#h1-high-heat-strategies
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getting vermin'd on TD3 after timing out in elysium π
I icebeamed 51, that close enough?
i certainly didn't notice if they did
@untold sigil maybe when they give me apollo
wow nice
Did anyone managed to get fist 50 ?
imagine if you could turn lucifer into a flamethrower
but chill actually has utility at high heat, we need the full meme of fishing for sea storm while rocking pitiful damage
ye demeter was one of the first weapons to break 50
a few people got 50 heat with fists yeah
Oh, nice
gilg is also up there, thanks to retrash
dunno about the others off the top of my head
@north dove teach me thine ways with gilga
I think only Demeter and Gilga have 50+
I need to try rama 50 one day
i feel like crepes was considering a zag fists dodge build half-jokingly half-seriously for 50
step 1: hold dodge step 2:hold attack
that buffer tho qwq
he definitely got like 46 or something with dodge meme
plume?
i haven't done higher than 46 with talos but i'm sure it could get a 50 too
yeah i've been wondering that
Youd have to get ME tho, no?
if you go ME, surely talos and dem are pretty similar
i don't think it's necessary
Hmmm
would be nice though, yeah
i mean, for sure not required to go ME
now that zag sword's broken 50, anything can happen as far as i'm concerned
alrighty!
Ill try doin 40 with gilga then!
Double edge ?
yeah pretty much anything can be pushed to 50
seriously ?
Yes
also that 60 heat hades run is still in the works folx
what
who, where
Waiting to see zeus aspect at 50,then
me
And here I am dying to Elysium in my 56+ attempts
@sly hound Check the speedrun.com leaderboards
at 50 heat
Lel, Im not good enough
why do it yerself when you can live thru others
My max is only 40
same
I did 47 with dodge meme zag fists, ended up with like 89% dodge by the end
And my zeus aspect is level... 0
Zeus aspect of shield ? T'was my 50 heat clear
47 mb
And it's up on the speedrun.com leaderboards
oh yeah because 46 was the previous record iirc
oh nice
i must've missed that
It's been up for like a day on there lmao
Submitted it like a week ago
So
Zag Shield
How high should I push it
Did retrash get 50 with it? If so, you gotta go 51
hellest mode
I'm basically a shield player at this point lol
welp, do it then
all other shield players fled or passed away after the 1.0 chaos aspect changes
what's your favorite shield aspect ποΈ
beo
that moment when I don't like beo at all lmao
wow
Despite it being likely the best shield aspect right now
foremost among shield players dislikes beo lol
hey i mean maybe zeus is the best shield aspect and you're in the process of proving it
maybe chaos is still the best
Also did a 8:26 IGT run with non ME
we'll never know for sure
Maybe that's the case lmao
people didn't really pay attention to rama until ledger and i used it a lot after 1.0
One of the key factor of shield : Dash attack doesn't knockback, Attack does
Been trying to optimize my room clears with those in mind
i still lowkey wanna see a fully routed 100fish% run
i imagine it's probably poseidon start -> roll, sunken treasure and hope for fish
exactly yeah
minimum of three full runs too π
nah
we have shackle but more meme categories is never bad
surface fish
you can do it in one clear if you do it in a save file that hasn't beaten the game 10 times
Got to styx in 56 heat with it
in theory, anyway
i don't think you can get three whole seperate fishing spots in greece at once, though
you've gotta get huge catch ofc so that you can get fish in every greece area
even with huge catch?
don't think so
i trust you
how would you possibly know that lol
and it would be a lot of effort to test
oh
it's just a feeling
well, i can't argue with fox senses
tailesque i asked this when you werent here
but do you happen to know the exact rama dash strike charge time
for power shots
just wondering for rush delivery reasons
not really, it's more of a muscle memory thing to me now instead of a timing i know specifically
that's fair
in terms of fractions of a second
i would honestly be so impressed if you just randomly knew that
two types of gamers right
lol
it's true that's the secret
what do you think about the massive spin builds some runners are using
on hades separ
oh huh, which runners?
i know bablo really like it as first hammer
i saw satan pick quick spin during the hermes cup races today, which bablo and i agreed was a mistake
that's interesting, but it is one of the better options if you don't get serrated or exploding launcher
like massive spin to clear rooms in tart and then serrated point later to scale ideally
yeah, spin spam works super well in tart
exploding launcher is so gddang fast
and EM2 lernie
exploding launcher + epic special speed is good fun
lol god's pride gaming?
