#h1-high-heat-strategies

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edgy arrow
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but that doesn’t mean they have increasing benefit surely

bronze viper
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But 22, that's the magic number

edgy arrow
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it just means more dashes = good

fallow stream
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Yet I would still take damage by spamming it without thought and hitting the cooldown wall 🤣

mossy zinc
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But that's not a thing in Hades anyway lol. Not relevant to the discussion.

strange rapids
bronze viper
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It kind of is with Gilga, at least. You can get almost 2 digits lol

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Though to be fair with how that aspect plays the more dashes the better.

strange rapids
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unless you feel that the relative benefit of each dash increases from 2 through 6 then begins decreasing as you approach 20

mossy zinc
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Indeed. 6 is not even close to letting you play like you have effectively no Dash CD. 20 would certainly let you do that.

bronze viper
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I can't think of unique things I'd be doing with 6 that 5 wouldn't already give me access to. Ignoring the aspects that can scale damage with dash count.

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But it could just be because I'm used to 5 being the cap and leaving one in the bank for brain fart moments.

edgy arrow
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maybe i’m just a cheesy shield main with no respect for the power of dashes idk

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but i feel like i mostly don’t notice the difference between epic and rare greatest reflex

mossy zinc
edgy arrow
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mostly

fallow stream
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So I just had the most boringly effective fight vs Hades.

Lightning rod + extra bloodstones, and just hyper sprinted laps around the pillars

mossy zinc
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Lightning Rod is fun.

strange rapids
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in a way I understand the argument for increasing power per dash per your argument about i-frames, since +1 GR gives you either 3 movement dashes or 2 movement dashes plus one "free" dash, while +2 GR can be 4 movement, 3 movement + 1 free, or 2 movement + 2 free

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so each +1 is not only adding an additional potential movement dash but adding another +1 defensive i-frame dash to every level of dashing before that

mossy zinc
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Yes.

edgy arrow
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okay i see

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that makes sense

fallow stream
edgy arrow
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each additional dash allows you to use your previous dashes more freely

strange rapids
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yeah

edgy arrow
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i still feel that, while you can use them more freely, there’s a lot less benefit they can give you

strange rapids
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the logic makes perfect sense to me, but I feel that in practice it isn't enough to make up for the fact that the usefulness of each extra dash of distance is lower the further you are dashing

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yeah

sly remnant
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Dashes good

strange rapids
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per the dash chart (fig. 1) the odds of you wanting to be in each ring go down the further you reach from the center

edgy arrow
mossy zinc
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It's not just distance per se, there's also an element of crowd control that you get from extra dashes. You can manipulate enemy movement more freely.

bronze viper
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Lol, I remember that Excalibur guy from back the last time I played who was vehemently against taking extra dashes, and only did Ruthless Reflex

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And would argue ad nauseum about it

sly remnant
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RR good but more situational

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Arthur RR good

edgy arrow
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i think the main thing i’ve learned here is that Nyaanyaa is far better than i at using huge stacks of dashes

strange rapids
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ruthless reflex apologists are not welcome bouldy

edgy arrow
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i’ll have to rewatch her 52 ig

sly remnant
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Speedrunning is a fantastic way to get better at using dashes

mossy zinc
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Maybe my brain just goes "more dash good, mash dash button" and this is all just me rationalizing it.

fallow stream
sly remnant
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Well sure

fallow stream
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Lol

strange rapids
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rework greatest reflex to increase your dash length by +50% per rarity

sly remnant
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Oh god

mossy zinc
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I guided Lady Aphrodite on a Lady Aphrodite run last night where we got Unhealthy Fixation and tried to get the Disciple of Aphrodite title. squirtnya squirtnya squirtnya squirtnya squirtnya squirtnya

fallow stream
bronze viper
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How have you not gotten it by this point?

mossy zinc
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She had all the requirements for the title and we avoided other title eligibility . . . but the run ended up taking 68 minutes because she didn't pause when chatting, and I completely forgot that "Slow and Steady" is a thing. squirtooh

bronze viper
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Or do you mean get it again lol

mossy zinc
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I have.

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She hasn't.

bronze viper
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Oh, I assume it's someone's tag?

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I just assumed you started referring to yourself as such :3

fallow stream
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So what's the Zeus title called, then?

Breakin' 2: Electric Bugaloo?

mossy zinc
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Lady Aphrodite is Lady Aphrodite. https://twitter.com/CVineys/

She/her. Voice actor, improviser, and washed-up child star. Dusa & Aphrodite in #HADES. Ti'zo in Pyre. GirlPope @SecondCityLA. Daemona in Phantom Investigators.

Tweets

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Followers

1090

bronze viper
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Oh, neat

mossy zinc
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She streams.

edgy arrow
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wait wtf she also voiced Ti’zo

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what a legend

mossy zinc
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She's the bestest.

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@fallow stream It's just "Disciple of ______".

edgy arrow
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evidence says you’re right

mossy zinc
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You need 6 boons from the god, and 1 of them has to be the legendary.

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Duo Boons don't count.

fallow stream
mossy zinc
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Take it up with Greg. dusa

edgy arrow
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iirc back in the day all the Calls had names personal to the gods

mossy zinc
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Yes. They were also called Wraths.

edgy arrow
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i’ve always been slightly mad that they changed them all to “____’s Aid”

gaunt fiber
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To me, more dashes is more damage because I don't have to choose between an offensive or defensive one anymore. The more dashes, the more offensive I can be.

It's better movement in general to line up foes (one could argue that you could memorize the layout and spawns so you don't many dashes tho).

Anyway it saves a lot of time in general. Maybe you don't need the epic from heroic but it's still really nice.

