#h1-high-heat-strategies

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unique zephyr
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if so that's fine

solar maple
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And it takes a while to process large files

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Yeah it's free

edgy arrow
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okay died to tisiphone

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it’s possible to beat tisiphone tho

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asphodel would be the end tho

unique zephyr
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I died in Elysium

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and it was a bad run, hopefully it'll be useful

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don't make fun of me too hard lol

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Even though I watch good rama play I can't match it at all oh well

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I'll record a second one too but yeah

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Video is uploading now

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it'll upload in like 4 mins

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Trying to win 32 heat in Hades is humbling, I feel like my only 32 win was a fluke :/

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What's keeping me going is that the 40+ heat people have been in my shoes once too

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I'm venting about me being bad but I do want to maybe be good enough to streak 32 or something

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@solar maple you told me to ping you

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warning: very bad play

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Not sure if I should have disabled comments or not, I'm not familiar with youtube

celest grail
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havent watched the full run yet, but just judging from early tartarus i feel like you're powershotting too much

unique zephyr
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how do I know when to power shot

celest grail
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like you kept getting hit in the sneak fight because you were trying to aim a powershot at em

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when the enemy has a big health bar

unique zephyr
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i was told to practice power shotting to "avoid bad habits"

celest grail
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that is true

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it makes you learn the timing

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but dont powershot all the time

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most enemies will die with a non-powershot, especially in tartarus

unique zephyr
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so should I have targeted the wringer while the sneak was tagged?

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or would the sneak have died in like a couple non power shot hits

celest grail
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the latter

unique zephyr
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i think I may be underestimating non power shot hits

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i'm still learning rama

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i didn't think non power shot would 2HKO sneak

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but that would make sense

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so when should I power shot

celest grail
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also you can just let go of the attack button if you feel like youre gonna get hit

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safety is important when doing higher heats

unique zephyr
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oh right I was locked in place power shotting

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better to miss and avoid damage

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then try to hit and get hit

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this may seem obvious to you but I'm learning a lot 🙂

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I noticed that I was chasing down enemies, do enemies spawn in consistent locations based on rooms

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or no

sand drum
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I think its based on where you're standing in the room

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unless you're dashing across the room while they spawn i don't think they'll ususlly appear that far off your screen

unique zephyr
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i think I am a bit too dash happy

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about dash attacks, do the dash i frames end right when I press attack

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or even before that

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does anyone else get tilted after failing a lot? I know it's objectively my own fault

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i need to not get tilted somehow

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Are my pacts okay

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the ones I chose in the beginning

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if not any feedback on the pacts

sullen minnow
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Power shots are essential when it’s time to really put something on its ass

celest grail
sullen minnow
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But Rama is quite powerful by itself. Not alwaaaaays mandatory

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Especially with certain hammers

celest grail
sullen minnow
celest grail
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plus, after grinding 32 ive realized my speedrun times are much better

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since ive learned enemy patterns

sullen minnow
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Yeah I had a specific question about when that switch flipped and that’s what I was told

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It’s a 1337 player tech to manipulate those two to maximize safety

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ESP with sword apparently

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@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

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Also hit up BP2 for sure

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I would invest heavily in CF and even 2 stacks of JS to get away from that damage

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Maybe even some DC

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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

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Only specific for FO2 EM3 is you neeeed something from Hermès to help with Asterius

bright mango
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DC is fine but dc2 is just incredibly annoying

sullen minnow
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Otherwise he is a nightmare if you don’t have enough mobility

bright mango
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You can still avoid him without hermes boons

sullen minnow
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You can, but boy I prioritize it for him alone

sand drum
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I was scared to start a game about dying over and over but look where we are now pff

sullen minnow
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Lol you just gotta get through the first few

sand drum
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I had heard hades was good but then I heard it was about failing a lot and was so very hesitant

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I am not the type to take losses lightly

sullen minnow
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Lol my previous roguelike to this was Gungeon so this game is a blessed salve with its difficulty curve

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You’re actually kind of supposed to win this game eventually lol

spice lava
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First losses are tilting, then they are just tears on the ocean

mossy zinc
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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.

sullen minnow
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^^^^^ she has spoken

mossy zinc
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There's no point in holding down your Special. You only need to mark your targets once.

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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.

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Your #1 goal should be to not take damage and study enemy behavior to figure out good moments to place a Power-Shot.

neat sonnet
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this is great advice for lots of folks, me included

mossy zinc
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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.

spice lava
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Yeah if you do a powershot and take damages in return then it's not a good one

sullen minnow
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Any exchange of damage at 32 is a bad one really

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An exchange is a loss for you, period

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Especially if LC4 is involved

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Just don’t get hit brah 😉

neat sonnet
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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.

mossy zinc
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I also recommend you take Lucky Tooth into Elysium if you don't have a DD from Lady Athena.

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Nyaanyaa's 32 Heat Guide
HL5 LC4 CF2 EM3 BP2 MM UC TD3
Stubborn Defiance
Eternal Rose > Owl Pendant > Lucky Tooth/Acorn > Acorn

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There. squirtnya

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I'd take that for both.

neat sonnet
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dope, thank you nyaanyaa!

mossy zinc
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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.

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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.

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And ideally the other one out of Deadly Strike or Deadly Flourish for Heart Rend.

