#h1-high-heat-strategies

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mossy zinc
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If you still die in the same number of hits, though, it doesn't matter.

gaunt fiber
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Yeah and at common the DR is meh

mossy zinc
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It's okay.

main wasp
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1 room before furies, Rare crop

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yes or no

mossy zinc
main wasp
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other option is snow burst

mossy zinc
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Still Excalibur?

main wasp
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aye

mossy zinc
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Do you have Underworld Customs?

main wasp
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also yeah

gaunt fiber
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Yeah but I'd rather have Aphrodite than Dionysus in my pool anyway

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I avoid him

mossy zinc
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What's the third option?

main wasp
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beam

mossy zinc
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Crystal Beam or Snow Burst, then.

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You can't sell Rare Crop.

main wasp
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ah

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meme it is

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ah nuts, triple furies

gaunt fiber
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Snow burst to keep boiling blood alive

wide quest
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whats a good 40 heat for rama??

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im on hell mode so i haev the forced 5

vital grove
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DC2 is very easy on Rama

wide quest
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yeayea what i tried was like

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hl5, lc4, em3, cf2, js3, cp2, uc, mm, ap1, dc2, td2, bp2, fo1, hs

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i think

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it might be a bit high

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i dont rememebr exactly

mossy zinc
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TD3 and take those 3 points off elsewhere.

daring hedge
wide quest
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i dont know if im comfortable with td3 and fo2 yet ;w;

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like ik i need to get used to it

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im just scared

daring hedge
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haha, that's fair

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you can take off TD3 and FO2, and put heat into things like CF2 and more JS

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maybe AP1 if you're ok with that

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etc.

wide quest
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ok! ill see what i can do later tonight :3

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and whats a good build, since i generally go for aphro attack and some other status special

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and athena dash ofc

honest kernel
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seems good

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dio special is pretty good

daring hedge
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aphro attack is definitely good, but generally deadly strike is a little better because of how it scales better with the bow hammers you go for, and shared suffering accounts for crits to essentially create aoe crits

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but if you're more comfortable with aphro attack, it's very viable

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zeus, dio, and ares are the best special boons in terms of damage

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but demeter special is very good for high heat utility

wide quest
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oh neat, and im assuming gods pride is the better mirror talent??

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since i never really get duos with rama :/

bronze viper
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Like in general def

daring hedge
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with rama absolutely

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in particular

bronze viper
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God's Legacy is the highroll dream lol

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You pick legacy to meme

daring hedge
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yeah, pride just gets better and better than legacy as you raise heat

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and pride affects chaos and hermes, which is huge

mossy zinc
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Heartbreak Strike with Drunken Flourish and Zeus' Aid or Thunder Flourish and Dionysus' Aid make an excellent combo.

bronze viper
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You get to style on the game though if you take legacy at high heat πŸ™‚ It's how you assert dominance

daring hedge
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then AP asserts back :)

bronze viper
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you take your assertions where you can ;_;

wide quest
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i only took ap1 once and i hated it ;w;

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like it specifically targeted what i wanted

mossy zinc
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I take God's Legacy all the time at high heat. It's better for getting Unhealty Fixation, and you need Unhealthy Fixation to get Disciple of Aphrodite.

wide quest
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also should i be starting with shackle or a god trinket??

daring hedge
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hammers are pretty important for rama, and having AP deny you a really good one can hurt

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for 40, and not doing AP2, you can run a keepsake

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er, god keepsake lol

bronze viper
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They're both great tbh, AP2 will determine your fate

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You just have to play consistently well

daring hedge
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i'd probably go arrowhead start for either deadly strike or hunter dash for a 40 like this, but you can def do rose for heartbreak strike

wide quest
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ah ok, i dont have the audacity to run ap2 let alone ap1 so :/

bronze viper
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Arrowhead is the way to go πŸ™‚

wide quest
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i personally like aphro more but ill for sure try artemis

bronze viper
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I'm just reminiscing

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Crit gang

vital grove
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I support the arrowhead

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Crits for days

wide quest
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ok!

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well ill try this all out later tonight and ill let yall know how it turns out

vital grove
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Twin shot and triple shot are huge

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Good luck

daring hedge
wide quest
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my god hammers for rama are triple + point blank

daring hedge
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that is definitely an ideal combo

wide quest
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but perfect and twin are very nice

vital grove
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Ah, of course.

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Tail would prefer a special hammer for his preferred build, Zeus Special only

bronze viper
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I tried to make Relentless + Arctic Blast Rama a thing at high heat lmao

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Too many parts to go right, my soul kept hurting from taking the Horn

shy plinth
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Arctic blast rama my goodness

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I feel like demeter support boons are mythical except for ravenous will

gaunt fiber
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yeah but the core ones have a support part so we're good

bronze viper
solar maple
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demeter always gives me snow burst

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πŸ™‚

shy plinth
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Snow burst good

bronze viper
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Lmao, the Beo pact

shy plinth
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But yes I have seen a number of nourished souls

solar maple
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the fact that you can't pom arctic blast is such a scam

bronze viper
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... I didn't actually know that

solar maple
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kind of ruins the hope of a cool demeter build

shy plinth
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Wait really

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That seems arbitrary

bronze viper
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Also I feel like I'm getting gaslit by your name color

solar maple
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yeah

shy plinth
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Also wait a minute

solar maple
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lol

shy plinth
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🧊

solar maple
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dark green baby

shy plinth
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M O N T H L Y C H A L L E N G E

bronze viper
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wait what lol

shy plinth
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The role color for hades monthly challenge is that forest green

bronze viper
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lmao

shy plinth
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Most people opt into both hades roles so you never see it