Yesterday I was saying that I would keep divine dash over greatest reflexes but it would be valid only if I had not cleared Asphodel (a pain with GY without deflect imo).

mossy zinc
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I wasn't playing then.

edgy arrow
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yeah neither was i lol

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but i heard about it and wish it were still true

sly remnant
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While its a cool idea

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Its a needless layer of complexity

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For a new player

gaunt fiber
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I'm late rip

edgy arrow
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you’re right but i’m still mad

edgy arrow
mossy zinc
mossy zinc
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Why even argue.

edgy arrow
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oh i missed that rule

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fair enough then

gaunt fiber
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That's true but I could really die in aspho with bad BPs

edgy arrow
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i’d keep divine dash as well

gaunt fiber
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But if I were better I would not need it so case closed squirtyay

edgy arrow
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but honestly i prolly do underestimate greatest reflex a bit

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if mean, if you were good enough you wouldn’t need boons at all let’s be real

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boons are a crutch, the question is which ones are the best crutch

wanton plover
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the ones you have

mossy zinc
bronze viper
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Or Tailesque

edgy arrow
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so easy to get those confused

mossy zinc
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Oh wow, "Do a barrel roll!" is at 25 Heat in 12:27.28 already.

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@shy plinth can we automatically change the time format for clear times to 0:00.00? Some people submit it as 0:00:00 instead.

edgy arrow
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Guan Yu is really over represented in this challenge lol

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which i for one am down with

gaunt fiber
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It was a 3 sack!

mossy zinc
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Making excuses for your slow times, huh?

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Smh.

gaunt fiber
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Hey it's not slow

edgy arrow
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is 12:27 a slow time

mossy zinc
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Is it sub 12?

gaunt fiber
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at 25 I'll take it

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BP is a bit dangerous and my HC uptime was not great in Asphodel

mossy zinc
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Tailesque did a faster run at 40 Heat than you did at 25.

gaunt fiber
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Tailesque plays a busted aspect squirtyay

edgy arrow
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Tail’s done a faster 40 than most people have done anything

mossy zinc
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PeachHead00 did a faster run at 40 Heat with Excalibur than you did at 25 with Guan Yu.

gaunt fiber
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Peach is an incredible player

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So is Tailesque tho lmao

mossy zinc
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Okay, but bright01 was also faster than you with Beowulf at 40.

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That argument doesn't work this time.

edgy arrow
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that’s ‘cause beowulf best aspect

gaunt fiber
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Can you really blame a charged skewer build with Eternal rose start?

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I'm sad

mossy zinc
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...

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Amazing run. Very proud of you, @gaunt fiber.

edgy arrow
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why does everyone always bouldy react beowulf

mossy zinc
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I have no idea why they do that.

edgy arrow
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is it because they’re the two most powerful beings in existence?

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i think that’s the reason

gaunt fiber
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I don't understand the bouldy react

agile obsidian
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Theres really no reason lol

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I just think it looks cool

wanton plover
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🙂bouldy

edgy arrow
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only bouldy understands the bouldy react

wanton plover
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they give similar vibrations

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smile through the pain

agile obsidian
edgy arrow
mossy zinc
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Did you know that Bouldy is voiced by Michael Ailshie who is also the voice of Orpheus?

gaunt fiber
agile obsidian
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great voice

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Didnt darren voice orpheus?

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I thought

edgy arrow
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10/10 vo performance for bouldy, should’ve won an oscar

vital grove
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There is a depth to the silence

wanton plover
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i believe orphy song voice and voice voice is different actors

agile obsidian
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ok

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darren probably did the song

edgy arrow
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yeah Darren sang but didn’t do the spoken stuff

mossy zinc
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Hmmm.

vital grove
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Ohok go do 26 heat sub 12 Beo

edgy arrow
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sounds doable

vital grove
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I know you can do it in one

edgy arrow
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i’m not good at going fast tho lol

true fable
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i dont feel dissed

vital grove
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That dude who set the WR tho maaan

edgy arrow
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the beo record?

gaunt fiber
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Oh I won't defend Bright don't worry

wanton plover
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i love ariana

true fable
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???

vital grove
gaunt fiber
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Oh hi Bright how are you doing?

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Big fan

true fable
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what is going on

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also yeah ananke is a nut

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he has only sword to go for sub 7 all weapons

vital grove
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Insanity

edgy arrow
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wait wriste is unseated?

true fable
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yeye

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thank the lord

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LOL

edgy arrow
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lmao

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man i gotta watch this rq

true fable
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he still has the rta record for beowulf

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its the most disgusting styg beo rng

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i have ever seen

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in one run

mossy zinc
gaunt fiber
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Nice reflexes

true fable
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ah i see nyaanyaa calling me a casual

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shes not incorrect

mossy zinc
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That's the VA of Bouldy and Orpheus for you.

gaunt fiber
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You're calling yourself a casual

mossy zinc
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Exactly.

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It's not even a diss, it's just facts.

true fable
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exactly

vital grove
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Most people are casuals anyway

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No shame in it

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We can't all be Haelian 🤔

sly remnant
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Wait whats this 25 heat thing yall are talking about

gaunt fiber
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Maybe if people see a lot of GY in the Barrel roll challenge they will try it

mossy zinc
vital grove
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And contribute

gaunt fiber
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Yeah

vital grove
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Someone not named Tail has to hit 60 eventually so he can one up us and max heat

gaunt fiber
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I don't want to rise the heat but even if I simply beat time it would be hard for a beginner to beat it again

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So in the end I'm just delaying the inevitable

true fable
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i want to return to zag spear for 40 heat

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seems like good stress release

vital grove
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What do you do with Zag Spear without flurry

gaunt fiber
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Resetting for Flurry jab is stress release?

vital grove
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At least if I whiff charged Skewer GY I can spin to win or at least dash strike

true fable
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yes resetting for flurry is stress release

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im a multiweap runner lmao

gaunt fiber
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There's also the incredible Chain Skewer/Vicious skewer featuring tempest flourish and sea storm tho

true fable
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thats all we do

vital grove
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I don't like builds that aren't builds for most of the game

gaunt fiber
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reset for chain skewer

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could be fun with doom too

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would be like chaos

halcyon flame
spring kettle
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crystal beam best cast

gaunt fiber
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Well with chain skewer it's kinda hard to predict which one you're gonna knockback lol

halcyon flame
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how does tempest interact with calling your spear back though?

gaunt fiber
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Just as you said I think

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it's a spammy build tho squirtnya

edgy arrow
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that was absolutely ridiculous

true fable
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its absurd

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if you see chat all of us are just collectively vomiting