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Zeus' Aid + Smoldering Air is also great.

neat sonnet
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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

gaunt fiber
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Deadly strike Guan Yu is really fun in a spin build

neat sonnet
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oo

gaunt fiber
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And strong

neat sonnet
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and I'm assuming the typical places to spend rolls are if I see none of these strong options

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I'm assuming between the two charged skewer is like.. overwhelmingly powerful but I've had fun with quick spin too

gaunt fiber
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Yes, charged skewer has its own tier

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But the spins hammer are really cool

neat sonnet
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definitely agree, I feel like GY is just.. so strong sometimes

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which is of course the reason for the hp balance

gaunt fiber
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Sometimes it feels like Zag Sword

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And you have to deal damage by any means

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Like call, support fire shenanigans, jolted, rupture etc

neat sonnet
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yeah

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there's two sides to the coin for sure

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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

gaunt fiber
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Oh definitely

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But at 50 heat I find myself forced to play a bit recklessly

unique zephyr
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Hope I can get that more consistent with more grinding

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Because FO2 would be really nice if I don’t get hit as often so I can skip out on TD3 for now

unique zephyr
bright mango
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Fo2+ td3 actually work really well together

unique zephyr
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I may turn off benefits package to practice at first

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What makes you say that?

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About them working together

gaunt fiber
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Well FO2 makes the game faster

bright mango
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^^^

unique zephyr
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The ideal time to hit is during the enemy recovery animation btw right?

bright mango
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With fo2 take off bp2

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Bp2 is annoying

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Especially at 32

gaunt fiber
bright mango
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^^^

mossy zinc
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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.

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I'd recommend doing at least TD2 if you're gonna practice no-hitting.

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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.

sullen minnow
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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

gaunt fiber
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Bacchus since you can't play that much I'd recommend to play at the highest difficulty available for you

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runs will be quick

sullen minnow
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But prepare to be roflstomped by the increased clock the first couple times through

gaunt fiber
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but you'll learn a lot

mossy zinc
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@gaunt fiber nice name, by the way.

bright mango
mossy zinc
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Finally someone who isn't a casual.

bright mango
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Are you a casual?

gaunt fiber
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Thank you for very much, Queen of Hades.

sullen minnow
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Damned trash stinking up the server

bright mango
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Hmhmhjhm

spice lava
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Astaos was miserable on Hades... Until he found out the true hidden aspect of the spear

mossy zinc
spice lava
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Now he's imperdable

sullen minnow
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We could use a good pogrom around here 😜

gaunt fiber
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Imperdable.

sullen minnow
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Now there’s a word even I’ll have to google

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Hats off

bright mango
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[imperdable]

gaunt fiber
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RunInsurance is 50%

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Runs are imperdable

mossy zinc
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It's not English lol.

gaunt fiber
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Indeed

sullen minnow
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Now there’s a real flex

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Going to a second language

gaunt fiber
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It's state of mind

spice lava
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He's not english neither

bright mango
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He’s french/spanish

gaunt fiber
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@true fable @thick lark @plush scaffold @spice lava @lusty mirage can explain

mossy zinc
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Indeed, he's not English.

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He's a alfaBot.

gaunt fiber
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My spanish is top tier

bright mango
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Hes French but somehow speaks Spanish fluently

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I’m shocked

mossy zinc
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Well.

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He just downloaded a dictionary.

bright mango
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We Americans have to step up our game

gaunt fiber
mossy zinc
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Hey.

quartz mantle
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What's going on

gaunt fiber
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This was supposed to be a vehement protest

bright mango
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Astaos = 🤖

spice lava
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Astabot you mean?

mossy zinc
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His name is Astaos.

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Astaos | Hardcore Guan Yu Player.

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That's his name.

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The | is silent.

gaunt fiber
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It's silent indeed, thanks for reminding everyone

mossy zinc
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The H is also silent because he's French.

gaunt fiber
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So many people pronounce it

gaunt fiber
bright mango
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‘Ardcore guan oo player

sullen minnow
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Gwayn eauu

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Astaos that’s awesome where in France do you live

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My cousin lives somewhere in the alps as a hippie mountain guide

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I want to visit him someday

mossy zinc
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Aurash trying to doxx people.

sullen minnow
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Nah it’s just one of the reasons I actually enjoy discord

bright mango
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Lmao

sullen minnow
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You really do meet people from damned everywhere

gaunt fiber
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I live near a small city

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which has many lights and bridges

sullen minnow
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Y’all would never guess where one of the players I’ve talked to here is from. It’s a true global experience ❤️

celest grail
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are you talking about me

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hmm

mossy zinc
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"Before I can give you tips for 32 Heat, tell me your social security number."—@sullen minnow, 2021

sullen minnow
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I talk to lots of folks

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I name no names

unique zephyr
gaunt fiber
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Oh yeah

unique zephyr
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I do find myself enjoying having my reactions tested more

thick lark
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Someone say "imperdable"?

gaunt fiber
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Lord BSK is approaching

unique zephyr
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In a strange way

celest grail
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ive met people from every continent on discord tbh, its pretty insane

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well, except africa and antartica

unique zephyr
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Although EM3 Asterius on FO2 feels impossible to dodge

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His charge move

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Do I just lead him into a pillar

gaunt fiber
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Wall is safer

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But it's still a stupid inconsistent attack

unique zephyr
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Oh yeah he goes around the pillar

mossy zinc
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@honest kernel I see you lurkin'.

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You hatin'.

unique zephyr
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That is what kills me a decent amount in FO2 runs

mossy zinc
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Patrollin', trying to catch me ridin' dirty. dusa

honest kernel
unique zephyr
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Mini boss or boss

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What do you mean by inconsistent attack

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It does feel like what worked one time doesn’t always do so

gaunt fiber
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I mean that there is a setup to dodge it

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but sometimes

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Asterius will not care

mossy zinc
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At 32 Heat if you take FO2, just do EM2.

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EM3 FO0 or EM2 FO2.

gaunt fiber
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and will go hyperdrift to end your miserable life

bright mango
unique zephyr
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I did manage to beat Dad without losing an SD the two times I beat him

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So I can dodge dad

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Decently well at FO2

gaunt fiber
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Yeah Dad is fair

unique zephyr
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Makes sense. Thing is it if go to EM2 I need to make up the heat elsewhere

mossy zinc
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My location?