RI2 so... only in spirit π
My strat is just keep running until you get extra dashes and athena call and patty
It has to happen eventually right? So just keep playing until you get lucky enough
Can't lose if you can't die
i don't think so
it's just pommed flash that's mega bugged right
yeah
it was brought up in tech issues and i'm sure they saw it, wonder if they just haven't had time to address it or not
Let's find out
DANG another dad death
that was a juicy run too
had a rush delivery, billowing strength, smoldering air dionysus call build with some jolted and weaken on the side
the actual weapon stopped mattering for most of styx
the main reason you lost was probably because you didn't go super soaker
π¦ my shame is palpable
Dio call is so much damage but you gotta be pretty close with your clunky ranged weapon to use it
Also, the answer is no https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/679466835283804306/779602815781044254/unknown.png
It is not fixed
how
blinding flash nonsense probably
Couldn't even break 20k damage smh
a paltry 13.5K
Is that seconds before disaster?
Was afraid of sneaks
Which was what he summoned
Sort of
More like a minute before disaster
He was like 2 hits off his 3rd phase
why skelly over acorn? i get the summonings can be tough but still?
Acorn doesn't seem as good as other options in EM4, yeah. I switched to Broken Spearpoint for it after the first one, I think.
Sudden Rush was why
My whole plan was based around kiting Hades
The bigger threat were the adds
makes sense
Worked well for a while
But the fight drags on for so long
with CP2
Have not gotten used to that yet
Which is why I think Spearpoint might be best. It can just proc a lot of times in the fight and in the tunnels, saving you HP for the fight.
What does LC4 have to do with it?
Without Patty, chances are I'm gonna be at the max health I could be with revives
Yeah, seeing Patroclus or not would change things.
Spearpoint is better the more total HP you have.
The right play, obviously, is Zag Fists + Lambent Plume. 
So Artemis special isn't quite cutting it
not with CP2
Back to the drawing board again
is there a specific channel for discussing speedruns?
there's a discord
like entirely separate from this one?
yep, pmed you
Had to do a 40 Guan Yu to remind myself I don't suck, after failing all my challenge runs yesterday and today.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/725021639506526249/779725198148239390/Hades_1153.png?width=823&height=463
You gonna say 40 Guan yu is free?
lol I had an awfully close EM3.
So, free?
You lost 13 hp and nothing else
OR she lost thousands of HP and gained it all back with the power of the Frost Fair Blade
Or maybe both.
i was so close...
hades was 2 volleys away...
i am so... sad
32 heat was almost done and now, back to the beginning again
it is... infuriating aganst myself
had the perfect run and still messed it up
Don't worry, I used to lose on Ice Wine Scintillating Feast Cold Fusion Hera Bow.
i had demeter special, +4 volleys, buffed af weak aphrodite on attack with chiron
290 hps + more life regained thanks to athena on stubborn
and i failed
had 2 health bars with stubborn and still lost
yeah, heat 32 makes me feel like im beginning the game again
This might feel like your best opportunity, but soon you'll clear 32 with barely any good boons
What's your heat setup? Maybe we can help
It's 32, most things work
Yea that's a yikes
I'll pm you the setup, you'll get it next try
its a big learning process
it took me hours of grinding to beat 32 heat for the first time
now I can do 32 heat pretty consistently on the weapons that I am good at
and have done it at least once with every weapon
wooow
yallre amazing
while im over here struggling to beat 32 heat with a single weapon XD
ill get there tho
I have a question and I think the people in this chat are the best to ask. I put the heat up to 16 for the skelly thing, got to hades and lost. I cant beat him so i went back down to the heat levels i am supposed to be at (like 6 or something) but I cant get the rewards anymore. When will i be able to get rewards from the first 3 floors again?
Once you completely clear at the heat you're supposed to or higher.
so i hate using the spear and the max ive actually beat it at is 2 but i got to hades at 16. You are saying i just need to beat him at 2?
yes
thank you guys so much
Yo does lasting consequence go to the pool?