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gross rng

halcyon flame
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i gotta see this

gaunt fiber
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boon rng?

halcyon flame
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i would know what good beo rng is

gaunt fiber
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Tbh I'm really glad I did not have to compete against JDN's ME setup epic greatest reflex out of Tartarus

halcyon flame
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trippy shot... i just know where this is going

gaunt fiber
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Insane luck

edgy arrow
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even just getting a tartarus mirage shot with trippy flare start is absurd

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but it just kept going

halcyon flame
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oh so he also got high tolerance, black out, scint and then ice wine

sly remnant
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Ice wine beo baf

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Bad

edgy arrow
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^^

halcyon flame
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and then there'd still be room for artemis

edgy arrow
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high tolerance wouldn’t do anything for a speedrun

halcyon flame
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so at that point he can still get fully loaded

gaunt fiber
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yeah there's a delay and everything

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It's amazing how you can gather knowledge without even playing the aspects

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thanks people

edgy arrow
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he did get scint feast and Bad News in asphodel tho

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plus like, every fountain chamber

halcyon flame
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bad news

sly remnant
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Ye I watched the run

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Its uh

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Something else

halcyon flame
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that's literally +80% damage including mirage shot

gaunt fiber
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A fountain is 5%?

halcyon flame
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and he can still get poms

sly remnant
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Yep

gaunt fiber
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lol

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Did he skip aspho mid shop then

edgy arrow
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pretty sure he got the mid shop in aspho

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can’t even remember now

mossy zinc
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Yeah, for the monthly challenges.

gaunt fiber
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And Eury I suppose

mossy zinc
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Thanks!

agile obsidian
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are you guys talking about the beo speedrun

shy plinth
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All set

agile obsidian
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Bcs the luck they got on that was insane

edgy arrow
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iirc he actually missed sisi

halcyon flame
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artemis in tartarus

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so he did get fully loaded didn't he

edgy arrow
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but got the other two story rooms, and an elysium than

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earlyish elysium but still

gaunt fiber
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I read your comment Mr. Hat. Divine dash in Ely, welcome to ME hell squirtyay

true fable
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it was 3/3 fountains

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8/9 free rooms i believe

agile obsidian
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This one right?

true fable
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noooo

edgy arrow
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yeah just sisyphus he missed right?

sly remnant
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Nah thats the slow run now

true fable
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bablo's 8:17 is an old one i thinj

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bablo himself has a 7:11 on last patch with beo

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ananke just got a 6:47

agile obsidian
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Wait no I sent the wrong one

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The matt one

true fable
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also none of this is high heat smh my head

agile obsidian
mossy zinc
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I, too, get out of Asphodel in 6:47.

edgy arrow
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^same

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are we speedrunners?

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i think so

gaunt fiber
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It's a decent exit time

edgy arrow
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especially with JS3 CP2

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i’m happy with it

true fable
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thats an incredible time with js3 cp2

gaunt fiber
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yeah

agile obsidian
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This dude got seriously insane luck with mirage

edgy arrow
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yeah honestly i’m prolly slower than that

gaunt fiber
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Earlier I tried a 25 heat setup with EM3, got Asterius as miniboss too

sly remnant
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Uts the ananke free room rng

gaunt fiber
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I tried to go the any heat way

sly remnant
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That blows my mind

gaunt fiber
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Asterius' spin is decent damage ngl

true fable
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ananke has enough skill to capitalize on the disgusting rng he's been getting for the past 2 weeks

agile obsidian
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His elysium took freaking 1 minute

sly remnant
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Oh he is an insane player for sure

agile obsidian
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Like how

true fable
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which translates to 10 or so world records

edgy arrow
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it is worth noting that it was a 3 sack tiny vermin

agile obsidian
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Yeah tiny vermin

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wut

edgy arrow
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otherwise i would’ve struggled to believe my eyes ngl

true fable
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would have scraped the anyheat world record with a 2 sack imo

edgy arrow
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not impossible for sure

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oh man it would’ve been amazing to see beo at the top

true fable
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right

agile obsidian
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Also he got scint feast

true fable
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tbf, as someone who has put a bunch of hours into specifically anyheat dio beo

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you actually end up with scint feast mirage

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a good number of runs

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but the percentage of those runs

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where you get

agile obsidian
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Ive not completed a run with beo yet

edgy arrow
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it’s getting that and the free rooms tho

true fable
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1 cast stone

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good enemy rng

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free rooms

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and bad news?

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next to 0

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oh and good minibosses

sly remnant
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Its the enemy rng that i think makes this run

true fable
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its the whole shebang

agile obsidian
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Not to mention the freaking damage that it did

sly remnant
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Well sure

agile obsidian
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Like look at lernies health just plummet

true fable
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boon/enemy/free room rng

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all nuts

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pengy thats just beowulf stuff

true fable
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exactly

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all speedrunners are casuals didnt you know

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we dont venture above 15 heat

edgy arrow
sly remnant
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Where is your Kappa bright

true fable
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we have cookies

edgy arrow
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you too can have this boss killing ability

agile obsidian
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hmmm

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I would like to think about it

sly remnant
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Don't think

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Put cast in shield

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Shield go boom

true fable
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^

edgy arrow
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^^

gaunt fiber
agile obsidian
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I would consider myself a casual

edgy arrow
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is that why i’m not fast?

