h1-victory-boasting

[grave vector]

you probably already know, but try catching the fish a bit slower on purpose

i had this problem with slavugs in asphodel

also, lets move this convo to another channel, as this is for victory boasting

[heavy solar]

Noooooo

[lunar peak]

yea ik but its unsually hard for me

idk why

[frail snow]

Anyone know what this title means? It popped up randomly after I fought Hades

[hollow jacinth]

You didn’t take damage in the hades fight

[frail snow]

Oh damn

Cool

[left ridge]

Why would I sell it tho, it's more damage on the cast

[lunar peak]

why is that?

does that make it the best aspect

[hollow jacinth]

It doesn’t proc off flood flare

It procs off the attack though

[left ridge]

meh, that's annoying

[hollow jacinth]

Yeah

Luckily mirage is mostly all you need

[bold jolt]

I thought it was to end with full hp

[worldly pollen]

merciful end bow is non ironically good

[bold jolt]

Not really, Styx fountain might not fill you up

[left ridge]

Pretty fun combo, ice wine is surprisingly strong

[bold jolt]

mild hesty speed gaming

[hollow jacinth]

50 heat pb

[inner fractal]

y does it say ur best is 54

also y tf is ur highest heat on fists 9

?

[bold jolt]

because he cleared 54 heat before lol

[bold jolt]

because he hates fists lmao

[inner fractal]

yeah but he said pb

[bold jolt]

time

[inner fractal]

im a dumbass

[bold jolt]

lmao happens to the best of us

[inner fractal]

so true

[hollow jacinth]

yeah if it was my new highest heat id probably say something like "new heat pb"

[bold jolt]

where's 50 heat fists smh

[hollow jacinth]

but tbf speedrunning 50 is understandably a very foreign thing to think about

[bold jolt]

lmao yeah no one thinks about doing 50 heat much less speedrunning it

[obsidian harness]

why infernal

well ig ap2 anyway

[hollow jacinth]

probably because i forgot to switch it lol

i guess it helps in tartarus

[obsidian harness]

yea you pick up electric shot or whatever and it’s good

[hollow jacinth]

wack

[dapper elbow]

Nice

[bold jolt]

Bruh lmao

[obsidian harness]

so good

[stable prism]

whats ur fav aspect

😋

[lunar peak]

u

[stable prism]

ok

go do ur rat

not me

[left ridge]

Only one bounty left for the bow

[bold jolt]

when you get the chaos but you're still bad at hesty

[inner fractal]

can i ask how do u get the little heads in the corner

[heavy solar]

Do you mean death defiances?

Above the health bar?

[inner fractal]

no

the god faces

[heavy solar]

Oh

They’re playing modded

[inner fractal]

that are on the keepsakes ususally

oh ok

im to lazy 4 that

[heavy solar]

Speedrun modpack is the one I believe

[inner fractal]

still too lazy

lmao

[bold jolt]

Yeah it's Speedrun

[bold jolt]

It's pretty easy to install

Ton of qol stuff that makes it worth the "effort"

[inner fractal]

yeah i have a few other mods installed i just forgot how to install

[obsidian harness]

carried by hermes

[hollow jacinth]

Nice

[oak birch]

So um... hazard bomb just carried my first escape. Didn't cap the win screen tho

[warm skiff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525145744823418901/1047607469876191242/image.png

563 health, more than 50% damage reduction, 20% dodge chance, 3 death defiances, dad couldnt kill me if i let him

[fervent night]

Jesus

[random forum]

Absolute unit

[bold jolt]

Chonky boi

[warm skiff]

just finished my last 20 heat run

[sharp silo]

Congrats, going for all 32 next?

[autumn bronze]

the mend build ever but got cucked by awful rooms

infinite rats, tint vermin, 4 sack etc etc

[bold jolt]

It do be like that

[left ridge]

First attempt at 32 heat with beowulf and got extremely unlucky with satyr sacks, had to do all of the tunnels
Pretty close final fight since I only had 90 seconds before TD started dealing damage

Also got unlucky with poms, why on earth did I end with Brilliant Riposte level 7

[bold jolt]

luckily, it's beo, which is the equivalent of a nuke

[bold jolt]

lmfao it do be like that

[autumn bronze]

4 more fast to go

wait this is the wrong one

here we go

[hollow jacinth]

Niiice

Who needs doom rarity

[bold jolt]

doom rarity is a scam

[autumn bronze]

yeah i got +85% money and side hustle who needs doom

[bold jolt]

just buy the poms

[autumn bronze]

i bought out charon's entire styx shop

[bold jolt]

lvl 8 epic impending kinda like a good doom rarity

lmfao nice

[autumn bronze]

coin tunnel gave me 370

[bold jolt]

that's normal

[autumn bronze]

also i wasnt paying attention does affluence affect side hustle?

[random forum]

N

[bold jolt]

certainly an ME build

ares c1, athena c2, impending somewhere in tart, ME in aspho midshop

easy game tbh

[autumn bronze]

[bold jolt]

almost died to tis but we dont talk about that

[autumn bronze]

oh yeah i lost 2 dds to alecto on my sub 10 because chaos

[bold jolt]

it do be like that

[lunar peak]

60% dr makes hades a joke

[heavy solar]

dr is multiplicative

not additve

well

broken resolve is additive on to weakness iirc

so it's closer to like 52% damage reduction while an enemy is close to you and 40% while they aren't

[oak birch]

I call this build "the pin ball"

Who ever said knock back was bad

(Also sorry for not screenshots)

[bold jolt]

knockback is good if it isn't tempest strike lmao

[oak birch]

Hey tempest strike was my main damage output until I got minotaur rush

So

[bold jolt]

tempest strike has the lowest % modifier

[oak birch]

What other kickback is there?

Knock back

[bold jolt]

tidal dash is the best one

[oak birch]

Never found it sadly

[bold jolt]

it do be like that

[oak birch]

Would have gladly switched out divine dash

At least on this build

[random forum]

The opportunity to switch out is rare, so don’t count on it

[neat kraken]

Back at it

[random forum]

Gj

[obsidian harness]

omg ea made your aspect epic

[bold jolt]

common rending claws tho

[left ridge]

?

