#h1-high-heat-strategies
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okay died to tisiphone
it’s possible to beat tisiphone tho
asphodel would be the end tho
I died in Elysium
and it was a bad run, hopefully it'll be useful
don't make fun of me too hard lol
Even though I watch good rama play I can't match it at all oh well
I'll record a second one too but yeah
Video is uploading now
it'll upload in like 4 mins
Trying to win 32 heat in Hades is humbling, I feel like my only 32 win was a fluke :/
What's keeping me going is that the 40+ heat people have been in my shoes once too
I'm venting about me being bad but I do want to maybe be good enough to streak 32 or something
@solar maple you told me to ping you
warning: very bad play
Not sure if I should have disabled comments or not, I'm not familiar with youtube
havent watched the full run yet, but just judging from early tartarus i feel like you're powershotting too much
how do I know when to power shot
like you kept getting hit in the sneak fight because you were trying to aim a powershot at em
when the enemy has a big health bar
i was told to practice power shotting to "avoid bad habits"
that is true
it makes you learn the timing
but dont powershot all the time
most enemies will die with a non-powershot, especially in tartarus
so should I have targeted the wringer while the sneak was tagged?
or would the sneak have died in like a couple non power shot hits
the latter
i think I may be underestimating non power shot hits
i'm still learning rama
i didn't think non power shot would 2HKO sneak
but that would make sense
so when should I power shot
also you can just let go of the attack button if you feel like youre gonna get hit
safety is important when doing higher heats
oh right I was locked in place power shotting
better to miss and avoid damage
then try to hit and get hit
this may seem obvious to you but I'm learning a lot 🙂
I noticed that I was chasing down enemies, do enemies spawn in consistent locations based on rooms
or no
I think its based on where you're standing in the room
unless you're dashing across the room while they spawn i don't think they'll ususlly appear that far off your screen
i think I am a bit too dash happy
about dash attacks, do the dash i frames end right when I press attack
or even before that
does anyone else get tilted after failing a lot? I know it's objectively my own fault
i need to not get tilted somehow
Are my pacts okay
the ones I chose in the beginning
if not any feedback on the pacts
Power shots are essential when it’s time to really put something on its ass
iirc dash attacks do not give iframes
But Rama is quite powerful by itself. Not alwaaaaays mandatory
Especially with certain hammers
lol happens to me all the time, i usually just chill by taking a break or playing low heat
Someone explained to me that your iframes end the moment your dash becomes your dash attack, and that’s the difference maker
plus, after grinding 32 ive realized my speedrun times are much better
since ive learned enemy patterns
huh, interesting
Yeah I had a specific question about when that switch flipped and that’s what I was told
It’s a 1337 player tech to manipulate those two to maximize safety
ESP with sword apparently
@unique zephyr idle suggestion, but at 32 if you can hack TD3, FO2 is going to save you a lot of heartache trying to make that heat up elsewhere
Also hit up BP2 for sure
I would invest heavily in CF and even 2 stacks of JS to get away from that damage
Maybe even some DC
You’d be surprised how versatile Rama is and how much it can handle. If you’re using shared suffering right, extra enemies in rooms aren’t going to be much of a problem. Your main concern is time at that point tbh, but that’s where Rama’s blessed kit shall carry you through with its huge damage
Only specific for FO2 EM3 is you neeeed something from Hermès to help with Asterius
DC is fine but dc2 is just incredibly annoying
Otherwise he is a nightmare if you don’t have enough mobility
You can still avoid him without hermes boons
You can, but boy I prioritize it for him alone
oh man I get so tilted so easily
I was scared to start a game about dying over and over but look where we are now pff
Lol you just gotta get through the first few
I had heard hades was good but then I heard it was about failing a lot and was so very hesitant
I am not the type to take losses lightly
Lol my previous roguelike to this was Gungeon so this game is a blessed salve with its difficulty curve
You’re actually kind of supposed to win this game eventually lol
First losses are tilting, then they are just tears on the ocean
If you want to just beat 32 Heat, you should skip FO2 entirely from what I've seen. You play very hectic and reckless. You keep holding down Special when a Longspear is already right on top of you instead of marking them with your Special once, dashing out of the way, and placing as well as timing your Powershots safely from there on.
^^^^^ she has spoken
There's no point in holding down your Special. You only need to mark your targets once.
The only times you want to hit enemies with your Special more than once is to finish them off quickly if they like a pixel of HP after an Attack or if it's e.g. a group of Numbskulls that you can just kill very quickly with your Special alone.
Your #1 goal should be to not take damage and study enemy behavior to figure out good moments to place a Power-Shot.
this is great advice for lots of folks, me included
How To Bow, in a sentence
Speed comes from how well you can execute things after that, not from playing reckless and just trying to hit things without respecting their attacks.