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i’m not angry enough?

gaunt fiber
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yes

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Lili actually hates low heat so he has to shred it

edgy arrow
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takes notes

mossy zinc
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Any-heat speedrunners be like "let's play really fast on very easy."

gaunt fiber
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"Let's abuse the fact that I won't encounter any resistance"

edgy arrow
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this is a hard game; they’re just going fast because they’re scared they’ll die if they stop

agile obsidian
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I mean you pretty much go fastest on EM2 and FO2 so what is the point of going below that

edgy arrow
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let’s be real tho; FO2 EM2 basically rounds down to 0 heat

agile obsidian
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yeah it becomes easy once youre used to it

true fable
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i will say, both high heat and speedrunning are fun in their own ways

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i despise combining them

sly remnant
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Speedrunning is great

agile obsidian
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I personally prefer speedrunning but high heat is fun

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I am not like a professional speedrunner in any way but its fun

edgy arrow
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wait you’ve done high heat speedruns Bright

mossy zinc
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I do any heat speedruns sometimes to relax and turn my brain off. dusa

edgy arrow
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or does 40 not count as high to you lol

true fable
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i have done some

true fable
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i would prefer not to do more

gaunt fiber
true fable
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i think AP1 is mandatory for beo to speedrun 40

mossy zinc
agile obsidian
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What time would be considered decent for a casual speedrunner

true fable
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no ty

edgy arrow
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what heat is Astaos up to

gaunt fiber
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High heat is mirrorless 41

mossy zinc
# gaunt fiber oof

That doesn't bother me at all because I really don't care for my times lol.

edgy arrow
gaunt fiber
edgy arrow
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that’s fair

mossy zinc
gaunt fiber
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I can tell because I'm sometimes the target of such attacks

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sometimes

edgy arrow
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wait really

true fable
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who is attacking you astaos

edgy arrow
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Astaos do 50 GY already

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what’re you waiting for

true fable
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you can name names

gaunt fiber
edgy arrow
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...fair

mossy zinc
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You don't need will to play.

edgy arrow
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my only exhausting grind rn is doing sword 40s

mossy zinc
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All you need is 1 HP and the Aspect of Guan Yu.

edgy arrow
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and that makes me want to heat push other aspects

gaunt fiber
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That's true

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But I have to get the game opened for that

mossy zinc
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You should do 45, though. 45 should be easy.

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50 can come after that.

edgy arrow
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if i can do 46 beo, you can prolly do 45 mirrorless boonless GY or something

gaunt fiber
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I did 40 AP2 earlier to see if I was still doing ok

agile obsidian
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What is stupid is that mirrorless gives you 8 heat

mossy zinc
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8 Heat is plenty.

gaunt fiber
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But do I want to follow the easy path

mossy zinc
edgy arrow
agile obsidian
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I mean yeah mirrorless wasnt terribly diffuclt but I thought it would be worth more

gaunt fiber
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I wonder how much more tho? @edgy arrow

agile obsidian
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I would think maybe 12 heat or something

edgy arrow
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idk i’m not a game designer lol

gaunt fiber
mossy zinc
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All the more reason to do it.

gaunt fiber
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haha

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Poor Eris casual Hyde Park player

halcyon flame
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gameplay tips for 32 heat eris?

mossy zinc
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@agile obsidian mirrorless leaderboard starts at 32 if you want to submit some runs.

gaunt fiber
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Pact is pinned, Lili's guide good

edgy arrow
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shoot gun win

mossy zinc
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@halcyon flame just do what you would do in speedruns.

agile obsidian
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So I have to have 32 heat mirrorless run?

edgy arrow
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32 heat is just speedrunning but you might die

gaunt fiber
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Most of it applies to 32

agile obsidian
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ok

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I just did a mirrorless run just as a challenge

gaunt fiber
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Except things such as "always hydralite for high confidence"

agile obsidian
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And to get that achievment at the end screen

edgy arrow
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yeah instead always do touch of styx dark

mossy zinc
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32 or higher, yes. High heat leaderboard starts at 32, mirrorless is a category we have on the board.

agile obsidian
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I probably could have done tight deadline for more heat and mabye some more for like 20 heat

gaunt fiber
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Mirrorless is tough Pengy

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It is really good practice though

edgy arrow
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it’s fun tho

agile obsidian
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Got a perfect clear bcs of acorn

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lmao

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Had 5 hits left on acorn

edgy arrow
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when i’m feeling burnt out by regular heat i do some mirrorless stuff

mossy zinc
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At 32, you're basically playing 24 Heat but without your mirror.

edgy arrow
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feels way less intense than 40+, but i still might die so i don’t just disengage

agile obsidian
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Did mirrorless with rama

mossy zinc
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Still very doable. TD3 can make it very difficult, though. TD2 is a lot more consistent.

edgy arrow
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it kinda is as intense as 40+ (with enough other heat) but it feels different idk

gaunt fiber
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TD3 is super hard indeed

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no backstab, no boiling blood is so slow

mossy zinc
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Only 1 Cast hurts a lot of aspects, too.

agile obsidian
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My main issue was dashes until I got hermes

gaunt fiber
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Yeah definitely

tidal flame
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2 dashes is good

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RI3 is pain

edgy arrow
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1 dash is pretty workable with FO0, but it requires some practice for sure

gaunt fiber
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Just take the Hermes cheat

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which is either hyper sprint or greatest reflex

tidal flame
agile obsidian
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Ill send a picture of my build later today

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In victory boasting

gaunt fiber
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AP mirrorless hm

tidal flame
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Might as well go boonless with shackle

#

You'll have more damage

edgy arrow
#

i was doing RI4 AP2 LC4 GY for fun yesterday

#

my definition of fun has changed a lot recently

gaunt fiber
#

Oh nice

edgy arrow
#

i mean i died

#

but it was fun

gaunt fiber
#

Ah

#

Where?

#

Ely?

edgy arrow
#

heroes iirc

gaunt fiber
#

Elysium is deadly

edgy arrow
#

truth

agile obsidian
#

I hate elysium

storm lark
#

im running 32 heat with shield, which aspect do you think is the best to use? Im torn between Zagreus and Zeus

agile obsidian
#

um maybe chaos

gaunt fiber
#

Play what you like, but chaos is a really safe option

edgy arrow
#

i was running shackle but AP2 forced a boon on special and attack in elysium and my damage plummeted

mossy zinc
#

Zagreus or Zeus imo.

mossy zinc
#

Beowulf is still very strong at heat that low, though.

