25% health phase 2

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Game why you hate me

fresh marten
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Because game is suffering

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Well, the fates prophesized not a win shadegrief

tidal flame
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This is my 6th death at Hades on 40+ heat

tidal flame
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Make that 7

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Back to back, too

honest kernel
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Okay, real talk, I've been quiet the last few days in the 'Cord because I've been making 32 Lucifer Deadly Strike attempts, but this is the second time now I've been offered an exchange to Heroic Lightning Strike.

tidal flame
#

why would you want to do Deadly Strike Lucifer?

honest kernel
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Because it is good.

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I had a win in the bag and then threw.

tardy path
#

Are you complaining for heroic lighting strike?

honest kernel
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Give it a little backstab spice and it shreds.

tardy path
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Cause that sounds good on lucy

honest kernel
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Yeah, I know high heat has been done with Zeus, but I know that Deadly Strike can hang and I've been spending the last few days trying to prove it.

tardy path
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Fair

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But are you mad cause of the temptation of heroic Lightning strike?

honest kernel
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Oh yeah.

tardy path
honest kernel
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I spammed the [REDACTED] out of Zeus with Lucifer when it first came out.

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I got Heroic Lightning Strike like, twice.

tardy path
#

I completely understand you, I've thrown in runs just because I thought that heroic boon would carry me when my common one was waaaaaaaaaay better

honest kernel
#

Now, on 32 Heat attempts, which I had sworn off, it shows its face over and over?

tidal flame
#

do you intent to use the ramped attack damage?

honest kernel
#

Yup.

tardy path
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Ahhh

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Deadly strike would shred then

honest kernel
#

Unless I'm mistaken the ramp doesn't actually have a cap, it just resets when you reload or break target, so Concentrated Beam with a couple of Attack ups is nasty.

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I keep trying to get Blinding Flash and Heart Rend but the Duos just won't come.

tidal flame
#

I did some science and the ramp doesn't exactly goes up

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it peaks at 31 damage at the 7th bullet

tardy path
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Duos are the most inconsistent thing to rely on runs

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This weekly challenge has just taught me that

tidal flame
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then hovers round 18 to 25 ish damage

honest kernel
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How much science?

tidal flame
#

So I am not sure if this changes your mind on Deadly Strike Lucy

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but

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I counted each shot damage

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on skelly

honest kernel
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👍

tidal flame
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controlling for backstab of course

honest kernel
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Why wouldn't you just stand in front of him and shoot him?

tidal flame
#

yeah that's what I meant

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so no backstab bonus

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the damage is super weird

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it's a set amount, but doesn't scale like any function that I know of

honest kernel
#

I'm still set on an Artemis build.

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It can do it, I got to the finish line, I just decided to smash my face into my keyboard instead of win.

forest vortex
#

You'll do it I'm sure

honest kernel
#

I think Piercing Fire is pretty high up non-Lightning Strike Lucifer's high heat tier list.

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Why do I have to play well on seeds that hate me and play like Poseidon on seeds that are actually good?

autumn sable
#

Im with you that Deadly Strike is quite good on Lucifer

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Did some runs with some lucky Artemis boons and what it loses in crowd control, it makes up with raw dps

mossy zinc
#

it's a set amount, but doesn't scale like any function that I know of
This is why we don't let yellow dogs do math. dusa

honest kernel
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Oh yeah, it melts hardened targets.

autumn sable
#

And you have the option of triple beam for a little crowd control too

honest kernel
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Piercing Fire? Hello Greatshields and Theseus.

autumn sable
#

Throw in heart rend and everything melts

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Or deadly

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Or both

light sedge
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One room full of puller speeder flame wheels, and the next had three savior slugger great shields with

autumn sable
#

If you wanna go down the lucky tree

light sedge
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Bp is such bs sometimes

mossy zinc
#

My question is why wouldn't you take Hestia Deadly Strike over Lucifer Deadly Strike?

honest kernel
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Because I have Very Complicated Feelings™️ about Mass Effect 3 and the Prothean Particle Rifle.

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And knowing that I can make the ramping beam work here too makes me want to push the distance.

mossy zinc
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My solution to any and all complicated feelings I had about ME3 was to stop playing it somewhere halfway through and never looking back, and declaring it non-canon. dusa

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Except for Samantha. She's canon. 💗

honest kernel
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I wish I had your foresight, but I have to live with what I put myself through.

tidal flame
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Samantha Traynor?