Cus I know some boons can't be purgdd
Like the Demeter one
Ah I mean after party
I think the only ones who don't are the ones that give one-time benefit.
Hi, I'm hoping to find a spreadsheet or similar that lays out what the spawn requirements are for the chamber structure of a run. Does anyone have that?
what do you mean exactly?
@waxen relic For example, if a trial room can only spawn after the third chamber or later in a region, or if you skip a trial can it be offered again, that sort of thing. Like how if you skip a hammer it will be offered again.
Mostly it's just percentages
Hammers can be offered till you have 2
Hermes too, except you can get 3rd in Styx
Hammers and Hermes I have a good idea of how they spawn from play, but I'm hoping someone has done more research than I have and is sharing that info about other events
this might be of help?
knowing how late patroclus can spawn would be useful
Might find some stuff in the Speedrunning Discord
up to the last before the pre-boss Shop
maybe only after mid-shop, but thats only my experience so far
@hollow lynx theres some good stuff in here, thanks.
@waxen relic thanks for the help as well
actually didn't know the wiki had such a technical page, seems pretty cool
doesn't cover quite everything I've been wondering, but it fills in part of it for sure
nub
how did this happen
I know you're joking, but I definitely feel that way
I had decent boons too
are you doing the GY 50
tartarus is the hardest biome on 45+
The other day
I could go in Elysium multiple times
But today I was so bad that TD3 ended on room 11
yeah on 50
But the thing is
You can go to Elysium without charged skewer
(with TD3 I mean)
on GY?
But god if you don't get it you're dead meat
serrated edge maybe
i've entered Elysium once without Hammer nor Attack running Zagshield at 50
really couldn't progress further that run
I do like the backstab special hammer though
serrated with 25 hp is hilarious
it's suicide without divine strike
Weakening enemies is not good enough lol
Maybe I should go tartarus owl, divine strike, aim for serrated ? If I get charged skewer it's good too even without boon at first
then athena is in my god pool
But would I clear fast enough
Only one way to truly find out right?
you can get patty up to chamber 34
that's right
at that point you're basically just rerolling until you get the hammers you want, for AP1
basically seeding
not worth I think
seeded AP is still different from seeded without AP
that EM4 is... really hard
I got to it on my 50 eris, and uh, it's not even close
I had pretty good boons too
it's less of the EM4 itself... Some of his attacks arent dodgeable with FO2 I swear
some of them necessitates + dashses from hermes IMO
hmm
and then sometimes laser came out from nowhere and you just died
On my 40 heat run
I mean I'm sure better players than me can talk about it, but IMO I'm not good enough for EM4
don't forget that HS btw
EM4 is one more phase ofc so I can't TD3 really
it's a bit of a yikes
yeah lol
yeah that TD3.... kinda becomes hard with EM4
I'm still dying to it don't worry
because you can't play slow
anyone in this channel have any experience running first run
i asked in speed but it seems like it's just vorime and wriste
think i died to lernie sometime
first run speedrun?
isn't that a category in speed
It's strange, I did not feel like one dash only was a problem
for the most part, I did not encounter dad yet
it is a category
i mostly tried to get Athena Legendary, but it's a long time ago
its jsut tough having one dash becaues dash attacking gets you punished but dash attacking also get s you damage
idk
one time i watched vorime he did normal attacks and dashes against lernie i think
for i-frames
that sounds miserable, but expected from a beo main :3
lol
it is quite fun though
i think i will keep trying
is first run hell mode a thing
aside from that one guy who wanted to do a 46 heat first run try
i've heard very bad experiences about it from time to time
but i'm not sure they're real
46 heat first run pepelaugh
I'd eat a hat if someone do it
the TD3 itself will ruin you
yeah that sounds miserable
although I suppose, first run hell mode is automatically RI4
can't select EM
lol what
just rechecked, No Extreme Measures, no Routine Inspection
and you have to die to access the pact 
btw what does personal liability do? never saw it as im not in hell mode
When you get it a substancial amount of times within seconds, you have a shield that provides impervious state
PL disables it
i believe it's if you get hit for more than 1/4 HP but not sure
really? i never noticed
I'm not sure either
Well
Go on hell mode
Face a witch
I got hit for a solid 45 once
ill try someday
Yeah should be a damage threshold
i just dont see how you dodge BP2 homing witches with 1 dash even if it's divine dash
seems tough
you focus to make the time stop
those shield might seem useless, but when you "accidentally" step on a trap with HS, in a witch room in tartarus, it's a heavensent
Oh
A heat option enabling this shield for enemies would be fun
maybe it would redundant with armor tho
saviour skulls.jpg
Might be too much indeed
Messed around with Athena start
Ended up getting Dash into Demeter Call
And got the duo
I was like : Sure why not try
...