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But pseudo is a role 1 trick

bronze viper
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What a master

solar maple
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I might change the color

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dark green doesn't show up too well on dark mode for me

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at least with my 0 brightness settings

bronze viper
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0 gamma pro gamer

solar maple
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I always set brightness to minimum lol

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all dark mode

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my eyes are safe

bronze viper
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I always feel like things are hiding behind dark pixels

solar maple
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em4 fight completely blind

bronze viper
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LOL next level strat, turn your brightness to 0 in phase 3

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Become one with the universe

solar maple
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it already is 0

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well minimum that isn't off

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I've turned it up before but now I'm too lazy

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I just become one

bronze viper
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thanthink Is that what it means to Beo?

solar maple
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zeus cast meta because it emits light

bronze viper
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I still haven't experienced Beo with EM4. I would like to see how sufficiently free something must be for me to kill superdad with it. I suspect it's not as free as people would claim.

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But that would mean I would actually have to pick a cast boon with Beowulf thanthink

solar maple
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it's not actually free, especially with the other modifiers

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Once you get a handle on it though you can fight max difficulty dad without a highroll pretty consistently

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you definitely don't have to be retrash haha

shy plinth
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The nature of beo aligns very well with that fight but you still have to know it

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Like big AOE and generally high DPS with shield survivability is perfect for that fight

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But also sometimes you mess up and get hit by two sweeps in a row and die

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And by "you" I mean me

solar maple
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no "you" also applies to me

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I die to em4 too

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all the time

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less more recently though

onyx venture
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This seems fine... Nothing to worry about here... just walk slowly to the boat

shy plinth
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Don't forget to reset stubborn defiance πŸ™ƒ

onyx venture
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It's fine, I got Chaos into Fountain into Patty

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And then into shop

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This Chaos curse is going to last me until Heroes, isn't it

gaunt fiber
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just get enshrouded

solar maple
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The other nice thing about beo em4 fights is that they are actually pretty fast

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I'm pretty sure my average em4 is at ~2 mins faster than retrash

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Partly becuase of high dps, and partly because you can stick to him letting you attack more

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Fast enough that on a 2 sack, you can time out in Elysium and still have enough time for em4

tropic stream
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i've beaten 32 heat with the other 5 weapons in like 3-4 tries

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but poseidon sword has taken like 10 so far

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yoo

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i got zeus dio and demeter all naturally

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which would have been great if i wasn't doing a poseidon cast run

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oh well free exclusive access

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jolted shoals sea storm

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instant PS

shy plinth
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But you're using ff right

tropic stream
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ff?

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oh family favourites

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nah i chose PS

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ALSO

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i got the best UC ever

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mirage shot
sea storm
epic shoals

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πŸ™‚

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i love this game

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0 rolls btw

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looks like that's bye bye shoals

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literally i had so many other things to sell

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common snow burst

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zeus call

shy plinth
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I don't think I've switched off of FF in... a while

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The instant damage increase in tartarus seems pretty important

tropic stream
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yeah i get what u mean

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i haven't done it in a while either

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time for the next UC to be mirage shot, sea storm, as well as flood shot

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πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

solar maple
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finally bought batteries LOL

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watch out 56 heat

unique zephyr
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which cast is good for achilles spear and stygian or infernal?

solar maple
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I tend to go infernal

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zeus cast is the "standard" pick for room clear

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athena cast is better for bossing, and lightning phalanx is really fun

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ok first thing I tried was 57 heat

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and I remember why I hate DC2 so much LMAO

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chamber 12 was literally only unarmored witches

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entered c12 at 3:25, left at 4:40 lmao

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pain

tropic stream
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who needs DC2 when you can have swarm of duplicating numbskulls giving everyone DC hearts

solar maple
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I counted them

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there were 45 witches

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45

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end me

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one chamber

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45 witches

tropic stream
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nice

solar maple
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how am I supposed to clear 45 dc2 witches quickly

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not possible

tropic stream
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i'd say this run had some

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uhh

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decent

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RNG

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shoals jolted

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flurry cast

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exit wounds

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alright now that's 6/24

solar maple
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spicy build

tropic stream
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spicy rng

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built up call surprisingly fast

solar maple
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rod + sea storm will do that I guess

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lots of individual hits

tropic stream
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mirage + sea storm probably too

solar maple
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builds call quickly

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oh yeah mirage too

tropic stream
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rod is fun

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some more fun stats:

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i have never done a single run with zag bow or zag shield

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i've never done a run past 6 heat successfully with nemesis

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(when dark thirst got around to sword and i wanted to do nemesis i was already at like 18 heat)

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i use achilles way too much

solar maple
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yeah there are a few aspects I've never played either

tropic stream
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correction

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i've never USED zag bow/shield

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with zag spear and hades spear

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i've never beaten a run

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but i've failed twice

solar maple
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yeah I think I have 0 runs with zag fists

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and a few runs on zag bow but no clears

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lol

tropic stream
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funnily enough

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zag fists is my most used fists

solar maple
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weird

tropic stream
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top aspects for each is

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achilles, hera, poseidon, eris, beo, zag

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that's also in order of how many usages

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achilles 29, hera 18, poseidon 15, eris 14, beo 12, zag 11

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funny thing is

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i've actually also played nemesis 14

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but like i said never managed to beat past 6 heat

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idk why i suck with it

solar maple
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I've played a bunch of high heat rama/hestia

tropic stream
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also that poseidon number is very bumped up from my 32 heat runs

solar maple
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but my bow/rail heat pb is still low teens I think

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I try nothing but 50 with them lol