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Yeah I bought her the toothbrush at the first opportunity

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Just like how I gifted Meg all the contrabands

mossy zinc
tidal flame
#

My 2nd statement is related

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:|

mossy zinc
#

I did some science and . . . it's a set amount, but doesn't scale like any function that I know of
—FoxHope

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I'm giving you an F.

mossy zinc
#

@tidal flame Hestia uniquely provides massive damage in a single quick ranged attack that has barely any startup or recovery. And Aegis gives block. That's why those are banned from the challenge. The focus is on fighting Maxy fair and square.

tidal flame
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How does GY special spam not count?

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Seems like you can ban all ranged weapons

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For a "fair and square" fight

mossy zinc
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Guan Yu's Throw has 45 base damage and more startup. Hestia has 150 base damage.

tidal flame
#

You are implying that Hestia is somehow overpowered

mossy zinc
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Am I?

frail crane
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the shield (especially chaos aspect) is a bit overpowered in that if you get a good damage up (like what I ended up with) it more than outbalances the reduced base damage (which is a trade-off for the ability to block)

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the hestia ban doesn't affect me though since I've done exactly 0 runs with it :P

tidal flame
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Yeah, you are

mossy zinc
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Nope.

tidal flame
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Yup

frail crane
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You kinda are. Why else would it be banned from the challenge?

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Or I'm very much missing something, which is also possible

severe vector
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which challenge is it?

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i wanna do challenge

mossy zinc
#

It's uniquely strong in boss fights. That doesn't mean it's generally overpowered.

frail crane
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here's a challenge for you: HL5 CP2 FO2 HS DC2. Optional: EM3 MM.

mossy zinc
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@severe vector HL5 CP2 FO2 HS DC2. Optional: EM3 MM. No Aegis or Hestia.

tidal flame
#

Mr. Hades run

mossy zinc
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Maxy.

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His name is Maxy.

tidal flame
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That's Mr. Hades for you

severe vector
#

ohh is this a special challenge in additional to the weekly one pinned in builds?

mossy zinc
#

That is also the name of the challenge. Zaggy vs Maxy.

tidal flame
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It's a decked out Hades

mossy zinc
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It's just one I made up for @frail crane. Or anyone.

tidal flame
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Basically all the pacts that make Hades stronger

mossy zinc
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Yep. And if you want, you can make all the other bosses and minibosses stronger, too.

severe vector
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ugh DC2 :c

mossy zinc
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With EM3 and MM.

tidal flame
#

How much heat is that

frail crane
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16

tidal flame
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With everything on

frail crane
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without EM3 and MM

tidal flame
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So 24?

frail crane
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I don't have #s memorized, so maybe

tidal flame
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EM3 is 6? Maybe 5

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MM is 2

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So that's 23 or 24 heat

mossy zinc
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EM3 is 5 Heat.

severe vector
#

i picked the wrong weapon for this lol

mossy zinc
#

lol even as I'm starting to slowly get the hang of fighting FO2 EM Asterius with Malphon and Divine Strike, you take ridiculous amounts of untelegraphed damage from Theseus.

severe vector
#

mm was a mistake why did i turn it on

mossy zinc
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lol

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That's why it's optional. squirtnya

severe vector
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noo athena didn't give me dash

acoustic hare
#

Speedy Longspears. Why is it. Always. The Speedy Longspears?

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I feel bad for being so bad. There's no excuse for being SO bad.

mossy zinc
#

TFW you notice that EM Theseus and Asterius are completely immune to Deflect damage.

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No wonder this fight takes forever and ever.

acoustic hare
#

Hmm. I think if Asterius didn't spam his rush right after spin for 2 times in a row, I should have had more DD and actually made it past the Heroes at the end this time. For the first time for me at 32 Heat.

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I only had 1 or 2 throws left for Theseus to die

mossy zinc
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I finally found the strategy I needed for my Malphon build, and it's now in #hades-feedback.

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It is, of course, high heat strategy #1: wait for patches. squirtnya

fallow stream
#

These people that want to make he game harder for no reason other than they find dash attacking when watching streams to be too frequent... What is wrong with them?

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Lol

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Do they not understand that if you don't move, you get hit?

mossy zinc
#

I can understand making the final attack in the normal attack combo a bit more satisfying, perhaps.

light sedge
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Their point is that attacking while on the move shouldn't be more powerful than pulling off a three hit stationary combo, which makes sense.

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They also mentioned they have 100+ hours in-game, so how about you ease down on judging others.

mossy zinc
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Yeah. Greatest Reflex is usually a better DPS increase than Swift Strike. Which seems odd.