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m in da club.

unique zephyr
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Wait

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I wanted to get rid of TD3

gaunt fiber
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Embrace TD3

bright mango
unique zephyr
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I feel like when I go faster I start dying more

bright mango
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Ridin down in da south

gaunt fiber
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You'll go faster as you understand your aspect. Along with the pausing thing, taking free rooms etc

unique zephyr
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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?

gaunt fiber
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Yeah

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It's a lot of heat

unique zephyr
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...I think I’ll do EM2 and see

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Because it’s really asterius that’s the main problem

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And some benefits package combos

gaunt fiber
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The first time I got into Asterius FO2

wintry berry
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You can also have a save file for practice

bright mango
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At 40 having and being good at fo2 is amazing

unique zephyr
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But asterius is harder to deal with

gaunt fiber
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I cried in this channel, not gonna lie

mossy zinc
bright mango
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Baj?

unique zephyr
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Asterius accessed the speed force

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Like the flash

gaunt fiber
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This is why I really enjoy Acorn for Elysium

bright mango
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Same

unique zephyr
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Same

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But mini boss isn’t affected by acorn

gaunt fiber
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yeah

unique zephyr
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And mini boss arena is smaller

gaunt fiber
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Pray not to get him :)

bright mango
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Asterius mini boss sucks

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Not that many pillars

gaunt fiber
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I struggle vs Asterius as a miniboss, much better in the final fight

mossy zinc
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Guys.

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Guys.

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Hear me out.

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What if you just.

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Git gud. dusa

gaunt fiber
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Oh wow

unique zephyr
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I’m trying

gaunt fiber
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I did not see it coming

unique zephyr
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It is good that I recognize the problem now

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I didn’t realize till a bit ago that asterius specifically was a problem

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For FO2

unique zephyr
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The clip was FO1 btw

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A problem for me not the game’s fault I mean

bright mango
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In the actual fight i have the acorn to soak up Vicky chonky damage

unique zephyr
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Dying Hyper speed asterius is hilarious sometimes though

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In a laugh to not cry way

pseudo girder
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Yeah, Acorn should be what's packed during Elysium

unique zephyr
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Just getting chonked

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The only reason I considered skull was because of asterius mini boss

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Tbh

mossy zinc
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Lucky Tooth is the go-to for Elysium at high heat at this point unless you already have DDs, and even then sometimes.

gaunt fiber
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To me the tooth helps more for the rooms than miniboss

mossy zinc
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Both can be a problem.

gaunt fiber
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Sure

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But usually

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Tooth is just "one more mistake"

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for me

mossy zinc
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And by the time you get to the boss, there's a chance you already have Touch of Styx Dark anyway.

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It heals Guan Yu back to 100 HP at least, so that's nice.

gaunt fiber
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That part is very nice indeed

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(you never have 100hp)

mossy zinc
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Just get Heroic Life Affirmation.

sullen minnow
mossy zinc
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You can do the fight without, but it's difficult.

sullen minnow
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Or very good dodge skill

gaunt fiber
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Aphrodites really likes to offer me crush shot

mossy zinc
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You can do that fight with one dash.

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Well.

gaunt fiber
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But usually she's offering me good stuff

mossy zinc
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Then you should take it and be grateful.

unique zephyr
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But yeah I’m interested in going faster

sullen minnow
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I mean dodge skill in the “player skill” sense

unique zephyr
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To make TD3

sullen minnow
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You can do anything, it’s up to you

unique zephyr
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Since I want to be more efficient

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In my play

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But I’m not sure how, is it just practice

sullen minnow
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You’re on the right thinking track @unique zephyr

gaunt fiber
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Crush shot is fine but not so useful with shackle

sullen minnow
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Td3 and FO2 are inherently complimentary if you can tolerate the latter

bright mango
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I wish i could make a save file to practice the hades fight

sullen minnow
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Ez clap

gaunt fiber
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well you can

unique zephyr
gaunt fiber
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without any mod

sullen minnow
bright mango
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I really need to learn how to better i frame his attacks

unique zephyr
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Someone should pin a saving tutorial

bright mango
unique zephyr
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For practicing

gaunt fiber
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well

sullen minnow
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An enemy that approaches you faster is theoretically one that you kill faster

unique zephyr
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I have PC

sullen minnow
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Ah switch rip

gaunt fiber
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Goodbye switch player

bright mango
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Lmao that’s what i was saying

sullen minnow
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I’m in your boat too pengy

bright mango
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I wish i could do that

unique zephyr
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So I can do the method if it’s PC only

sullen minnow
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I feel your pain

bright mango
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I can’t even record

sullen minnow
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It’s why I got it for pc

bright mango
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Uhhhghuhuh

gaunt fiber
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But there's cross save now

sullen minnow
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Just for the extra credit

unique zephyr
gaunt fiber
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but yeah does not matter in your case

mossy zinc
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Faster enemies can also mean less time to do Power Shots. FO2 is not always necessarily faster. Top speedrunners don't always take FO2.

unique zephyr
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Specifically the ones that shoot waves

sullen minnow
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You’ve got me there

sullen minnow
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Certain things start to suck with FO2

unique zephyr
sullen minnow
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But goku isn’t goku because he trained without his weights on

unique zephyr
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I hope I don’t sound whiny I’m not I want to git gud

gaunt fiber
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They called me mad because I was running high confidence FO2 Guan Yu

unique zephyr
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I appreciate the pointers

mossy zinc
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FO2 on Rama is not gonna make things faster at all if you're not used to the aspect, quite the opposite.

sullen minnow
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Fair

mossy zinc
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You'll just end up getting stunned out of all your Power Shots.

sullen minnow
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Anything that impedes your efficiency with a weapon will slow you down by definition

unique zephyr
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I want to do 32 for each weapon (one aspect of each). Is Poseidon sword okay with FO2

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And or TD3

sullen minnow
mossy zinc
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Any aspect can do FO2 TD3 no problem.