[heavy solar]

The mirror upgrade which makes you see more boons, hearts, obols, hammers

[oak birch]

Wait so it makes darkness and gems show up less?

Basically?

I never could quite figure out what that did

[hollow jacinth]

Correct

[bold jolt]

hesty moment

[mighty harness]

ayyyyy

good stuff

[heavy solar]

And keys and gifts

[random forum]

Rusty

Dad called me a useless thot 😦

Also I forgot I had two grasps so I was only launching 4 at a time the entire hades fight because I am massive brain

[mighty harness]

haha

[random forum]

Also I forgot I unlocked battie, but didn’t equip it

So that run was slow and pain

[mighty harness]

unfortunate

[left ridge]

Yeah but I don't get the link with my screenshot

[random forum]

The link is you’re not using it

The other option is not nearly as helpful

[small drift]

hey we heard you like damage reduction, slowly making my way to extreme measures 4

I just picked them since they sounded cool

And get the job done

I will change it up next run then

Hope you arent yanking my chain with those being better alternatives

[oak birch]

Dark healing seems.better than it's alternative. At least until you get very good and don't need that much healing

I grab darkness all the time cause I need to fill out my mirror

[small drift]

On repeat tries bosses drop darkness

[oak birch]

I can barely beat the game no heat so I'm good

Mainly it's helpful when you do fine with the main floors and eat too many hits from bosses, even ones you have beat

[oak birch]

Sometimes it's not enough man I suck at the tisephone fight

Don't know what to tell you

Lol

It's good for noobs and I am a noob therefore for now it's good

I know eventually the other one is better

Trust me I have played enough STS to know that half of a burning blood is good

I'm just not good enough yet for it to be better than the alternative

[hollow jacinth]

Chthonic vitality is way more consistent and doesn’t lock you into picking darkness

[oak birch]

Yes I know

Like I said

It's mainly for the extra 30 heal from tisephone and hydra fight

Once I get better at those bosses I will for sure switch

(Or once I fill my mirror)

[hollow jacinth]

I mean

If you use chthonic then you’ll be more healed entering those fights

But I’m not gonna force you to use one or the other lol

[oak birch]

Lol I am typically full going into those fights

[hollow jacinth]

Fair

[small drift]

How the hell is deep pockets good?

[hollow jacinth]

Boons early >>>>

[small drift]

I get enough cash anyway

[hollow jacinth]

Define enough

[small drift]

150

[hollow jacinth]

Enough for a boon in Tartarus midshop?

[small drift]

Yes

[hollow jacinth]

So you have to pick a gold reward before then, meaning you lose out on a potential boon

[small drift]

I see the point for chthonic vitality

[left ridge]

Ah well tbh I never really thought much about it 🙈 It's one of the mirror options I'm not completely sure about

[heavy solar]

?

What link

you mean what connects the message about you not using dark foresight to your screenshot where you aren’t using dark foeesight

[worldly pollen]

i know you people do sub 5 runs or whatever it is you hooligans consider a challenge but id like to say i got my first sub 20 so thats nice i guess

aphrodite gaming

[random forum]

How is legacy such a scam

I needed low tolerance for prophecy so I guess whatever but dang

Also hunter dash was nice until I got flurry shot, whoops

[heavy solar]

Like next to no one does sub 5

It’s not that common

But sub10 and lower is pretty common

[random forum]

Congrats, so much red

[vocal smelt]

Basically no heat but my god

this run was so easy lmao

[random forum]

I will never understand how to play aspect of Zeus

[vocal smelt]

throw shield

have shield win you game

is my game plan

[heavy solar]

Skill issue

[random forum]

Truly

[heavy solar]

Truly

[heavy solar]

This is speed heat for reference if anyone is confused

[random forum]

Based duo prophecy run

Wish I had gotten vicious cycle though rip

Dad’s hp bar was white from 100 to like 25 on phase two because of constant blade rift damage

[worldly pollen]

it's so i can get asphodel erebus gates

[random forum]

Asphodel Erebus gates are awful in my experience

Any gates past tart

Just too many horrid enemy possibilities

[bold jolt]

just dont get hit

[random forum]

This was silly

[bold jolt]

based build

[random forum]

Faster than my flood flare run that melted dad lmao

Oh nah, 20 sec slower

[bold jolt]

i mean slicing flare does have pretty good damage imo
it's just that it's damage over time, which kinda sucks

[random forum]

But that run didn’t have battie

[oak birch]

I figured out how to make spear do a ton of damage. Just buff the ever loving hades out of triple strike dash

I killed each phase of father in about 30 seconds

And was face tanking his hits and just won the damage race

A better look at the main boons

Couldn't fit pressure points on there

Or rare greatest relfex

Was very fun

[random forum]

Sub 20 gang

[bold jolt]

sub 20 gang

nice 10% damage

[random forum]

I had an opportunity to take cursed slash which is my last sword hammer for prophecy but uh

This was definitely not the run to try that

[bold jolt]

should've done it tbh

the reward is 200 gem stones lmao

worth it imo

[random forum]

Would have died

Had all DDs when I entered dad

[worldly pollen]

first clear with arthur aspect :D

chonk attacks with aphro and 2 attack boons from chaos

[vestal pagoda]

oops i just committed a random 32

styx ME
rd carry tho

never played talos before either lol

[obsidian harness]

talos gaming

[bold jolt]

All fists play the same anyways lmao

Congrats tho

I mean if you're using ME

It's all the same

[left ridge]

Sweet nectar was my 3rd boon of the run
That thing is pretty op to get early on, completely destroyed the whole run

Done with the bow bounties, only the spear and the fists left

[bold jolt]

Lvl 14 cast gaming

You're still playing the same

Literally same build so same playstyle except you got lucky enough to get ME without forcing gods

That's like

1 extra thing

It's still basically the same

[neat kraken]

spread fire build, really getting up close and personal.

[lime bane]

Single dash Zag Bow so slow.

