#h1-high-heat-strategies
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nope, took no chaos
story?
what do you mean
sisy/eurydice/patty
had eurydice and patty
those are the only rooms i know of that really mess with exits
never was a choice between that and hammer though
if it wasn't 3sack and i got a good second hammer
60 heat
oh well
nah
i think he decided the difference between CP1 and CP2 wasn't worth grinding a 59 AND 60 clear. so he'd just get it over with
pretty much
Fair enough
damn
3 sack stopped me from beating 50 heat, died to timer just as 2nd half of phase 2 started
unfort
tho I might’ve been able to get it if I played first phase better
yeah first phase for that one was butterfly ball first up, which is the worst possible one to get for rama
oof that’s rough
chargi- butterfly stun butterfly stun butterfly stun
speedy dad chases you down while butterflies prevent you from fighting back
very fun thank you
does anyone here besides baj play keyboard/mouse?
i do, but my highest is only 32.
also, since im getting 32heat down quite consistently, what would be better: slowly upping the heat or just jumping to 40?
wdym technically
I basically play it like a controller
LMAO than just roasted me for no reason?
???
when he never had before like this
rofl what did he say
sometimes when you finish a chamber he's like "you're reckless but you're quick" but for some reason after a brief pause and me hitting him for fun he just goes
"idiot."
LMAO
i mean
hmmm (thinking) will arcade sticks be any good? i gotta try it
you did hit him
but i always hit than after the encounter
it's tradition
but this time he just got me back
oh i see
no I just straight up died LOL
oh ouch
so much pain
Just go for 40.
so remember earlier when i said elite chariots don't scare me
nevermind to that when they're speeder slugger in that one elysium chamber that's extremely small
LOL
BP3 when?
sigh
died to heroes again
didn’t get patty which kinda lost it, I was low on time anyways
which weapon?
hestia
Linker Speeder Savior.
ah so TD2 is not really in the cards huh
How many levels of BP would you take if there wasn't a cap on it and each subsequent level gave 1 more heat than the last?
go all in on BP8
There was already a lot of balancing around BP2, I'd hate to have to balance more 
All of them, yeah.
that's 44 heat right there
armored numbskulls would be invincible
unless you have B L A D E D A S H
man, i dunno what it is about my runs but the bottom right corner always gets completely filled with cerberus circles in EM4
it's seriously just not safe anymore
the way i lost that one was really sad; cerberus circles stacked in that corner and i couldn't really escape any of them, so SD was gone from PL. then, pot and laser combo
im starting to think that blade dash is actually the best fists dash
unless you're running athena dash obvi
ares dash carries a lot of my bad runs
Honestly the Nem victory made me appreciate drunken dash a lot more than I used to
i actually had drunken dash in that attempt i mentioned earlier and it helped a ton with building call and actually doing damage to sneaks
massive
Massive Spin.
fair
Massive over Quick 
give me flurry jab GY or give me death
Massive Spin has +125% damage and huge AOE.
Top 3 are hammers you need for DPS.
Quick Spin and Breaching Skewer can also help, but not as much as the top 3.
I thought about putting them in the same tier, but I think if you don't have one of the top 3 hammers yet, you should pick one of them for DPS. So that's why it's higher.
kinetic launcher in D ?
Yup.
I think it's way overrated.
Moved up Long Knuckle. https://imgur.com/a/wmZi5ic
I put kinetic launcher in f tier because I'm bad and can't use it
Whats next to long knuckle in B?
flying i think
Flying Cutter, yeah.
also he appears pog
How is that good, srs question
have you been off in some remote mountaintop grinding EM4
Enjoying christmas at mom's
Double base damage, charges really fast now, cuts a path through your enemies.
im also curious to hear about flying cutter
hmmm
need to try it out a bit more i guess
is it 2x or +100%?
It's +100% base damage. That's x2.
When I go back and record my dem fists I might try some weird stuff
I guess flying cutter is something i could've utilized in winstreaking
twin shot is 2x, not +100% though
Just gotta be mindful that it doesn't apply to Dash-Uppers, so don't do a Dash right before you try to charge a Flying Cutter with the buff.