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Dash-Strikes also get both Dash-Strike bonus damage and Attack bonus damage.

light sedge
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Not sure if it would work for you tho

forest vortex
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FO2 is not that bad imo once you get used to it

light sedge
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Yes, but it doesn't work well with every aspect

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Say Rama or Arthur

forest vortex
#

I don't think so. I did my first 32 Heat with Arthur and had no problem with the increased speed from enemies

fast spade
#

whats wrong with underworld customs?

light sedge
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It can scuff your build

forest vortex
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Rama's slow speed can be countered with dash-strike

fast spade
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Its free 2 heat

light sedge
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Nope

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it scuffed many a build for me

frail crane
#

Also, re: dash attacking versus using the full combo: the only times I'll stand still (when I have a weapon with a combo) are when I just want to safely hitstun an enemy to death

fast spade
#

for me at least its completely fine

forest vortex
#

It is with Fated Persuasion tho

tidal flame
#

Personal preference

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I tske UC for 20+ heat

forest vortex
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me too

tidal flame
#

Usually I have one or two boons I don't want anyhow

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The biggest choke for UC is Tartarus

light sedge
#

I'd rather not be put in that position at all lol

fast spade
#

are you running the +chance for boon/pom/cash rooms?

light sedge
#

But yea, personal preference

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Sometimes I do

forest vortex
#

I hate that mirror upgrade

light sedge
#

I think it's fine, more situational that its counterpart

forest vortex
#

To each their own I guess

light sedge
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Not preferable if using TD that's for sure

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But if you're going for, say Hoarding Slash, it's great!

fast spade
#

I find it better in combination with (whatever the alternative to priv status is called)

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since you get more boons = you get more gods a whole

light sedge
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Yea, it's good in combination with Fated Persuasion

forest vortex
#

The fact that Hoarding Slash apply the bonus damage after everything else is so underwhelming

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I thought I'd get a chonky crit with Hoarding but nope

fast spade
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is hoarding slash additive or multiplicative

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additive, right?

light sedge
#

yes

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+50 damage per 1k I think

forest vortex
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Yeah

fast spade
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5% of total gold

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which is pretty damn good

tidal flame
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It's additive post calculation

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Which is kinda bad

forest vortex
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I don't think it's good

tidal flame
#

It's doesn't increase your base

forest vortex
#

Yeah sadly

tidal flame
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It doesn't factor into crit modifier

fast spade
#

wait what

tidal flame
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Doesn't get bonus from damage streroids

fast spade
#

that doesn't seem intentional

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it should scale with crits

tidal flame
#

It's a flat damage bonus

forest vortex
#

Maybe post it in feedback

fast spade
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^

forest vortex
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See if it's intentional or not

fast spade
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Seems more of a bug to me

tidal flame
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Well I'm not writing one but you can ;)

fast spade
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I already wrote one and got a really mixed reception today :p

tidal flame
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And that's ok

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Feedbaks shouldn't be taken personally

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Write another, if it makes sense I'll upddot it

forest vortex
#

I got a few that's heavily downvoted

fast spade
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Dont we all love master chaos? And dont you hate it when you havent got enough health to enter a choas gate? I would find it neat if you could essentially force your way past it at a higher cost.

Similar to how you can bust through money doors in deadcells at the cost of getting one shotted until you kill 30 enemies. Or like how in Hollow Knight you can equip more charms than you actually should at the cost of receiving double damage.
Choas gates could have a similar mechanic, if you dont have enough health to pass through the gate, you could still get in after lets say spamming the button like 10 times, but you would lose like a death defiance or be cursed to get 1hit killed in the next encounter. (Just a vague concept, the punishment could be literally anything)

Chaos is already about that whole risk/reward thing, so I was thinking: why not expand on that further?

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like, I dont get why ppl are mixed on this

forest vortex
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I upvoted it tho

tidal flame
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I honestly hate that idea lol

fast spade
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Its a feature that wouldnt harm anything, but if you would wanna take a major risk, its there

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Why so?

tidal flame
#

I get that it doesn't take away anything

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Sure

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But I like uniformity in room interaction

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And that makes the game a bit bloated

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For what? A niche use in a niche use?

fast spade
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yupp, pretty much

tidal flame
#

Just not practical enough for me to updoot

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Sorry

fast spade
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hmm, fair enough

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Its not really something that would occure often

frail crane
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It's something that's really hard to teach players

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I would never think to do that, and I go into Chaos at almost every opportunity

tidal flame
#

I mean keep the feedbacks coming

fast spade
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I do too

tidal flame
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Again, that channel is never to be taken personally xD

forest vortex
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Many people don't know about the overcharmed system in Hollow Knight tho

frail crane
#

I definitely like the idea of a way to get into Chaos when you don't have enough health, I just don't think that that's it

tidal flame
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I don't

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Until Discord

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I mean I haven't even beaten HK yet, so...