[bold jolt]

Epic rd moment

[left ridge]

I realised just now that it's my new bow pb I forgot that my previous pb at the bow wasn't great, more than 15 minutes

[heavy solar]

Nyaanyaa Mewmew playing Hades omg

[lime bane]

OMG she really is.

[summer trail]

10% pp

[autumn bronze]

the fabled loyalty card

[hollow jacinth]

I love your divine dash

[random forum]

Heroic storm lightning 💪

Unseen One at 71 clears 💪

[autumn bronze]

is that from the dude in hades' chambers that you spend meta currency on

[lime bane]

Single dash Zag Shield slowrunning.

[random forum]

Nyaanyaa played hades I don’t believe it

[random forum]

Yes, specifically I believe it’s the last one (so 325k darkness cost total)

[summer trail]

i might have cheated 👀

i just wanted to see what it did and apparently it does nothing

[lime bane]

[lime bane]

Surprisingly, single dash sword much faster when you make it multi dash sword. Who knew.

Also apparently new sword PB lol.

[hollow jacinth]

Ngl

Pretty unlucky rd rate

[lime bane]

Truly lol.

[obsidian harness]

you can fix that with plume zag sword

[lime bane]

I would call that self-sabotage, not a fix.

[bold jolt]

Fds it

[rotund sphinx]

My first 32 heat done!

[hollow jacinth]

Nice

[rotund sphinx]

Got totally saved by Patroclus filling up 2 of my death defiances

[random forum]

DD 32 is a flex

[bold jolt]

Oh Jesus cp2 with dash only lmfao

That's pretty impressive

[random forum]

Is that pos strike gilga

Jesus h

Oops! All Poseidon

[lunar peak]

never had so many poms

sweet nectar in tartarus made me so buff

[neat kraken]

EASIEST SPEAR RUN EVER

Deadly reversal is just chefs kiss with this build

Plus massive and quick spin

[stable prism]

lucky

[rain ruin]

controller

[hollow jacinth]

Good build

[violet bloom]

pog

[vestal pagoda]

and they just keep comin

i will have to get used to hl5 fo2

gradually

[hollow jacinth]

2 low6 sub6able hestia runs

funnily enough both with lvl1 epic heartbreak strike

both with 41s dad fights and 1:41 tarts

[heavy solar]

Would’ve been sub5 if you had built MEstia

[hollow jacinth]

True

[autumn bronze]

duo boons

and all without legacy

[hollow jacinth]

hmm

[vestal pagoda]

to the heat death of the universe i will wonder how

[left ridge]

I was pretty close to getting pride of olympus but got unlucky with Athena and Ares
Still a pretty strong combo though

[bold jolt]

you had no chance of getting merciful end, you needed ares attack or special here

but achilles mirage hunting blades do shred

[left ridge]

I know but what I mean is that I got Athena attack very late and could have tried to get ares attack instead and go for ME

But since I already had tidal dash I figured it wouldn't be worth it

So I just filled the attack slot with whatever I had available

[worldly pollen]

who needs gods legacy

[bold jolt]

this is exactly why we dont run legacy

[worldly pollen]

smoldering splitting zeus call is actually op

just constant lightning

[random forum]

Parting shot with the cast that doesn’t actually do cast damage, based

[worldly pollen]

i got it in styx one corridor before finishing 😅

was too funny to skip

[obsidian harness]

shackle zeus attack until ely

[random forum]

Ap2 moment

Delta hesty ez mode

[obsidian harness]

it was piercing triple until i anvil’d before dad

[left ridge]

New sword pb

[obsidian harness]

batty for sale, mint condition

also had 4 unused rolls

luci is quite fun once it clicks + you get the boons

[north void]

Just did my first escape

[heavy solar]

No jolted poms

[random forum]

Good job

Splitting bolt Zeus cast is a mood lmfao

At least that’s apparently the ideal cold fusion setup

3 god pool also, based

Zeus wouldn’t go away huh

[bold jolt]

for room clearing yeah
for bossing, it's alright

[bold jolt]

every eris player's dream lmao

[north void]

Thanks, I was going for the cold fusion. Demeter and Zeus got me most far before this. That's why. I also found 3 revenge boons in the temple. Which helped a lot in the last fight

[neat kraken]

Chefs kiss bow run.

Ice Wine is more fun then thought it would be lol.

[vestal pagoda]

pretty convenient to turn dio cast into an aimed instant nuke

[heavy solar]

Purple killing freeze

[random forum]

Pact

[left ridge]

New shield pb despite no mirage shot and carried by Patroclus

EA as third boon was pretty nice too

[hollow jacinth]

Epic rush delivery

No mirage

Lvl2 flare

Chunky Zeus aid though

[left ridge]

Got pretty unlucky with poms

[obsidian harness]

big attack

[bold jolt]

big attack

[vestal pagoda]

beeg attac

[oak birch]

B E E G number

[subtle frost]

With the exception of the satyr sack being 5, RNG decided to bless this run today

this run is uhh.. interesting lol

not sure if this is because I'm playing modded (PonyQOL is the only mod I installed, and I disabled all the major gameplay-relating features) but this happened

Charon's shop Artemis also decided to be mega generous

Lastly, Hades died when he was in the middle of his beam attack while Zagreus got stunned, so Zag is just on his stunned wibbly-wobbly animation while Hades is doing his death monologue lol

[bold jolt]

gaming

[neat kraken]

Oh and yeah the literal definition of surviving with 1 hp

[subtle frost]

holy crap what a close call, grats

[near hawk]

Hey first time I got some really good rolls on my Trippy Flare build

I didn't even get Artemis's Legendary for this. I just got really lucky with 2 Chaos boons and 1 temprary Cast stone

[hollow jacinth]

Good build

Few more poms would have made it insane

[near hawk]

Hold up what

I had no idea

I had bad rolls so I couldn’t get as much poms as I like

Thanks for letting me know

I wanted to force Artemis to get Mirage Shot

Because you know

In hindsight I should not have made Artemis swap Special and Force an Attack swap

I’d have Scintillating Feast otherwise

[hollow jacinth]

I bet this still absolutely chunked dad tho

[heavy solar]

Scillanting feast doesn’t do much when your cast oneshots everything

It would’ve been not that noticable

[subtle frost]

what are those bond forged icons on the top right? is that a mod? I've seen other people (mainly speedrunners) having it

[near hawk]

it did

[left ridge]

Yeah it's mods

[near hawk]

It's 4 Stygian Casts

[subtle frost]

may I ask what mod it is?

can't seem to find it on nexus

oh wait nvm found it, it's on speedrun.com

[heavy solar]

Speedrun modpack

[odd knoll]

My first win ever finally

took me a while

way too long

[heavy solar]

Rip no athena special for ME

[subtle frost]

Ayy congrats

Chaos decided to bless this run and gave an early Fully Loaded

[oak birch]

Full meme beam build.