#

You don't really have to take pacts yet that hurt Cast builds.

gaunt fiber
#

Zag is cool but you really need duos and hammer

#

and by duo I mean Heart Rend

edgy arrow
#

i would def suggest beo, but it’s a bit weird when you first use it and may take some getting used to

gaunt fiber
#

Otherwise it's so slow

edgy arrow
#

it can smash 32 easy tho

agile obsidian
#

Ill have to try it

edgy arrow
#

when you get the hang of it sure

agile obsidian
#

Stygian?

mossy zinc
#

I'd say Zeus is #1, though.

gaunt fiber
#

Zeus really strong tho

#

Works well without too much

agile obsidian
#

Ive had a hard time using zeus shield

edgy arrow
agile obsidian
#

Ok

green citrus
#

I am considering stepping into the ring on this "do a barrel roll" thing

agile obsidian
#

Ooh mirage shot

edgy arrow
#

yup you got it

gaunt fiber
green citrus
#

Lol, not with Guan Yu I wouldn't

mossy zinc
#

So, challenge him to beat your time with 1 hand.

gaunt fiber
#

^

#

Do what the lady says

green citrus
#

LUL

gaunt fiber
#

Of course I want a video

edgy arrow
#

do it with no hands

gaunt fiber
#

I mean I trust you but you know

edgy arrow
#

dance pad ftw

green citrus
#

I'd have to use Croven binds I think lol

gaunt fiber
#

Glad the curse is no more

edgy arrow
#

even with croven binds how tf do you play one handed

green citrus
#

Actually claw method on the controller might be easier

mossy zinc
#

There's a Street Fighter V player who plays with his mouse on an Xbox pad.

gaunt fiber
#

Strange in this world

#

I mean Luffy is a weirdo for using a PS1 controller

edgy arrow
#

oh btw Peach thx for the Arthur 40 advice

#

i got the clear eventually

green citrus
#

I mean there's plenty of one-handed modded controllers that could work but I'm not gonna invest that just for a challenge lol

gaunt fiber
#

Did you know that Peach hit sub 8 with Arhur tho?

green citrus
true fable
#

ghaelwinds did a mouse only run

mossy zinc
#

I've also done sub 8 Heat with Excalibur. So what?

gaunt fiber
mossy zinc
#

Thank you. squirtdevious

edgy arrow
#

sub 8 heat? didn’t know it went that low

#

impressive

agile obsidian
#

What does sub 8 heat mean?

mossy zinc
#

It took a lot of mental preparation.

green citrus
#

Actually my 7:48 IGT was with 9 heat thank you very much. 🙂

mossy zinc
#

So not even a true sub 8.

#

Smh.

green citrus
#

lmaooo

gaunt fiber
#

7:48

#

Amazing

edgy arrow
#

that’s crazy

mossy zinc
agile obsidian
#

Right I got that part

#

but wut

gaunt fiber
#

Less than 8 minutes IGT @agile obsidian

agile obsidian
#

ok

shy gulch
#

wait @green citrus did u run FO2 on Arthur

#

for any heat

green citrus
#

Yes sir

true fable
#

madlad

shy gulch
#

man what

true fable
#

he big swing

edgy arrow
#

he convinced me to run it for 40

gaunt fiber
#

FO2 is necessary

edgy arrow
#

i was suspicious at first

gaunt fiber
#

It's way faster

edgy arrow
#

but it kinda works

silk blaze
#

FO2 is far above FO1 in actual difficulty right

true fable
#

also any build with zeus is gonna benefit because of jolted procs

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah it's a jump

agile obsidian
#

You just have to get used to it

green citrus
#

Believe it or not, I ran FO2 Arthur as one of my first heat pacts LUL

#

So I just got used to it

true fable
#

LOL

#

yeah fo2 was one of the first things i turned on

silk blaze
#

That's a way to make yourself get used to it, yeah

true fable
#

havent looked back

gaunt fiber
#

Did you know that some players don't run FO2 and high confidence on GY?

green citrus
#

I mean, HC on GY is 25 health my dude

mossy zinc
#

Checkmate, casual.

true fable
#

just get static discharge

gaunt fiber
true fable
green citrus
edgy arrow
#

yeah what is this “jolted” boon folks keep talking about

#

i’ve never seen it

gaunt fiber
mossy zinc
#

I see you don't play with AP2 like a true hardcore player.

#

As expected of a casual.

true fable
#

AP2 is for people who dont have enough going on in real life

gaunt fiber
edgy arrow
#

real pro gamers use AP3

agile obsidian
mossy zinc
#

Real pro gamers do boonless mirrorless.

true fable
#

tbh AP3 would be more beneficial for high heat sword

#

if it were an option i would consider taking it

#

hammers just suck

mossy zinc
#

Oh wow, there's only one person who submitted a boonless mirrorless run to the leaderboard.

edgy arrow
#

but then you have no dedge high roll

mossy zinc
#

Guess there's only one true Hades pro gamer. squirtdevious

agile obsidian
#

I need to try that

unreal comet
#

Thats impressive

edgy arrow
#

hoping i get dedge is like, the only thing keeping me going with nemesis 40

agile obsidian
#

So if I get a boon do I reset

spring kettle
#

if you do boonless and mirrorless which run clear message takes priority?

mossy zinc
spring kettle
#

the darkness free or olympian free one?

mossy zinc
#

There's no priority.

mossy zinc
#

It just picks one at random.

shy gulch
#

ur mom

green citrus
#

I think it's HadesProf right?

gaunt fiber
#

My mom?

spring kettle
#

And how possible would it be to do? Because mirror helps you roll away from boons

mossy zinc
green citrus
#

HadesProf has a boonless mirrorless clear I'm pretty sure. Dunno if he submits to this sheet though

edgy arrow
#

wasn’t the worst

#

only 8 heat ofc

gaunt fiber
#

I've never done boonless thanthink

#

is it fun

edgy arrow
#

ehhh

#

a bit?