Because you'll whiff a Dash-Upper before you charge the Flying Cutter.
I never realized that. Im glad I was in this chat when you said that
i still want justice for kinetic launcher but im down to try flying now
I was hoping to pick up kinetiic launcher in my zag fist runs
sounds like you could phase bosses with arty special flying cutter
i guess you can phase bosses with arty special either way
Arti truly best girl
Yeah, it's very nice for bosses. You can just charge for free when they phase and get some high damage in.
pain.
that looked like a tough fight
What happened
I got realllly unlucky in hades fight
Oof
yep
Regular dad or EM4 dad
BIG YIKES
bc I should have easily had that
I'm sporry
to be fair i definitely coudlve done better
Pots are....nasty
i somehow got an extra dd with AP2 and then lost it to theseus
when he was like one hit from dying
that was unfortunate
Oof
god im actually so tilted LMAO
yeah i'll prob continue later tonight or tomorrow
What Heat?
50
I see.
probably best to take a break tho, i always play better with a clear head
Guess you didn't have what it takes. 
pain.

i mean unironically i got everything i needed that run, barring maybe a hermes boon but still
We all just have Stockholm syndrome in this channel honestly
The fight is hard. Especially when you're going for a new Heat PB or record or something.
it was regular dad not em4
i usually feel like hes one of the easier parts of these runs
but i think i got a bit lenient after going into phase 2 with an acorn charge
Especially when you're going for a new Heat PB or record or something.
Not in those cases, he sure isn't. 
It's relatively easy to not get hit, but you also can't get hit because he does so much damage. Just a couple screw-ups can end your run easily.
yup
You'll get other chances. 50 is just a number. The important thing is what you are learning about aspects and the game while you do it
atts?
Also fun.
o
idk why i abbreviated lmao
good luck
TY
have u gotten 50 yet?
nah
o dang
im hardstuck 45 KEK
Its a number. Just remember that.
beo sounds absolutely ridiculous at 50+, i dont understand how people do that
At this point, I just expect I'll throw the fight a handful of times when I try a new challenge before m more comfortable in it.
that sounds absurd
tyler do u have a vod of your run?
yeah i need to learn the hades fight without extra movement lol
Yea its on the sheet
most times i got to him i had an extra dash or hyper sprint
gotcha, i’ll check it out
so im not too used to it with just 2 dashes
u did a cast build right?
what’s the beo record rn?
Practice single-dash Hades.
Yea 51
i was wondering if anyone had beaten it
yeah i prob should nyaanyaa
I'll beat it one day
its funny bc all my mirrorless runs got like 2 extra dashes and or hyper sprint
so i havent actually done single dash hades
Not to be a butthole but I am a better beo player than retrash. He's just a much better e erything else player than me
do you do ap2 at those heats?
im kinda curious how you play beo w/ ap2
or if you can
You dont
i think i'd just start AP2 and reset for flood flare tbh
ah ok
idk
lmao
Maybe he's a better everything-else-including-Beowulf player. 
You are entitled to your opinion
when did this happen
ohokwy theres been some breakthroughs
how does it work
flood flare is sooo sexy
i have so many questions
flood flare + ez mirage + gigantic dummy thicc aoe
LOL
so we can show them
I knew I shouldn't have hyped up flood flare before I did it
i gotta try this out
damn i never thought about that
probably nuts with wave pounding?
wave pounding makes up for the loss of boss damage yeah
theres a lot of poseidon boons that just stack with each other really well
does mirage shot boost sea storm damage?
but you dont need wave pounding imo
Wabe pounding and breaking wave are what you really want
nah but i think you get two strikes? i need to ask ello
wow i totally gotta try this out
yeah multiple strikes is what i meant
Wave pounding is nice to take the pressure off boss fights
yeah its really fun oho
that’d be neat
i havent done it at high heat yet but it was just really fun to use
i had a sub 4 tartarus on 50 heat with it
maxed rooms too
like JS3 DC2 CP2 i think
still died in aspho 🤣
stygian or infernal?
infernal
You guys are gonna make me go beat you to beo arent you
Eff it
Someone got the link to max hellmode save file
Bright is probably top 3 beo player
:^)
He absolutely could
same
Aight I'm getting out of bed
LOL
Race to 52 beo
the race begins
i’ll cheerlead both y’all tbh
Top 3 are bablo at 53, me at 52, and Retrash at 51. 
for beo?