Yeah if you do a powershot and take damages in return then it's not a good one
Any exchange of damage at 32 is a bad one really
An exchange is a loss for you, period
Especially if LC4 is involved
Just don’t get hit brah 😉
I know schad's pinned message has guidelines, but does anyone have a sample pact at 32 for chiron / guan yu? I know they're quite different aspects, but I want to build my way up point by point for each and don't really know where to start.
I also recommend you take Lucky Tooth into Elysium if you don't have a DD from Lady Athena.
Nyaanyaa's 32 Heat Guide
HL5 LC4 CF2 EM3 BP2 MM UC TD3
Stubborn Defiance
Eternal Rose > Owl Pendant > Lucky Tooth/Acorn > Acorn
There. 
I'd take that for both.
dope, thank you nyaanyaa!
Chiron wants Heartbreak Strike into either Drunken Flourish or Deadly Flourish, but a lot of things can work on Special at 32. Getting Divine Dash and DDs from Lady Athena in Asphodel will be huge for safety, hence the Owl Pendant there.
For Guan Yu, you take the higher rarity one out of Heartbreak Strike and Heartbreak Flourish, then try to get Charged Skewer or Quick Spin.
And ideally the other one out of Deadly Strike or Deadly Flourish for Heart Rend.
Zeus' Aid + Smoldering Air is also great.
okay, that sounds like a pretty solid strat! I can't wait to get to practice, cause high heat is a really cool challenge to me
Deadly strike Guan Yu is really fun in a spin build
oo
And strong
and I'm assuming the typical places to spend rolls are if I see none of these strong options
I'm assuming between the two charged skewer is like.. overwhelmingly powerful but I've had fun with quick spin too
definitely agree, I feel like GY is just.. so strong sometimes
which is of course the reason for the hp balance
Sometimes it feels like Zag Sword
And you have to deal damage by any means
Like call, support fire shenanigans, jolted, rupture etc
yeah
there's two sides to the coin for sure
and I feel like I actively unga bunga less on GY even though that has been my playstyle in many games for a LOOONG time
I’m going to practice FO2 more. I only cleared twice with FO2 practicing with BP2, MM, and EM3
Hope I can get that more consistent with more grinding
Because FO2 would be really nice if I don’t get hit as often so I can skip out on TD3 for now
I’ll do some more timerless runs and just watch the enemies
Fo2+ td3 actually work really well together
I may turn off benefits package to practice at first
What makes you say that?
About them working together
Well FO2 makes the game faster
^^^
The ideal time to hit is during the enemy recovery animation btw right?
With any charged attack I would bait a group of enemies and powershot everyone when on recovery yeah
^^^
Keep in mind that to hit them during their recovery, you often need to start charging your Attack as they start their own Attack. Otherwise, they'll recover before you can get a shot off.
I'd recommend doing at least TD2 if you're gonna practice no-hitting.
You might lose a few runs like that, but it will show you when you're wasting too much and need to maybe figure out a way to be more aggressive.
It’s tough, but it really, really is worth it. I promise you
It will do one thing that almost none of the other pacts do nearly as directly, and that is make you a better, more nimble player
Bacchus since you can't play that much I'd recommend to play at the highest difficulty available for you
runs will be quick
But prepare to be roflstomped by the increased clock the first couple times through
but you'll learn a lot
@gaunt fiber nice name, by the way.

Finally someone who isn't a casual.
Are you a casual?
Thank you for very much, Queen of Hades.
Damned trash stinking up the server
Hmhmhjhm
Astaos was miserable on Hades... Until he found out the true hidden aspect of the spear
Mods, please
.
Now he's imperdable
We could use a good pogrom around here 😜
Imperdable.
[imperdable]
It's not English lol.
Indeed
It's state of mind
He's not english neither
He’s french/spanish
@true fable @thick lark @plush scaffold @spice lava @lusty mirage can explain
My spanish is top tier
We Americans have to step up our game
Hey
Hey.
What's going on
This was supposed to be a vehement protest
Astaos = 🤖
Astabot you mean?
His name is Astaos.
Astaos | Hardcore Guan Yu Player.
That's his name.
The | is silent.
It's silent indeed, thanks for reminding everyone
The H is also silent because he's French.
So many people pronounce it
Trying my best but it's tough
‘Ardcore guan oo player
Gwayn eauu
Astaos that’s awesome where in France do you live
My cousin lives somewhere in the alps as a hippie mountain guide
I want to visit him someday
Aurash trying to doxx people.
Nah it’s just one of the reasons I actually enjoy discord
Lmao
You really do meet people from damned everywhere
Y’all would never guess where one of the players I’ve talked to here is from. It’s a true global experience ❤️
"Before I can give you tips for 32 Heat, tell me your social security number."—@sullen minnow, 2021
I will do it then. I felt like I was getting better slowly, I only cleared twice with FO2 I want to get more consistent with it
Oh yeah
I do find myself enjoying having my reactions tested more
Someone say "imperdable"?
