#h1-high-heat-strategies

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shy gulch
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ok

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zeus shield is more fun and better than i gave it credit for

mossy zinc
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Yeah, that aspect is really strong.

shy gulch
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like it obviously was but dang this is fun

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i didnt even get a super good setup, it doesnt need much to get going

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yeah ok i was very wrong LOL

daring hedge
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my best run so far would have made it if i got patty and 2sack

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guh

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made it to phase 3 with a little under a minute left

mossy zinc
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@daring hedge what hammers did you get for sub 10 Hades Aspect?

daring hedge
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i don't recall if i got sub 10 with hades aspect but serrated point for sure

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exploding launcher is still good but probably slower by a bit

mossy zinc
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Didn't you do sub 10 all weapons at some point? Maybe m misremembering.

daring hedge
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i did sub 12 with all of them

mossy zinc
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Oh okay.

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I actually think Exploding Launcher is not that much better than Cast.

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I've been just Dash-Strike x2 > Cast with Hades Aspect when I was doing sub 12 earlier today, except when I got Exploding Launcher, I would do that instead.

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It does a bit more damage than Cast, I guess.

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And you don't have to go pick up any Casts.

daring hedge
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50 base +150% damage even without a boon is much better than cast lol

mossy zinc
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That's 125. Crush Shot starts at 90 and has really good pom scaling + potentially Parting Shot.

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Or the extra hits you get with Electric Shot etc.

daring hedge
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you can't spam casts like can you spam a free special

mossy zinc
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You kind of can.

honest kernel
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Also Crush Shot is melee

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Special is ranged

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And depending on which cast you take, you have different trade-offs

daring hedge
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cast spamming is contingent on infernal soul and picking up stones every time, or just getting lucky with well items and chaos with stygian soul

honest kernel
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Meanwhile the special with Exploding Launcher is just generally good

daring hedge
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exploding launcher is a hammer and then you're done

spring kettle
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Artemis legendary is a myth

daring hedge
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and with infernal, you have to deal with lodging

mossy zinc
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m talking specifically about optimizing DPS with double Dash-Strike into Cast. With 3 casts it's actually kinda hard to not have at least one cast.

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It's just on bosses that you can't do it forever.

daring hedge
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yeah

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i suppose it would be good if you don't have exploding

mossy zinc
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Exploding Launcher is obviously better, but I don't think it's by much.

daring hedge
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for regular encounters i figure they'd be pretty close yeah

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but for bosses exploding launcher would pull ahead by a lot

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because of lodging

mossy zinc
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The way I see it, you only really need Deadly Strike on your Attack. You don't need to put poms on it because you already get the +150% with Punishing Sweep. And Special only matters with Exploding Launcher. So my strat was just get an Attack boon early and then focus on cast because putting poms there actually adds a lot more DPS relatively speaking.

daring hedge
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that makes sense, that stuff i do agree with

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but if you're optimizing for speed, you really just want to keep going for serrated point and hunter dash or chaos lunge

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the casts are an okay holdover but won't really be giving you your speed in a sub 10 scenario

mossy zinc
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I think Tidal Dash beats Hunter Dash kind of in every scenario now for DPS.

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Well, maybe not for Zag Bow or Rama?

sly remnant
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hunter dash with shackle is really good

daring hedge
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definitely not in rama's case, i can affirmatively tell you

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it's very good

sly remnant
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i think it depends on what problem you need to solve i think

daring hedge
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same with zag bow, yeah

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a lot of my 59 attempts are helped out a lot by hunter dash if i get it

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tidal wouldn't be anywhere near as useful overall

sly remnant
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hunter dash is really good at killing bosses

daring hedge
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yeah

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that damage is huge especially with CP1/2

honest kernel
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For non-beo shield, I actually want Passion Dash the most

mossy zinc
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I suppose maybe Hestia. So like 3 aspects I can think of. I think for Nemesis, Tidal Dash is still way better.

honest kernel
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Tidal's knockback is awkward except for bosses, Hunter dash doesn't do too much

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Also opens up duos nicely

daring hedge
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yeah, i just mean in terms of bow specifically barring maybe chiron and some hera situations, hunter dash is still very very good

sly remnant
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mmmm. is tidal bash better on nemesis? i'm p sure hunter dash still better

honest kernel
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On nem you want that Hunter Dash 100%, you do crits

sly remnant
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in fact probably every sword but poseidon

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hunter dash is better

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and if you double edge on poseidon you probably want hunter dash too

mossy zinc
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Hunter Dash base damage on sword is 15 or with Double Edge is 30. Tidal Dash starts at 35.

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And is AOE with wall-slam potential for more damage.

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Pom scaling is also just way better.

honest kernel
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There's also the "Oops I accidentally knocked foes away from my attacks"

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Also makes getting backstabs harder

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Finally, Crits are a thing

sly remnant
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yea tidal dash with double edge can be an overall dps loss

mossy zinc
honest kernel
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Try that in Asphodel when everything's lava

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Some rooms you don't want to knockback ever

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Not without losing time, anyways

mossy zinc
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Enemies take mad damage if you push them on magma.

sly remnant
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and then they jump to effin china

honest kernel
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They don't, unless you have Stygian Shards ?

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Like Tyler pointed out, they take like 15 damage and just jump away

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Or float above the lava

sly remnant
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also we put arti attack on like everything.