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so I always lose

tropic stream
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fastest time is beowulf

solar maple
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beo good

tropic stream
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mirage scint feast

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i think also splitting bolt

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don't remember

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what i do remember was that it one shot almost every single like "phase" of hades

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like the time between going invunerable

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that was with EM4

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as well

solar maple
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I was going to try to make a clip of that witch room

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but imgur only allows 1 min videos

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lol

tropic stream
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my 32 heat runs were with
achilles
eris
poseidon
beo
chiron
demeter

solar maple
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those are good ones

tropic stream
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funnily enough i've only played demeter 3 times total

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but it's not that much different from zag fists

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like in terms of overall playstyle

shy plinth
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Only surprising one there to me is bow

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Because Rama exists

tropic stream
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also, zag fist and beowulf i've never lost a run with

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yeah i was gonna do rama

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but at the time it was like in the middle of something

solar maple
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chiron is fine for 32 heat

tropic stream
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so i wasn't able to put my headphones on

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and without sound

solar maple
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it becomes stinky at higher heat though

tropic stream
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i cannot land perfect shots

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at all

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yeah ik that

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i just wanted to do chiron again because crit high number funny haha

solar maple
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just saying that choosing chiron for 32 isn't that weird

tropic stream
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loll

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the achilles run was lightning phalanx

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poseidon was one i just did

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eris was zeus and ares if i remember correctly

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beowulf was trippy again i think

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chiron was artemis

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demeter was zeus+artemis

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OH

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LMAO

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for some reason

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the second most taken hammer is vicious skewer

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probably because of all the achilles runs

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that's hilarious

shy gulch
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choosing chiron is wrong

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full stop

shy plinth
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Yeah I mean all the bows are fine at 32, just that this channel is anti chiron in general

dire steppe
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if you choose chiron you deserve a chamber 1 death

shy gulch
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i am #1 anti chiron

solar maple
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I would never do chiron myself

bronze viper
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Stinky

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Are we doing a tier list of anti Chiron players?

true fable
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put me in there somewhere

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i dont care where i just want it known i hate that weapon

shy plinth
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We need to find a pro Chiron player

true fable
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ledger

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ledger is a pro chiron player

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ish

shy gulch
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"ish" is correct

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you can probably find legions of pro chiron players outside of this channel

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it is a beloved aspect casually

shy plinth
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It's a cool class fantasy

bronze viper
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50 Chiron is a feat. I'd be shocked if there was a secret cult of Chiron players quietly honing their craft.

0r would I

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One day we will rise up and do moderate damage slowly and consistently from a safe distance. And you'll all be sorry.

true fable
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lol

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moderate damage

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ok buddy

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sure

shy plinth
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Sometimes they get conc volley

bronze viper
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Sometimes you get deadly strike and Twin Shot. Wait.

wooden meteor
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buff soon relentless vol +10 arrow

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just wait

shy plinth
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That sounds like it could be good on a bow with an attack button

sullen minnow
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In fairness duct taping sawn-off zag bow to the weapon is probably one of the better things you can do for Chiron

bronze viper
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I've been in awkward situations with twin shot that I'm charging in Chiron's normal threat range but enemies are out of Twin Shot's range, so I'm kind of playing a fishing minigame of trying to get an enemy to come into the Twin Shot reticle so I can hit them with my special.

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Good weapon.

tropic stream
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.....

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that was the worst thing i've ever done

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iTs StIlL fIrSt TrY

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lmao i did zeus shield with sea storm poseidon attack as a joke

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somehow it ended up working

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BARELY

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i took 15 seconds worth of TD damage

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i almost ran out of TD in both elysium and tartarus

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it was TD2

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hey still another 32 heat run done

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7/24

quartz mantle
agile harness
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Why is Chiron frowned upon?

true fable
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because it is at best a mediocre weapon and at worst one of the worst

dire steppe
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it’s my fault

agile harness
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I like it :c

dire steppe
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i started the chiron hate

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in this channel

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i remember just a few weeks ago i talked about how much i hate chiron and people were like wow that’s a hot take

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now everyone agrees with me

agile harness
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Zag bow is more consistent though

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You can put all boons and hammers into attack and leave special empty

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You can't do that with chiron

true fable
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its a hot take because it is very popular

solar maple
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just timed out in elysium on a promising 56 heat run

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😦

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DC is soooo slow

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57 with DC2 seems absolutely miserable

tropic stream
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which weapon

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i'm guessing beo

solemn pulsar
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does lucky tooth go before or after athena DDs

shy gulch
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depends on when you get them

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if you have Athena, then put on tooth, tooth goes after

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if you have tooth then get Athena, Athena goes last

solemn pulsar
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i am in the middle of the stupidest run of my life

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if i clear EM4... y'all gonna hate me

solar maple
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yeah beo lol

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not about to do 56 with anything else

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the more I try other weapons the more I'm convinced beo is actually the easiest 50 heat and I'm being gaslighted

shy gulch
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pseudo I think ur just good with beo

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clown

solemn pulsar
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holy god

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pseudo is right

shy gulch
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wtf

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I still can’t do 45 w beo bc em4 is too hard

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am I just bad

solemn pulsar
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here's the answer

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get perfect rng

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this literally just happened

shy gulch
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.