Lord BSK is approaching
In a strange way
ive met people from every continent on discord tbh, its pretty insane
well, except africa and antartica
Although EM3 Asterius on FO2 feels impossible to dodge
His charge move
Do I just lead him into a pillar
Oh yeah he goes around the pillar
That is what kills me a decent amount in FO2 runs
Patrollin', trying to catch me ridin' dirty. 

Mini boss or boss
What do you mean by inconsistent attack
It does feel like what worked one time doesn’t always do so
and will go hyperdrift to end your miserable life
Nyaanyaa location confirmed
I did manage to beat Dad without losing an SD the two times I beat him
So I can dodge dad
Decently well at FO2
Yeah Dad is fair
Makes sense. Thing is it if go to EM2 I need to make up the heat elsewhere
Embrace TD3
Hoy pardner
I feel like when I go faster I start dying more
Ridin down in da south
You'll go faster as you understand your aspect. Along with the pausing thing, taking free rooms etc
I want to be good at a variety of aspects, that all takes time. Would you agree with who said learning FO2 is worth it in the long run?
...I think I’ll do EM2 and see
Because it’s really asterius that’s the main problem
And some benefits package combos
The first time I got into Asterius FO2
You can also have a save file for practice
At 40 having and being good at fo2 is amazing
But asterius is harder to deal with
I cried in this channel, not gonna lie
That's 50 Cent. He's from NYC. 
Baj?
This is why I really enjoy Acorn for Elysium
Same
yeah
And mini boss arena is smaller
Pray not to get him :)
I struggle vs Asterius as a miniboss, much better in the final fight
Oh wow
I’m trying
I did not see it coming
It is good that I recognize the problem now
I didn’t realize till a bit ago that asterius specifically was a problem
For FO2
Yeah same
In the actual fight i have the acorn to soak up Vicky chonky damage
Dying Hyper speed asterius is hilarious sometimes though
In a laugh to not cry way
Yeah, Acorn should be what's packed during Elysium
Just getting chonked
The only reason I considered skull was because of asterius mini boss
Tbh
Lucky Tooth is the go-to for Elysium at high heat at this point unless you already have DDs, and even then sometimes.
To me the tooth helps more for the rooms than miniboss
Both can be a problem.
And by the time you get to the boss, there's a chance you already have Touch of Styx Dark anyway.
It heals Guan Yu back to 100 HP at least, so that's nice.
Just get Heroic Life Affirmation.
Yeah this is what I meant when I said EM3 FO2 demands some kind of Hermès
You can do the fight without, but it's difficult.
Or very good dodge skill
Aphrodites really likes to offer me crush shot
But usually she's offering me good stuff
Then you should take it and be grateful.
But yeah I’m interested in going faster
I mean dodge skill in the “player skill” sense
To make TD3
You can do anything, it’s up to you
Since I want to be more efficient
In my play
But I’m not sure how, is it just practice
You’re on the right thinking track @unique zephyr
Crush shot is fine but not so useful with shackle
Td3 and FO2 are inherently complimentary if you can tolerate the latter
I wish i could make a save file to practice the hades fight
Mods brah
Ez clap
well you can
How specifically? Besides increased spawn time
without any mod
Spawn and enemy speed
I really need to learn how to better i frame his attacks
Someone should pin a saving tutorial
On switch?
For practicing
well
An enemy that approaches you faster is theoretically one that you kill faster
I have PC
Ah switch rip
Goodbye switch player
Lmao that’s what i was saying
I’m in your boat too pengy
I wish i could do that
So I can do the method if it’s PC only
I feel your pain
I can’t even record
It’s why I got it for pc
Uhhhghuhuh
But there's cross save now
Just for the extra credit
Sometimes it feels like asphodel enemies run away from me
but yeah does not matter in your case
Faster enemies can also mean less time to do Power Shots. FO2 is not always necessarily faster. Top speedrunners don't always take FO2.
Specifically the ones that shoot waves
Honestly yeah that is a legit drawback
You’ve got me there
Because they're afraid
Certain things start to suck with FO2
I mentioned that because it takes away so much time for me
But goku isn’t goku because he trained without his weights on
I hope I don’t sound whiny I’m not I want to git gud
They called me mad because I was running high confidence FO2 Guan Yu
I appreciate the pointers
FO2 on Rama is not gonna make things faster at all if you're not used to the aspect, quite the opposite.
Fair
You'll just end up getting stunned out of all your Power Shots.
Anything that impedes your efficiency with a weapon will slow you down by definition
Yes
I want to do 32 for each weapon (one aspect of each). Is Poseidon sword okay with FO2
And or TD3
I like hyper sprint Rama because I can be a bad player and still power shot 🙃
I think I’ll FO1 while I’m getting used to Rama
And suck up TD3
Maybe?