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i think in a vacuum tidal dash > hunter dash

honest kernel
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^ That I could see

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Especially post Asphodel

sly remnant
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but its a lot closer

mossy zinc
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There's also the fact that Hunter Dash doesn't add an extra hit to your dashes or dash-strikes.

sly remnant
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DC purger is huge

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i prefer tidal dash

honest kernel
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Yeah

sly remnant
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i sold my hunter dash in my 50

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but my hunter dash was a huge reason i got out of tartarus. i just don't need boss damage after that

mossy zinc
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It's not like I would avoid an Epic Hunter Dash if I see one or anything like that, but I just think Tidal Dash is overall better on almost every aspect.

sly remnant
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i think thats mostly true

mossy zinc
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Even if you do indeed lose some time in Asphodel, your Satyr Tunnels are gonna be so ridiculously fast.

honest kernel
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I find it weird on Zeus Shield, but it's like fine there too

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Just not optimal compared to Passion or Divine Dash

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IMO

mossy zinc
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I can see it being hard for Zeus Aspect because at least for me, I like to dash around enemies while bashing them to keep the disc on top of them, so if I knocked them back with every dash, that would probably drop my DPS a lot if my disc just keeps whiffing because of it.

honest kernel
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I just focus more on wallslams where I can if I get Tidal Dash

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And try to throw the disc so it still catches them as I wall slam them

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Also BullRush a ton

mossy zinc
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Yeah, you'd have to play very different. I wonder if that's potentially more DPS, though, but I think you would lose some. thanthink

honest kernel
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From my experience, it evens out in most biomes

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And in Styx, it's just benefits

mossy zinc
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If you get any t2 boons, you dash once in any tunnel, and everything is dead lol.

honest kernel
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Altho in my high heat attempts I'd rather keep the special, attack and call lol

mossy zinc
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Or with DC2 I guess you dash three times.

honest kernel
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Don't even need to dash three times

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two, maybe once, because you can dash-attack at the same time

mossy zinc
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Yeah true.

honest kernel
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And it's not like Zeus shield has trouble with DC to begin with

sly remnant
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^which is why beo loves splash dash

honest kernel
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When you bullrush a ton, Splash Dash is actually pretty fine

sly remnant
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altho flood flare beo doesn't like splash dash as much for obvious reasons

mossy zinc
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Yeah, I don't know how you make Minotaur Rush work or maybe it's just a Zeus Aspect thing, but I got it on Zag Shield, and I was doing way better DPS just mashing Attack and Dash-Strikes like before lol.

north dove
sly remnant
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believe thats an f10

north dove
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yeah I just did

sly remnant
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even if for some reasons its not a bug

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its a godawful player experience

honest kernel
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With Zeus shield, you tend to focus more on the special, meaning the extra 500% damage is suddenly much more relevant

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And with Artemis attack ... That's all you need to dish out big numbers

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It's also a lot more safe

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Since you can have the special tick in while you charge

sly remnant
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Stygian Beo likes mino rush in tartarus for the neutral game but infernal beo actually likes mino rush all the time to go scoop up wayward cast stones

honest kernel
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There's also the potential highroll with Sudden Rush

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With Zag shield, you tend to want Pulverizing Blow

sly remnant
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God i love me some mino sudden rush

honest kernel
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my 57 heat clear literally had that combo lol

mossy zinc
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Yeah, Pulverizing Blow and Dashing Wallop seem to be the #1 hammers for Zag Shield.

daring hedge
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run is absolutely dead tho

honest kernel
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What the

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Timed out in Heroes

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NotAGoodSign.jpg

sly remnant
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Well

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Thats uh

honest kernel
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EM4 is why

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EM3 you could get away with it

sly remnant
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Yea I know

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EM4 should just be worth more heat

honest kernel
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Without EM4 we likely would be developping mirrorless strats by now lol

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But yeah, 4 heat is ... not quite enough

sly remnant
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The fact that we are pushing up to 58 without an upgraded boss fight says a lot

honest kernel
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Well I didn't push it because it's hard as balls, mostly

sly remnant
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DDs arent negotiable in our current understanding. But EM4 places a lot of things outside of our control (sac, free rooms, ap2 luck) directly front and center

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Lol its also hard

honest kernel
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What if I told you

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I'm actually considering DDs again

sly remnant
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Lmao there's a decent chance its good on shield

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But BP2 :/

mossy zinc
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I wish they had pushed EM4 a bit before 1.0 to let us grind it and fine-tune the fight.

sly remnant
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SIR

shy gulch
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our hero

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patty

sly remnant
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING

honest kernel
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THAT WAS A JOKE ATTEMPT

shy gulch
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LMAO

honest kernel
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I did NOT expect to get that far lol

shy plinth
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So did you take the trial 👀

honest kernel
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No lol

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Dio and Demeter trial's hard

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On Shield

mossy zinc
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All the other bosses went through a lot of fine-tuning from player feedback. EM4 they just kind of pushed out and that's it.

honest kernel
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Died next room to butterflies

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Because dealing with that and chariots + witches ain't easy

honest kernel
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I love that the timer's highlighted

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"Hey, by the way, you never had a chance. Your time's up"

mossy zinc
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So, you know what you gotta do. squirtnya

sly remnant
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Pog look at the trippy shot

honest kernel
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After Party best highroll

daring hedge
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when lord dionysus decides to take away boiling blood zagluv

honest kernel
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Wait that's RI2

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oh snap

daring hedge
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i am not doing EM4 with one dash

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hell no

honest kernel
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I can see that

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lmao

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I'm glad I found a shield rotation that basically ignores that fact

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Now if I could stop stepping on urns that'd be great

daring hedge
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yeah, taking from your pact in that regard... only works when dad is not super for non-shield lol

honest kernel
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That's in part why I took RI3 so early

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Because I knew shield could get away with it

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Might as well get used to it as soon as possible

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if only I used the same logic for EM4

sly remnant
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My current project is EM4 TD3 40 heat all aspects

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So I can understand how all the weapons work in the fight

honest kernel
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Actually sounds doable

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At 40 heat

sly remnant
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Yea

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You still have sac issues

honest kernel
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as is par for the course of TD3

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No surprise here

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For high heat

sly remnant
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But I'm hoping I'll be able to better understand the fight

shy gulch
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that sounds like a difficult project but fun

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good luck

honest kernel
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^

mossy zinc
shy gulch
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lmao

sly remnant
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Lol I'm currently taking FO2 on everything

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Haven't done arthur yet

shy gulch
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i should probably start doing that

honest kernel
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Prepare for a world of hurt at first, lol

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for FO2 Arthur

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If you aren't used to it, you're about to get smacked a ton

mossy zinc
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Just do every aspect with HL5 CP2 HS FO2 DC2 EM4.