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I hate cgull

solemn pulsar
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(ignore bests, hell mode file)

shy gulch
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purple rush

solemn pulsar
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BWAHAHAHAHA

solar maple
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beo good

solemn pulsar
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RI0 good

shy gulch
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2 DDs

solar maple
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sub 15

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RI0 so good

solemn pulsar
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literal perfect build

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both athena DDs

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patty buff + kiss of styx

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healing to 100% each time

shy gulch
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I hate it here

solemn pulsar
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what FUN

solar maple
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AP1 RI0 you can get good builds

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on other weapons you have stinky RI

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and sometimes AP2

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so buids suck

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that one is pretty insane though LOL

edgy arrow
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okay soon the folks who’ve done beo 50 will outnumber everyone else

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i for one cannot wait for this day

solemn pulsar
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i can't believe i got mirage

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i'm dying inside

solar maple
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is that your first 50 cgull?

solemn pulsar
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mirage was late elysium

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nah i have hestia 50 too

shy gulch
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so it’s your first 50

solemn pulsar
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this is my hell mode file, so the records are inaccurate

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stfu pog

shy gulch
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lmao

solemn pulsar
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i went FAST

solar maple
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yeah that's a nice time

shy gulch
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you went very fast

solar maple
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sub 15 is zoomin

shy gulch
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ugh fine I’ll go back to grinding beo heat

edgy arrow
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sub 15 at 50 is crazy yeah

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nice one

solar maple
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#4 on the leaderboards I think but noone really speedruns 50 heat haha

solemn pulsar
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@shy gulch for 45 this pact with no hell mode, AP0, and 2 heat out of JS/CP/CF would probably be best

edgy arrow
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take it out of CF

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the JS/CP is manageable

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other option is drop EM4

solar maple
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RI0 AP0 CF0 sounds like so much fun LOL

solemn pulsar
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em4 manageable

solar maple
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no boon restrictions

solemn pulsar
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i only lost 2 DDs because i was unga-bungaing

edgy arrow
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unless you’re me

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i’m an embarrassment to beo players at this point

solar maple
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beo can do em4 quite safe

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phase 1 is pretty scary though

solemn pulsar
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im sad it's on a separate file rn

solar maple
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sometimes

solemn pulsar
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i want the 50 heat on my main file

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hell mode problems

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that's what i get for cheating

tropic stream
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i wanna do high heat beo but i also wanna get 24/24

solar maple
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yeah hell mode is just better for beo

tropic stream
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sad

solar maple
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join us

edgy arrow
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^

solar maple
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I spent today dying on 56 heat

tropic stream
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also SG pls make hell mode available to turn on in non hell saves

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ez heat

solar maple
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was trying out a few jank things

edgy arrow
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ship has sailed for PL in non hell mode

solar maple
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yeah I want PL in my main file

edgy arrow
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we campaigned for it hard in EA

tropic stream
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ez until beyblade asterius instakills you

solemn pulsar
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that was a mom pom start run btw

edgy arrow
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lmao

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that makes the mirage shot even better

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β€œAP is free if you get lucky”

solar maple
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mom pom is nice but you need to reset 3/4 times for it to be good oh wait you get to do RI0 😦 so 1/2 of the time

edgy arrow
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i was doing mom pom poseidon recently

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literally got slicing flare start 3 times in a row

solar maple
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"flare"

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lol

edgy arrow
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lmao

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that’s what it’s called, right?

solemn pulsar
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the normal casts are all "shot"

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except for "beam"

edgy arrow
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hmm

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sounds fake tbh

solar maple
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what do you even run for 50 heat hestia?

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I guess no hell mode

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for cp0

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or go AP1

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but then you need like JS3

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aaaah EM3 pacts

edgy arrow
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i’ve been doing AP2

solar maple
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are you on hell mode?

edgy arrow
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only done a few tries so far tho

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no

bright mango
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50 hestia would be ap2 right?

true fable
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you can

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dont have to

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its hestia

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just throw it in a random generator and remove DC2/RI3

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theres ur pact

bright mango
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Lol that sounds right

solar maple
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I'll do some AP2 runs

solemn pulsar
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congrats your RNG generated TD0, and you die in survival room

solar maple
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I was mostly trying AP1 before

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but I've done some AP2 attempts as well

edgy arrow
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i might try some AP1

solemn pulsar
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AP1 is more reliable to get an attack boon

edgy arrow
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i kinda like playing AP2 on hestia, but idk if it’s actually easier

solar maple
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AP2 chamber 1 hazard bomb

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pog

edgy arrow
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nice

bright mango
solar maple
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chamber 3 divine dash LMAO

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AP2 is free heat

bright mango
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That sounds like a nightmare

solar maple
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if I don't win this one I'm giving up

solemn pulsar
true fable
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they are quite stupid

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in fact

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i think we'll see a challenge revolving around how stupid they are

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soon enough

bright mango
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...

shy plinth
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#LooseDeadline

edgy arrow
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who would win:

a survival room with every pact that effects it enabled
vs.
one shield player

solar maple
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I have never had a more lucky AP2 start in my life

edgy arrow
#

one try 50 hestia pseudo

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i believe

solar maple
#

"one try"

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I have 110 current hp leaving tart

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lmao

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sorry 115 picked up darkness

true fable
#

lol

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dont post about it

#

you know the rules

solar maple
#

165 max hp

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on RI2 lmao

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nah I'm going to choke it for sure

shy gulch
#

aight 45 hera was pretty fun

#

guess i might try 45 beo again now

solar maple
#

beo is way easier than hera haha

shy gulch
#

not when I do EM4 lmfao

solar maple
#

I think hera actualy has the lowest heat wr

#

at an untied 50

#

every other aspect has done 51+ iirc

edgy arrow
#

that’s kinda weird lol

shy gulch
#

I assume u run pride on beo btw

edgy arrow
#

i run legacy

shy gulch
#

does fiery vs shadow matter

shy plinth
#

@solar maple it's tied

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Tail and Hadesprof

edgy arrow
#

you can still get mirage at 45

#

fiery good

shy plinth
#

But it is the lowest heat record

solar maple
#

no I mean no other aspect has done only 50

edgy arrow
#

speeds up tartarus a lot

solar maple
#

untied between aspects

shy plinth
#

Oh yes

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Retrash has 10 aspect records wow

solar maple
#

fiery good for beo yeah

true fable
#

thats what happens when you play on base 51 heat

shy plinth
#

Yep

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Also I did not expect the lowest heat sword to be Arthur

edgy arrow
#

not surprising tbh

true fable
#

why?