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The question is if you can. squirtnya

unique zephyr
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I think I’ll FO1 while I’m getting used to Rama

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And suck up TD3

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Maybe?

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I actually don’t know what to adjust pact wise or if I need to

gaunt fiber
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Well if you learn timings that will be outdated later

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Idk

sullen minnow
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FO1 is still def doable

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But what Astaos said

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Honestly though long term you will develop flexibility as a player like that

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Where you will be able to adapt and switch your timing gears up on the fly

unique zephyr
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Question: if I learn FO2 timings then if I go down in FO will that mess those up too

sullen minnow
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So its maybe not the worst thing if it’s what’s going to help you right now

unique zephyr
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Or will FO1 be easier bc I learned FO2

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This is my first real action game btw

gaunt fiber
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It will be easier

sullen minnow
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For long term advice see what I just said

unique zephyr
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I never thought I’d be even this good

sullen minnow
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you will have to relearn timings

gaunt fiber
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But I remember taking a hit from Hades at FO0 because he was just too slow

sullen minnow
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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

unique zephyr
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How do I develop the ability to have flexibiltity

mossy zinc
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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.

sullen minnow
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And that’s a kind of muscle memory you will naturally begin to develop with experience over time

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So don’t worry yourself too hard on it

gaunt fiber
unique zephyr
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So I will need a lot of help and stuff to work on

gaunt fiber
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Watch your runs if you record

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helped me a lot

sullen minnow
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Go die. Then die again. Die 1000 more times and you will change and grow as a player

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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

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That’s what Gitting Gud means

gaunt fiber
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You'll hit a wall at some point though

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and then you'll have to think about your playstyle

solemn pulsar
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A wall named 50 heat guan yu

sullen minnow
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True, it’s important to challenge yourself and keep trying to reinvent what you think is right

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That’s where and how you learn flexibility as a player

gaunt fiber
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Please cgull shadegrief

rain sedge
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today I got to elysium on 54 hestia 🙃

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and died to a cute chariot room

solemn pulsar
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Practice doesn’t make perfect. Good practice makes perfect

sullen minnow
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When the things that worked for you before are taken away and you have to adapt to your new situation

rain sedge
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how do you create practice saves btw? I want to practice chariots and greatshields

gaunt fiber
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Congrats Schad

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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.

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Credits to Nyaanyaa

sullen minnow
unique zephyr
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Which is why I’m making sure I’m practicing the right things

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I hope I’m approaching this right

solemn pulsar
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Asking questions of yourself is the easiest way

unique zephyr
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Mindset wise

solemn pulsar
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Why did I get hit there

sullen minnow
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In a phrase, “challenge yourself, and what you think is right”

solemn pulsar
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Also watching others

unique zephyr
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If I feel pushed that’s a good thing then

gaunt fiber
unique zephyr
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I do like that feeling

gaunt fiber
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Oh btw

sullen minnow
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muscles don’t grow from not being used

solemn pulsar
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Pretty much all of my play style is lifted from watching other players

gaunt fiber
#

How do you people evade the barrage from Lernie

solemn pulsar
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Dash

unique zephyr
#

Divine dash

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Or just dash

gaunt fiber
#

No I mean every projectile

honest kernel
#

Get behind that 'lil hydra

solemn pulsar
#

I lost like 50 HP in 2 seconds to drakons on an any heat run last night. Idk why my shield didn’t proc

honest kernel
#

It won't turn around fast

solemn pulsar
#

They were spaced out perfectly

gaunt fiber
#

Thanks Baj

solemn pulsar
#

I guess

honest kernel
#

If you see the windup

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That's your queue to dash behind him

gaunt fiber
#

Usually I can iframe half of it and then I somehow hide

unique zephyr
#

It’s funny how dracons and wave makers go from a joke to terrifying all because of forced overtime

gaunt fiber
#

Speeder wavemakers :)

honest kernel
#

Well, being on 20-30 ish HP makes them a lot worse

unique zephyr
#

Like legitimately funny

honest kernel
#

can't just shrug 'em off

unique zephyr
#

Not mad funny

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I sometimes chuckle at FO2 because it’s so fast

rain sedge
#

Thanks astaos

gaunt fiber
#

Speeder slamdancers are funny too

bright mango
#

They teleport

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Literally

honest kernel
#

Instant-transmission Elysium greatswords will always be a mystery to me

rain sedge
#

@unique zephyr about practice, there's this thing called active learning (vs passive learning)

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maybe astaos can tell you about it since I spent 50 messages talking to him about it

gaunt fiber
#

The teleporting BP is a mystery for me. Sometimes mobs are geniuses, sometimes they just crash into a wall or something

unique zephyr
#

I also have trouble with witches mini boss

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How do you dodge all their bullets

mossy zinc
# unique zephyr I have never gone sub 15 ever not even no heat

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.

unique zephyr
gaunt fiber
#

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

unique zephyr
#

In your sentence

gaunt fiber
#

So I gladly sacrifice my SD to deal damage

unique zephyr
#

I don’t see a link or anything

mossy zinc
#

Woops lol.

unique zephyr
#

And analyzing how someone dodged it or got the power shot off

unique zephyr
mossy zinc
#

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.

rain sedge
#

TL;DR: passive learning is just doing the thing you want and slowly getting better

mossy zinc
#

A lot of getting faster is just practice, practice, practice, ultimately.

unique zephyr
#

I’m going to look out for all that, this helps a lot

rain sedge
#

active learning is specifying what you want get better at and using strategies to accelerate learning

unique zephyr
#

Thanks for pointing that out that’s more helpful than you may know

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So learning with a specific intent?

rain sedge
#

analogy: for a basketball player, passive would be keep playing 5v5 with your friends

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you'll get better slowly

gaunt fiber
#

wait Schad

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I can copy paste the bible you sent me

unique zephyr
#

Please do

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Can you dm me it astaos

bright mango
#

I just realized 64 heat is impossible

mossy zinc
rain sedge
#

active learning would be something like doing dribble drills, free shoot drills, learning defence strategies, etc

bright mango
#

How are you supposed to go without an SD?