[near hawk]

meme beem?

[near hawk]

congrats

[oak birch]

Demeter cast

[near hawk]

I know

I just don't see it that often

And TBH I don't like it

It's like uh

To em it's Blade Rifts but worse

[bold jolt]

That's exactly what it is

Hunting blades is extremely strong lol

[oak birch]

It feels like it does more damage than blade rift but maybe I'm wrong

Meme beam feels like it melts thing while blade rift feels like it just tickles people

[bold jolt]

Hunting blades has better boss damage and needs less boons to get going

[limber cradle]

That's been a really interesting one. Some say that Demeter just does not work with Hera but if you get her duo with Aphrodite then it deals quite good damage.

[vale heart]

Her duo with aphro is bad

Artemis/dem crystal clarity is just better

[bold jolt]

also using meme beams on hera is the same as using it on a any other bow lmfao

you just get to place it further away from you

if you wanted raw damage then crush shot would be much better

[limber cradle]

That's the thing, simple win is not fun to me

I don't need just more wins

I want to try weird combos

[limber cradle]

Not in this case. When you shoot the beam it instantly turns backwards on you so it immidiately starts to deal damage.

Also crystal clarity deals +10%, Aphro deals +30%

[bold jolt]

sounds like budget lucifer at that point lmao

[near hawk]

I calculated the damage and it does less damage

To make a Crystal Clarity Build you can make a lot of new things work like making it apply Chill on contact or use Killing Freeze

But IMO meme beam should have Chill from the start anyway

[bold jolt]

yeah meme beams aren't great lmao

[near hawk]

My argument for making Demeter work is this

If you very heavily spec into her you might just be able to get Winter's Harvest

So enemies basically has 20% less HP permanently

[bold jolt]

If you want to grind out one god to get the legendary might as well do Zeus lmao all the boons combo together very well

[near hawk]

I mean

It's Zeus

Lucifer Build

[limber cradle]

I tried to but I've only got a few boons so unlucky

[subtle frost]

Bruh RNG gave me only 1 Artemis boon, but in exchange it decided to give me a Lv11 Heroic Crush Shot

Thankfully it's a really good Artemis boon as well

[autumn bronze]

em4 based

also whats going on with your health bar

[bold jolt]

that's pony's qol mod iirc

that's a gauge for the call below the hp

[autumn bronze]

makes sense

i thought it mightve had something to do with the fact that they lost a dd as the fight ended or something since their health is at 50%

[obsidian harness]

achilles kinda stinky

1 left

[heavy solar]

Do all aspects 64 heat next

[obsidian harness]

👍

[summer trail]

lots of nectars this run

[obsidian harness]

not hitless 👎

drunk eris very fun, great build

40 heat all aspects done 😁

[unborn elm]

Why zagreus mother not come to house?

[subtle frost]

holy crap what a run

dad stood no chance against Heroic Doom ME

[hollow jacinth]

Insane build

[vestal pagoda]

dad got ended mercifully

or mercilessly i guess

[random forum]

What’s the pom icon under stuff

Some mod that lets you prevent certain boons from showing up in the Pom list?

[rain ruin]

Just shows which boons are pommable and which are not

[heavy solar]

The icons in the top right are usually just gods you pick up right

[autumn bronze]

dusa and dusa my favourite gods

[random forum]

One dusa always lies and one dusa always tells the truth

[subtle frost]

No they are just randomly-generated set of icons to display that they are not using any of the available presets

there are 2 presets on the mod, RTA and IGT

the mod in question being Hades Speedruning Modpack
https://www.speedrun.com/hades/resources
available at the very bottom of the list

not that I'm doing speedruns, I just installed it for the cool HUD add-ons alongside entity outlines

[bold jolt]

He knows that lol he's just joking

[subtle frost]

oh lol, my mistake then

Another unlucky-but-actually-lucky run

RNG decided to give me Zeus instead of Poseidon, but in exchange it gave me Greater Recall (I switched to Hermes Keepsake on Elysium while still having Refreshing Nectar, not intentional) and Fully Loaded, plus a good number of Poms on the 2 boons that actually matter

would've loved to get Exit Wounds instead of Support Fire/Pressure Points but I'll take what I can get

[near hawk]

I had to kill EM4 dad with only 1 Skelly

To get all my stuff I risked having a lot and banked it all on Patroclus who did not show up and was able to get a basically perfect Nemesis Build (aside from not enough poms)

Even though I was mowing down enemies I had to be super careful

[subtle frost]

Friendship with Nemesis ended, now Arthur is my best friend

[zinc wagon]

second win in a row (ever) with hera bow. Damage was insane. However I had no movement modifiers so zues owned me and took a couple of my rezzes

[sage venture]

No screenie, but:
Gilgamesh claws
attack causes hangover
dash causes weak
special causes weak (+ bonus damage from aspect)
true shot / Artemis crit cast
all attacks may crit
hangover increases crit damage
hangover stacks higher on weak enemies
bonus damage against weak enemies
increased damage reduction from weak enemies
hermes keepsake at 31% movement/dodge

amazing synergies. most dps i've ever had in a run
was also my fastest run ever (30m)!

[random forum]

Good job

[random forum]

Good job

[granite sphinx]

This might have been the easiest run I've ever had once I got greater recall, just spam cast and watch enemies pinball all over the room, most of styx died in 1-2 volleys lol

[sage venture]

Best time is 9:21 !? How did you manage that?