😦 apparently sea storm only procs on the attack lmao
was it post 1.0 or no?
Early Access.
not on the cast??
early access seeded
makes sense i didnt hear about it, i didnt know hades existed back then
noooooooo
and i believe it is the opinion of this channel that seeded and unseeded are separate categories 🙂
I one-shot the seed. 
We've only been separating since 1.0.
might start taking breaking wave/wave pounding instead of sea storm
you should have been anyways imo
i think if you got 80/120 free damage per cast + jolted sea storm woulda been worth
but thats not the case
It's only been four months.
basically an age
it’s been that long? jeez
Sea storm procs on call at least
i still find it weird that it procs on attack
how do i use this max hellmode save file
does anyone know the rough overall chance for patty to show up
because i'm becoming hollow
Check speedrunning discord's speedtech
ello said its something to do with the amount of knockback
like the cast doesnt knock them back a lot?
idk
100% with this tech. https://clips.twitch.tv/KitschyFurryTireTTours
idk im lost
LOL
i love that clip so much
big strimmer luck moment
see tail this is why you need to start strimming
for the increased luck
i didnt get my IGT beo PB until i started strimming
About 31%
What's the chance of him showing up and not showing up next to the mid-shop? 
0% if off strim
as soon as i start streaming you know patty is gonna show up immediately
this is just how it works now
Everybody knows you get the best RNG if you stream your first run of the day with no previous death shown.
Patty just wanna be on cam
Hollywood Patroclus.
exactly sir
strimmer luck is real
alright im gonna try some flood flare beo then
lets get it
what heat?
oh nice
🤣
counterpoint: bright don't do 60 it hurts so bad
if only it could hurt so good 😔
i will update my strim title to take that into account
live in #self-promotion if anyone wants to watch me die
TD3 is probably always taken for eris at high heat
i assume at least
it takes practice
td3 is super rough
probably cluster?
Yup.
Heat 50 4 sack 
Ah well
Died in elysium
Game was not very friendly after bouldy
Thats good enough attempts for tonight
explosives decent w hestia idk about eris tho
Delta Eris is good QoL IMO
It's meh
Unless you get Rocket Bomb
But by that point you'd want Aphrodite or Artemis for bigger damage numbers
DR is quite good
ME is quite good
zeus fists also good
with arty special
you could start arty special and take zeus/athena as they show up
Demeter Fists is the general good aspect
Talos can also do fine work
With Flood Shot
Ah, I was thinking about Talos with Crush and parting
blizz shot talos is a classic
hard to get backstabs with talos cast
since your usual setup is to special cancel> cast>attack
It's actually not that hard
really?
Special -> Cancel into a dash
i guess you just have to not immediately yeet the casts
And you can get behind enemies
yeah thats what i do it just only frontstabs lol
talos athena cast parting shot is also good
I was thinking special to pull them, then dash behind
and gets athena in your pool early
could be asking a lot from athena if you want attack/dash/DDs though
Idea was attack and hopefully dash Athena
thats a fine plan
go for it
Replace the attacks with a cast and you are good
noice
It's actually great damage
But the reduced range is ... dangerous for high heat
Also hilarious with Triple shot
Explosive just means you never go for power shots
^
... if it was that short it'd be an instant-pick LOL
It's like twice that
Probably more like 4 or 5 seconds, not sure
Dash attacks are still decently fast
Either way, long enough to get you hit in the face with FO2
@honest kernel did you just screen record your own screen recording?
technology at its finest
I'm on 59 myself, took a bit of a break
after like 10+ attempts that got to Styx just gone due to the timer
Or to phase 3
Very
As long as nerves and the timer don't fail me
I should be able to do it
I can like get to Styx 30%+ of the time
Without using Accorn
and after that its just a 2sack dream?