rain sedge
#

which helps you learn faster

unique zephyr
#

One dash, no SD

honest kernel
#

Play shield

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Or route it

bright mango
#

Passive would be like just playing basketball right?

unique zephyr
#

What would you even route to make it easier?

rain sedge
#

and than identifying where you lack, and get better at that, repeat until it becomes muscle memory

honest kernel
#

The biggest problem isn't the lack of death defiance

unique zephyr
#

I think I understand schlad

honest kernel
#

It's the timer

rain sedge
#

anyway that's the short of it

unique zephyr
#

What you are saying

rain sedge
#

cool that's good

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hello mr baj

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how are we doing today

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haven't seen you around lately

honest kernel
#

doing ok

unique zephyr
#

The thing is I don’t always know what I lack

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So I’m glad people are pointing it out, I’m okay

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No pain at the moment

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Just chillin

bright mango
#

This is why i wish i could make a save file

mossy zinc
#

Baj is always around lurking.

bright mango
#

I want to practice hades spins and attacks

mossy zinc
#

He'll react to your message if you post something witty like I do all the time.

sullen minnow
honest kernel
mossy zinc
#

So, well, that's not gonna happen to you, I guess, my mistake.

honest kernel
#

Still have to do the boss fights

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Which includes EM4 CP2 with no death defiance outside of keepsakes

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So, still hard

bright mango
#

I literally said baj shield once and he appeared

honest kernel
#

But you have a shot

bright mango
#

He is always lurking

honest kernel
#

👀

mossy zinc
#

You'd definitely get Epic Hyper Delivery or Epic Greatest Reflex if you're routing.

sullen minnow
#

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

rain sedge
#

^

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you can also identify where you feel you lack, and ask here for the solution

honest kernel
#

Heck, chaos would be good

mossy zinc
#

Plus things like Stubborn Roots.

sullen minnow
#

Very common practice in my former life

honest kernel
#

Because his keepsake makes chaos gates free

rain sedge
#

like FO2 asterius charge discussion we had

honest kernel
#

And, since you'd know ahead of time what you'd get ... it's free chaos estate

mossy zinc
#

Beowulf with 5 bloodstones in Tartarus.

honest kernel
#

Let's go

bright mango
#

Poggers

mossy zinc
#
  • Mirage Shot.
solemn pulsar
#

Baj do you want hyper delivery with a single dash or more dashes

mossy zinc
#

And only + Cast damage from there on.

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Hyper Delivery on Aegis for sure. You have Bull Rush.

solemn pulsar
#

Just asking his preference for a 64 heat run

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Bearing in mind you may not get rush delivery until elysium @honest kernel

honest kernel
#

I'm used to just skip Hermes outright unless I need a boon to sell

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so dusa

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Hyper Delivery could be the play, yeah

solemn pulsar
#

We could do heroic dashes hehehehehe

unique zephyr
#

And take replays of each my runs now

mossy zinc
#

The answer is Greatest Reflex + Rush Delivery + 10x Ignited Ichor.

unique zephyr
#

I will have questions though watching my own replays

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I’m glad to have people answer them, if I have questions I’ll upload and specify a time stamp

honest kernel
#

You'll want to dash to the other side as he's winding up, so that you avoid the first hits

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And he'll whiff the rest because of his angle

gaunt fiber
#

I mean if you give me Poseidon's Aid... squirtnya

honest kernel
#

lmao

gaunt fiber
#

But I get it, thanks!

honest kernel
#

But you can just dash to the other island

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And it should work ok

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The idea is that you just avoid his firing angle

gaunt fiber
#

this is currently the worst attack for me

mossy zinc
#

"Just don't get hit like I didn't when I was fully invincible."

honest kernel
#

I did say it wasn't the best example. Just wanted the gif to show that the head barely turns

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And that you can take advantage of that

gaunt fiber
#

Yeah

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Lernie is like breathing

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I can dash through

mossy zinc
#

You just wanted an excuse to show off your surfing skills.

honest kernel
#

I have a few other gifs that do that much better

gaunt fiber
#

send them

mossy zinc
#

m sure you're building up towards them.

honest kernel
mossy zinc
#

I have a few other gifs that do that *much *better
This is obviously a teaser.

gaunt fiber
#

Hm

mossy zinc
#

What did I say?

gaunt fiber
#

I think I can be a better surfer with a controller

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You lack finesse

gaunt fiber
#

lmao

honest kernel
#

Well that's no surprise

#

KBM kinda bound to 8 directions

gaunt fiber
#

Casually insulting Astaos

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Thanks Proxy

honest kernel
#

For all intents and purpose, it wasn't an insult

gaunt fiber
#

ik ik

mossy zinc
#

Bots shouldn't be fighting among themselves.

#

I didn't realize Baj was also so very predictable.

honest kernel
#

If only I had that excuse

unique zephyr
#

@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

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Or in what positions relative to each other

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Since I don’t see the individual bullets of the special bounce off, just the shared suffering indicator afterwards

bronze viper
# unique zephyr i was told to practice power shotting to "avoid bad habits"

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.

edgy arrow
#

um

unique zephyr
edgy arrow
#

i just got offered food as a chamber reward

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wtf

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this happens

unique zephyr
#

Wait what

edgy arrow
#

is this a fresh file thing

mossy zinc
#

I don't know the specifics of Rama's bounce tbh. It bounces to enemies close-by is good enough for me.

solemn pulsar
#

no gems allowed in fresh file

solemn pulsar
#

or nectars

edgy arrow
#

what is this

solemn pulsar
#

only appears in 3 exit asphodel rooms

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on first run

unique zephyr
#

I’ll pay attention to when and when it doesn’t tag multiple then

edgy arrow
#

ohh

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huh

solemn pulsar
#

darkness + keys are the only available blue laurel rewards on first run

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so it fills it with food

unique zephyr
#

I vaguely remember seeing that early on

edgy arrow
#

had no idea this was a thing lol

solemn pulsar
#

pretty valuable in first run actually

unique zephyr
#

Very very vaguely now that you showed me

mossy zinc
#

Well, it always hits multiples enemies since it bounces.