light sedge
#

I remember trying to equip more charms but it didn't let me so I gave up lol

tidal flame
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Lol

fast spade
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Yeah, my idea was just a general concept, as I said

the punishment could be literally anything

frail crane
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Not the punishment, the method. Spamming the enter button

fast spade
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hollow knight doesnt teach you about overcharming either
nor does deadcells about breaking money doors

forest vortex
#

That's the same way overcharmed works

fast spade
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thats how I got the idea ^

forest vortex
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But I agree that it's pretty weird

frail crane
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I haven't played either of those (though HK is on my list), so I can't say

light sedge
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Really good metroidvania if you're into those

frail crane
#

I'm building one, so yeah xD

forest vortex
#

Cool

light sedge
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One of my fav games, got all the achievements lol

fast spade
#

samez

forest vortex
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But is Dead Cells a metroidvanja?

fast spade
#

I even have the collectors edition

forest vortex
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I thought it was a Rogue lite

fast spade
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deadcells is a roguelite metroidvania mix

light sedge
#

I was referring to HK

forest vortex
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Oh ok

light sedge
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Ya, it's what SwanDragon mentioned 😄

fast spade
#

Anyhow, I guess ppl aren't familiar with that concept if they haven't played those games...

frail crane
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I will note, I've actually not voted on it yet, because I agree with some parts but not with others

honest kernel
#

I didn't even know that chaos can kill u I thought they always puts you at 1HP

frail crane
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Chaos cannot, you just can't enter

honest kernel
#

oh

frail crane
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Ah, I see

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This is in reference to being able to enter, not in reference to Chaos Banes

honest kernel
#

I know that

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but I assumed entering works the same as banes

#

I'd be ok w entering just putting you at 1HP

fast spade
#

when you enter you just take 20-30 points of dmg

#

if you dont have that hp you straight up cant enter

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which kinda sucks imo

honest kernel
#

yea thats kinda whack

#

just set the player at 1HP

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also I ran deadcells and uh what r moneydoors

#

is that in the new update or something

fast spade
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its the golden doors you have to use cash to unlock, usually have an item behind them

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Im not sure if they appear before 1BC or not

honest kernel
#

oh I didnt know you can burst them open

fast spade
#

yeah

honest kernel
#

I played 3BC

fast spade
#

if you hit them enough you get cursed and they open

honest kernel
#

but then I got too fed up w the game

fast spade
#

I feel that

honest kernel
#

okay

#

well I think its a lot less fitting for hades for entering the gate giving you a curse...?

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taking curses is a thing u do a lot in deadcells to get good stuff but people even hardly use chaos and chaos ain't that great tbh

frail crane
#

I mean, I feel like the reason you take damage is that it's really friggin hard to get there

#

Okay let's not dump on Chaos xD I visit them constantly

fast spade
#

huh? Hardly use chaos? They are (sorry) damn manditory imo

frail crane
#

They*

honest kernel
#

uhm

#

well people use chaos to skip rooms in elysium as far as I know but not much more on high heat

#

the risk reward is pretty bad for chaos

fast spade
#

I strongly disagree there

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especially on high heat

frail crane
#

I...uh...I gotta disagree there, but then again I haven't played at properly "high" heat

honest kernel
#

especially on high heat I dont want to take chaos on lower ones chaos gets way better imo

clever otter
#

i visit chaos all the time unless im using high heat

honest kernel
#

the chance to just get garbage boons is high and then you have to live with a bane

frail crane
#

Fated Persuasion, for me

fast spade
#

then you pick the bane thats the best for you

clever otter
#

now that they have the boon that gives extra gems, im like, gimme

fast spade
#

hell yeah, hit me with that extra cast stone choas

honest kernel
#

life regen is so hard to come by and fated persuasion can be really sparse with RI1 already

fast spade
#

screw RI

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not worth the heat

honest kernel
#

it kinda is? depends on how you build

fast spade
#

I suppose

#

I need my rerolls

honest kernel
#

chaos took such a huge blow to me after the update used to visit them more before that

#

guess different builds favour different things in the end

fallow stream
#

Ruthless reflex, I could never get used to that

#

And dark foresight? That's like... The most useless mirror talent, unless you're just farming

light sedge
#

More poms/money/boons = useless

#

seems about right

fallow stream
#

It's not more boons

light sedge
#

it's any gold laurel

honest kernel
#

Did we ever get more testing than the literal one run?