I actually don’t know what to adjust pact wise or if I need to
FO1 is still def doable
But what Astaos said
Honestly though long term you will develop flexibility as a player like that
Where you will be able to adapt and switch your timing gears up on the fly
Question: if I learn FO2 timings then if I go down in FO will that mess those up too
So its maybe not the worst thing if it’s what’s going to help you right now
It will be easier
For long term advice see what I just said
I never thought I’d be even this good
you will have to relearn timings
But I remember taking a hit from Hades at FO0 because he was just too slow
But you will ultimately have to learn and unlearn and relearn everything you know as a player 1000 times in this game to be great
How do I develop the ability to have flexibiltity
If you want to practice your speed and learn enemy behavior with Rama, take EM2 FO0 TD3 and go for consistent sub 15 no matter how many tunnels you get. That's a good pace.
First world problems
And that’s a kind of muscle memory you will naturally begin to develop with experience over time
So don’t worry yourself too hard on it
Intense gaming
I have never gone sub 15 ever not even no heat
So I will need a lot of help and stuff to work on
Go die. Then die again. Die 1000 more times and you will change and grow as a player
You may not notice it, but one day you will get back up from being knocked on your ass without even realizing it and you will have improved yourself that day
That’s what Gitting Gud means
You'll hit a wall at some point though
and then you'll have to think about your playstyle
A wall named 50 heat guan yu
True, it’s important to challenge yourself and keep trying to reinvent what you think is right
That’s where and how you learn flexibility as a player
Please cgull 
Practice doesn’t make perfect. Good practice makes perfect
When the things that worked for you before are taken away and you have to adapt to your new situation
how do you create practice saves btw? I want to practice chariots and greatshields
Congrats Schad
Get to Hades, copy your Profile1_Temp.sav, make a second or third profile or whatever, overwrite Profile2.sav with the temp save from your first profile.
Credits to Nyaanyaa
This is actual professional level advice for free
Yes, that’s why I’m asking how to do good practice
Which is why I’m making sure I’m practicing the right things
I hope I’m approaching this right
Asking questions of yourself is the easiest way
Mindset wise
Why did I get hit there
In a phrase, “challenge yourself, and what you think is right”
Also watching others
If I feel pushed that’s a good thing then
because dracons
I do like that feeling
Oh btw
muscles don’t grow from not being used
Pretty much all of my play style is lifted from watching other players
How do you people evade the barrage from Lernie
Dash
No I mean every projectile
Get behind that 'lil hydra
I lost like 50 HP in 2 seconds to drakons on an any heat run last night. Idk why my shield didn’t proc
It won't turn around fast
They were spaced out perfectly
Thanks Baj
I guess
Usually I can iframe half of it and then I somehow hide
It’s funny how dracons and wave makers go from a joke to terrifying all because of forced overtime
Speeder wavemakers :)
Well, being on 20-30 ish HP makes them a lot worse
Like legitimately funny
can't just shrug 'em off
Thanks astaos
Speeder slamdancers are funny too
Instant-transmission Elysium greatswords will always be a mystery to me
@unique zephyr about practice, there's this thing called active learning (vs passive learning)
maybe astaos can tell you about it since I spent 50 messages talking to him about it
The teleporting BP is a mystery for me. Sometimes mobs are geniuses, sometimes they just crash into a wall or something
This is the current any heat WR. Notice how they use the Special very sparingly just to tag something quickly for Shared Suffering, then Attack something else (the enemies that are marked will take damage anyway) or just quickly finish them off with an Attack, and often they don't bother applying Shared Suffering at all when it's not necessary.
Not sure if that’s a joke or not
The fight will be easier with deflect. My strategy is to crush them as soon as possible because if the fights takes too long, it only gets worse
What is “this” referring to
In your sentence
So I gladly sacrifice my SD to deal damage
I don’t see a link or anything
Elysium is an experience best served not at all like just skip every room
Woops lol.
I think I get it kind of, making videos helps with that and lately I’ve been actually replaying rooms of other youtube heat videos
And analyzing how someone dodged it or got the power shot off
Thanks!
Also they clear most chambers right where they can see all exits and dash there with 1-2 dashes, hit pause immediately to look at the exits, then unpause and head directly for the exit of their choice. No time wasted there.
TL;DR: passive learning is just doing the thing you want and slowly getting better
A lot of getting faster is just practice, practice, practice, ultimately.
I’m going to look out for all that, this helps a lot
active learning is specifying what you want get better at and using strategies to accelerate learning
Thanks for pointing that out that’s more helpful than you may know
So learning with a specific intent?
analogy: for a basketball player, passive would be keep playing 5v5 with your friends
you'll get better slowly
I just realized 64 heat is impossible
I don't. I just whiff my Meg summon and then kill them quickly before they can kill me. 
active learning would be something like doing dribble drills, free shoot drills, learning defence strategies, etc
How are you supposed to go without an SD?
which helps you learn faster
One dash, no SD
Passive would be like just playing basketball right?