With enough damage/good enough room rng, even a 3-sack is doable
Had a run like that, but uh 4 sack happened LOL
That or I get ninja'ed by Retrash or Tailesque
yeah i was there for that
very cool
it was just as i was asking about best sword aspect for high heat
lol
the madman
But Nemesis is still likely the best, even without his sudden tries
That or Poseidon
At that heat level, Damage is also a concern
i thought that had the lowest heat record of any aspect in the game?
It's also because lol why play sword at that point
For a good while, Zag sword was the highest
And that's also because of Retrash
i gotta watch a few of his vids, idk how thats possible
he just has the EM4 fight down better than anyone aside from maybe tail
Getting there slowly myself
yeah not to diss you
Just need to not get urn'ed/fast stabb'ed
EM4 is a really well designed fight, always makes it feel like you life is on the line
his zag sword fight was insane
even when you are not seconds away from a world record
yeah you never feel too safe vs EM4
i definitely stole some of the rhythms for dodges from that vod
I might have also learned block patterns on my own
In fact, It's similar to how I do non-EM4 Hades
Can do what I did in my 57 heat clear without Sudden Rush
With that being said
I also did a few EM4 fights with other weapons
Zag bow, notably
i need to use a non shield for EM4
Altho I didn't win them, I still did fine
thats fair
AKA got to phase 3
yeah i mean
btw do you think 63-64 heat will ever be beaten?
i think you have to be somewhat decent at EM4 to push 50+
Depends on how willing you are to run AP/RI
But it's one of the options
well not now obv, i just wonder if its really humanly possible
thats fair i just think at some point you run out of heat
50 heat is the point where AP/RI/EM4 are something you need to take
Actually did a big analysis on that, in the Speedrunning Discord, when Jerds asked why Hellmode wasn't a straight advantage
TL;DR is that CP1 and JS1 being locked in means that at high heat, it can be a detriment or optimal to go for Hellmode
Depending on what you want to take
for 50+
so in other words, its just like every other modifier?
If it was just that, Hellmode would be straight up better, because it's 1 heat you can take away from something else, for 50 heat speedruns
But CP1 and JS1 being locked in could be a bad thing for some weapons
Or also good, if you want to say run AP2, or EM4, or RI
Or avoid them, and instead take the CP1/JS1
It's moreso a choice you make with the whole pact in mind, instead of "Oh PL is just 1 free heat"
Beowulf is a weapon that comes to mind that can get away with EM4, for instance.
And that's 4 heat off of something else
So the optimal pact for that might not want Hellmode
do you think CP should be nerfed a bit? it just seems like everyone avoids it at all levels, which implies that its not exactly balanced
well
everyone avoids that, EM4, TD3, AP, and RI
y'know that could be really taken out of context now that I look at my last message
its about which things the last thing to break
thats true
TD3 means you can die to Room RNG with other modifiers on, EM4 is insanely hard and doesn't pair well with anything that slows the time down. AP and RI limit how well you can scale
it just seems to fit in so nicely with the other % increases, but its really so much worse
At some point, you need to take modifiers that slow the run down
And that point ? 50 heat
Could even argue for 45
yeah thats true
CP is just the less heat efficient one
Because it makes the Heroes and Hades take way longer than they should
Same for Styx rooms, and Elysium to an extent
i realized
i need to upload vods for other weapons
i have 4 beowulf vods
and nothing else
I just need to record my runs in general
I've done spicy speedrun stuff lately lmao
do it
i wonder if its ever viable to take off TD3 and add in all the other ones that slow down your run
i wanna watch zeus now
this is the fabled retrash strat
really
That's what Retrash popularized
Worked well for him
TD2 means you never have to think about timing out
almost never
and you can take boons over midshop
you can take troves
dont mash
LOL
but seriously
Mashing in boss fights is the last thing you want. FO2 boss fights are something that'll need some practise
If you need to, turn off HL all the way down, and just play the fights to learn the patterns
Fist 32 you always take DC2 right
With Zeus attack start, yeah
figure out whether
- you have enough damage to not care about taking damage
- whether you have enough health to not care about taking damage
With Athena?