Where's ur boons bruh
LOL
I WISH I KNEW
it's fifty five heats btw
the only boon left is the dash and roots i'm dead
tailesque is up there wiping his sweat
how do you have only extra divine dashes, stubborn roots and two useless boons
this is quite something
wait only one useless boon jk
You don't need anything more than extra dashes to survive
Hey the only obstacle is EM4 dad
i think we have to ban him from the discord
only solution
not allowed
please highlight only the after party on the victory screen if/when you win
Oh yeah I died already lol
O
Took chunks on chunks of spears
Turns out, when you have to deal with phase 1 for 2+ minutes, it gets stressing
Yes
You had three S-tier boons. How did you lose?
m still the #1 female Hades player last I checked.
Since there's not really anyone else doing high heat lol. Only Toffel and she's not around much.
nyaanyaa have you ever done fresh file
I wonder if I streamed with mic and cam if it would inspire more girls to do high heat. But I don't really wanna do that. I wish there were more girls going for it, though.
it seems up your alley
I don't really care for speedrun categories tbh.
nya, why didn't you go to the GDQ all women event?
I think it's this week?
nvm that's the answer
well if you wanted to inspire more people to play I thought that's a good idea
I would probably do it in Hell mode if I did first run.
i was thinking about doing it hell mode
but doing regular is enough challenge for me thanks
I just don't really like playing Stygius tbh lol. I like Excalibur, though.
It's okay for casual runs, but I don't like it for challenge runs.
true
especially base stygius haha
i know the strat used to be get 1 key and reset for bow
anyone else feel like Excalibur might be the best cast weapon despite not saying cast on it anywherE?
nope!
I've actually always been of the opinion that it's a good cast aspect.
You don't get cast damage bonus, but you get +50 HP and Holy Aura.
But it's definitely not the best.
i'm not sold
mmhm π and the "downside" of slow attacks doesn't matter, personal preference if the attack change is an upgrade or downgrade
it doens't really have any innate interactions with cast at all
we've also been over this eris is the best cast weapon 
It doesn't. But you just don't die lol.
Eris's only problem as a cast aspect is that you do even more damage by just holding down Attack lol.
I can see achilles being better than Arthur as a cast weapon
picking excalibur while poseidon is one aspect up 
Can't stand Poseidon
I've had some quick reload + greater recall + exit wound poseidon run, thing is trully broken
biggest problem with Poseidon is it doesn't do anything if you don't get a cast build
it's still stygius
which isnt good
but it's still a weapon
ideally you get dedge and play scuffed nemesis until casts are online
Just get Blade Dash lol.
I just don't like having a weapon that forces me to force a particular build you give up so much power by not being able to play what the game gives you
the thing is, imo cast builds are very flexible
like you usually want one duo but can always pivot depending on what gods you see
I guess it depends how you like to play, if I'm offered a good high rarity attack before a good high rarity special, then I'd like to be able to play attack instead. And I you need cast stones from Chaos (IMO) to really do a cast build, so that's not always going to play out either
you really dont
cast stones are obviously amazing to have
but any build that relies on them to make it across the finish is doomed from the beginning
usually you'll have enough juice if you have like 2-3 builds in your head you aim for
i abuse the give up some times if i get a bad lot
give up keeps the seed, so if you make the same choices you could still end up with a very similar run
it's also not common practice if you want to submit runs since you have to prove theyre unseeded
If you are using infernal soul you probably don't need cast stones, but I'm done messing with that
fair enough
oh really? what's the submit run for?