What would you even route to make it easier?
and than identifying where you lack, and get better at that, repeat until it becomes muscle memory
The biggest problem isn't the lack of death defiance
I think I understand schlad
It's the timer
anyway that's the short of it
What you are saying
cool that's good
hello mr baj
how are we doing today
haven't seen you around lately
doing ok
The thing is I don’t always know what I lack
So I’m glad people are pointing it out, I’m okay
No pain at the moment
Just chillin
This is why i wish i could make a save file
Baj is always around lurking.
I want to practice hades spins and attacks
He'll react to your message if you post something witty like I do all the time.
Honestly if you want to give yourself advice, you’d be astounded at how much you pick up about your own play by watching your own replays
Free rooms so you can play safer. Big damage boons and hammers to counteract Approval process
So, well, that's not gonna happen to you, I guess, my mistake.
Still have to do the boss fights
Which includes EM4 CP2 with no death defiance outside of keepsakes
So, still hard
I literally said baj shield once and he appeared
But you have a shot
He is always lurking
👀
You'd definitely get Epic Hyper Delivery or Epic Greatest Reflex if you're routing.
I find that when I can’t find a solution to what I’m doing wrong sometimes it helps to just sit and watch myself. You’d be surprised at the little things you’re doing that you won’t ordinarily catch because you’re in a state of flow
Heck, chaos would be good
Plus things like Stubborn Roots.
Very common practice in my former life
Because his keepsake makes chaos gates free
like FO2 asterius charge discussion we had
And, since you'd know ahead of time what you'd get ... it's free chaos estate
Beowulf with 5 bloodstones in Tartarus.
Let's go
Poggers
- Mirage Shot.
Baj do you want hyper delivery with a single dash or more dashes
And only + Cast damage from there on.
Hyper Delivery on Aegis for sure. You have Bull Rush.
Just asking his preference for a 64 heat run
Bearing in mind you may not get rush delivery until elysium @honest kernel
I'm used to just skip Hermes outright unless I need a boon to sell
so 
Hyper Delivery could be the play, yeah
We could do heroic dashes hehehehehe
I’ll start doing that now then
And take replays of each my runs now
The answer is Greatest Reflex + Rush Delivery + 10x Ignited Ichor.
I will have questions though watching my own replays
I’m glad to have people answer them, if I have questions I’ll upload and specify a time stamp
@gaunt fiber https://gyazo.com/cc1ffd3c07f5788f80c35f18a1dc34d7 Altho it isn't the best example, notice how the head barely moves even tho I get behind it, while it does the barrage
You'll want to dash to the other side as he's winding up, so that you avoid the first hits
And he'll whiff the rest because of his angle
I mean if you give me Poseidon's Aid... 
lmao
But I get it, thanks!
But you can just dash to the other island
And it should work ok
The idea is that you just avoid his firing angle
this is currently the worst attack for me
"Just don't get hit like I didn't when I was fully invincible."
I did say it wasn't the best example. Just wanted the gif to show that the head barely turns
And that you can take advantage of that
You just wanted an excuse to show off your surfing skills.
send them
m sure you're building up towards them.
https://gyazo.com/d891535a4c0e773daaa6920cd0dad277 Oldie, but neat
I have a few other gifs that do that *much *better
This is obviously a teaser.
Hm
What did I say?
lmao
For all intents and purpose, it wasn't an insult
ik ik
Bots shouldn't be fighting among themselves.
I didn't realize Baj was also so very predictable.
If only I had that excuse
@mossy zinc one thing I noticed from watching the speed run video and thinking about my play is that Rama special bounces off and hits multiple enemies, I, not sure how far they can be from each other for all to be tagged
Or in what positions relative to each other
Since I don’t see the individual bullets of the special bounce off, just the shared suffering indicator afterwards
Sorry, I didn't think you would take this so literally. If an enemy would die without a power shot, you should do that, but I thought you meant not going for powershots in the beginning of rooms. Also, against Sneak, it's very difficult to get power shots in general. With Rama I typically aim to use a companion in that room.
um
Sorry, I tend to take things a bit too literally, my fault. I didn’t mean that sorry for miscommunication
Wait what
is this a fresh file thing
I don't know the specifics of Rama's bounce tbh. It bounces to enemies close-by is good enough for me.
no gems allowed in fresh file
or nectars
what is this
I’ll pay attention to when and when it doesn’t tag multiple then
darkness + keys are the only available blue laurel rewards on first run
so it fills it with food
I vaguely remember seeing that early on
had no idea this was a thing lol
pretty valuable in first run actually
Very very vaguely now that you showed me
That’s what I mean like if it doesn’t tag them notice how far they are
So I know more intuitively later?
Just a mental note
Maybe
Sure.
But yeah if they are close it will happen since I didn’t think it would happen as often as it did
So my special was inefficient
But now I know I don’t have to use it as much
Just enough as necessary
Don't think too deeply about it. The #1 thing for improving is just playing a lot and setting goals that force you to push yourself beyond what you're currently capable of.
Yeah, pretty much.