shy plinth
#

But that's the only sword record not held by... retrash

true fable
#

arthur bad

shy plinth
#

Arthur is not worse than zag sword

#

Just no way

true fable
#

thats just not true though

#

zag is pretty fast

shy plinth
#

It is??

edgy arrow
#

for heat idek

true fable
#

doesnt have to commit

shy plinth
#

I guess so

#

Yeah I mean 50+ is a diff world

edgy arrow
#

arthur gets hit hard by heat

true fable
#

retrash has explained this before, he really likes zag sword's hammer flexibility

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50 heat comes at arthur real fast

shy plinth
#

I suppose there's a point where you're out of options and can't take DC

solar maple
#

what is the hammer flexibility on zag sword?

#

what is good?

bright mango
#

Arthur at 50 sounds like a nightmare tbh

solar maple
#

yeah 50 arthur seems rough to me

bright mango
#

Idk dedge is ideal probably

edgy arrow
#

zag sword is better at using the attack hammers

bright mango
#

Piercing I’ve heard of good

solar maple
#

dedge is not flexibility LMAO

edgy arrow
#

so it isn’t just dedge is what i’m saying

#

dedge good, but other stuff also decent

shy plinth
#

You can go flurry slash or whatever

bright mango
#

The one that your special hits twice is good

solar maple
#

ok no SDs used in ashpo. Maybe hestia is good

#

I admit it

bright mango
#

Hestia bestia πŸ™‚

shy plinth
#

I just checked his 54 zag sword

#

Double edge flurry slash

#

Those are good hammers

bright mango
#

Yeah

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Insane hammers

solar maple
#

still no attack boon which is scary though

bright mango
#

Well dedge is

shy plinth
#

Flurry slash seems also good

unique zephyr
#

I tried Serrated Point and died to the reduced dash range, it does a lot of damage though

bright mango
#

Yeah

edgy arrow
#

yeah serrated is danger

bright mango
#

But insane damage

#

Especially with hades spear

edgy arrow
#

i recommend taking it when you can tho, it’s a really powerful hammer when you’re used to it

unique zephyr
#

maybe I should use a mod to get used to it (a mod where I choose hammer seed or something)

sullen minnow
#

yall

bright mango
#

I mean you can

sullen minnow
#

how should i build for hades

#

spear that is

bright mango
#

Explosivedusa

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For 32?

edgy arrow
#

or serrated

sullen minnow
#

in general

bright mango
#

Or serrated yeah

edgy arrow
#

there you go, two options

unique zephyr
#

Is hunting blade hte best build for achilles?

bright mango
unique zephyr
#

and stygian or infernal for hunting blades in general?

edgy arrow
#

it’s a very good build for sure

sullen minnow
#

i did my 32 spear but it seems that it didnt register on the official log

#

because i went straight from 11 to 32 for spear

bright mango
#

Sygian @unique zephyr

sullen minnow
#

so turns out i need to do a fair few more so my OCD can be satisfied

shy plinth
#

Wait please don't go stygian on achilles spear

sullen minnow
#

So time to Git Gud. Any boon suggestions for hades?

bright mango
sullen minnow
#

aphro/arty?

shy plinth
#

You don't want to raging rush and drop 3 of them?

edgy arrow
bright mango
#

Ye heat-rend

sullen minnow
#

for spear only lol

unique zephyr
#

Sometimes runs don't record for me

edgy arrow
#

doesn’t matter how far you jump it should record accurately

unique zephyr
#

but thankfully that hasn't happened recently

sullen minnow
#

i neglected it and got gud at everything else

edgy arrow
#

prolly should F10 that

sullen minnow
#

well it only awarded me one level on the endgame screen

shy plinth
#

What do you mean one level

sullen minnow
#

will do

shy plinth
#

On the bounties?

sullen minnow
#

my previous best was like 11

shy plinth
#

Yes that is how that works

sullen minnow
#

on the endgame screen im credited with a max of 12

shy plinth
#

Did you check the admin chamber

sullen minnow
#

despite clearing 32

solar maple
#

yeah jumping should not change anything

sullen minnow
#

oh im sure its there

shy plinth
#

On the victory screen?

sullen minnow
#

yeah on the victory

#

thats all im after

#

ill grind it up i dont mind

#

another opportunity to improve myself

shy plinth
#

The one you posted a few minutes ago shows best heat as a 12

sullen minnow
#

yeah

shy plinth
#

Er 13

sullen minnow
#

hang on

unique zephyr
#

glad to know serrated point is indeed worth it though

#

i'll take it when I can see it

sullen minnow
#

pinky swearsies, i got it done

unique zephyr
#

i assume it's the best spear hammer once I get used to the dash?

shy plinth
#

I believe you but that's weird

sullen minnow
#

but my victory screen only reflected one level

shy plinth
#

It should show up

sullen minnow
#

i didnt know or think that was a bug

#

but it is weird that it eats it even on the victory screen

#

despite the weapon select reflecting reality

solar maple
#

did you hit give up before leaving the room?