[rain ruin]

Must be a real gamer

[bold jolt]

ignore the fact that a new wr for modded was set lmao

[random forum]

They won in 9 minutes and 21 seconds is how

Take free rooms

[bold jolt]

Be fast

[random forum]

Kill things more fasterer

Not fast enough nanas

[bold jolt]

Says you

[sage venture]

free?

[hollow jacinth]

Free as in easy

[random forum]

Sub1 free when

[near hawk]

Sometimes I used rooms that has nothing but a fountain in it

[near hawk]

In game time is actually quite lenient on a few things

[heavy solar]

don't take effort

[near hawk]

Most importantly, speedruns are reliant on being lucky as well as good

[heavy solar]

I think skill and gameplay knowledge are more important factors then luck

[near hawk]

I believe all three are equally important to get that speed

A bad boon can scare you over

I know

I’m just using the standard speedrun strats on those runs to get 9 minutes

[subtle frost]

Speed

Geez chill out, Artemis. I already got Fully Loaded on Elysium end shop, I don't need anything else

RNG had to give me triple Styx Artemis on the one run I already got Fully Loaded on

whereas every other run it won't give me any smh

[heavy solar]

Fully loaded on a castpect? Hacker

[subtle frost]

"The game just plays itself" Simulator

[untold zealot]

artemis best girl

[lunar peak]

i have like 175 of the cards

[untold zealot]

how LOL

[lunar peak]

i bought them

i spent like 8 dollars

[untold zealot]

ahh

[random forum]

#h1-discussion

[fast plover]

I mean, she IS best girl, but JESUS CHRIST

[sage scroll]

5th win ever,

[random forum]

Good job

Funny skull runs tho

[remote minnow]

.

my first clear

forgot to take the ss at the end

this made me sneeze

[random forum]

Ares keepsake lol

The Eurydice keepsake is pretty helpful for the last area, if you have it. If not, might wanna get it. Makes it a lot easier to survive

[remote minnow]

i didnt know what to take , so i just took the first one i unlocked lmao

[fiery haven]

So since I finished all 32 heat on weapons I bumped it up to 35 but then got bored and wanted to go higher so I just did 40 without finishing all 35 first

I'll take a screenshot late but I did it though

[hollow jacinth]

Gaming

[fiery haven]

Hey how much damage does that level 40 heroic divine dash deal

[hollow jacinth]

101

[plain haven]

that build was very fun

[random forum]

Me when I turn my phone sideways to read the victory screen but then my phone rotates the picture

[subtle frost]

I think it's been like 1.5 month since I've last used Chiron bow

I used to use Ares special on it back then lol

[late lily]

Got 32 heat with at least 1 aspect of each weapon, can't crack 40 heat, any1 got any pact layouts/suggestions they use for 40?

[hollow jacinth]

yey

[fiery haven]

I got this one for pact

[hollow jacinth]

yeah that looks decent for zeus shield

id maybe switch approval process for more hard labour

[fiery haven]

Oh I forgot about approval process, luckily it didn't bother me much that run it just blocked sure footing three timws

[lunar peak]

it grew

[neat kraken]

[sage venture]

First perfect clear 😁

[hollow jacinth]

R E D

[velvet sluice]

Hades 2 gave me the motivation to go to the 32 heat run

[violet bloom]

very nice pact and mirror

ggs

[bold jolt]

gaming

[random forum]

Dc2 Chiron suffering

Ap2 also holy

[obsidian harness]

explosive too

[random forum]

Explosive Chiron noooooooooo

Honestly the more I look the worse it gets

[granite sphinx]

Was not expecting flurry to work with dash strike, after I picked it up in elysium I just held down the left mouse button and deleted everything vaguely in front of me

[random forum]

Yup

Hold down attack and tap dash with flurry

Is great

[subtle frost]

Flurry Jab is hands down the best hammer on spear

works best with Zeus or Artemis attack

[urban rain]

new fastest run! also i believe my first ever deathless run which is nice

[random forum]

Good job

[subtle frost]

SPEED

[twin oracle]

My first ever clear!!!!! Haha! So satisfying! 🥹

[proud ledge]

The god run.

[sage scroll]

backhand build with malphon

[marble plank]

zagreus: 70 enemies defeated thanatos: 2 enemies defeated

[heavy solar]

70
holy
did you have js3 and a roiling curse from chaos?

[marble plank]

js3 - it was in asphodel and omg so many small enemies popped up - and I was running the hidden shield aspect of beowulf with a good aoe cast too

[left ridge]

3 weapons with 32 heat done

[left ridge]

Congrats!

[lunar peak]

whats that thingy like the border art

how do i get that

[left ridge]

Themes from the House Contractor https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/House_Contractor#Work_Orders

[left ridge]

Perfect ME build, got it in Tartarus already so that went pretty smoothly

[left tartan]

Hhhhhhhhhhhhh we did it

[bold jolt]

gaming

[left tartan]

I like cursed slash a lot, I usually go for tanky builds but it worked out nice

The bajillion centaur hearts didn’t hurt lmao

[urban rain]

my 7th chiron hangover build

[obsidian harness]

5 god cores ul2ci

[random forum]

Talos ME

[winged iron]

hades 2 got me excited so i booted up a fresh hades 1 savefile
i beat hades at 20 heat in 1/3rd of the attempts it took me to beat him with 0

tho this was def a fluke since i just happened to got a build that i've practiced a lot

[random forum]

Aspect of cshot carry

[bold jolt]

cshot moment

[winged iron]

trueeee

[summer trail]

as an ME bulid enthusiast i need to tell you that you're missing pressure points for the perfect build

it's not required but it does massively boost damage

[bold jolt]

nah it's missing deadly reversal and poms on impending doom

[summer trail]

that too i guess (i'll be honest i keep forgetting about that, but i keep getting it accidentally everytime because i like artemis aid)

[heavy solar]

PP does not infact massively boost damage

What nanas said is right

[summer trail]

yea i realized that later

like i said i end up getting it on accident and forget that it has the massive crit chance

[heavy solar]

PP is not massive crit chance what are you saying

[bold jolt]

when you get a PP proc that only does 12 damage because boss bubble

[heavy solar]