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If they're not too far.

unique zephyr
#

That’s what I mean like if it doesn’t tag them notice how far they are

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So I know more intuitively later?

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Just a mental note

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Maybe

mossy zinc
#

Sure.

unique zephyr
#

But yeah if they are close it will happen since I didn’t think it would happen as often as it did

edgy arrow
#

well thanks for the explanation cgull

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was scratching my head lol

unique zephyr
#

So my special was inefficient

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But now I know I don’t have to use it as much

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Just enough as necessary

mossy zinc
#

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.

mossy zinc
unique zephyr
#

Ah ok, so if I feel like I’m consciously pushing myself on specifi things I’m doing it right then

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Thanks for everyone’s patience

bronze viper
#

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

unique zephyr
#

And being more specific than git gud

bronze viper
#

I can do the latter but defensive play is my default if I want to win.

unique zephyr
#

I think I’d feel a bit more comfortable being defensive personally I’ll watch those vids

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What is Tail’s style described as

bronze viper
#

Both

unique zephyr
#

Yeah I was thinking it was a good blend of both

bronze viper
#

He plays "defensively" by finding the correct opportunity to get the most damage

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I sacrifice potential damage to not get hit but get safe shots in.

unique zephyr
#

I do notice he finds the right time to dash right in front of them

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He times it just right

#

In the right spot

#

I did notice that the charge shot went off in the enemy recovery animation

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Or just after

bronze viper
#

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

unique zephyr
#

Oh that explains a lot

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A lot

bronze viper
#

It's probably (?) more important to know the enemy animations over the aspect itself. That information transfers really well to everything else too.

mossy zinc
#

Efficient.

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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.

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Most of the time.

bronze viper
#

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.

mossy zinc
#

But you start asking yourself good questions.

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It's somewhat different because fighting games have a human opponent, AI is a lot more predictable.

solemn pulsar
neat sonnet
#

Foxy indeed

mossy zinc
#

You can use the same tactics on every Greatshield.

bronze viper
#

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.

solemn pulsar
#

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"

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which i think is funny and sort of accurate

bronze viper
#

Yeah I end up going footsies against Elysium shades pretty often lmao

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*disclaimer: You can't afford to do that on TD3 lol. Unga bunga must kill them asap.

mossy zinc
bronze viper
#

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

edgy arrow
#

i did a run with no JS today

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one tartarus room had two louts in it

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that was all

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they weren't even elite

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it felt like cheating

solemn pulsar
#

yeah 2 lout tart rooms early are great on JS0

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the best though are chamber 12 rooms with 4 elite louts

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and that's it

edgy arrow
#

louts good value tbh

bronze viper
#

Oh, you're not a fan of the Cloner Wringer + Numbskull chamber 12s?

#

wow such fun

edgy arrow
#

better than witches honestly

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regular witches are my least favourite tartarus room rn

bronze viper
#

I mean those rooms are fast. Going home speed run

edgy arrow
#

are they tho

bronze viper
#

If they're elite lol

edgy arrow
#

there are a million of them and they spread out over the entire room

bronze viper
#

Yeah normal witch rooms take forever

edgy arrow
#

yeah if they're elite its a different story

bronze viper
#

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

edgy arrow
#

lol

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that's why i ran DC0 on my rama 40

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a bad idea? probably

#

but one shotting things as they spawn just feels so good

vital grove
#

Rama has the easiest DC2

#

It's nice not having DC at all but you kinda need it on 40

unique zephyr
#

So if I want to finish around a 15 minute pace around what time should pass in game when I leave Elysium?

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That’ll help me calculate average time per chamber

mossy zinc
#

Don't need Rama needs DC or anything in particular for 40.

unique zephyr
#

Styx time is variable

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Which is why I’m wondering what time I should be exiting Elysium by for my TD3 goal

mossy zinc
#

Probably something like 10~12 min.

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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.

bright mango
#

Sub 15 with DC 2 is kinda hard

mossy zinc
#

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.

bright mango
#

Oh ok

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Yeah thats completely doable

unique zephyr
#

I admit I’ve never speedrun anything before but at least this is just playing much more efficiently more than fancy speedrun tech

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Which I want to and I think can learn to do

mossy zinc
#

Yeah, you can do it! dusa

unique zephyr
#

12 minutes out of elysium is an average of 20 seconds a chamber, 10 is around 17

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From my calculations

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Thanks for the encouragement!

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I appreciate it a lot 🙂

mossy zinc
#

Friend chambers stop the timer, and shops and fountains you can pass through very quickly.

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Chaos Gates are your friends, too.

unique zephyr
#

Yeah I was thinking that must by why free rooms are so important

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Because then I can take more time in the non free rooms

mossy zinc
#

Thanatos will also stop the timer.

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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.

bright mango
#

^^^

unique zephyr
#

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

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I notice especially on normal speed spawns take precious seconds

mossy zinc
#

FO1 is popular.

bronze viper
#

For heat completion FO2 is jut worth way too much to not take

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But yeah it's kind of moot if you just die with FO2 on lol

unique zephyr
#

I’m thinking of first learning FO2 enemy patterns and then optimizing speed

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Because I can’t really optimize speed if I can’t dodge well right

bronze viper
#

Right

unique zephyr
#

I like that this game has so much to learn

#

Gives richness to the game long after the story 🙂

bronze viper
#

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

mossy zinc
#

Right now where you're at, getting sub 15 is less a matter of taking FO for spawn rates than player skill.