#

gets slow late game

gaunt fiber
#

Time to switch off this Dark foresight

mossy zinc
#

Hadesprofessor submits to the high heat leaderboard.

agile obsidian
#

So do I reset if I get a boon?

gaunt fiber
#

No lol

edgy arrow
#

you just can’t use boons

green citrus
#

You just can't use whatever it gives you

agile obsidian
#

ok

gaunt fiber
#

You unbind the corresponding input

green citrus
#

Gives you dash=can't use dash

edgy arrow
#

so if you get an attack boon, don’t attack

agile obsidian
#

And then sell it if I can?

edgy arrow
#

then sell it when you can

agile obsidian
#

ok cool

spring kettle
#

and try to get a useless hermes boon if you have to

agile obsidian
#

Jesus christ this is going to be hard

spring kettle
#

or avoid hermes altogether

mossy zinc
green citrus
#

Speaking of HadesProf, he was working on 57 heat Hestia the other day. Wonder if he got it.

gaunt fiber
#

He's been working on that for a while

silk blaze
#

That's a scary category

gaunt fiber
#

Maybe 3-4 weeks

#

maybe more

edgy arrow
#

would 57 be the record?

gaunt fiber
#

but he was doing 50 heat at the same time

edgy arrow
#

can’t remember what Crepes got to

#

think it was 56

mossy zinc
#

Hadesprofessor's last submission was a couple weeks ago.

gaunt fiber
#

We got a 57 victory screen right?

north dove
#

I remember seeing someone get 57 not sure if recorded

mossy zinc
#

Pretty sure he usually submits right away.

#

Supahsemmie got 57 but no recording.

gaunt fiber
#

lemme get it real quick

mossy zinc
#

Can't say it's WR if we can't verify it, unfortunately.

#

It might be.

edgy arrow
#

oh yeah that was it

#

someone did 57 with no recording

true fable
north dove
#

oh they're accepting hell mode files now?

true fable
#

yeye

mossy zinc
#

That's the word, yes.

edgy arrow
#

is that just for 50 or everywhere

true fable
#

everywhere

gaunt fiber
#

Does someone plan to speedrun GY at 40?

edgy arrow
#

oh nice

green citrus
true fable
#

look if you wanna run CP1 JS1 at 40 i wont stop you

edgy arrow
#

valid point lol

gaunt fiber
green citrus
#

looooll, never to return?

gaunt fiber
#

exactly

#

free WR thx bye

north dove
#

maybe I will then, I'll have to see which runs were pre-patch and all

true fable
#

wasnt that on patch 1.0 astaos

gaunt fiber
#

OH NOES

edgy arrow
#

get the 40 wr with mirrorless GY

#

that’d mess up the meta

gaunt fiber
#

I have to do it again lmao

green citrus
#

Hahahaha

#

Rekt

gaunt fiber
#

the patch did not even matter for GY

#

like I was not using dad call

#

sigh

true fable
#

too bad boyo

#

you couldve

#

🧠

gaunt fiber
#

It's ok

#

I'll just grind mirrorless a bit someday

agile obsidian
#

32 heat SD or DD?

gaunt fiber
#

and submit a 40+

#

SD if LC4

#

DD if you have some LC2 plans

agile obsidian
#

right ok

edgy arrow
#

how practical do y’all reckon beo mirrorless 40 is

green citrus
#

I use DDs but lots of people use SD

edgy arrow
#

been toying with the idea

agile obsidian
#

um not fun im guessing

true fable
#

sounds tough but possible

green citrus
#

For 40, I think mirrorless is possible for lots of weapons. You just can't die lol

mossy zinc
edgy arrow
#

artticor managed RI3, so it should be doable

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah if you die, you're dead

#

Pin that pls

edgy arrow
#

just depends how much time i wanna waste ig lol

true fable
#

havent ohokwy and atticor both done mirrorless 32

#

with beo

edgy arrow
#

yup

true fable
#

or am i trippin

edgy arrow
#

we tryna make it a thing

mossy zinc
#

You can do it, but it's a very gimped Beowulf.

edgy arrow
#

truth

true fable
#

i thought the mirror was a crutch nyaanyaa

gaunt fiber
#

biggest crutch

mossy zinc
#

It is. Also Beowulf sucks.

agile obsidian
mossy zinc
#

Beowulf and I don't talk anymore.

gaunt fiber
#

I had the exact same thought yesterday when I submitted a mirrorless for the barrel roll

#

I tried to speedrun

#

Well 18 min it is lol

edgy arrow
#

i’ll admit me and beowulf’s special rarely talk these days

true fable
#

^

edgy arrow
#

nothing wrong with the rest of the aspect tho

true fable
#

i want to do slicing flare beowulf for when the barrel roll challenge reaches 40 heat

edgy arrow
#

that’s an amazing idea lmao

mossy zinc
#

You don't appreciate how much worse it is than before 1.0 lol.

gaunt fiber
#

Your all casts was fun

true fable
#

slicing flare is so much damage

#

:^)

edgy arrow
#

i only played pre nerf charged flight like once tho so fair

edgy arrow
#

op strat

#

clearly

true fable
#

you cant get it

edgy arrow
#

pls nerf

true fable
#

you have to spec into freezing vortex arctic blast

edgy arrow
#

lmaooo

true fable
#

hunting blades cant be offered for slicing flare sadly

#

idk why

edgy arrow
#

i have a physical need to see this at 40

#

if you don’t do it i will

true fable
#

lol

bronze viper
#

Whoah, ME in Tartarus, time to buy GME stock.

mossy zinc
#

That's a different ME.

bronze viper
#

😦 Long hill to climb back up. I can still more or less yolo 40 with bows but I'm failing runs at 20 with melee. I'm going to be pretty embarrassed if ME can't carry this all the way to the end.

silk blaze
#

I've been trying to do 24 with stygius and I feel that

true fable
#

nothing to be embarrassed about ledger

true fable
#

this is how your eyes install new drivers

halcyon flame
#

finally done 32 heat on all weapons

true fable
#

congrats spammy!

gaunt fiber
#

One more bot to the mix

#

nice

halcyon flame
#

i am officially decent™️ at this game

true fable
#

now do 40 squirtdevious

bronze viper
#

Lmao, don't even. I have progressive lenses now. Day 4. It legit feels like I'm installing drivers on dialup wifi

silk blaze
#

Speaking of, I've got to decide whether there's a good reason to take athena vs dio with dash strike nemesis

#

Phalanx shot, maybe?

mossy zinc
#

All weapons is not all aspects. dusa

#

Congratulations!