shy plinth
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No

mossy zinc
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Then ask Amir why he hates melee. squirtooh

sly remnant
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I mean beo does not care about the fight

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Beo just has to get there

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In fact most shields are pretty good at it

honest kernel
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^ I just suck at it

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But yeah, you can time your blocks in such a way that Hades won't hurt you, ever

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BullRush having I-frames is a blessing and a half

sly remnant
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^ easy as crap to clock him on mkb

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*block

honest kernel
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Until he crosses you up lol

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But if he's too close, timing a bullrush is more than enough to save you

sly remnant
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Yep

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I've done demeter. It wasn't too bad

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Talks actually trashed the fight too

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*talos

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(I highrolled blizzard shot)

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Talos was actually super fun

honest kernel
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Now that I think about it, Talos just makes the Blizzard Shot downside null and void

shy gulch
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wait

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that sounds fun as hell

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i should try that now

sly remnant
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It is fun as hell

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Highly recommend

honest kernel
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I just do Curse of Drowning shenanigans lol

sly remnant
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CoD is good too

shy gulch
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im doing 32 heat all aspects rn and that may be the build i do talos with

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ive never done a cast build w talos so i should try it

sly remnant
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Achilles wasn't too bad

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Its the only spear I've done tho

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I dread the rest

mossy zinc
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Yeah, I didn't mean Aegis really because block is a thing. I meant Stygius and Malphon.

sly remnant
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No swords. Im no retrash

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Demeter and talos were fine

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Zag.....im not sure

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What to do

honest kernel
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Fists have the damage to make up for being melee

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Sword ... not so much

sly remnant
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Sword means you have to actually be good at the game

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Which i am not

mossy zinc
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Flood Shot start and Deadly Strike start on Talos are both really good.

honest kernel
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I don't read stuff 24/7, and I don't recall actually seeing anything about Talos

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So there's that

mossy zinc
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I don't read stuff 24/7
Weirdo.

sly remnant
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I doubt talos could go much higher with blizzard shot

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But it was fun

mossy zinc
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Much higher than what?

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45 was pretty easy.

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Cast builds obviously kinda fall of when you go higher. Hard to get what you need.

sly remnant
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I havent done 45 uet

mossy zinc
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But it's still Malphon at the end of the day. Can do pretty much anything that Zag Fists can do and probably more.

daring hedge
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honestly starting to value twin shot over triple shot at this level of heat, i think

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triple obviously has the higher cieling but the opportunities to get all of twin shot's damage are far more frequent than picking certain shotguns against things like elysium enemies or superdad

sly remnant
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@true fable showing off the power of flood flare. Inspiring me to go back for 56

gaunt fiber
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You should be able to do this with Hades I think. A bit of practice is necessary but the aspect is strong without many boons

honest kernel
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If you go for that, consider going with DC2

shy gulch
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what do yall use with hades spear? ive been doing artemis attack adn then just tryna load up on athena really

gaunt fiber
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Deadly strike, then I just want serrated point or exploding launcher

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If I get the launcher I want Heart rend

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Otherwise Athena good so would not mind DR

shy gulch
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is serrated point better than launcher w hades?

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or does it kinda depend

gaunt fiber
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It's your best dps tool

daring hedge
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they're close but i would say yes

gaunt fiber
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But it's not free

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That's the issue lol

daring hedge
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serrated's main drawback is making certain situations at high heat more dangerous

shy gulch
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yeah im considering high heat

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well i just got offered both so i'll take serrated and see how it goes

gaunt fiber
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Should be ok at 40

shy gulch
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thats what im doing it at lmao

daring hedge
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yeah for 40 you're fine

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as long as EM4 isn't active

shy gulch
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yeah its not

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i do not like touching em4

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well as long as HL and FO are on at least

gaunt fiber
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@daring hedge do you think Hades is ok for extreme heat or not really?

daring hedge
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it's a little dependent on serrated and exploding, but it's very very good after getting one of those

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i'd call it serviceable for extreme heat and only really good with those hammers

gaunt fiber
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So it would be worth practicing it

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If I want to go for heat grinding one day

daring hedge
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yeah

honest kernel
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If you really want to push Spear, Hades is the most likely to go the highest

gaunt fiber
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It's not that I want spear but

daring hedge
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it can do 50+ reasonably well given you can net one of the Big Two hammers

gaunt fiber
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I feel like I invested a bit of my time into it lol

honest kernel
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Same for me and Zeus shield lol

gaunt fiber
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So might as well go for it

daring hedge
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lol it still works fine without anything through to like the start of elysium imo

gaunt fiber
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Nice

daring hedge
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but by then you really want something other than just base attack without serrated or exploding

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otherwise it's notably more difficult to get through

gaunt fiber
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Yeah I get that

honest kernel
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A 150% damage boost to your attack and special can only get you so far with the base damage of spear

gaunt fiber
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I don't think I can do 50+ well with GY

honest kernel
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It's sad

gaunt fiber
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And I'm getting ok at it lmao

daring hedge
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yeah, spear is a weapon i love, but every day it makes it hard to love it

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i might get back on the boat of trying to push zag spear past just 50 heat

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but also: ugh

honest kernel
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Don't do this to yourself LOL

gaunt fiber
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It's a hammer matter again

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What a weapon

honest kernel
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Also me "Let's see how far I can push Arthur"

daring hedge
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lmao

gaunt fiber
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I'll try GY 40 streak for a bit and I'll see after

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"hey look it's consistent"

daring hedge
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have you ever had an attack based GY build work all the way through for 40+

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and no serrated point does not count

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i mean the real GY attack combo

honest kernel
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Stab Stab Stab

gaunt fiber
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I struggle with the attack cancel at FO2, it feels dangerous and hard to execute on pad

honest kernel
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It's like bootleg Arthur combo

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Less Damage, less overall range

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It suuucks

gaunt fiber
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But the attack can carry me through Tartarus and Asphodel

daring hedge
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yeah it's really a shame it's not good

gaunt fiber
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With Zeus and jolted it's nice