Ah ok, so if I feel like I’m consciously pushing myself on specifi things I’m doing it right then
Thanks for everyone’s patience
Also, re: what people were saying before, about choosing TD2 and playing defensively over TD3 and playing aggressively with more risk, my Rama videos are very much the former if you want to emulate a style closer to what you're going for
And being more specific than git gud
Good to know
I can do the latter but defensive play is my default if I want to win.
I think I’d feel a bit more comfortable being defensive personally I’ll watch those vids
What is Tail’s style described as
Both
Yeah I was thinking it was a good blend of both
He plays "defensively" by finding the correct opportunity to get the most damage
I sacrifice potential damage to not get hit but get safe shots in.
I do notice he finds the right time to dash right in front of them
He times it just right
In the right spot
I did notice that the charge shot went off in the enemy recovery animation
Or just after
But if you try to emulate that without enough basic knowledge of animations or your own timings, you'll just get stun locked and die
It's probably (?) more important to know the enemy animations over the aspect itself. That information transfers really well to everything else too.
Optimal.
Efficient.
Obviously he still makes mistakes, but he doesn't make a lot of them. He doesn't waste time, and he doesn't get hit.
Most of the time.
But trying to emulate optimality before you have the baseline is like watching a big grand finals match for a fighting game, and trying to emulate the decisions of the players 1-to-1 to win games. IF you have enough game knowledge, that approach is actually fine, but if you don't, you don't see the risks they took, or why they made the decisions they do.
But you start asking yourself good questions.
It's somewhat different because fighting games have a human opponent, AI is a lot more predictable.
foxy
Foxy indeed
You can use the same tactics on every Greatshield.
Predictable sometimes at least. It is hard to balance all of the different potential animations and attack timings of lots of enemies on the screen so it does end up being quite a lot like a fighting game in the end.
speaking of fighting games, some people have started referring to the period in which you don't have your casts on a cast weapon as the "Neutral game"
which i think is funny and sort of accurate
Yeah I end up going footsies against Elysium shades pretty often lmao
*disclaimer: You can't afford to do that on TD3 lol. Unga bunga must kill them asap.

Lol, every time I watch speedruns since I started playing again I always wonder how they can possibly get through rooms so quickly then I forget that I can't turn CP1 and JS1 off
i did a run with no JS today
one tartarus room had two louts in it
that was all
they weren't even elite
it felt like cheating
"why is this taking 40% longer on average???"
yeah 2 lout tart rooms early are great on JS0
the best though are chamber 12 rooms with 4 elite louts
and that's it
louts good value tbh
I mean those rooms are fast. Going home speed run
are they tho
If they're elite lol
there are a million of them and they spread out over the entire room
Yeah normal witch rooms take forever
yeah if they're elite its a different story
Also lol watching the Rama speedrun, I was like... wait wtf why don't I charge powershots while enemies are spawning it's so fast. Derp, it's been many moons since I've played without DC2
lol
that's why i ran DC0 on my rama 40
a bad idea? probably
but one shotting things as they spawn just feels so good
So if I want to finish around a 15 minute pace around what time should pass in game when I leave Elysium?
That’ll help me calculate average time per chamber
Don't need Rama needs DC or anything in particular for 40.
Styx time is variable
Which is why I’m wondering what time I should be exiting Elysium by for my TD3 goal
Probably something like 10~12 min.
I don't expect you'll hit sub 15 on your first couple tries. You'll get a feel for it when you get faster as you play more.
Sub 15 with DC 2 is kinda hard
It's not sub 15 with DC2. It's just sub 15 with EM2 and TD3. It's a good goal to work towards for practice.
I admit I’ve never speedrun anything before but at least this is just playing much more efficiently more than fancy speedrun tech
Which I want to and I think can learn to do
Yeah, you can do it! 
12 minutes out of elysium is an average of 20 seconds a chamber, 10 is around 17
From my calculations
Thanks for the encouragement!
I appreciate it a lot 🙂
Friend chambers stop the timer, and shops and fountains you can pass through very quickly.
Chaos Gates are your friends, too.
Yeah I was thinking that must by why free rooms are so important
Because then I can take more time in the non free rooms
Thanatos will also stop the timer.
Speedrunners turn off TD for any heat because survival rooms stop the timer, and TD disables survival rooms, but since you want to play on high heat, I think it's good to have TD3 on and get used to that pacing.
^^^
Ah ok, that makes sense then. I know forced overtime speeds up spawns, FO1 speeds it up enough right? I see many speed runners use FO1
I notice especially on normal speed spawns take precious seconds
FO1 is popular.
For heat completion FO2 is jut worth way too much to not take
But yeah it's kind of moot if you just die with FO2 on lol
I’m thinking of first learning FO2 enemy patterns and then optimizing speed
Because I can’t really optimize speed if I can’t dodge well right
Right
I like that this game has so much to learn
Gives richness to the game long after the story 🙂
It's also fun to watch other people learn alongside you. It's a pretty solid investment, lots of people in this channel including me started off as the people asking a billion questions
Right now where you're at, getting sub 15 is less a matter of taking FO for spawn rates than player skill.