#

I thought it increased gold laurel spawn rate?

light sedge
#

Yes

honest kernel
#

seems ok to me

fast spade
#

its good imo

fallow stream
#

From what I've always seen, there's generally a cap on the number of boons you'll get per biome regardless

fast spade
#

better than having 40% on rare boons

hollow lynx
#

the only testing i can remember was that one run, so imo i can hardly say that it's useless, definitively

fallow stream
#

With trial of the gods being the exception to that rule

honest kernel
#

this was my go to 40 heat when I ran it with rama

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def didn't feel chaos on that one

fast spade
#

thats... thats masochism my dude

honest kernel
#

lol I mean

#

it kinda was

light sedge
#

Seems alright to me, you can take your time

honest kernel
#

yeah

fast spade
#

oh true, no tight deadline

light sedge
#

Play it nice and safe

honest kernel
#

you can play rly safe

light sedge
#

grats on the win

#

what build did you get going?

honest kernel
#

I didn't win tho I died to hades 3 times 😂

light sedge
#

Oh hahaha alright, that's good tho

honest kernel
#

and now im taking a break

light sedge
#

you'll get it eventually

tidal flame
#

I died to Hades 7 times on 40+ heat

#

I feel your pain

honest kernel
#

yeah I'll kill hades on 40 at some point

light sedge
#

HL Hades is a damn beast

tidal flame
#

Just don't get hit 4head

fallow stream
#

I'm currently trying to hash out a heat 40 pact without TD2. Just tired of it

fast spade
#

why would you guys do that to yourself, I still havent gotten 32 heat down (died at dad a buncha times)

tidal flame
#

Because

light sedge
#

You'll get it eventually

honest kernel
#

this is the tryhard channel

light sedge
#

For the challenge I guess

#

and that too

honest kernel
#

32 is pretty comfy for me by now

light sedge
#

32 isn't hard enough after enough play time lol

honest kernel
#

yeah

forest vortex
#

True

tidal flame
#

👀

light sedge
#

You get used to enemy movements and patterns and it's not that bad

honest kernel
#

the difficulty scaling just skyrockets after like 35

fallow stream
#

There's definitely a tipping point

light sedge
#

Yea, because you start giving up on essential things like, time/health/boons

#

You also rely a LOT more on RNG

fallow stream
#

Ehhh... Sorta

honest kernel
#

getting bad rooms def gets way more likely higher up

fallow stream
#

Depends on your pact. RNG doesn't really become a factor at 40

fast spade
#

me cryin' with 183h in the game

light sedge
#

400+ o/

fast spade
#

o7

honest kernel
#

I have uh 112

tidal flame
#

If you don't take RNG pacts then you will face way nastier options

#

Like JS and CP with TD

fallow stream
#

You can escape RNG at 40

#

Is all I'm saying

#

Beyond that, it gets nasty

honest kernel
#

I just can't stand TD elysium destroys me 😔

tidal flame
#

Join the club xD

light sedge
#

It's absolute torture

fallow stream
#

TD is the biggest factor by far

honest kernel
#

the other areas are fine

tidal flame
#

If you watch all the 40+ vods

honest kernel
#

but elysium nope

light sedge
#

It's quite something to run out of time and have Asterius ride you like no tomorrow

fallow stream
#

Particularly when fighting bosses because I like to take my time on bosses

tidal flame
#

Most if not all of them have mid shop/ fountain

#

And I'm p sure all have Patty

fallow stream
#

If they were to make the boss fights infinite time, I'd actually be perfectly happy

#

Nothing burns my ass more than having to rush Hades fight

tidal flame
#

So yeah, not saying you need Patty to win, I just haven't seen a successful 40+ run without him

light sedge
#

True

fast spade
#

JS is fine by itself imo, as long as you dont stack it with CP

fallow stream
#

It is possible with SD, but you'll need like double touch of Styx + last stand

#

Then you can confidently do it

light sedge
#

JS and TD are impossible to deal with IMO

fallow stream
#

JS1 is ok

tidal flame
#

JS is fine by itself imo, as long as you dont stack it with CP
If you go high enough, that's inevitable

fast spade
#

yeah, its the combination of these thats insane

fallow stream
#

For every point of JS, you should add one point of CP before going up another JS

fast spade
#

JS, CP and TD are all fine by themselves, if you combo them together it gets nasty

fallow stream
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So go CP1 before you go JS2, etc

mossy zinc
#

I just wanna say you're all crazy picking JS or CP at 20 heat. Why would you do that to yourself.

fast spade
#

because its completely fine

light sedge
#

Yes

fast spade
#

Imo it is

fallow stream
#

JS1 is hardly noticeable

#

Js2 is extremely noticeable

#

Js3... No. Just. No.

fast spade
#

its noticable, but still manageable

fallow stream
#

The problem is how chaos stacks on to JS

fast spade
#

oops

light sedge
#

@mossy zinc what's your 20 heat setup

fast spade
#

but screw Elysium

fallow stream
#

TD2, FO2, EM2, LC

#

Something like that

#

+DC

fast spade
#

em2?