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Or Epic attack speed

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Lol

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The first attack is really fast tho

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That's it

gaunt fiber
honest kernel
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Random, from the second chamber you take to the fifth

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With it being more likely to be the second or third

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The game doesn't put the sack in a specific room, it just gives it to you based on a % chance after a mini-room encounter

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That's why you see speedrunners and high heat runners take the miniboss rooms first

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They tend to be faster overall

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And if you get a 3-sack, well you went in the 2 fastest rooms already sooo

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If it's the second room ? You got the higher reward for free

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Anything after a 3 chamber sack is unlikely/usually a run ender

daring hedge
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and then there's 2sack mentality where you take anything you want for the second and reap the rewards or suffer for your hubris

honest kernel
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^

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If I recall, it's almost a coin flip in your favor

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like, 55% to get a 2-sack or something

dire steppe
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it’s more than 50% for 2 sack yeah

daring hedge
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oh neat

dire steppe
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but it’s 0% when you have a good build on 59 heat

honest kernel
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^ This hurts to see, but it's so true

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Many great damage builds ended on a 4sack

daring hedge
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"oh this run feels good i bet i can- never mind"

honest kernel
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It's usually what you want to do

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You only don't go for it if you really want the reward in a regular room and don't mind gambling on a 2-sack

dire steppe
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all styx rooms should be minibosses rooms sick of choosing something useless just because of big fancy skull

honest kernel
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Honestly, the entire Styx chamber mechanic could use a tweak or two

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So much RNG built into it, it's crazy

dire steppe
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loyalty card should guarantee 1-sack smh

daring hedge
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i like the concept of styx normal ends mimicking the style of normal encounter chambers. obviously it's super problematic and wastes too much time at high heat, though

honest kernel
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^ And just in general, when you want to optimize the game

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Speedrun or High heat alike

daring hedge
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yeah

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and it's just the worst that this rng fest comes at the very end of a run

gaunt fiber
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I tend to underestimate the difficulty of styx sometimes

honest kernel
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Thing is, It's not even pre-determined

gaunt fiber
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And take some solid 50 hits

honest kernel
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You can get a 2-sack or a 5-sack on the same seed

shy gulch
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styx being so rng based is probably my least favorite part of this game

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its at the very end and it ruins so many good runs

honest kernel
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They'd need to rewrite the RNG to fix it, which, at this point in the game's state, is likely too late

shy gulch
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yeah

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its unfortunate

daring hedge
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i feel like there could have been a secondary effect of TD where, for example, TD1 limits sack to four sack, TD2 and 3 to three sack, or something

dire steppe
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there’s a mod that enforces 3 sack so surely SGG can do it

honest kernel
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Like, they did it with Survival rooms and TD

dire steppe
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if modders can

honest kernel
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Surprised they didn't go for the Sack RNG too

daring hedge
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the survival room and TD interaction is kinda weird anyway because the IGT timer pauses during those regardless, like a than encounter, even though the latter is still allowed on TD

unreal pasture
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the stupid tiny rat rooms are obnoxious in styx as time wasters

dire steppe
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sometimes i feel like than rooms end quicker if you let him kill them but i know it’s personal bias

honest kernel
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And then Fishing pauses the timer ... Even if nobody really bothers with it when the grind's over because it wastes time getting to the fishing spot in the first place

daring hedge
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lol yeah

dire steppe
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but it just feels like if you’re kicking his ass he wants to draw out the fight

honest kernel
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And then Troves

daring hedge
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if i'm grinding high heat sorry fishes i just do not have the patience right now

unreal pasture
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Troves are depressing in high heat

daring hedge
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i make exceptions for chaos fish and surface fish, obviously

dire steppe
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troves have a 25% chance to work in heat lol

honest kernel
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And with TD3, not worth the time

gaunt fiber
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Troves allow me to full spin and leave the room lmao

daring hedge
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at 50+ TD3, troves simply do not exist

honest kernel
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I occasionnaly just activate it and dip immediatly

daring hedge
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lmao rude

dire steppe
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sometimes i take troves if i need to suicide

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can’t believe sgg would design an elysium chamber without everyone’s favorite suicide egg

daring hedge
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i love egg rooms and being able to turn off my SD-management brain

honest kernel
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"Oh no I forgot to die for the extra death defy please don't be a death defy replenish bo-"

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It was a Death Defiance replenish boon

daring hedge
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oh my god no i did this twice today

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in the same run

shy gulch
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dude thats the WORST

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oh god

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that soundsa wful

honest kernel
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Everytime

daring hedge
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and like, of course those were pretty much the only two times i forgot

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it's so cruel

dire steppe
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you ever accidentally suicide egg when you already died that chamber

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a mistake you make exactly once

daring hedge
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no but i will always make fun of haelian for egg clip

honest kernel
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I accidentally lava'ed myself, thinking I still ran Stubborn Defiance

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On the first run I made the switch for tests

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Still made it to Elysium lol

shy gulch
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also side note but god im miserable at melee weapons at highish heat

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give me my long ass range i need a crutch

honest kernel
#

It ain't just you

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It's hard

daring hedge
#

yeah that's just the game

honest kernel
#

Retrash's the exception, not the rule

daring hedge
#

melee is very rough at high heat

honest kernel
#

Shield only works because Blocking and Bullrush are stupid powerful defensive tools

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And even then, Chaos aspect was the forerunner for a while because it had R A N G E

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Until the nerfs came around, and I started to push Zeus Shield because ???