PP is only useful if you also have hunters mark

[summer trail]

i'm saying that deadly reversal has the massive crit as opposed to pressure points (like what i was thinking) because i forgot i would get it on accident by the time i go to hades

so if anything i'm agreeing with you

[heavy solar]

Oh you got confused between the 2

[summer trail]

yea i didn't know what was doing so much crit damage

[obsidian harness]

pp is good boss damage

[gilded cloak]

Got back into it after not playing awhile, pretty happy with the results

[subtle frost]

My first ever 32 heat clear let's go

I'm never doing this again

[bold jolt]

the reason why it felt miserable was because of dc2 js3 and cp2 lmao but nice

[subtle frost]

yeah I don't really know how to tweak the heat lol, I just wanna be done on getting the last skelly statue

[bold jolt]

lc4, td3, and/or fo2 would've been easier lol

if you took td3 and lc2, you could've done cp0 and dc0 for starters

bp2 would've taken off js3

[urban rain]

first eris win! that felt really strong

[random forum]

Pact of all time

[subtle frost]

Thunder Party

[urban rain]

new fastest! i'm getting there

[vestal pagoda]

first sub20 of hundreds to come

[sage scroll]

man was duplicating the fire skull thingys without shooting them

[heavy solar]

My god what a miserable pact, props for taking the W

[proud ledge]

MWAH! Anvil luck is peek.

Turned it into an all special build like I wanted.

[quiet elm]

Coronacht, Aspect of Chiron is Chef’s Kiss

[proud ledge]

it melted Hades like wet butter and a hot knife.

Gorgeous - not to mention I got that duo boon with 20 percent extra boss damage for free.

[left ridge]

Consolation prize after losing to a great spear run, only one bounty left for the fists

Also I got unshakeable mettle shown three times, sold it, and got it again I just wanted ME

[heavy solar]

If you wanted ME you might’ve wanted to keep it instead because it was getting in the way of your merciful end finding

[bold jolt]

lmao yeah, if you get a duo you dont want you should keep it so it's not a split rate for the other duo

[heavy solar]

Damn you really decided to open 2 duos that would get in your way with one boon
That’s like the inverse of killing 2 birds with one stone

Kneecapping both your kneecaps with one stone 🤔

[plain haven]

this was very fun

I think I like Zag's sword more than Nemesis

[sage scroll]

its a victory to my tummie

[steady ore]

guys

belive me or not

but it was my first time with the bow

i play for the test

because i was tired of try hard 2 months in row with the sword

but it was my first time

[bold jolt]

gaming

[steady ore]

and before the fight i thought i will lose

i think bow is op

or sword is crap

maybe the both

[bold jolt]

sword is in the bottom half of weapons, bow is in top half lmao

[steady ore]

really ?

and who is the one for you ?

[bold jolt]

yeah, there's a pretty clear cut of bottom and top half for weapons, but there's no particular order

sword, fists, and spear are bottom half
shield, rail, and bow are top half

[bold jolt]

wdym

[steady ore]

what ?

[bold jolt]

what do you mean by "who is the one for you?"

[steady ore]

the best

[bold jolt]

ah

[steady ore]

number one*

[bold jolt]

i personally enjoy most shields and hestia rail

there's not really a "best aspect" in the game tbf

[steady ore]

oh ok

i try sheil and i feel like it's sword but better

but hard to take in hand

[bold jolt]

shield feels pretty wack to use without charged shot unless you're playing zeus shield

[tall sequoia]

i am weak sauce bc i am currently too nervous to put heat up to get nemesis aspect lma0o

[sage scroll]

anotha one

[bold jolt]

Not great at extremely high heat

I'd argue Zeus shield is better at higher heat

But worse for speedrunning

It depends what you want

It's got a sub5 lol

Still

Until ri3 is used

And probably dc2

[barren vessel]

hestia has a serious case for best overall aspect, id rate it higher than beo if we consider all contexts

[hollow jacinth]

uh

[plain haven]

final form hades is so fun

[heavy solar]

What a 19 heat pact

Dc 1, cp1, cf 1, js 1, em4

Dio with minimal pommage

[bold jolt]

Gaming

[primal crown]

fat chaos

[next radish]

Most fun I've had with bow and most use I've ever gotten out of its special

[flat pike]

Eey second run on a new save

[primal crown]

R O D carry

[flat pike]

Kinda yea lol

It worked ok tbh

[primal crown]

wait just noticed its hell mode lol

gg

[flat pike]

ty

[flat pike]

Awesome shotgun build you got there

[hollow jacinth]

it kinda chunked

[next radish]

true

[urban rain]

scuffed run

[random forum]

Sub30 gang

[urban rain]

i need to redo spear to get a sub30

[random forum]

Sub20 when

Oh you have one

[urban rain]

by 6 seconds

[hollow jacinth]

bruh

[urban rain]

there's a slightly better time

even had to do 4 chambers in styx

[hollow jacinth]

nice

[mild egret]

First run back after about a month

[reef flume]

When you only have 3 core boons and still win😎

[obsidian harness]

yea hok

mods are don't get vorimed and sack control

[random forum]

Gj

[bold jolt]

explosive and relentless rama on 50?? damn crap hammers that's big skill

[obsidian harness]

explosive is so awful i think it actually lowered my damage

[bold jolt]

was this special only lmfao

[obsidian harness]

no but like 80% of my damage was from special

[bold jolt]

lmfao close enough

[obsidian harness]

you'd think +400% arty attack would be chunking but nope

[bold jolt]

it'd chunk if you could actually hit it lmao

[obsidian harness]

now i have to play melee weps at 50 heat :(

hitting isn't a problem it just didn't do any damage

[random forum]

When you only have 0 boons and still win 😎

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/725021639506526249/1027118650978742312/IMG_3439.jpg

[obsidian harness]

crits were like 500

[bold jolt]

cshot shield basically ranged tbh

[obsidian harness]

if i can get it

[obsidian harness]

of the 6 attempts this took 5 had either chain shot or relentless as first hammer

[bold jolt]

can't you just use guaranteed hammer

you have the mod

[random forum]