cast builds arent for everyone
sorry i am new
leaderboard and spreadsheet mostly
I see, so the community here maintains their own leaderboard?
nice
in that case you def want to plan for flexibility then
there's a speedrun.com leaderboard with categories and a pinned spreadsheet in this channel that ostensibly keeps track of high heat runs
@true fable what's your speedrun best time? I'm considering grinding for 10 mins
8:10 with beowulf lmao
8:18 sorry
my eris is only a paltry 8:47 so youd have better luck asking speed people
dont want to drag this too off topic
is there a hell mode leaderboard somewhere?
yeah I noticed that, that
wait why is it banned lol
oh wait i get it
PL would be really good for high heat categories, so itβs a more even playing field if no one gets to use it ig?
yeah makes sense
are you allergic to boons
Died to sneaks into get spin'ed
dammit
But this setup has potential
The damage was actually pretty decent
the same thing happened to me on 45 and i decided to do fresh file instead
Call abuse
what setup
you have like, zero boons
i donβt understand whatβs happening lmao
Divine dash So that you open up the death defiances -> Get powerful call
Starting in Asphodel, either equip the shackles or work towards the duo
Also look out for Proud Bearing
huh
One of the few things about shield
Zeus aspect, in peculiar
Builds up the call kinda fast
true
thatβs interesting
kinda surprising you didnβt go AP2 on such a non boon reliant build
guess you need that call too badly
Didn't find it that bad on shield TBH
You mostly lose the dash, which shield has Bull Rush for
yeah iβve actually been wondering about whether shields could take it more easily
Kinda did 45 heat boonless with Zag Shield and RI3 soooo
i did some random runs with chaos a while back without dashes at all, and it didnβt seem too bad?
all things considered
oh wow didnβt realise that was RI3
nice
But legit, with this setup, I was able to reach Styx with pretty meh rolls
Assuming you don't get the dash or say Phalanx Shot, you'd start with Athena attack or special, which isn't a bad start
That means more chances at seeing Athena at all
And nothing prevents you from say transitioning into a real build if it happens
except your pitiful number of boons?
i swear ive never seen so few boons on a build that is actively trying to get boons baj you're nuts
^
By that I mean if you happen to get a Zeus special or something in Tartarus
The Athena starter is just a bit more flexible from what I found
Gonna mess around with that
But I mean, I had enough damage with the timer
With that kinda of setup
Twice
All that needed to be done was kill EM4 CP2 FO2 dad
which, uh, I'm going to need to practise LOL
how long does that actually take
Well I'd get around say 8-10 minutes leftover
Give it 2 or 3 for the first phase, and that's possible
imma gonna bite the bullet and actually start learning EM4 properly soon
not sure whether TD3 will become impractical
since i am relatively slow
Depending on the rest of your setup, it might
Styx gonna eat you alive if you don't get 3 sacks
yeah...
or maybe even 2 sacks depending on what you go for
ah well, EM4 is worth more heat than TD3 at least
Anyways, gonna eat, then look into the possibly jankiest setup ever lmao
do it lol
@true fable I know your comment's half a meme, but Athena Call might be legit one of the better ones for Zeus shield
Let's you just unga-bunga to the max, and Zeus aspect does that marvellously
yeah athena call might be one of the better ones period
athena call = best call in game
uh excuse me, but does Athena call have a 35% crit chance?
hey, tried this question in "new-players" chan and was recommanded to ask here :
can anyone clarify for me how roiling defiance (boon) interact with stubborn defiance (mirror trait) ?
do you have 1 and only 1 more life for your run in top of all your room lifes ?
and in case you die which life goes out first, the roiling one or stubborn
yeah exactly you just get the chaos life once, it doesn't become infinite as well
the SD is always lost first
ohh that's nice then
yeah its pretty good
cool thx for the info!
np
can you refill the slot with well items?
i never got chaos defiance with sd so i have no clue
i mean, kiss of styx doesn't appear with SD, right?
unless you're suggesting it would with an empty chaos slot
guess i don't know for sure; i've only had a chaos defiance twice with SD, once i never lost it and the other time i lost it to dad
but i doubt you can buy them back
It doesn't appear if you have SD, no.