#

why not 3

fallow stream
#

We are talking heat 20

tidal flame
#

Not her but here:
EM3 MM BP2 FO2 TD2

light sedge
#

Because FO2

tidal flame
#

That's about 23 heat

light sedge
#

EM3 FO2 is brutal

honest kernel
#

Now throw in Hard Labor.

tidal flame
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Get used to it

honest kernel
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EM3 gets evil too fast

fallow stream
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HL2 is no problem

fast spade
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EM3 FO2 is brutal
@light sedge I disagree

fallow stream
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MM is perfectly fine

mossy zinc
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EM3 or not depends on the weapon.

light sedge
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I'd rather not have FO2 and just handle it all with any wep

fast spade
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I used to run em3 and FO5 back when it was a thing

tidal flame
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FO5

fast spade
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em3 was a bit different back then tho

tidal flame
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No please

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I'm good with FO2

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Bring that evil elsewhere

fast spade
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its only 50%

light sedge
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I mean Asterius already has instant attacks lol

mossy zinc
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I'm not interested in playing without FO2 on low heat and throwing off my timing when I play high heat again.

light sedge
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No need to make them any faster

tidal flame
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Bh FO5 do you mean FO2?

fast spade
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hehe, unless were talking FO5 right after the patch when you could get 100%

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that was fun

light sedge
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I suppose that's true if you're mostly playing high heat runs

fast spade
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pre nighty night FO was up to FO5 for a max of 50%

light sedge
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I don't do that, I like my runs to be nice and chill

tidal flame
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I see

honest kernel
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FO2 kills me

light sedge
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EM3 and FO2 are worth 3 heat, but one affects the whole run, while the other just two fights

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that's my logic behind it

fast spade
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FO2 is fine if you were used to playing FO5 lol

light sedge
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haha true

fallow stream
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Demeter completely counters FO2 and then some, if you take the right support boons

tidal flame
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Artic Blast goes brrrrr

fallow stream
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Not arctic

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Killing freeze

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Arctic actually reduces her counter effect

mossy zinc
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I don't have any specific setup for 20 heat. I don't see 20 really as a challenge, so I'm not interested in doing 20 heat specifically. It just really doesn't excite me at all. I'll pick whatever setup to test or practice something specific at whatever heat that happens to be, or I'll do something on high heat.

fast spade
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the humblest of flexes

light sedge
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Yea, 20 is no challenge anymore for me as well, but i take pleasure from getting combo builds going

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But I guess we each take pleasure from different things

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Which is why this game is so good because it allows so many play styles

tidal flame
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Arctic actually reduces her counter effect
Ik, we use Demeter for different purposes

mossy zinc
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I was asked about my 20 heat setup, so that's my answer lol.

fast spade
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when I just wanna chill I drop everything but EM3 and FO2
thats my relax setup

tidal flame
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I use Demeter for this, specifically

fallow stream
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I take arctic blast with certain weapons

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It's very good, don't get me wrong

light sedge
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Serrated Point ❤️

fast spade
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ah yes, triple dash attack

light sedge
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Been trying 41 with it

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Pretty much the only way to win that melee spear run imo

fallow stream
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One combo many people don't use is vengeful mood + frozen touch and arctic blast

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It is AMAZING

mossy zinc
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I'd take EM3 if it didn't entirely negate my main build with Malphon lol.

fast spade
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what are you running?

mossy zinc
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Divine Strike + Hunter Dash.

tidal flame
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Pretty much the only way to win a spear melee run imo
I have to agree, Serrated Point is too good to pass. Without it my damage is slow as molasses

mossy zinc
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EM champions are immune to deflect damage.

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So yeah.

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lol

fast spade
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yeah, I hope that gets changed

mossy zinc
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I didn't notice until yesterday.

fast spade
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well, at least you still dont take the dmg

fallow stream
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@light sedge that's not true. Exploding launcher builds are very viable

fast spade
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I like abusing that with divine strike guan yu

light sedge
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It's why I mentioned melee

mossy zinc
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I only noticed before that the fight felt utterly ridiculous and took forever.