either way you should probably try to avoid taking damage
At 32 ? Sure
Yes
im annoying so i would just do the speedrun pact lmfao
um
EM3 probably is fine
JS1-2 + DC2 + TD3 feels doable
FO1 or 2
Do you run Stubborn Defiance
BP2 + MM are staples for me at this point
Or Death Defiances
If you are fine with FO2
You can do this https://gyazo.com/18e61f9aa885f250b961c5b0b103c223
yeah i am comfortable with almost any pact (obv not all at once), but BP is one that I have been avoiding, because i dont understand it super well
it seems too easy to RNG into something unfamiliar that can kill me very quickly
If anything, with SDs you can do something like this : https://gyazo.com/f66a9f1ad6cb9065cd9a0b9223a82f43
Notice the FO1 instead
LOL
if you add my 32 and anyheat IGT PBs
they're still less than my 50 heat clear
heat is linear btw
Apparently he did
i did 50 beo today
on Beo
nice, good job man
ty
Oh yeah haven't said it yet
cutting vod rn
Big props bright
damn super doubling down on poseidon boons
how many boons did you get from broseidon man
i didnt even high roll snow burst
it just kind of happened
DC2 disappears with flood flare
trust
how?
Dask Attack -> Bullrush on the first enemy takes care of it's DCs, the Aoe Cast and slams nukes it and hits whatever other enemy in the general area
true true
did tail complete a 59?
No
Going straight for 60 and trying to complete the clear with CP2
Instead of 59 and CP1
He basically maxed everything but RI, which is set to 2
in Hellmode
think hes gonna hold onto the victory screen for a while just to barrel roll one of yas after 59 heat
^
do you think he just has a bunch of victory screens ready
How's that going for him?
oh god thats horrifying
For what he's shown so far
He has a bunch of failed attempts on EM4 hades itself
So basically the same progress as me, on 59
For what specifically
The spreadsheet ?
Or what
Oh, the speedrun.com leaderboards
lmao
bright
can I ask
where do you live in the US?
some of your slangs I never heard before
cali
specifically socal
grew up in upstate NY though
so my slang is probably just a weird hodgepodge
I swear all of my coworkers live in california and none of them use these slangs
maybe at work they try to be professional
oh boy
ok it's one of the JRPG games
I think.... gonna go with dragon quest
oh
I'm at "work"
also I might not stream until I get used to the setup
dying at 32 with my best weapon feels kinda embarassing
🤔
it's also the whole dash and movement in the same hand thing
like
it makes the muscle confused
but if I put it on the right hand it'll be harder I think
Watching the korean hades player play
yeah
He does 50 heat Eris
his aim is impeccable
He's going for Scintillating Feast
lmao
By picking Dio's keepsake in Asphodel
LOL
With Rocket bomb
Ok this is just mega-wack
Granted, he has a bonus cast stone and Dio cast
but still
i thought he was going to ice wine it
He wants something to sell
And Snow burst still good
He said he wanted Scintillating Feast first
Should I ask for him to play Zeus shield ?
lmao
He said if he we want to see an aspect, he'll be up for it
I haven't typed in his chat yet
eris 👀 e
So for all he knows, I'm not here
he doesnt even have jolted
he's gonna run out of time right? what chamber is this
wtf
maybe my brain is too small
but
what
He said he wanted the dio
HE REROLLED THE JOLTED
the duo
oh wtf he got the duo
He wanted it since Asphodel lmao
lucky boons tho
Honestly
The fact that he pomm'ed the cast instead of the special is big brain
Because Eris' damage boost is additive too
Might as well mega-boost the base damage of the cast
i would but im not sure if he would join
^
lmao
Blessed by room RNG
LOL
hes just doing a showcase lol
Hyper sprint at this point is whatever, with an extra dash
baj i hate to rub it in
Meanwhile Flurry Cast with Trippy Shot is 👀
but hes so good at his megs
is there any priority on which enemy meg hits
The closest one, maybe ?