Losing a pretty clutch run because you forgot to summon is a jumbo sad
Oh yeah, I've been there too
Getting 3/4/5 sacced then losing because of it still the worst feeling in the game though
what about losing a run because your summon does a fat amount of damage to dc hearts
https://prnt.sc/vnnlyz certified hades moment
That's what rerolls are for :p
i know i can reroll it but just lol
Definitely not Hades vibe tho
Turn on TD3 for a while and TD2 will feel better
(hl3 lc4 cf2 js1 em3 bp2 mm uc dc2 ap1 td2)
Speaking of selling greatest reflex....
I can't believe I'm about to do this, but I need second wind
sell snow burst?
Hurts just looking at it
You can only have two Hermes boons on you without the Styx shop
So they need to sell Reflex since I'm guessing this is a dodge chance run
He wants another chance at Hermes boons...
So you have to sell a Hermes boon to see Second Wind
i see
huh I didn't even know that about hermes boons
can you roll into a third one with fated authority if you were using it?
He never showed back up :(
All of existence feels bad

There are stronger words than bad for how it feels to sell epic greatest reflex
HECKIN bad
i think... I might stream 50 heat lucifer attempts
you guys can come laugh at me if you want
Can't we just do that in here?
You right
wait can you sell a hermes boon to see a third?
I dont think I've actually had that happen on any of my runs, that I can remember
I was under the impression that you could because Nyaa said so a while ago
But I don't know if you actually can tbh
You can sell your second to increase the odds of seeing Hermes again...
Seeing the third is pretty heavy RNG... depends on Styx shop, I think
Second Wind would have been the last thing I needed to make a literally perfect dodge run
So I had to go for it even if chances were slim
Running plume means no picking gods, but I had zeus attack/athena dash/a call for second wind/epic dodge all in Tartarus. I don't think you can get a better start
the only problem with being faster than light is that you cant outrun the darkness
or whatever that one meme pic says
hilariously, i tried to run zag fists instead of dem fists recently and i dodged four times in a row when trying to die to change seeds
if you sell one of your two hermes boons you might get another one yeah
iβve done it before
That's Zag Fists telling you you could have won that run if you'd just believed.
well maybe zag fists can persuade the pact to stop striking out purple lightning strikes
and giving me dash and special
real gamers can dodge 100% of the time with only 15% dodge
why does zagreus not simply dodge the laser
That's your fault for taking Thunder Signet with AP2. Just take the Owl Pendant.
the worst part is im on ap1
Same thing, though.
and its consistently crossing out strike
do a meme run with AP2 and pom blossom
you dont know what boon you're going to get, but its going to have SO many levels!
ap is genuinely the most disrespectful pact
i had it cross out merciful end three times in a row
You gotta adjust your expectations when you play with AP.
very true
Owl Pendant will always give you a good start with AP1.
Whether you get Attack or Dash.
Even Phalanx Shot is still the best cast you could have got on Malphon.
still, i wish it just gave you one or two choices instead of crossing out choices
I think it's funny that it does that.
very funny when it happens to someone else
I think it's funny when it happens to me, too.
itβs funny in the same way speeder chariots are funny
just look at the little guys, zoominβ around
hilarious
Chariots are not the little guys lol.
i use KBM
I use an Xbox One pad.
pretty sure all the pros use dancepad only
People get paid to play this? I wanna get paid, too. 
you gotta use dancepad
32 mirrorless dancepad all weapons?
I have her hair color, but it's a little bit shorter than hers still.
how would you build athena attack on malphon?
Blinding Flash and lots of backstab bonuses
deadly reversal iirc
You don't need to build, Divine Strike is the build lol.
Maybe also Long Knuckle to help with delfection
fair lol
Ideally Deadly Reversal, yeah.
yeah ok that sounds about right
Long Knuckle is okay. Breaching Cross is what you really want.
oh baby breaching cross
breaching cross is a silly hammer
now theres a hammer
i hope they never change it
im still not entirely sure what dash attack being able to pierce enemies means but
Divine Dash or Hunter Dash. Though nowadays I only take Divine Dash because Hunter was nerfed too much, it's not really worth it on Zag Fists.