#

that might make it not save

sullen minnow
#

no sir

#

also it ticked over the heat

#

so it knew something happened

solar maple
#

I've never seen that

sullen minnow
#

before that my highest was 11 or something

#

i had neglected spear

shy plinth
#

Yeah this is very strange and definitely unintended

sullen minnow
#

i know it was 11 because i cleared all the way to dad trying to do 32 repeatedly so i stared at that number a lot lol

shy plinth
#

Your last screenshot says 13 I think

#

Did you do another one?

sullen minnow
#

i'll get with them in the tech support channel

#

honestly i might have? lemme go check

#

the archives will have the answer

#

wait

#

waiiiiiiiiit

#

waitwaitwaitwait

#

i know what i've done

#

i've save paradoxed myself

#

i did that spear run on my switch and im on PC now

#

i must have taken that screenshot and put my switch right to sleep or something and the saves never synced properly

#

cause my spear is showing highest cleared as 13 in the weapon select and my records are all wrong

#

well that's goofy but mystery solved i guess

#

wait this gets even weirder. Does the "highest heat" stat on the aspect select menu reflect highest cleared? or attempted? Cause right now my aspect menu is disagreeing with my pact for highest #

solemn pulsar
#

it's weapon level not aspect level

unique zephyr
#

I think it's highest bounty?

#

not sure

shy plinth
#

Yeah if you didn't save on your switch and then you played on pc you're desynced

unique zephyr
#

no nvm

sullen minnow
#

either way, shouldnt those two numbers agree?

unique zephyr
#

it isn't

sullen minnow
#

highest completed on the pact and on the weapon screen?

shy plinth
#

What do you mean on the pact

#

The heat gauge?

sullen minnow
#

yes sir

shy plinth
#

If you haven't cleared all the bounties that just goes up by 1

sullen minnow
#

heat gauge shows i've cleared a max of 11

shy plinth
#

Does not reflect what you're completed

#

No heat gauge shows you've claimed 11 bounties

sullen minnow
#

but weapon select lists 13??

shy plinth
#

It says "raise the gauge to 12 for bounties" right

solemn pulsar
#

heat gauge is bounties

shy plinth
#

^

solemn pulsar
#

if you skipped a heat

#

it's showing minimum heat to receive bounties

sullen minnow
#

hmmmmm

solemn pulsar
#

when you cleared 13 you didn't get bounties for all the <13 heats at once

shy plinth
#

Your other screenshots from switch are for runs that aren't synced

sullen minnow
#

yeah i follow you there

solemn pulsar
#

if you clear 20 heat 20 times you'll get 20 bounties each time

sullen minnow
#

oh well, i did it in my heart

shy plinth
#

And yeah the heat gauge is designed to avoid people going up one level to cheese bloods from meg

#

So it stays locked at the lowest uncleared heat

#

And goes up by 1 every dad kill

sullen minnow
#

so that makes sense

#

wait nevermind it just clicked

#

pact only reflects levels of rewards paid out stupid

#

not actual heat cleared

#

thank you

solemn pulsar
#

if you somehow cleared 63 heat as your first non 0 heat clear on a weapon on a file

#

it would still say 1

sullen minnow
#

yeah im with ya now. always one tick at a time

shy plinth
#

We all know nobody's done that though

#

Let's say a reasonable number like 62

sullen minnow
#

lol

solar maple
#

I stepped in a pot and died LMAOOO

#

never doing 50 hestia again

#

from 130 hp

shy plinth
#

HS is the worst

solar maple
#

to 0

#

in like 2 seconds

shy plinth
#

You know what you needed

#

Sure Footing

edgy arrow
#

oof

#

pain

solar maple
#

best build I'll ever get with AP2

edgy arrow
#

HS banned

solar maple
#

if I can't win that fight

#

I can't do hestia 50

#

I had 4 dashes and divine dash haha

#

serious choke

shy gulch
#

did another try of beo 45

#

died in phase 2 of dad this time

bronze viper
#

Hestia tends to put me in a false sense of security, since I never have to put myself in harm's way, it's always startling when that happens anyway

shy gulch
#

phase 1 took out my SD and extra Athena DD

#

I’m too bad for this em4 fight

solemn pulsar
#

Dying to hades means you can do it

#

You just have to be better

shy gulch
#

hmmm

solar maple
#

hmmm

sullen minnow
#

alright back to it. going to do GY this time to re-get 32 and seed explosive skewer because i can lol. HL5 LC4 JS3 EM4 BP2 MM TD2. Wish me luck!

shy gulch
#

I want to do a non-em4 pact but doing 45 with CF0 AP0 RI0 is just

solar maple
#

yeah I do just need to not be trash get a DD/patty

shy gulch
#

so good

#

I didn’t get patty ig

solar maple
#

you can definitely do a non-em4 pact

sullen minnow
#

also high confidence gy because hell with it, i'll die in a single hit anyway

solar maple
#

it's just 50 heat - em4 - 1 random heat

shy gulch
#

what’s ur 50 pact, do u do CF2 AP1 or like

#

CP2

bronze viper
#

I gave up on 45 hera for the moment. Lost a couple of promising runs to seeker witches and threw a couple of more to tight perfect execution.

edgy arrow
#

yeah my first beo run above 40 was just a 50 pact without EM4

solar maple
#

I usually do CF2 AP1 yeah

shy gulch
#

I’ll just try my hera 45 pact then

#

and be sad when I can’t buy boons

edgy arrow
#

it’s annoying yeah

#

but workable

solar maple
#

honestly I'm more consistent at beo em4 than other aspects normal dad LOL

bronze viper
#

I'm pm TD3 JS2 CP1 AP1

shy gulch
#

my issue w EM4 is that I mess up for 2 seconds and suddenly I’m just royally owned