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I'd say you'll be faster with FO0 just because you'll have a lot more room for error.

bronze viper
#

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

mossy zinc
#

But if practicing FO is fun, absolutely do that. squirtnya

rain sedge
#

Is today Hermes cup?

solemn pulsar
#

Yeah

rain sedge
#

good luck mr gull

#

should I create some memes to cheer you on

bright mango
#

Today cgull you are imperdable

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Gl

halcyon flame
#

considering 32 heat hera just to get it out of the way at some point

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i've gotten slightly less bad at using it so i might just do a trippy flare build

bright mango
#

Crush shot is better imo

halcyon flame
#

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?

solemn pulsar
#

blown kiss is buggy with hera, can make the cast come out weird/not hit sometimes

#

it should be avoided

halcyon flame
#

so you just scale crush shot as much as possible?

#

aside from duos but dang that's pretty barebones

shy plinth
#

It does a lot of base damage

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Like a lot

bronze viper
#

Yeah it's what you want from a high heat build

#

No frills, just pewpew

shy plinth
#

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

halcyon flame
#

crush shot is definitely very good for high heat when making an adequate cast build becomes very difficult

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or just very luck-dependent

bronze viper
#

Though aiming is definitely an issue on Crush Shot Hera

halcyon flame
#

ap2 ri1 🥲

bronze viper
#

It's very very possible to miss

shy plinth
#

Who played a lot of crush shot hera

#

Was it bablo

halcyon flame
#

yeah you really wanna get greater recall if you can

shy plinth
#

Man common crush shot has 90 base damage?

#

That's a rocket bomb lol

true fable
#

yeah

neat sonnet
#

At 1/8 the range

shy plinth
#

Hera bow tho

true fable
#

rarity dont matter on crush shot

neat sonnet
#

Oh ye

halcyon flame
#

crush shot barely scales with rarity

true fable
#

you can also pom your rocket bomb

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which is neat

neat sonnet
#

On Hera nothing rangewise matters

shy plinth
#

The ol pom bomb

true fable
#

exactly

#

crush shot is actually preferable

#

since your casts dont go flying into the far corners of asphodel

shy plinth
#

Hrrrrrm is blown kiss the least taken tier 2 boon in the game

#

It's gotta be right

true fable
#

might be rip current

shy plinth
#

Maybe peer pressure

neat sonnet
#

Blown what now

halcyon flame
#

rip current is really nice

shy plinth
#

Though new players might take peer pressure because they think it does things

true fable
#

rip current is super good

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no doubt about that

halcyon flame
#

blown kiss is probably generally less worth taking

shy plinth
#

It's just rare to see

daring hedge
#

yeah i'd say probably rip current

shy plinth
#

Like tier 2 boons with one prereq

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And rip current's prereq isn't prioritized

daring hedge
#

you can at least get blown kiss prereq first boon selection without rolls

true fable
#

^

daring hedge
#

not so for rip current prereq

halcyon flame
#

bad influence is really bad

shy plinth
#

Most of dio's tier 2s are garbo

halcyon flame
#

i think dio's t2s are among the least used

#

yeah they're just not good

daring hedge
#

bad influence can be insanely good

bronze viper
#

I don't think it's Rip Current lol, mostly because most builds would always take Poseidon's Aid if given the choice to

true fable
#

oh you know what

shy plinth
#

Least taken vs least seen are diff

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I bet rip current is least seen

true fable
#

it might be high tolerance

halcyon flame
#

bad influence is decent on js lol

daring hedge
#

yeah it's not that we think rip current is bad or that people don't look for it

true fable
#

i probably account for 50% of high tolerance takes alone

daring hedge
#

it just never shows up when you want :)

true fable
#

just because of dio beo anybeat grinding

shy plinth
#

Playing at 50 heat seems so sad

halcyon flame
#

is high tolerance the one the makes you take less damage standing in fog?

shy plinth
#

People talk about cool builds and you're like

#

What's a build

#

I have one boon

true fable
#

thats the one

halcyon flame
#

high tolerance can be good at high heat beo

daring hedge
#

i got that for the first time in ages on my baby hestia 50 lol

bronze viper
#

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

daring hedge
#

pom targeted it too

true fable
#

tbh ive come around to 50 heat playstyle

shy plinth
#

The pom target!

halcyon flame
#

personally i just wanna take all the damage reductions i can get

true fable
#

you just make the most of what ya got

shy plinth
#

Yeah I mean it's some good core fundamental Hades

true fable
#

and also sometimes what ya got is sea storm splitting bolt

shy plinth
#

But I was thinking about that time I got rip current smoldering air

true fable
#

core fundamental hades

#

exactly

shy plinth
#

Surfin USA

daring hedge
#

yeah if you're bright you get good duos

shy gulch
#

didnt u get scint feast in tart or something

halcyon flame
#

if you're not bright then tough luck

true fable
#

tailesque you got LP in tart on poseidon sword

daring hedge
#

yeah but it didn't feel that powerful tbh

#

LP was great i won't lie

true fable
#

hmmmm

halcyon flame
#

lp?

shy gulch
#

you needed to channel your inner hadesprof

daring hedge
#

lmao

true fable
#

idk

#

scint feast good

#

its like

#

70 damage is a lot

daring hedge
#

60

true fable
#

is it not 70?

daring hedge
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it's 60 yeah

true fable
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oh maybe i was factoring in ff damage

daring hedge
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lightning rod is 70

true fable
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woops

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yeah 60 is also a lot

daring hedge
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like

wanton plover
daring hedge
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me using scint versus hades constantly = almost 7m hades fight

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idk

true fable
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its probably better once you get your hades phd

daring hedge
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or maybe using a weapon that isn't baby hestia

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that could help probably

true fable
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probably

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he uses it on everything though

halcyon flame
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oh yeah lightning phalanx is great

solemn pulsar
unique zephyr
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Like I hear about the timings getting messed up but not sure how much or anything

bronze viper
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I mean it'll be an adjustment if you have to go back but not like a huge margin.