I just know Greatshields and Theseus can't block your Dash-Strikes with Breaching Cross.
What does Breaching do again?
+900% armor damage and piercing.
and apprently dash strikes are unblockable
Hm
oh dash strikes only yeah
because i figured dash attack already could hit muliple enemies
unless my eyes are bad
Maybe also throw in that hammer that adds dash strikes to your attack sequence too
Rolling Knuckle is eh.
it doesnβt really do anything imo
as long as its not heavy knuckle ill take it
I've used that a couple times in conjunction with Hunter Dash and I had a lot of fun with it
The dash strike hammer I mean
iβm already dashing constantly to end my sequence early and move out of danger
It's better than Special hammers on Zag Fists, but it doesn't really do much anymore. It's kind of irrelevant tbh.
^
It still adds +60% to all your Dash-Strikes, pretty sure.
yeah
Used to be my #1 or 2 pick until they nerfed the hell out of it.
so whatre your fist hammer rankings
It used to not have that long recovery after the Dash-Strike that's added to the combo.
So you could just hold down Attack to perma-stunlock enemies.
Breaching Cross > probably Concentrated Knuckle or Long Knuckle > Rolling Knuckle for Zag Fists, I guess.
Special don't really matter.
I guess Explosive Upper is kind of okay if you don't see an Attack hammer.
Breaching Cross is #1 on all aspects.
concentrated huh
Oh yeah I forgot about Colossus Knuckle. I guess it's around Heavy Knuckle tier for Zag Fists?
feel like i dont respect it lol
i often settle for colossus if thereβs only specials or whatever
It doesn't really do much if you use Lightning Strike or Curse of Agony.
But Concentrated is great with Divine Strike.
yes
hm
Heavy Knuckle is probably my #2 for Talos right now.
you gotta think about concentrated knuckle like concentrated volley
that's a 50% increase
builds up to be a lot
Explosive Upper #2 on Demeter, and probably Flying Cutter is #3?
Flying Cutter is actually really nice because it's base damage.
i love flying cutter on demeter
I kinda wish they hadn't nerfed the damage on it when they buffed the charge speed to make it actually usable.
Lemme guess, Breaching Cross is #1?
But I guess it's a lot better now than it used to be at least.
Yeah, I just said it's #1 on all aspects lol.
Figured, I'd still take Explosive Upper over it for Demeter tbh
Also is CP bad on Hestia? It doesn't feel like it but I just wanna make sure
Not really.
CP1 with Shackle lets you kill a lot of enemies in the same number of hits.
So CP2 with +100% or whatever on an Attack boon should be no problem.
Might actually try boonless Hestia soon, seems fun
should i just try 40 heat to git gud at 32
I can do 27 pretty consistently (HL0 LC4 CF2 JS1 BP2 MM UC DC2 EM3 TD2), been trying adding HL5 or HL3AP1 but both make it a lot harder
maybe i have to turn on FO2 instead
mainly been trying with rama because everyone does eris or chiron
DC is free on rama thatβs why i have it on
oh wait you're already taking it. sorry
going usually for artemis -> demeter -> hourglass -> acorn on keepsakes
demeter is an odd keepsake choice for rama
do you usually use dio instead
idk i thought demeter special was good cause it makes bosses slow
athena for high heat, aphrodite sometimes otherwise for potential heart rend
demeter special can be nice, but in the end you want to get used to full speed enemies and bosses, eventually moving up to FO2
nah you're not bad, i just mean it in the sense of long term usefulness for yourself
relying on demeter at FO0 can potentially make bad habits form
you're not bad, Tail is just a wizard
stuggles of keyboard mouse
Does anyone know if FO2 speeds up the rate Hades heals?
https://prnt.sc/vnql43 Wish me luck...
he had like 5 hp left and i died... rip
thats what i get for accidentally forgetting to swtich to acorn
if I reject a hammer upgrade, is there a chance it shows up on the next hammer ?
yes
Farming final shop at 40, I guess.
https://imgur.com/a/X31LjBf
πΈπ½
Hadn't actually done 40+ with Demeter Aspect yet.