daring hedge
#

rip being able to stagger thunder flourish specials with chaos 😔

dire steppe
#

and then you run charged shot on baj shield

honest kernel
#

Massive risk on 1-dash

dire steppe
#

so it’s basically ranged again

shy gulch
#

oh btw are there any particular hammers that are good w zeus shield

honest kernel
#

Insane otherwise

shy gulch
#

a lot of them seem decent but im not sure which stand out

honest kernel
#

I made a tier list a while back

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Give me a moment

dire steppe
#

it’s kind of weird how the bull rush damage ramps but charged shot is always 80

honest kernel
#

Still accurate to this day

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None are bad, but some are a decent boost of damage/safety

daring hedge
#

good luck telling apart those icons if you don't play shield a ton

honest kernel
#

lol

shy gulch
#

yeah pulverizing blow and explosive return seem really good

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lmao

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i have a hammer choice pulled up rn so i could compare

daring hedge
#

i like the little horns for minotaur rush

honest kernel
#

But in no order : Sudden Rush, Pulverizing Blow, Explosive Return, Charged Shot in S

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Minotaur Rush and Ferocious Guard in A

shy gulch
#

the little horns are pretty cute

honest kernel
#

Empowering Flight, Breaching Rush, and Dashing Wallop in B

#

But at high heat, this might be a bit more different

shy gulch
#

how so

honest kernel
#

Breaching Rush and Ferocious Guard might be a swap, and Charged Shot might go down to A

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Armor breaking is important at high heat, especially against the EM4 adds

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Ferocious Guard is a nice damage boost, as it is global, but is just lackluster

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Compared to the other options

shy gulch
#

right

honest kernel
#

Especialy as I start running Skull Earing

shy gulch
#

makes sense

honest kernel
#

Suddenly that +20% isn't so big anymore

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Charged Shot with 1 dash, as I said, is just super risky

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And needs some time to get used to

gaunt fiber
honest kernel
#

Yes, it happens

daring hedge
#

high heat players? making mistakes?

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not possible

honest kernel
#

Can't just block all day with the timer looming in the back

gaunt fiber
#

Tbh I only get hit with GY to make the spin worth it

daring hedge
#

i only get hit to handicap myself

gaunt fiber
#

(I'm kidding ofc)

shy gulch
#

i only get hit because im bad

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also good lord is it satisfying when enemies cluster around the zeus disc

honest kernel
#

Feels even better to push enemies into the disc as they spawn in

gaunt fiber
#

"this way if you please" zap

shy gulch
#

christ fsr it feels like 32->40 is a big jump in heat to me

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got 32 for hades and zeus first try and struggling on 40

honest kernel
#

It's a big jump in general

tidal flame
#

32 - 40 is a big jump, but not as big as 40 - 50

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Game is hard

shy gulch
#

10 is in fact larger than 8

tidal flame
#

True haha

shy gulch
#

but yeah im hoping to break 50 at some point

tidal flame
#

Keep at it. I'm sure you will make it

shy gulch
#

just right now im trying to raise other weapons' heat

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i'll get around to 50 when i feel like it

true fable
#

flood shot beo feels like the way for 50+ beowulf now

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m converted

honest kernel
#

I saw how fast it killed rooms

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It's legit

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with DC2

shy gulch
#

thats what i used at 32, it was super fun

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who needs skill when u can get charged shot and splash up the room

true fable
#

right

vital grove
#

Shackle seems legit good on Arthur

shy gulch
#

shackle is legit good on a lot at high heat

true fable
#

i dont know if i'd call it good

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we're just outta options lmao

vital grove
#

Like if you're doing ap2, RI1 or worse

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Boons don't matter that much when you just have that +100% on both attacks

honest kernel
#

It's a consistent boost until you get something better

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That's why I started using it

vital grove
#

Like, common aphro is 50%

#

It does have the weak effect but still

honest kernel
#

Common Aphro with 1 pom and Skull earing totals up to 110% damage

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That'd be good enough in my books

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On Special, you need even less

vital grove
#

And skull is what, 30% hp?

honest kernel
#

35% hp

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Which pairs well with Stubborn Defiance

vital grove
#

Right

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Makes sense

honest kernel
#

And if you get Patty, well you highrolled so you can switch off of it in favor of something else

vital grove
#

And Arthur will have more hp than anything anyway

#

So you do Lc4 too?

honest kernel
#

With Stubborn Defiance ?

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That's about the meta at 40+

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And why you take it to begin with

#

Makes you less susceptible to BP rooms

vital grove
#

Do you find HL or LC harder in general?

honest kernel
#

Probably HL

shy gulch
#

yeah HL for sure

#

LC + SD has become natural to me now

honest kernel
#

If I were to choose between the two of them

#

This would be a more interesting question if Stubborn Defiance wasn't a thing lol

vital grove
#

Not much room for error on bosses with SD and lc4

honest kernel
#

And even less for rooms

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When BP enters into play

vital grove
#

Yeah BP2 can be nasty

honest kernel
#

If you die in a room with SD popped, chances are with DDs it's gameover anyways

#

Guan-Yu is the weird exception, somehow

#

But that aspect's wack anyways

#

Doesn't want FO, doesn't like DC, TD3 is rough

shy gulch
#

ahhhhh i got hit JUST as my athena call went down and lost a dd

#

hate when that happens

honest kernel
#

Me when I actually use Ares call

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"Oh, well I guess I get hit anyways uh"

true fable
#

baj is it really the case that divine dash doesnt unlock DDs?

honest kernel
#

It does

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Athena aid doesn't

true fable
gaunt fiber
honest kernel
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No offense

true fable
#

i mean

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say it with your chest

honest kernel
#

Wait what

#

Over the Internet ?

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On writing ?

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Don't think I can

shy gulch
#

dammit

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got all the way to heroes, killed minotaur and brought down theseus

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and died to regular theseus

#

demeter is an annoying god for him to get

true fable
#

is this still 47 mirrorless croven?

honest kernel
#

I concur to that

true fable
#

also i'm not sure baj knows your keybind setup

honest kernel
#

For the Demeter thing

true fable
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if you care to share

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because i was completely in awe as a fellow kbmer

shy gulch
#

no that was 40 heat hades

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oh lmfao

honest kernel
#

My current setup is honestly pretty standard, compared to what I can do

shy gulch
#

i play on a laptop, dont use the mouse, use the arrow keypad for movement, then bottom left of keyboard for everything else

honest kernel
#

Especially with controller lol

shy gulch
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z is special, x is attack, c is dash, a is cast

true fable
#

baj i mean no offense to either of us or tyler

honest kernel
#

What do you more around with

true fable
#

but croven is the best keyboard player

shy gulch
#

move?