halcyon flame
#

only wish i took p.status because i got rupture and jolt but it was still pretty strong dusa

true fable
#

family favorite is better even if you end up with 2 statuses

bronze viper
#

Omg I didn't have to say it this time

true fable
#

depending on when you got the statuses

bronze viper
#

❤️

mossy zinc
true fable
#

ive been fighting the priv stat supporters at every front 😔 ✝️

edgy arrow
#

i haven’t used PS in an age

gaunt fiber
#

I believe PS is only optimal for tempest strike GY (sea storm etc)

mossy zinc
#

I've been using Privileged Status a lot lately.

bronze viper
#

PS is optimal for all sorts of builds. Practicality is the primary concern

halcyon flame
#

i got pos dash so i could easily trigger it

silk blaze
gaunt fiber
dire steppe
#

you can see other gods without taking their keepsake

mossy zinc
#

For all my runs that all start with the Eternal Rose. I don't always keep it on for the entire run.

gaunt fiber
#

Interesting

#

Keeping it is nice too

true fable
#

sounds like heresy to me

dire steppe
#

it’s not the eternal rose if you take it off

gaunt fiber
#

^

edgy arrow
#

sounds more like the tartarus rose

dire steppe
#

more like the eternal ruse

edgy arrow
#

switching out as soon as it’s convenient eh?

mossy zinc
#

Lady Aphrodite trusts me to guide her on a Lady Aphrodite run. Your words can't harm me. squirtnya

dire steppe
#

uhhh aren’t you being guided

gaunt fiber
#

lmao

mossy zinc
#

I guided her last night.

edgy arrow
#

i have no idea how Nyaanyaa’s religion works but it seems pretty sophisticated

mossy zinc
#

@gaunt fiber how come you weren't there to watch?

#

I actually learned quite a few things preparing for the run.

bronze viper
#

Is It even worth using empowered Dem fist special if you have ME + Greatest Reflexes? Or just dash more lol

mossy zinc
#

Hard to say tbh.

true fable
#

i use it to finish off some targets

#

depends on hammer for me

agile obsidian
#

At bosses I think its worth

#

Ocassionally

halcyon flame
#

if you get arty on special then yeah

bronze viper
#

No Explosive Upper so it feels just... worse.

true fable
#

your dash is going to go on cd at some point anyway so if it's safe i would do it at the end of your dash sequences

agile obsidian
#

I like kinectic launcher with dem fists

mossy zinc
#

Yeah, I probably wouldn't bother without Explosive Upper.

bronze viper
#

ME requires Divine Flourish, though technically I could sell and get something else

agile obsidian
#

Its fun to see your special kicks going flying

mossy zinc
#

Kinetic Launcher is good but overrated.

halcyon flame
#

kinetic launcher is also really nice on dem fists

true fable
#

yeah that sounds like a lot of work for something that wont add much to your dps ledger

halcyon flame
#

personally i think kinetic launcher are both equally great, they're just a bit different

agile obsidian
#

I just find it fun to use

bronze viper
#

Gotta go fast

true fable
#

i think you can work it in after expending all dashes

bronze viper
#

Kinetic Launcher is my favorite hammer in the game lol, but it's definitely not like... optimal. It's optimally fun though.

true fable
#

what else are you gonna do, stand there and punch them?

mossy zinc
#

Yeah, you can do a Dash-Upper after your last Dash-Strike.

gaunt fiber
#

Was fighting the kinetic fans earlier

#

As a Malphon expert I mean

true fable
#

i love kinetic

#

its more base damage

mossy zinc
#

You're no Malphon expert.

true fable
#

why mad

fallow stream
#

I have always debated what the best boon is for hadoken hammer

gaunt fiber
#

Nah was just saying that explosive upper was doing a better job

bronze viper
#

I like Heartbreak Strike + Deadly Flourish

true fable
#

deadly flourish is the way to go

gaunt fiber
fallow stream
#

Explosive upper is for sure best uppercut hammer... But when I hadoken I generally go Zeus

bronze viper
#

Thought the hadoukens hit too closely to proc flourish 5x

halcyon flame
#

explosive upper is stronger

#

hadouken is less boring

#

there i said it

gaunt fiber
#

It's not boring

#

It goes BOOM

halcyon flame
#

boom is lame

mossy zinc
#

@halcyon flame philistine.

bronze viper
#

He said less boring lol. Explosive Upper is plenty fun, but it's not a hadouken factory

halcyon flame
#

unless you can have kinetic AND explosive upper i stand by my statement

true fable
#

you cant

fallow stream
#

Also... Tempest flourish had utility on hadoken for cornering and getting breaking wave to trigger like crazy from a distance

bronze viper
#

SGG is anti-fun

true fable
#

each is exclusive with the other

#

tempest flourish sounds

#

bad

halcyon flame
bronze viper
#

SGG pls, let me have Triple + Twin + Explosive Shot. Pls

halcyon flame
#

eww explosive

bronze viper
halcyon flame
#

what do you mean i'm consistent

#

that my takes suck?

bronze viper
#

You no like boom booms

silk blaze
#

Explosions just good

fallow stream
#

The one cool thing about hadoken is that it has almost no animation, so you don't have to do anything to cancel out of it. Leaves you less exposed

halcyon flame
#

bbut explosive fire is good :( (((((

true fable
#

explosive fire is bad on eris

bronze viper
#

Does anyone know what exactly the Kinetic Launcher power shot does?

true fable
#

like extra bad

#

wym

#

the base damage is higher

true fable
#

thats about it

#

ohh like when you hold it down?

fallow stream
#

Yes

true fable
#

im pretty sure that doesnt do anything

#

i could be wrong though

bronze viper
#

I think you're right, it's why I asked lol

halcyon flame
#

it's nice to pull off at least

bronze viper
#

It feels good to do but I don't think it's worth it (other than for range)

vital grove
#

Charged special is nice tho

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah I don't powershot on GY skewer either

halcyon flame
#

i'd assume that the power shot deals more damage because it wouldn't make sense if it was just "more range"

fallow stream
#

Just try a fist combo and tap special with kinetic launcher... There's no cooldown, you can go right back into a combo, no exposure

#

It's significantly faster than the uppercut.

true fable
#

its about the same

#

as someone who likes both

bronze viper
#

Enlightened Malphon Centrist

fallow stream
#

E=MC...

true fable
#

🧠

fallow stream
#

Lol

#

The dumbest hammer is the Quake hammer. I'll take flying hammer more often than I take Quake... And flying hammer is bad. Only really works with Talos

true fable
#

the thing about quake cutter is

#

its kind of a lot of damage

#

like

bronze viper
#

They buffed it, right? Does it perform relevant game actions yet?

true fable
#

90?!