What shirt? 
You just signed your own death warrant.
Nani?
astaos weirdchamp
I have never been 5 sacced so much in my life since I started speedrunning this game
my previous 200 or so runs had like, 1 5 sac
I had 3 in the past 8 or so speedrun attempts
So many 50 luci attempts on stream π¦
Thanks to the people who showed up last night/this morning though
same with TD3 here
I had some pretty funny AP luck
! Mine is similar
Heartbreak Flourish for me
We got a run to about 50% health on dads third phase but the timer got us
Wouldnβt have been an issue if Iβd had double the damage on my special 
that's strange
Should really stream anything you do tbh, unless you record locally.
Most of my stream is already Tartarus only
Imagine streaming on switch
I would love to record my runs so I can get to the spread sheet tb
Wow nice
I would've gotten a 8 min something PB, I got 3 sacced
I just want to get 8:XX then I'm back to high heats
noice
speedrunning has corroded my brain cells
i think i will speed 32 heat now
just to make sure my brain is still working
I think luck plays such a huge factor , it's way less fun
I just wanted to do 8:xx because I know I can do it, I had a 7:10 elysium split that got 3 sacced
@dusty flint I guess it's okay. DPS was kinda lower than I'd hoped, but I can work with it. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/725021639506526249/780159894342205460/Hades_1158.png?width=823&height=463
Pressure Points is only like +6% more DPS. That wouldn't have done much.
in the end my idea was big doom numbers xD
obvs not center but planned it more for burst than longing
btw nya why did you cf0 at heat 40
Hm? That's CF2.
or is the bounty just always 1000
Yeah, bounties are unaffected.
i never noticed
the bounties in styx shop are only there so tailesque can flex in his boonless runs
Just now, when I picked up Spread fire on an Extreme Measures 4 Rail run:
[TF2 scout voice] "Kay this does not look good here, um"
I'm at least running the Zag aspect so the -6 ammo isn't too much of a problem, but the range is so small that, uh, it might be a major problem late into the run
I had guaranteed Demeter in Tartarus for her Attack, and now am immediately trying to flex into a Blizzard Shot build to try to save the run
Who needs Divine Dash, m i right?
i think Iβve finally gotten used to HL5... now time to get used to FO2
TD3 never happening though
Nice! Congratulations!
Yes, you are. 
yeah damage was not great but the hammer luck was unreal
300 charged 160 ish uncharged
eurydice gambol?
@gaunt fiber I guess all that boonless mirrorless practice is paying off, but I still can't play Stygius. 
10 aspects 40+ now.
Meanwhile, Zag Sword sits at 1 Heat. https://imgur.com/a/2X36IHG
I should do 40 heat all weapons
Eh, I still haven't done Sword at 40 lol.
poseidon seems to be the third easiest to do for me
because spear and shield will be misearble for me, and fist will take some work
I'll probably just record 45+ and stuff like mirrorless or whatever now. Not bothering recording or streaming any of those 40 Heat runs lol.
I feel very comfortable with Malphon at 40.
But I have 237 runs with Malphon lol.
Just go Owl Pendant in Tartarus.
yeah but I hate ME as a concept
I'll prob do it with zeus
I'll ask you if I get hard stuck β€οΈ
No, I don't play ME lol.
Well, if I happen to RNG into it. But I don't look for that.
Owl Pendant lets you start with Divine Strike or Divine Dash, then you can take things from there.
goojob
Thank you. Praise me more. 
that will do it for today
If I see both and the Attack is common, I'll take the Dash. But otherwise, I just take whichever shows up.

our tomorrow is not far away
How do you build chaos shield to burn bosses? I know that the standard is to start with zeus special .. what do you after
Jolted, mostly
Though chaos aren't exactly known for melting bosses or speed in general
anymore :(
Never was.
Case in point: Haelian's old 53 run literally took 5 mins at Hades fight
I'm assuming that timer wasn't on then lmao
In non EM4?
Yeah, EM4 didn't exist yet.
I see
40+ bows all done.
51 heat beo shield vid is up in #self-promotion
Is it Charged Flight spam?
yup
Does Dashing / Charged Flight work in tandem?