I'd say you'll be faster with FO0 just because you'll have a lot more room for error.
FO0 on Rama is pretty broken since you get all the time in the world to line up nutty power shots, and they can't move out of the way fast enough typically
But if practicing FO is fun, absolutely do that. 
Is today Hermes cup?
Yeah
considering 32 heat hera just to get it out of the way at some point
i've gotten slightly less bad at using it so i might just do a trippy flare build
Crush shot is better imo
i just kinda haven't tried crush shot
i like true shot because i mostly don't have to aim
is blown kiss good with hera?
you have to actually hit the target with the arrow before the casts come out so for blown kiss to work you'd just have to charge your shots in a very weird and specific way so they at least take more damage from the first hit
so is it basically just more range for crush shot?
blown kiss is buggy with hera, can make the cast come out weird/not hit sometimes
it should be avoided
so you just scale crush shot as much as possible?
aside from duos but dang that's pretty barebones
The main issue with crush shot on other weapons is that it's a melee cast which kind of defeats the purpose
Hera turns it into artillery
crush shot is definitely very good for high heat when making an adequate cast build becomes very difficult
or just very luck-dependent
Though aiming is definitely an issue on Crush Shot Hera
ap2 ri1 🥲
It's very very possible to miss
yeah you really wanna get greater recall if you can
yeah
At 1/8 the range
Hera bow tho
rarity dont matter on crush shot
Oh ye
crush shot barely scales with rarity
On Hera nothing rangewise matters
The ol pom bomb
exactly
crush shot is actually preferable
since your casts dont go flying into the far corners of asphodel
might be rip current
Maybe peer pressure
Blown what now
rip current is really nice
Though new players might take peer pressure because they think it does things
blown kiss is probably generally less worth taking
It's just rare to see
yeah i'd say probably rip current
you can at least get blown kiss prereq first boon selection without rolls
^
not so for rip current prereq
bad influence is really bad
Most of dio's tier 2s are garbo
bad influence can be insanely good
I don't think it's Rip Current lol, mostly because most builds would always take Poseidon's Aid if given the choice to
oh you know what
it might be high tolerance
bad influence is decent on js lol
yeah it's not that we think rip current is bad or that people don't look for it
i probably account for 50% of high tolerance takes alone
it just never shows up when you want :)
just because of dio beo anybeat grinding
Playing at 50 heat seems so sad
is high tolerance the one the makes you take less damage standing in fog?
thats the one
high tolerance can be good at high heat beo
i got that for the first time in ages on my baby hestia 50 lol
Yeah my vote is High Tolerance. Seeing as how it's the only boon I have yet to get in the game in HM lmao
pom targeted it too
tbh ive come around to 50 heat playstyle
The pom target!
personally i just wanna take all the damage reductions i can get
you just make the most of what ya got
Yeah I mean it's some good core fundamental Hades
and also sometimes what ya got is sea storm splitting bolt
But I was thinking about that time I got rip current smoldering air
Surfin USA
yeah if you're bright you get good duos
didnt u get scint feast in tart or something
if you're not bright then tough luck
tailesque you got LP in tart on poseidon sword
hmmmm
lp?
you needed to channel your inner hadesprof
lmao
60
is it not 70?
it's 60 yeah
oh maybe i was factoring in ff damage
lightning rod is 70
like
im guessing lightning phalanx
its probably better once you get your hades phd
oh yeah lightning phalanx is great
tailesque when telling his friends about his hades exploits
I always need to remind myself everyone was around where I was. The one reason I’m hesitant about playing on FO0 is because I heard I have to unlearn everything muscle memory wise going up and down, how true is that, like FO0 practice won’t be completely worthless once I increase the speed right?
Like I hear about the timings getting messed up but not sure how much or anything
I mean it'll be an adjustment if you have to go back but not like a huge margin.
Though there will be very sparing instances where you go back
At least with heat completion.
For speedrunning or if you're on medium high heat Excalibur etc. FO0/1 is a lot more common
You'll still learn how things work with FO0, but you have to improve with steps. If you're just instantly dying with FO2 then you're not learning much. If you get really comfortable with efficient damage and dodging with FO0 the transition will be cleaner.
Yeah like the game is still Hades
It's not like the enemies gain new patterns, it'll just be a little different
In some cases it will matter and in others it will not
We just call the relevant cases "Elysium"
Speeder BP2 witches with FO2 will probably be the first "oh god what have I done" moment. And it will continue to be that way for the rest of your high heat career :3
Also shout out to speeder slugger blue skeletons
I forget their name but I remember they kill me
Oh also FO2 fast hands feel actually impossible to dodge the first time you see them
The stun lock homies? Yeah their name eludes me too but they're such fun
Outside of Asterius I think the biggest issue I remember is greatshields having basically no wind-up time
Yeah as you mentioned Elysium brings a host of new problems with FO2. Which isn't bad, but yeah if you're dying very quickly to everything you're not getting much chance to learn
Also we are making the bold assumption of making it to elysium as opposed to dying to white head lernie bonks
Which are very very fast
E.g. I learned nothing the first x times FO2 EM3 Asterius charged me and I died instantly lol.