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There's no point in risking going for deflects when they don't take damage for it.

fast spade
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well, it still allows you to stay close without taking dmg

light sedge
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Gonna actually start running 21 heat so that I get the clean map lol

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anyone else? hah

fast spade
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clean map?

tidal flame
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Get the clean map?

light sedge
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No markers

tidal flame
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Wut

light sedge
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You don't get the bounty map markers anymore for 21 and above

mossy zinc
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You don't just take no damage with Divine Strike. It's not that simple. It's not easy to just deflect all hits coming your way, you'll definitely lose big chunks of HP if you stay in that close trying to deflect.

tidal flame
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Oh

fast spade
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You don't get the bounty map markers anymore for 21 and above
@light sedge I never noticed this

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was this added in blood price?

light sedge
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yes

fallow stream
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You don't just take no damage with Divine Strike. It's not that simple. It's not easy to just deflect all hits coming your way, you'll definitely lose big chunks of HP if you stay in that close trying to deflect.

Heresy! 🤭

fast spade
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ah, okey, that makes sense, I havent gone above 2 this patch

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You don't just take no damage with Divine Strike. It's not that simple. It's not easy to just deflect all hits coming your way, you'll definitely lose big chunks of HP if you stay in that close trying to deflect.
@mossy zinc not quite, I feel like as long as the guan yu "spinner" is within the attack hitbox you dont get hit by it

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I may be mistaken though

fallow stream
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If only engulfing vortex affected GY spin attack 🤔

mossy zinc
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That's with Guan Yu, but that's not perfectly reliable either.

light sedge
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Massive Spin does tho

tidal flame
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You get a hammer for that though

mossy zinc
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I was talking about Malphon.

fast spade
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well, if you get the long knuckle (thats what it was) it seems pretty freelo

mossy zinc
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Trust me, it isn't.

fallow stream
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I always have a tough time choosing between Explosive cutter, long knuckle and Colossus knuckle, which the game LOVES to offer at the same time quite often

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The worst is when it gives me long knuckle and breaching cross together

mossy zinc
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I think the utility from the latter two can't match Explosive Upper on high heats.

tidal flame
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BC all day every day for me

fast spade
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I dont really like colossus knuckle

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its too slow for me

fallow stream
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It depends if I'm gunning for a privileged status build or not

tidal flame
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Cool artwork, cool name, cool effect

mossy zinc
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Breaching Cross and Explosive Upper on Demeter Aspect are the only ones I'd consider a tough choice.

tidal flame
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What not to like

fallow stream
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For that, long kinckle is king

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Long knuckle + explosive is my ideal combo

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The amount of damage you can do with privileged status with those two is hilarious

mossy zinc
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I've never much cared for Long Knuckle, and I still don't. It's okay.

fast spade
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I also really like the stacking dmg hammer one

fallow stream
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Concentrated knuckle?

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Me no likey

fast spade
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ye, thats the one

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I find its effect to be really underwhelming

mossy zinc
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Concentrated Knuckle is great on Zagreus Aspect. But it's no Breaching Cross.

tidal flame
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Breaching Cross and Explosive Upper on Demeter

fallow stream
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Flying cutter is redundant, since rush kick offers the same with no charge up time

tidal flame
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Breaching Cross ans Long Knuckle on Zagreus

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Kinetic can be really fun on Demeter, too

fallow stream
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And quake cutter should be removed from game

mossy zinc
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I still haven't tried Flying Cutter since the supposed buff.

fast spade
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I personally am a big fan of Talos

tidal flame
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Ew

fast spade
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and long knuckle is great

tidal flame
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Just kidding

fallow stream
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There is no reason to take quake cutter over explosive upper

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It just dilutes the pool

fast spade
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I kinda agree

fallow stream
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And nobody is dumb enough to wait for the animation to finish on uppers

fast spade
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^

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I hate that part

fallow stream
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It's just a recipe for death

mossy zinc
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Talos is strong, I've just been too preoccupied with other things to really grind with it and push its limits.

fast spade
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quake cutter is really bad bc of the animation imo

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Its the worst hammer for me personally

fallow stream
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Quake cutter should be exactly like explosive upper, but not on dash uppers, only for regular uppers

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Imo

mossy zinc
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I want the changes for it that I wrote in #hades-feedback. Either something like that or cut it from the game.

fast spade
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or the nova could happen when you jump off instead when you land

fallow stream
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Or make it totally different... Where it changes the upper cut to a ground slam, sending a Shockwave out, a la Juggernaut

fast spade
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^

mossy zinc
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Quake Cutter in its current state doesn't exist.

fast spade
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could be cool

mossy zinc
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Nobody picks it. Nobody uses it when they do pick it.

light sedge
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Works nicely with Flying Cutter, but that's about it

mossy zinc
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Except for new players.

fallow stream
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Imo, stuff like cursed slash and draining cutter should have a simple reduced functionality to +1hp per Regen on LC4

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But that's just my opinion

mossy zinc
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Can't really comment on that because I avoid LC4 like the plague lol.