cus sometimes at dad she just hits the adds
i havent seen any strat as reliable as his for dodging the charge
that ones pretty good
the pillar juke
baj?
I just block it and bullrush through it lol
And use the special in a way that actually hits the bull while he's going towards me
b a j lol
For simplicity's sake, I like the 1 syllable pronunciation better tho
this guys boonless 51 with hestia was sick
If he actually comes, that'd be pretty nice
yeah
pog
pogU
👀
gz
ty
how was it?
I did 51 and 52 today
crepes sweating right now
shackle i'm assuming?
yeah shackle
Sounds about the meta for Hestia, to be honest
nothin special with either run just Pat and 2 sac
yeah lol
I had a sick run with a 3 sac but no time
had triple bomb, the slow thing and 140% chill on special
whats the slow cap?
Without Killing Freeze, since it's 4 % per stack, you get to 40 % with chill alone
good question, idk if it's multiplicative or additive
^
Not everything that slows affect animations either
the one that slows enemy with cast
I was trying out the cast mirror aspect that slows
Abyssal Blood, Numbing Sensation
abyssal only slows movement though
instead of the 50% damage
and its insane for hestia atleast for consistency
not attack speed/animation speed
I could see it
ok I go work
DR is big
cya all
bright u did the 57 with sword right
i'll take credit though
that run was nuts
Great speedrunner for any heat, and also did 50 heat recently
i am sadly now only hardstuck 50 heat
want to do some more hestia when i think my pinky can handle it
agreed
Unless it's like a BP2 armor enemy or something
so it was worth the slowing on bosses? thats actually interesting now that i think abt it
since i get owned by a boss usually lol
For Hestia, that actually sounds ... optimal
im always impressed by how he uses every bit of a weapon
Since you get that weird mid-range where you are barely out of the "Trigger" for Hades' attacks
And Asterius', to an extent
like eris cast damage is very significant
but its not soemthing i recall seeing other people doing
I'm pretty sure if you space EM4 hades too much... he'll literally just spear throw over and over
I dunno how confident you guys are on dodging that, but... I basically prefer him spinning
He throws a spear after 2 quick swings, if I recall
It's actually consistent to guess when he'll throw it, if you play the fight enough
Well... if he was slowed as much as you guys were talking about... he probably won't even do the other attacks
and guan yu lol
Astaos about to become a fan real quick
i wonder if tailesque will get 50 heat all aspects or hades3234 will first
will tailesque finally get barrel rolled
pog
That would be quite the uno reverse card pull
Take care
It's ... a bit annoying actually watching Hades play because kbm is actually optimal on most of the ranged weapons...
And I don't have the muscle memory built... only on pad

Depends on your definition of "optimal"
Because it sure as hell isn't as common as controller
Yeah, I suspect it's much harder to learn/play
The setup is so janky... with q for specials
Used to play with that for a solid while
I guess it could be ok if you have mouse buttons... but I'm just using a default mouse
Yeah, having your reload on a mouse button would be nice as well most likely.. if you play Hestia
I could see it
I just use R
I don't have mouse buttons either
Or remapable ones
And by "optimal" I mean... you can actually turn off auto aim and hit stuff at max distances with ranged weapons
The korean dude is mad good
yeah i find it easier to rebind to mouse buttons too
And cloner rooms are ... SUPER obnoxious
on pad + auto aim, you have to get in there and kill the cloner
Will i become good if i switch from default controls 
Probably
Depends on if you feel the need for it or not
Eh... it's a process... you have to build muscle memory...