I think he’s doing every hammer win? Or I’m thinking of someone else

[obsidian harness]

no just all weps 50 at this point

ig

where’s the fun in guaranteed hammer

[bold jolt]

i mean even if he is doing every hammer win, you can still force every hammer lmao

[random forum]

Also of all the speed pack mods guaranteed hammer is definitely the “cheapest”

So maybe doesn’t like it

[bold jolt]

so you dont have to die/reset to get the one you want lmao

[random forum]

I mean clearly you DONT have to

[bold jolt]

tbf it's built for speed not heat, for speed you're gonna reset anyways if you dont get the hammer you want

[random forum]

Since he won without any good hammers

[obsidian harness]

the mindset is don’t get vorimed so i can actually play runs, and sack control bc it’s egregious rng at the end of a run

[heavy solar]

The fun in guaranteed hammer is not getting screwed by rng

[random forum]

Perhaps the fun for grizz is adapting to the hammers you get

#h1-discussion

[obsidian harness]

maybe when i get like serrated on guan yu 4 times in a row i’ll try it

but rama is p hammer tolerant anyway

[heavy solar]

Idk

I play switch so I’m a slave to rng

[fierce breach]

had to join the discord just to share this crazy build. The Adamant Rail with Spread Fire and a lot of Poseidon boons. Made it where I'd just get in their face with dashing and shooting, and it'd push them back, against the walls, and they'd take so much damage, quickly. And it worked really well on Hades, too.

[random forum]

Sub30 gang

[floral relic]

fastest yet,,,

[heavy solar]

You can go faster, achieve speed incarnate, aim for sub4

[bold jolt]

based mirror pact and build

[heavy solar]

Oh that mirror

Also holy the number of poms you got in total

If only they were all on the hangover

[elfin sparrow]

Only just found this Discord today, figured I'd share my best-ever run-to-date. I'm out of practice right now, having just gotten back into the game, but I want to work my way back up to this!

[heavy solar]

Congrats
Why so many poms on divine dash

Reminds me of

[bold jolt]

lmfao

[elfin sparrow]

Honestly do not remember, that run was over a year ago now.

[bold jolt]

gaMEing

[elfin sparrow]

Also I was kind of in a daze after.

[heavy solar]

Lvl50 divine dash where are youuu

I haven’t played in like a month and I tried to play again today and just couldn’t

[elfin sparrow]

I just picked it back up again yesterday and started a fresh file to relearn the game. I've definitely got some serious rust to work through, but I've already gotten one clear, so not as bad as I was afraid of.

[heavy solar]

I don’t want to start a fresh file unless I kick it off with a fresh file clear

which uh

isn’t exactly easy

[elfin sparrow]

Eh, that wasn't going to happen, as long as it's been for me. That requires practice.

[heavy solar]

it does require practice

And I’m rusty

And I still haven’t cleared 40 heat on my normal save so

[elfin sparrow]

Also the sword isn't one of my best weapons. I prefer rail or fists or bow.

[heavy solar]

I prefer every weapon

[fiery haven]

I got another 40 heat run done tonight, it was with the shield and I'm too lazy to post the screenshot cause I'm already passing out

[heavy solar]

I

Tried to do boonless earlier

Got to Hades died to his second phase

Fo2 Hades is annoying when you’ven’t any boons

[floral relic]

Will try this one

[heavy solar]

You just have to beat the wr by 40 seconds at that point

[bold jolt]

true

just 40

[heady portal]

hey folks, just a reminder that this channel isn't meant for discussion! if you want to discuss your runs the appropriate place would be #h1-discussion or #h1-builds-and-combat

[heavy solar]

[thick fjord]

I know it's not fast or high heat but it was a fun run I did a couple of days ago

Getting the Poseidon Aphrodite duo boon early and having Demeter's cast upgraded to heroic with a level 7 crit on top was a fun combo lol

[random forum]

Try switching the 10th and 12th mirror option to the green one

[thick fjord]

good ol' mercyful end

[thin slate]

My Cerberus hoodie arrived, I'd say that's a W

[fast plover]

I got a good merciful end build

[plain haven]

I don't think I ever got merciful end

[sage scroll]

Anotha one bites the dust 👏

[sage scroll]

WOOOO

[tall sequoia]

WAAAY

[tall sequoia]

is that your first game clear??

[heavy solar]

No

It’d be after first clear

I think it’s 10th clear iirc

[tall sequoia]

oh no ik that ive returned ||persephone|| but i was just asking if its their first time completing the base game

[heavy solar]

Probably

[subtle frost]

lol it took me like 150 clears to finally learn that merciful end doesn't just appear on any reflect boon, and only divine strike/flourish is eligible for its appearance

I had like a ton of runs where I picked ares attack and then divine dash, and was wondering whether my game is bugged or not until I finally checked the codex to reconfirm

[sage scroll]

10th

[tall sequoia]

oh i mean more is it your first time returning her, or have you finished the base game before?

[sage scroll]

first

[tall sequoia]

way!!! congrats then mate! enjoy the post game content!

[sage scroll]

i am with THE SIGIL

now for gun hidden aspect

[tall sequoia]

GUN! GUN! GUN!

[lunar peak]

https://prnt.sc/IUfgeqPbofMV

Second ever clear ^_^

Also, glad this channel exists, just found out about it

(After getting... directed here after posting such content elsewhere 😅 )

[plain haven]

You never forget your first
I already forgot my second one

[fierce breach]

i forgot my first. apparently i did it with the gun. which recently im realizing is a really really good weapon

[lunar peak]

WOW I managed to get my third right after my second

With a different weapon too

[bold jolt]

gaming

[lunar peak]

post my build here in a sec

[fierce breach]

niiiceee

[bold jolt]

sd is absolutely based

who needs boss insurance when you have room insurance

[vestal pagoda]

how about no insurance

[cursive current]

Third clear in a row \o/ Only at Heat 1 for now

[sage scroll]

and again!