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i move w arrow keys

gaunt fiber
#

holy

honest kernel
#

... Are you on an Azerty keyboard ?

shy gulch
#

no

true fable
#

you had me at "a is cast"

shy gulch
#

qwerty

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LOL

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oh 1 is summon, i need to rebind that to something more convenient

#

thats just default

honest kernel
#

AWSD is the standard for movement

#

A being set to cast is ... weird

true fable
#

DUDE

shy gulch
#

see

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i started gaming with hollow knight, and these were the defaults

#

so i got used to them

true fable
shy gulch
#

and here i am

#

LMAO

#

this IS convenient for me

honest kernel
#

Whatever works for you

gaunt fiber
#

well good for you lmao

honest kernel
#

It's just, what's replacing the "a" bind lol

true fable
#

for summon

#

have you considered "S"

shy gulch
#

thats call

true fable
#

seems right up your alley

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🤦‍♂️

shy gulch
#

LOL

true fable
#

this feels like a calvin and hobbes comic strip

gaunt fiber
#

C for call S for summon

shy gulch
#

nah c is dash

gaunt fiber
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D for dash come on

shy gulch
#

d is reload, which is funny because i have the same finger reloading and shooting

#

and yet hestia is one of my favorite weapons

true fable
#

w then?

shy gulch
#

w is nothing

honest kernel
#

So you don't use the cursor at all

#

Makes a lot more sense if that's the case

true fable
shy gulch
#

oh i cant upload a picture

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i was gonna upload my bindings

honest kernel
#

Get it to Imgur or Gyazo or something

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And link it

true fable
#

^

shy gulch
#

yea one sec

gaunt fiber
#

maybe the bindings are the key to GY 50+

shy gulch
#

cursor i just use to select things like boons and such

honest kernel
#

Basically plays like Controller

#

wait wait

#

Makes sense

gaunt fiber
#

controller but it's kbm

honest kernel
#

But no stick

true fable
#

do you think god lives in heaven in fear of what he created

honest kernel
#

and i thought people playing dash on cursor were monsters

shy gulch
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look when ur on a laptop, with no external mouse, somethings gotta give

daring hedge
#

croven that setup is truly wild to me

true fable
#

can we just get you a mouse dude

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LOL

shy gulch
#

honestly itd probably throw me off at this rate LOL

honest kernel
#

Better not mess with his autopilot ^

shy gulch
#

but if yall wanna crowdfund im not saying no

true fable
#

this is literally a calvin and hobbes strip

#

your keybinds have been blowing my mind since you explained it yesterday

shy gulch
#

im not even sure i can say im KBM since i literally just use the keyboard

honest kernel
#

... it's nearly 5 AM for me already

#

What

true fable
#

i remember distinctly thinking "it's can't be that weird" when you said your setup was cursed

honest kernel
#

just K

true fable
#

it was that weird

honest kernel
#

KB oops

shy gulch
#

just kb

honest kernel
#

boardmouse

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To me it's not standard, but not that weird

shy gulch
#

its better than playing on a DDR pad

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or whatever that was

true fable
#

how do bows work?

honest kernel
#

who's playing on a DDR pad?

shy gulch
#

wdym

honest kernel
#

Auto-aim

shy gulch
#

^

honest kernel
#

That's how he does bow

shy gulch
#

yea

true fable
#

whenever i do kbm aim assist and attack at cursor off they aim straight ahead for a split second before snapping

#

it's very jarring

honest kernel
#

^

shy gulch
#

oh that does happen sometimes

honest kernel
#

The reason why I turned it off lol

shy gulch
#

its not too bad tho ive gotten used to it

true fable
#

bruh this is wild

honest kernel
#

I consider a cool setup, actually

true fable
#

no it is for sure

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dont think i'm trying to diss it

daring hedge
#

yeah i mean if it works it works

true fable
#

^

shy gulch
#

yeah its what im used to at this point, so it is what it is

true fable
#

think it's pretty cool how much variety there is for high heat

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by which i mean theres 3 kbm shield players, croven, and then a bunch of controller players

gaunt fiber
#

GY players rise up

daring hedge
#

and by a bunch you mean

gaunt fiber
#

I need to know your setups

daring hedge
#

less than ten

honest kernel
#

Not enough to pull up a minimal stats poll, that's for sure

gaunt fiber
#

they did not rise up

shy plinth
#

This keyboard setup is almost exactly how I used to play SNES games on an emulator

#

V similar to how a controller without an analog stick would work except right hand for movement instead of left

#

Pretty cool

honest kernel
#

i'm assuming a lot of you here can do 40 heat pretty confidently

true fable
#

yeah it's how i play emulated pokemon

honest kernel
#

I do 40 heat speedruns without taking Accorn, so there's that

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Zeus shield BTW

#

how many hours of gameplay did before you could that?

#

Altho I haven't submitted a run yet

true fable
#

are you an hourglass person or an earring person

honest kernel
#

Still figuring out the optimal build

#

Earring

#

because i've been struggling on 45

#

So uhm

#

and i found that i can do 32s pretty reliably

#

Probably around 600 hours, at 'least ?