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Or like corona(cht).

fallow stream
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Stubborn Roots works through LC4, so I dunno why the Regen specials can't

mossy zinc
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I know Draining Cutter is amazing for RI4.

tidal flame
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Because you don't have -health downside

fast spade
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I hate LC as a whole

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LC 1 is fine

fallow stream
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Lc2 is ok too

fast spade
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2 is kinda eww

mossy zinc
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A minimum of 1 HP for hammers like that sounds fair.

fallow stream
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3 and 4 are bad

tidal flame
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I either take LC1 or LC4

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No point picking in between

fallow stream
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If you take lc3, you may as well go full tits

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And just take lc4

fast spade
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yeah

mossy zinc
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No thank you.

tidal flame
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Scared rabbit

mossy zinc
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Rabbit? That's the animal you call me? thanthink

tidal flame
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Yeah

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Tiny scared rabbit

fallow stream
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We'd call you a Shrew, but someone already took it

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I'm gonna go fail another heat 40 run now, brb

honest kernel
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gl

tidal flame
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What happened to the Wigglytuff

mossy zinc
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^me crying while defending myself

tidal flame
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shadefear 🐰

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🐊 💦

mossy zinc
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My rabbit had surgery last month, and now you brought back those traumatic memories.

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I hope you feel happy now.

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/cry

fallow stream
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Making a rabbit dinner is not "surgery"

mossy zinc
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That's evil. I would never eat an animal.

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@fallow stream banne dusa

fallow stream
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🤣

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There is no way you are vegan

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You would have told everyone by now

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That's the 1st rule of vegan fight club

mossy zinc
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I'll need a bigger hammer for you.

tidal flame
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What would it be like if you are a Mod?

mossy zinc
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Kind of like in my SFV servers but with more Hades and less SFV?

tidal flame
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Yeah that clears everything up

mossy zinc
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?

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I finally F10d the evil FO2 Giant Rat that immediately bites you, yesterday.

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Take that, Giant FO2 Rat!

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No more taking my HP for free!

fallow stream
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Lightning reflexes got nerfed HARD

mossy zinc
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?

fallow stream
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I'm iframing attacks right now, and it's not triggering at all

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It has to be SUPER close to being hit

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Which is exactly what iframing is, so I dunno

tidal flame
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Maybe git gud?

fallow stream
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Ok, I'll show you

mossy zinc
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Sounds like how it's always worked? I dunno, I'm about to go to sleep.

fallow stream
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I died anyway

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So lol

mossy zinc
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Lol indeed.

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Anyway.

honest kernel
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ghastly was my original pfp anyways

tidal flame
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Ik but I love that Wigglytuff friendly

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Good wall

mossy zinc
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Use 3 emoji to describe your emotion when you need to no-hit a chamber on high heat to not lose a DD, so you can buy HP from that Well you're seeing, and you're hearing MEOW!!!

honest kernel
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im only wigglytuff when im playing PMD

mossy zinc
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Inb4 you all use SD. dusa

tidal flame
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Lol

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SD goes brrrrr

honest kernel
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⚰️ 🤸‍♀️ 🐒

tidal flame
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shadegrief 🐰 🙃

fallow stream
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SD is the best and worst thing for me in this game.

Get to Hades 80% of the time because of it, and die to Hades 80% of the time.... Because of it

tidal flame
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That's you Nyaa

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Why does Toffle get a laugh and I get ban?

mossy zinc
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Okay, here's the cheater version for SD users: use 3 emoji to describe your emotion when you lose SD willingly because you want to get a DD from Lady Athena, but you miscalculated, and there's another wave that you now need to no-hit and you're hearing MEOW!!!

fallow stream
fast spade
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oh btw, Im not sure about how the blood price works, is it completely random in the in-between shops or does it actually have a spawning condition?

mossy zinc
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Somebody said 22% chance it shows up.

fast spade
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backed up by anything, or is it is just from testing?

honest kernel
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I'm not sure there def isn't a spawn condition as far as I know

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its just ramdom

mossy zinc
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I guess somebody looked at the game files? I heard 22% a lot here. I don't think we're supposed to show what we found in the game files directly, though, so they probably couldn't back it up like that.

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Maybe it's from the wiki, in which case somebody would have verified in the game files before adding it.

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@tidal flame you're supposed to use 3 emoji to describe your emotions in that situation, not to attack me.

tidal flame
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Can't relate

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I don't die to 🐈

mossy zinc
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Oh right. You don't make it to Elysium.

tidal flame
mossy zinc
fallow stream
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Ha

mossy zinc
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I'm laughing way too hard right now.

tidal flame
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I'll have you know I die to Hades 7 times over on 40+ heat.

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That's a feat I don't take lightly