#

kind of a lot

daring hedge
#

i at least give points to quake for inheriting boon damage and effects

#

flaring spin pulses though? oof

true fable
#

yah

#

idk its not good

#

but its big dam

bronze viper
#

With regards to sword hammers, which hammers now apply to dash strikes? Piercing Wave does now, are they all like that?

daring hedge
#

yeah it's typically too awkward to be useful esp. at high heat

true fable
#

piercing wave and breaching

daring hedge
#

breaching slash also applies to dash-strikes, as well as hoarding

true fable
#

and then obviously dedge

#

really? hoarding?

#

thats the first im hearing of this

fallow stream
true fable
#

you know the funny thing about shadow slash

#

it tells you you backstab

#

like the backstab text comes up

#

and the damage is just

#

the same

fallow stream
#

Because it's only on the thrust

#

Which is dumb

bronze viper
#

Breaching is super dece though. Nice buff

daring hedge
true fable
#

neat

daring hedge
#

you can see it work in like haelian's huge hoarding slash damage vid

true fable
#

changes minorly my valuation of hoarding slash

daring hedge
#

yeah lol it's not huge in any practical situation still

bronze viper
#

It's better than close to literally nothing, which is what it offered before.

true fable
#

exactly lol

silk blaze
#

Still not particularly good

true fable
#

i value it above shadow

#

thats all

daring hedge
#

and still offers on arthur ron

gaunt fiber
daring hedge
#

hey now don't try to sell flaring spin to me

#

it was my first hammer with hades 52

fallow stream
#

I find double edge somewhat useless as well... I feel I have to wait too long for the 2x dash strike to land... I usually cancel out into another dash beforehand

true fable
#

?

#

uh

daring hedge
#

wh

true fable
#

who

gaunt fiber
#

Excuse me

bronze viper
#

¿

fallow stream
#

I'm not saying I don't like it

true fable
#

por que?

daring hedge
#

you said you find it somewhat useless

#

which is big ?

fallow stream
#

I'm just saying that I skip the 2x hit very often

bronze viper
#

I mean, I find Nemesis somewhat useless without it, so that's fair.

gaunt fiber
#

Oh yeah

true fable
#

i

#

ok

fallow stream
#

I tend to go for dash nova, double nova or super Nova

true fable
#

dedge is the only hammer that you need on sword

#

most of the time

#

lol

bronze viper
#

I wish the hammer didn't exist honestly. So the damage could just belong to the base sword

#

Because runs without it don't feel real

#

They feel... managed.

silk blaze
#

Is there any hammer other than the dash strike one that nemesis dash strike likes, I'm deciding against health

true fable
#

yeah

fallow stream
#

I like flurry slash over dedge most times

bronze viper
#

It doesn't add interesting gameplay lol. It just improves the best damage loop

true fable
#

flurry is one of the worst possible pickups lmao

#

along with cursed slash

daring hedge
#

flurry slash makes empty dashes needlessly difficult to pull off and i only consider it with cursed slash

bronze viper
#

Don't hate, flurry slash is good(tm) on Zagspect

sly remnant
#

i mean the problem with both sword and spear is that one hammer on both of them makes their base kit crap because the 2 hammers are insane

fallow stream
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Flurry + cursed or flurry + pierce wave is fun

gaunt fiber
sly remnant
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so they have to balance the rest of the weapon around one hammer on each of them

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and ultimately hurt the weapon

bronze viper
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I think spear is mostly fine the way it is.

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Or I think Hades aspect is mostly fine the way it is

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lol

daring hedge
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hades and GY be like [do not get flurry jab]

north dove
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flurry slash is the worst sword hammer at high heat, significantly worse than cursed slash

bronze viper
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The other 3 are... very specific in their requirements

true fable
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hades and gy bad

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send tweet

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flurry jab good

daring hedge
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retrash is right honestly

north dove
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yes

gaunt fiber
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Damn

daring hedge
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i know he's said it before, but i tried it myself on nem/zag sword 50/51 and like

fallow stream
daring hedge
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it's awful

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it feels bad

gaunt fiber
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What do you pick then

true fable
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it bricks your dash strike combo

sly remnant
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^

fallow stream
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You can facetank like crazy... It's like a win button

bronze viper
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Does Cursed work on dash strikes too now?

true fable
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you literally cannot do special > dash strike dash strike with flurry slash

gaunt fiber
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Yeah but I'm used not to dash strike on Zag with flurry

true fable
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it does not

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sorry to say ledger

bronze viper
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Womp womp

true fable
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ez resets though

sly remnant
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any sword hammer that says "slash" only works on normal standing attacks

true fable
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except breaching

bronze viper
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And hoarding

daring hedge
bronze viper
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lol

fallow stream
silk blaze
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Where is world splitter in all this

bronze viper
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I love Stygius. What a masterpiece.

sly remnant
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HOARDING WORKS ON DASH????

daring hedge
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yes

gaunt fiber
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Yeah

true fable
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world splitter also bricks your combo

sly remnant
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i knew about breaching

gaunt fiber
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World Splitter enables the real game

sly remnant
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i did not know about hoarding

true fable
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manthro what heat are you using flurry divine on lol

daring hedge
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world splitter enables true unga bunga sword

silk blaze
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I've got a build that's only missing heart rend that's being offered hoarding slash, double nova, and world splitter

gaunt fiber
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Bonk bonk bonk bonk bonk bonk

north dove
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at least world splitter does good damage and doesn't remove iframes from your dash

true fable
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world splitter crits on nem

daring hedge
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yeah