#

he does so much damage with each hit

bronze viper
#

I think I'm just bad at castspecting

solar maple
#

yeah he really does just take out a health bar in 1 hit

shy gulch
#

literally

solar maple
#

105!

shy gulch
#

I took 2 hits and lost both my DDs

solar maple
#

I take acorn for that reason

shy gulch
#

then I died to a pot in phase 2 bc of course I did LOL

#

I did take acorn

solar maple
#

o

shy gulch
#

it got owned by doom stone summon

solar maple
#

so we both stepped on a pot around the same time lmao

shy gulch
#

lmfao

edgy arrow
#

pots banned

solar maple
#

with doomstone you either commit to killing it entirely or just never touch it

edgy arrow
#

hades needs to stop being a coward and fight me properly without cheesing it with pots

solar maple
#

if it doesn't make the mini guys dodging the main laser isn't too bad

edgy arrow
#

my problem is still sneaks

#

i get them 80% of the time i swear

solar maple
#

that normal dad fight was actually so annoying

#

I thought it would be way easier after all that em4

#

but elite archers are worse than some of the em4 summons LOL

edgy arrow
#

oh that’s actually true

solar maple
#

they just ate my acorn 😦

#

then I had no acorn for phase 2

#

and stepped on a pot

edgy arrow
#

that’ll do it

#

yeah oof

solar maple
#

hestia is the easiest weapon for the dad fight too (other than beo)

#

so idk what is wrong with me

edgy arrow
#

just happens sometimes

solar maple
#

also I really hate the kbm auto aim with hestia

edgy arrow
#

urns deaths always feel the worst because for the most part they’re easy enough to avoid, but the one time you step on one it’s gg

#

yeah it’s weird to use

#

i’m still getting the hang of it

solar maple
#

it also bugs me that the auto aim works differently on the attack and the cast

#

like wtf

edgy arrow
#

wym

#

cast is a totally different kind of attack

solar maple
#

like if you do the same inputs but with attack/cast the cast will aim in a different direction

#

very weird for me to get used to

edgy arrow
#

is that just because the cast homes in on the nearest target in that direction

#

whereas hestia is a straight shot

solar maple
#

no

#

not that

#

the auto aim works differently

#

not the homing

edgy arrow
#

huh

#

guess i haven’t been paying attention lol

solar maple
#

I'm talking about with aim at curser off

#

becuase I'm too much of a boomer to click on my enemies

#

too hard

edgy arrow
#

ohh

#

yeah i have aim at cursor on

#

is it easier without?

#

that sounds harder

solar maple
#

I'm used to it on rail because of eris

#

but I should probably learn it for hestia

#

with eris you kind of just hold down the attack button and the whole screen dies

edgy arrow
#

i use aim at cursor with eris as well lol

#

good to know, i’ll try switching next time

#

admittedly i play eris very rarely these days

solar maple
#

it's way easier with attack at cursor off on eris imo

#

because you dash around in melee range so much

#

that I miss a ton of shots with aim at cursor

#

you never really miss with it off

edgy arrow
#

yeah makes sense now i think about it

#

dunno why i never tried it before

solar maple
#

it's the only weapon where I use that setting

#

but I hate it

#

maybe I should learn to actually aim haha

#

for hestia

edgy arrow
#

same honestly

#

aiming hard

solar maple
#

if you want to see what I mean about the different auto aim, try walking away from skelly and pressing attack

#

then do the same with cast

#

the attack hits, the cast doesn't

edgy arrow
#

i’ll have to check next time i’m in game

solar maple
#

that run really has me discouraged from hestia 50

#

I got basically everything you could want

#

and played up till dad very well

#

then just choked

#

hazard bomb -> athena dash -> +2 dashes -> attack boon is quite good

#

I guess I never did find a special

#

didn't lose SD in the first 2 floors

edgy arrow
#

that is pretty good rng yeah

#

i threw a beo 52 with mirage shot once lol

solar maple
#

maybe I'm just out of practice

#

but I find normal dad harder than em3

edgy arrow
#

unfortunately mistakes happen sometimes

#

i often find normal dad harder than EM3

solar maple
#

also my damage felt so low

#

but I guess that's the AP2 life

edgy arrow
#

on aspects i’m less familiar with mostly

sullen minnow
#

crystal clarity chamber 12 on GY

solar maple
#

or maybe hestia is just not that high damage

sullen minnow
#

weirdchamp but we takes those

edgy arrow
#

a lot of hestia damage optimisation seems to be in playing it really efficiently

#

people who are good with it seem to be able to chew through anything with builds i’d time out using

sullen minnow
#

also for GY people, is charged skewer similar to kinetic launcher in that it deals the same damage no matter the charge?

solar maple
#

timer wasn't that bad

#

I left elysium with like 2:30 extra

#

and got a 2 sack

shy gulch
#

aight im gonna do 45 beo later

solar maple
#

so I had plenty of time

shy gulch
#

a bit tired now

edgy arrow
solar maple
#

I had almost 5 mins for dad

sullen minnow
#

ah, ok

edgy arrow
#

a min charge gets no damage buff, but comes out faster than a default special

#

then it scales up to +200%

sullen minnow
#

no powershot mechanic right? full is full?