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Though there will be very sparing instances where you go back

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At least with heat completion.

For speedrunning or if you're on medium high heat Excalibur etc. FO0/1 is a lot more common

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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.

shy plinth
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Yeah like the game is still Hades

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It's not like the enemies gain new patterns, it'll just be a little different

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In some cases it will matter and in others it will not

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We just call the relevant cases "Elysium"

bronze viper
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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

shy plinth
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Also shout out to speeder slugger blue skeletons

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I forget their name but I remember they kill me

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Oh also FO2 fast hands feel actually impossible to dodge the first time you see them

bronze viper
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The stun lock homies? Yeah their name eludes me too but they're such fun

shy plinth
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Outside of Asterius I think the biggest issue I remember is greatshields having basically no wind-up time

bronze viper
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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

shy plinth
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Also we are making the bold assumption of making it to elysium as opposed to dying to white head lernie bonks

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Which are very very fast

bronze viper
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E.g. I learned nothing the first x times FO2 EM3 Asterius charged me and I died instantly lol.

shy plinth
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Yeah Asterius is like notably insane on FO

bronze viper
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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

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YMMV but yeah don't try to solve all your problems at once lol.

shy plinth
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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

bronze viper
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Charge isn't too bad. Especially with aspects that can really abuse backstabs like Rama

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He gives you a millenium to give him a Thousand Years of Pain

shy plinth
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You actually have good mechanical execution tho

shy gulch
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charge is horrendous to me

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i swear sometimes i dash and he'll hit the pillar / wall, and sometimes he'll just swerve and hit me

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regardless of my timing

bronze viper
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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.

shy gulch
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:)

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sounds like fun

bronze viper
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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.

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I think Theseus spear chuck does probably the most damage to me consistently in that fight, EM3 or not.

shy gulch
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im pretty sure the move that gets me is literally asterius's charge lmao

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everything else feels p doable

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well barring the crapshoot that's EM4

bronze viper
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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

unique zephyr
shy gulch
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yea ledger its variable fsr

unique zephyr
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Also exploding chariots are so fast and dracons and wave makers are somehow actually threatening now

shy gulch
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i usually just hide behind a pillar for longer than necessary

unique zephyr
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Oh and Asterius accesses the speed force

bronze viper
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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.

shy plinth
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There are a couple BP2 combos that still feel pretty terrible but they don't happen that much

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Like I was watching Tail's baby hestia 50s and he got a run with two speeder cloner witch rooms in tartarus

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That one was a reset

unique zephyr
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So question about empty dashing: how much of the dash animation do I have I frames for?

shy plinth
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Screen looked like Ikaruga

unique zephyr
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Like when do my I frames begin and end

shy plinth
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It is very difficult to answer that question via text

bronze viper
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I'm not sure when they end but you do have them I think immediately after the input

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I'm going by feel though, I have no evidence for that claim

shy gulch
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yeah its mostly a feel thing

bronze viper
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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

shy gulch
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LMAO

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yep

shy plinth
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Yeah like if you want to learn how to maximize dash timing, watch either Tail or Retrash

shy gulch
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that's something to get used to with lucifer actually

shy plinth
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If you watch Retrash just ignore all of his boon screens

shy gulch
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imagine having zero iframes in a dash attack

shy plinth
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He runs a different version of the game than we do

bronze viper
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Lucifer had... sooooo many different discrete issues that made me stop playing it lmao

shy plinth
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Props to using the correct discrete spelling and usage

shy gulch
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i do love luci tho its so fun

bronze viper
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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

shy gulch
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prob gonna give dio soaker 40 another shot this time, hopefully wont choke it to dad

bronze viper
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I haven't tried without auto aim yet, I look forward to that

shy gulch
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it was pretty free until i lost my singular brain cell

shy plinth
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At some point I have to try a merciful end lucifer

bronze viper
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Lol, does Divine Strike beam still not deflect, only at the butt of the gun?

shy plinth
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I have no idea

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Get triple bomb and park them in athena orbs

wanton plover
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playing shackle nemesis and got d edge in early elysium

shy plinth
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Easy enough

wanton plover
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then i died to trial

shy plinth
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Elysium trials are bait

wanton plover
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lesson learned

shy plinth
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I relearn that lesson every time I take them and then die

bronze viper
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One of the hottest benefits to TD2 is being able to take Athena trials in Elysium lol

shy plinth
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I still do not want to deal with BP2 invulnerable greatshields that I can't stop from respawning

bronze viper
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Oh for sure. I've definitely lost a spare DD i got in Tartarus trying to high roll a DD in Elysium

gaunt fiber
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Getting... closer

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Another charged skewer without boons nor NPC

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Timed out on heroes

bronze viper
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What's your pact setup? I know you're on AP2 RI2 TD3, but what are you not taking for all of that pain

bright mango
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getting better

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He's doing JS2

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iirc

gaunt fiber
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I'm avoiding DC*

bronze viper
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I see

bright mango
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We are getting there

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making it to elysium a bunch

bronze viper
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@bright mango what are you working on?

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Or are you referring to Astaos

bright mango
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Astaos

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Im trying to do boon-less 35

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I keep dying to hades

gaunt fiber
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Winrate slowling approaching 5%

bright mango
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lmao yes that is hilarious

bronze viper
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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

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Reset?

gaunt fiber
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I don't reset except terrible god/hammer room 1

bright mango
bronze viper
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Nah I was responding to Pengy

gaunt fiber
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F

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lol

bright mango
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No I just sell it at first possible chance

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or unbind the key

bronze viper
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Nah I mean like if you have no rerolls and Dio gives you After Party, Positive Outlook and Nectar

quartz mantle
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Nah but what if you have no rerolls and you get hermes boon that's Move Speed, Dodge Chance, or Hyper Sprint