#

but 40s still trash me

gaunt fiber
#

I'm not a good example

true fable
#

^ same as baj for me

#

40s can be hard for me depending on the weapon

honest kernel
#

It's only recently that I started having 40 heat as my comfortable ground

true fable
#

cough GY cough

honest kernel
#

okay, that's good to hear

#

so i just gotta play more

gaunt fiber
#

I'm confident in 40 heat with GY

true fable
#

on the other hand something like lucifer feels super free

gaunt fiber
#

and that's all

#

300 hours in

true fable
#

300 hours in

#

how many on GY

honest kernel
#

298, probably

gaunt fiber
#

270 I'd say

honest kernel
#

Close enough

true fable
#

solid

#

my breakdown is probably somewhere around 40% of my time on beo

#

so can't blame you

honest kernel
#

869 hours total for me

#

lmao

shy plinth
#

8nice

honest kernel
#

nice

#

About I'd say 300 ? Went on Zeus shield

shy plinth
#

It appears that practice is important

honest kernel
#

It really is

true fable
#

mine says 761 but i'm not sure how much of that is active hours

honest kernel
#

i feel like the top of the leaderboard is just people playing what they love most

true fable
#

and how much of it is time spent idle in twitch chat

honest kernel
#

like baj shield

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or tail's rama

#

or crepes and hestia

shy plinth
#

Not what they love so much as what they know

#

I mean I guess both

honest kernel
#

Considering how many peeps even attempted that level of heat, makes sense

#

that's true

shy plinth
#

But there's a point where synergy and repetition with your aspect will be really important

true fable
#

iirc tail likes hades spear too

shy plinth
#

And those skills won't necessarily translate

#

Yeah

#

Not running 59 on it tho

true fable
#

LOL

honest kernel
#

Me and Achilles spear like

true fable
#

i dont get your love for that weapon tailesque

daring hedge
#

i love hades spear but yeah it uh. can't cut it at ultra high heat like rama can

gaunt fiber
true fable
#

is it just the spin?

#

if so i can understand a little bit

daring hedge
#

i just like how it feels to weave spins in between attacking things

shy plinth
#

I didn't say that right

honest kernel
#

Hammer reliant

daring hedge
#

feels good to me

shy plinth
#

More that the results won't translate

honest kernel
#

Oh, for the feel in general

#

nvm me then

true fable
#

now that flood flare beo is a thing

#

maybe i can stop playing chaos shield

#

:^)

#

although i do want to copy hades3234's pact to a W on chaos at 50

#

feels super doable

honest kernel
#

who's got the most aspects at 50?

daring hedge
#

was there anything notable about that pact?

true fable
honest kernel
#

Him or Retrash

daring hedge
#

yeah lol

honest kernel
#

makes sense

true fable
#

because he grinds aspects out like clockwork

shy plinth
#

Yeah was gonna guess Retrash or bablo

honest kernel
#

Bablo did 40, not sure on 50

daring hedge
#

hades3234 has a ton of 50s

true fable
#

it was mostly a retrash pact

daring hedge
#

so TD2

#

i see

true fable
#

RI2 AP2 TD2

#

indeed

honest kernel
#

TD2 at 50 sounds like about as consistent as you could get

shy plinth
#

Retrash has 5 on our board

#

Two zag swords lol

honest kernel
#

My highest on non-shield is 45 lmao

true fable
#

yeah hades3234 has about 7-10 on SRC i think

shy plinth
#

Wow

true fable
#

it's absurd

true fable
#

youd think i'd see some stratification by now

daring hedge
#

chaos 50 soon surely

honest kernel
#

^

shy plinth
#

Tail actually has 7

#

Achilles Hera GY ZagSpear Rama Hades Demeter

honest kernel
#

Had a couple of close calls on Demeter fists, on Achilles at 50

#

But not quite a complete run

#

I swear I need to learn the Hades fight without a block button

true fable
#

chaos 50 has been close

shy gulch
#

lmao

true fable
#

me too baj

#

having a shield is so comfy

shy gulch
#

i need to learn the hades fight without hyper sprint and like 3 dashes

true fable
#

i had jolted and double strike and 8 minutes into styx on a try

#

got 5 sacked and died to timer

gaunt fiber
#

I don't block with shields

#

that's a problem I have

true fable
#

and then another i choked last part of phase 3 and died

#

with like 1K hp left on dad

shy gulch
#

same astaos

honest kernel
#

For me, I actually mostly Bullrush for the I-frames

shy gulch
#

i need to learn to block

honest kernel
#

Unless I have Charged Shot

true fable
#

but i think i need to just roll the consistent pact

honest kernel
#

Then blocking is a necessity with 1-dash

true fable
#

and forgo TD3

#

that's interesting baj

#

i think

#

a lot of the time i get trapped

shy gulch
#

ok this may be a dumb question but

#

how do i start streaming on twitch

#

i just want a simple way to save records of my runs

honest kernel
#

Need a recording software of sorts that supports streaming

true fable
#

bullrushing and then trying to dash attack after or smth

shy gulch
#

i have OBS

gaunt fiber
#

Streamlabs

honest kernel
#

^

gaunt fiber
#

Streamlabs just works instantly

true fable
#

obs streamlabs is probably the easiest way

honest kernel
#

OBS can do fine too, but Streamlabs is simpler from what I saw

#

I use OBS Studio

gaunt fiber
#

I installed it, tried 2 things and I was set

shy gulch
#

i have studio yeah

static plover
#

there's a metric tonne of tutorials for obs studio

true fable
#

i'll echo astaos

honest kernel
#

^

#

For Aggy's statement

true fable
#

obs slabs was like instant setup

shy gulch
#

ok lemme download slabs then

honest kernel
#

Gonna try it out today ?

gaunt fiber
#

It's just that it seems I can't use mod power from here?

daring hedge
#

rip

shy gulch
#

yeah baj

honest kernel
true fable
#

try it out now so we can watch some keyboard only gameplay :^)

shy gulch
#

my sleep schedule is nonexistent

honest kernel
gaunt fiber
shy gulch
#

if i can get it setup i'll do it now

true fable
#

lmk if you have any Qs and i can try to help

shy gulch
#

sounds good

#

thanks

#

wheres the setting to record the streams

#

is that on twitch

honest kernel
#

Streamlabs ?