edgy arrow
#

yeah

sullen minnow
#

ok, thanks

#

i can see why this build does stuff

edgy arrow
#

yeah it’s very good

sullen minnow
#

whoof

#

just mowed alecto down

#

dem cast feels like it weirdly compliments GY well

#

maybe im new but GY feels like it plays a shade more stationary than bow even. nice to throw down a debuff/damage source while you dash back and forth in largely the same place

wanton plover
#

yes seems like my experience

#

i also dash stroke while spec cd

edgy arrow
#

special -> dash strike -> dash strike is optimal damage rotation normally, but with charged skewer just spamming special is pretty valid

#

it’s cooldown is so small

sullen minnow
#

so it seems rngesus felt bad about what happened to my save

#

because the game is currently handing me this 32 on a platter

#

and its the casts of all things lol. GY is doing its thing but ive got 2x stygian casts. Epic dem cast, epic glacial glare, Crystal Clarity duo and to cap it all off a nice auto reload from hermes. i just dash around and let my laser turrets do all the work for me lol

shy plinth
#

Okay CF0 feels like cheating

#

I am immediately recalibrating what I think of this pact

vital grove
#

Yep, CF is a trap, just like HS

shy plinth
#

Well not quite just like

#

HS kills you

#

But CF0 feels like I have all the boons in the world

vital grove
#

Shop boons so cheap too

#

Makes hourglass way better

edgy arrow
#

i’m starting to think 1 level of CF is actually worse than HS

#

might just be the beo player talking tho lol

shy plinth
#

Worked this time πŸ™‚

sullen minnow
#

That..... was a build 🀣🀣🀣

shy plinth
#

Oh

#

That's the same run

sullen minnow
#

i don't think i've been handed a 32 on a silver platter like that before

#

game really made it up to me lol

#

easiest EM4 i've ever had by a country mile

#

and a 5 sack too, thank god i took td2

solar maple
#

CF has been called free because lots of people either use weapons that don't need boons or use AP2 (often both)

#

but it's actually quite annoying, even more so before you are using LC4/SDs

shy plinth
#

Oh yeah those 280g DDs are awful

solar maple
#

also makes it harder to buy heals

edgy arrow
#

but ye CF bad

solar maple
#

I had cf0 on some of my 40 heat runs

#

not beo/speedruns

#

just to clear with 40

shy plinth
#

Oh right 360 for CF2 gross

mossy zinc
#

The only Heat that's free is TD1 tbh.

#

And RI4.

#

If you spend no Darkness in your mirror, RI4 makes no difference.

quartz mantle
#

If you spend no darkness in your mirror you don't unlock RI

mossy zinc
#

You can reset your talents at any time.

sullen minnow
#

can athena offer you DD's with an empty mirror?

#

not RI4 mind you, empty mirror

quartz mantle
#

If you use Tooth I believe

#

Although

#

idk

sullen minnow
#

im trying to think if there are any other shenanigans differences between ri4 and leaving the mirror empty

mossy zinc
#

You need to have a Defiance slot in order to see Last Stand or Deathless Stand. That can be from Lucky Tooth.

sullen minnow
#

things like being able to still pick up rolls

shy plinth
#

Just get the chaos legendary first

quartz mantle
#

Chaos boons too

#

Either first strike or backstab boons

sullen minnow
#

tru

main wasp
#

Artemis attack excalibur, yes or no

edgy arrow
#

yes

#

that’s a classic

wanton plover
#

yes

#

art and aph typically like aspects with good base damage

main wasp
#

ok I'm gonna try tidal dash again

solar maple
#

my mirrorless 40 heat beo got vermin 4 sacked 😦

#

3rd tunnel gave snow burst though πŸ‘€

mossy zinc
solar maple
#

wait I forgot I was on EM3

#

lol normal dad with beo

#

2 acorn charges left

edgy arrow
#

oh neat

#

did you record that?

solar maple
#

no I didn't sorry

#

recording is a pain

#

and I was tabbing in and out of twitch/hades

edgy arrow
#

yeah that's fair

solar maple
#

really lucky build for the first mirrorless 40 I tried

#

I was attempting some mirrorless 50 earlier today, and that is uhhh

#

bad

#

very bad

edgy arrow
#

oof yeah that'd be hard

solar maple
#

I had 1hp at the end of the lernie fight lol

edgy arrow
#

all you need

solar maple
#

one is as they say, not none

mossy zinc
solar maple
#

oh do they have a mirrorless board on the spreadsheet?

#

first time trying something like this

edgy arrow
#

there is one yeah

#

currently just has me and atticor's 32s for beo

solar maple
#

I don't think I'll take this much higher

#

this was a pretty lucky one and I got close to death several times

#

maybe I could do 45 with a bunch of tries

#

I could turn on EM4 lol

edgy arrow
#

yeah one of things that has kept me from trying above 32 yet is the timer as well

mossy zinc
#

We have mirrorless, boonless, and mirrorless + boonless, yes. But without a video, it will go into the "Victory Scren Only" tab.

solar maple
#

ah true

mossy zinc
#

But Mirrorless will be indicated.

edgy arrow
#

i was in overtime when i won at 32, and you went pretty close with a fantastic build there

solar maple
#

well this was a vermin 4 sack

#

so that slowed it down quite a bit

edgy arrow
#

oh true i forgot you said that

solar maple
#

I thought I was going to time out but I forgot I didn't have em4 lol

edgy arrow
#

the extra cast helps a lot

solar maple
#

yeah +cast is MASSIVE

edgy arrow
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for higher than 40 that's probably almost required

solar maple
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this build was pretty much perfect

mossy zinc
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Mirrorless + boonless has not really taken off as a category lol. Still just me.

solar maple
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yeah I wonder why

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look I played call% and I still don't want to do that lol

edgy arrow
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boonless is just so long and slow