Yeah Asterius is like notably insane on FO
I was continuously scared of that fight and it would feel like pure RNG if I made it to Styx (or to the actual Heroes fight if I got the Asterius mini), but I was able to safely observe his patterns while playing Chaos Shield. Then I made a save to figure out how to dance around it with other aspects
YMMV but yeah don't try to solve all your problems at once lol.
Once you build up muscle memory for timing your dashes so you don't clip the edges of his jump craters, it's really just not getting greedy when he starts to spin up and hoping he never does the charge
Charge isn't too bad. Especially with aspects that can really abuse backstabs like Rama
He gives you a millenium to give him a Thousand Years of Pain
You actually have good mechanical execution tho
charge is horrendous to me
i swear sometimes i dash and he'll hit the pillar / wall, and sometimes he'll just swerve and hit me
regardless of my timing
My favorite was in EA where if you used an invuln call at basically any time during the charge he would just start charging in a very tight loop until the call ended then continued chasing you.
I think you can still kind of get him to do it if you call too early? But for the most part I just hug a pillar and call right before he hits me.
I think Theseus spear chuck does probably the most damage to me consistently in that fight, EM3 or not.
im pretty sure the move that gets me is literally asterius's charge lmao
everything else feels p doable
well barring the crapshoot that's EM4
Apparently it's variable, I'm very bad at dodging on reaction when he actually throws it. I just see the starting animation and if I'm doing something else I'll just dodge then I'll get hit half the time
Can confirm this happened to me
yea ledger its variable fsr
Also exploding chariots are so fast and dracons and wave makers are somehow actually threatening now
i usually just hide behind a pillar for longer than necessary
Oh and Asterius accesses the speed force
Wavemakers are some of everyone's least favorite enemies. BP2 Wavemakers, especially Shifter or Speeder (or triggered both) can very easily make it off screen and you might not be able to dodge within a reasonable reaction window.
There are a couple BP2 combos that still feel pretty terrible but they don't happen that much
Like I was watching Tail's baby hestia 50s and he got a run with two speeder cloner witch rooms in tartarus
That one was a reset
So question about empty dashing: how much of the dash animation do I have I frames for?
Screen looked like Ikaruga
Like when do my I frames begin and end
It is very difficult to answer that question via text
I'm not sure when they end but you do have them I think immediately after the input
I'm going by feel though, I have no evidence for that claim
yeah its mostly a feel thing
Lol, I remember in the beginning of my playing the game I was on Malphon and someone suggested iframing stuff and I thought I was just hot garbage. No matter what I could never get the timing. I just gave up on fists entirely until like weeks later when I read that you don't get iframes while in an attack animation lol
Yeah like if you want to learn how to maximize dash timing, watch either Tail or Retrash
that's something to get used to with lucifer actually
If you watch Retrash just ignore all of his boon screens
imagine having zero iframes in a dash attack
He runs a different version of the game than we do
Lucifer had... sooooo many different discrete issues that made me stop playing it lmao
Props to using the correct discrete spelling and usage
i do love luci tho its so fun
So while yeah not being able to iframe easily was annoying... oh god, how do you pick the "feature" that killed it for me the most
prob gonna give dio soaker 40 another shot this time, hopefully wont choke it to dad
I haven't tried without auto aim yet, I look forward to that
it was pretty free until i lost my singular brain cell
At some point I have to try a merciful end lucifer
Lol, does Divine Strike beam still not deflect, only at the butt of the gun?
playing shackle nemesis and got d edge in early elysium
Easy enough
Elysium trials are bait
lesson learned
I relearn that lesson every time I take them and then die
One of the hottest benefits to TD2 is being able to take Athena trials in Elysium lol
I still do not want to deal with BP2 invulnerable greatshields that I can't stop from respawning
Oh for sure. I've definitely lost a spare DD i got in Tartarus trying to high roll a DD in Elysium
Getting... closer
Another charged skewer without boons nor NPC
Timed out on heroes
What's your pact setup? I know you're on AP2 RI2 TD3, but what are you not taking for all of that pain
I'm avoiding DC*
I see
lmao yes that is hilarious
So like... what if you have to take a boon that would benefit your run in some way? I assume that's super unlikely with AP0 but yeah
Reset?
I don't reset except terrible god/hammer room 1
are you talking to me or astaos?
Nah I was responding to Pengy
Nah I mean like if you have no rerolls and Dio gives you After Party, Positive Outlook and Nectar
Nah but what if you have no rerolls and you get hermes boon that's Move Speed, Dodge Chance, or Hyper Sprint
is 50%
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