#

If so, @true fable Could be of help

shy gulch
#

oh yea im using streamlabs now

#

lmao

gaunt fiber
#

it's on twitch yeah

shy gulch
#

oh

#

found it

#

that didnt take long

true fable
#

yeah just go into your twitch channel settings and turn on past broadcasts

honest kernel
true fable
#

make sure you export/download the things you want to keep or twitch will delete them

gaunt fiber
#

Oh nice

#

thanks Baj

true fable
#

you can also click on the little sword icon

static plover
#

or make a local recording

honest kernel
#

Accessible on the channel's page

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah I saw that

#

But I wanted to do everything from streamlabs

#

Since it's linked to twitch

true fable
#

ah i see

#

yeah that's annoying

gaunt fiber
#

Like there's 5 bots in a row

#

I don't want to waste time banning em

honest kernel
#

I can DM you a video that might help you out @gaunt fiber

gaunt fiber
#

pog

shy gulch
gaunt fiber
#

Sure

honest kernel
#

Not sure it does everything

#

But it's a start

shy gulch
#

i won’t be able to see chat or anything but can one of y’all confirm here that u can see my screen

gaunt fiber
#

omw

shy gulch
#

oh the zoom is off

#

one sec

gaunt fiber
#

yeah

shy gulch
#

ok should be fixed

honest kernel
#

Quality set at 648p60

#

Is that your resolution ?

shy gulch
#

that’s what it defaulted to I think

#

I didn’t change any resolution or anything

honest kernel
#

That's from the source, according to Twitch

#

So yeah

shy gulch
#

alright then

#

I think im just gonna go ahead and play now that this is set up

honest kernel
#

No audio

#

So yeah

shy gulch
#

I’ll fix that at a non 4am time

honest kernel
#

Fair enough

#

It's a start

shy gulch
#

yeah

#

thanks for the help guys

gaunt fiber
#

yeah you can change resolution later

#

Oh btw

#

What's the difference between base and scaled resolution? Does it change anything if I select 1080 as base and scale to 720 instead of 720 for both?

honest kernel
#

Scaled resolution is just the resolution after it's been resized

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah I get that

#

But do I "lose" quality in the process

honest kernel
#

There Might be some ammount of cpu usage for the resizing, but I don't think it's that big of a difference

gaunt fiber
#

Hm I see

honest kernel
#

But for the quality ? It might depend on the resolutions

#

But generally speaking, you shouldn't lose much quality from the transfer

#

If they mathematically match

#

As in, the resolution stays at a ratio of 4:3 in both instances

#

Or a similar ratio

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah I see, no bs numbers

#

thanks again lol

honest kernel
#

It's the moment the ratios don't match that you get some issues, from my understanding of images in general

true fable
#

mr 3234 is live

#

i will promote him since he will not self promote

honest kernel
#

Pog

true fable
#

seems like theres a healthy sized korean hades community

#

judging by his chat

honest kernel
#

Is there some sort of official place where they gather

#

Like us for the SGG Discord

#

Such as some sort of Forum or something

true fable
#

im not sure

honest kernel
#

Watched his livestream

#

Came in to him just face-taking the laser for a speedrun

#

He's got the strats

true fable
#

right

#

what a chad

#

no personal liability

gaunt fiber
#

Guys

#

if you had one aspect to put 300 hours in for extreme heats

#

which one would it be?

honest kernel
#

If I wanted to choose now ?

#

Rama, probably

gaunt fiber
#

yeah now

honest kernel
#

Too deep in the Zeus shield hole now lol

gaunt fiber
#

I have that but with GY lmao

#

and

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It can't 58 I'm sure about that

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I mean I'm not a god gamer

honest kernel
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TD3 Guan-Yu at that level sounds impossible

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korean player is looking for bright on srcom

gaunt fiber
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But I do everything I can and TD3 DC2 is TERRIBLE

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Time is the only issue yeah

honest kernel
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Also looking at Croven

gaunt fiber
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I got the basics

honest kernel
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He's doing Mirrorless Hestia at 47 heat

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And he's in Elysium

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He hit Patty too

true fable
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i think hades3234 uses fated auth

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not sure though

honest kernel
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think ive seen him with persuasion

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It is Fated Authority

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For his current run

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8 rolls

true fable
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maybe he's demo-ing something

honest kernel
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just skipped to the end on some of his vids, he was using persuasion on the few i watched

true fable
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idk

honest kernel
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Considering how he went over Hermes, and is using Zag Fists, probably

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But he didn't start with Lambient Plume ?

true fable
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he says he likes chaos and hestia

honest kernel
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Probably a new speedrun strat

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he has 69 subs on yt

true fable
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are we all watching him rn lmfao

honest kernel
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nice

unreal pasture
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where does he stream?

true fable
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twitch dot television slash hades 3234

honest kernel
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Now that's a way to bypass the rules lol

true fable
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lmao

unreal pasture
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mmk

honest kernel
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But yeah, that's his handle

shy gulch
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FRICK

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I needed a 2 sack anyways but that last bit was bad playing

true fable
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was a close one croven

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pretty inspiring stuff

honest kernel
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I saw that Croven

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Good stuff

true fable
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can i see your pact?

shy gulch
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hyper sprint, epic aphro special, and ricochet were really nice

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yeah sure one sec

unreal pasture
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Did he just not get lucky with his zeus boon? shadegrief

shy gulch
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I thought I was dead to theseus ngl

honest kernel
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FO1, uh

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With BP2

shy gulch
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perhaps putting one LC and taking off a jury idk

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not much room at this point

true fable
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jesus croven

honest kernel
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How comfortable are you with FO2 ?

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Because you could turn down BP for that

shy gulch
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not comfortable enough

honest kernel
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Yeah ok

shy gulch
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I could test it out a bit tomorrow but

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most likely I’m more comfortable w bp2

true fable
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i would just do JS0 FO2 or smth

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idk

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EM3 FO2 seems tough though

shy gulch
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fo2 just gets me hit so much more

honest kernel
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If you aren't used to it, FO2 bosses are rough

true fable
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that's fair

honest kernel
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Let alone rooms

shy gulch
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I’d rather do 1 LC and take off a jury

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might do that actually

honest kernel
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That's an option

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JS1 is whatever, LC1 you can get away with

true fable
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oh 3234 is doing a heavy knuccc build i think

shy gulch
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also my keybinding actually ruined me LOL

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I have to hit E to get the cure for poison