[lunar peak]

JEEZ, my 2nd 3rd and 4th EVER hades kill ALL IN A ROW with ALL DIFFERENT WEAPONS

I was genuinely not expecting that to go so well

I didn't even have touch of styx dark that time

[sage scroll]

time for torture

[lunar peak]

You guys won't believe this

My 5th ever hades kill was my 4th kill in a row!! This time on 2 heat!

This was an incredibly blessed run with RNG

Not only did I get Cshot, I had Lightning-enhanced Blitz Disc, Heroic Posiedon Call (greater call used twice in the Hades fight), and I got lucky on the Ely and Styx room RNG such that I still had Touch of Styx Dark for Hades

Oh, and heroic support fire to top it all off, firing constantly as the zeus-enhanced blitz disc blends enemies

Definitely my best and most powerful run so far

[granite sphinx]

When you suddenly reforge into cluster bomb and rocket bomb and become a special build

got everything except trippy shot in act 4

[hollow jacinth]

getting consistent at sub 6 now 👀

[bold jolt]

gaming

get a consistent sub5

[hollow jacinth]

only need around 300 more to go

[bold jolt]

true

[opal ridge]

i'm sorry, SUB 6?
i usually average like 20-30 minutes per run and i thought that was fast

[bold jolt]

lmao

[hollow jacinth]

i play this game too much

[bold jolt]

the modded wr that was made yesterday or something is 4:39

one before that was 4:45

3 days apart because croven is a bully

[opal ridge]

literally just got my pb and then i see mfs just zooming through the game
ironically i thought the build was kinda ass too

[bold jolt]

zoomin

[neat ledge]

Not me ruining the timer every time I meet Eurydice cus I can't help but just stand there for a solid 5 minutes

[bold jolt]

timer pauses in that room

[neat ledge]

Aw heck guess my time just sucks in general

[bold jolt]

lmao rip

[random forum]

Sub25 gang

[urban rain]

that seemed decent... nothing special tho

[jovial lava]

Man

[random forum]

#h1-discussion

Sub55 gang

[open finch]

decided-and somehow managed-to sweep 3 32s today

First one had to manage evades well on em4, second one was basically free given like a good 50% dodge chance which gets upped to 100 when it's a close dodge, and third one was a heart pounder at the end, probably the most scuffed hunting blades build I've had with no extra casts lol

[hollow jacinth]

gaming

[random forum]

Sub33 heat gang

[lunar peak]

Flurry jab OP

[subtle frost]

Man Cluster Rockets are something else

one click and it clears styx hallways

[tough raven]

I got like 4 poms of power + sweet nectar so I just pumped it all into pressure points, the maim crits were crazy

[heavy solar]

Congrats!

But I would like to note (just for your information) that
A) 4 poms ain’t really that many (nevermind I saw wrong)
B) pomming artemis strike is negligible damage boost

Wait

Nevermind

12 poms on pressure points also isn’t a great use of poms tbh

[subtle frost]

Trying God's Pride again and finally got a run where I didn't get robbed of Duo boons

couldn't get Fully Loaded though, despite having 2 Artemis boons + 2 rerolls on Styx

[heavy solar]

I feel so slow and rusty

[bold jolt]

gaming

[heavy solar]

Chonky zag shield gaming

Now time to dial it up to 32

[bold jolt]

40

[heavy solar]

32

Then 40

[bold jolt]

50

[obsidian harness]

15 heat bounty done

[bold jolt]

antos gaming

that's such a horrid build lmao gg

[random forum]

Sub14:45 gang

[random forum]

Whaaaaaaat is this build? Truly an ap2ment

[fiery haven]

You had persphone on this build, not ares, so the little chibi art for the gods on the top right corner are wrong

[heavy solar]

It being accurate to what you have isn’t the point iirc
Itms about showing you aren’t seeded I think

Or maybe I’m remembering wrong

[obsidian harness]

it shows what settings you have w the speedrun modpack, that one’s the igt preset

[haughty quartz]

Was absolutely carried by boons and daedalus, first clear too !

[subtle frost]

nvm I still hate Gods' Pride lol

got like 4 chances for mirage shot and 2 rerolls, and still couldn't get it

back to Gods' Legacy I go

[zinc wagon]

https://imgur.com/a/rpnTptC had to be my strongest 1 shot build. Absolutely rekt hades on my heat progression. Maybe 4 or 5 hera shots and he done.

[sage scroll]

umm, how?

maimer

[sage scroll]

left his weapon

[jovial lava]

Man

[subtle frost]

Holy hell I finally got my dream Zeus Sea Storm build on Achilles

Unfortunately Charon offered an anvil instead of Hermes on Styx, so I couldn't get Rush Delivery 😔

Zeus is such an inconsistent god to base a build in, I've been getting so many of these types of runs that I just hate him so much

[sage scroll]

WOOO LUCIFER HELLFIRE BUILD

[sage scroll]

more of a tactical hellfire missile build

what, is it that bad?

damn

i didn't know

huh

[versed crane]

if it's l1 not rlly

if it's zeus flourish the damage quickly out scales +%

but it's better on attack first

[hollow jacinth]

Double dip

[jovial lava]

finally got the cool statue

[subtle frost]

Heat 32 EM4

why wouldn't it?

well it's the opposite for me

I've only gotten 1 good run with Pride lol

well, 2 actually since I recently did a Hestia run with it

but every other time I'm just gonna go Legacy

[jovial lava]

whats wrong with it

[subtle frost]

Pride feels more like a scam to me because I kept getting offered common boons on boons I actually want

[subtle frost]

that combo is hella hard lol

[jovial lava]

oh lol i just added up random stuff until i reached 32

[heavy solar]

No td3 no lc4, has dc2 js3 cf 2

Also not fo2

[subtle frost]

You got Jury Summons 3, Extreme Measures 4, Benefits Package 2 and Damage Control 2

this combo is just nasty lol

[heavy solar]

Js3, cp2 and dc3 and cf2 are all issue in their own right

Together

They are even worse

[subtle frost]

at least use Tight Deadline 1 or 2 geez

[heavy solar]

You could use tight deadline 3 for 6 free heat and forced overtime 2 is really good once you adjust to it

Calisthenics program 2, jury summons 3 and damage control 2 are all rough by themselves, even worse added all together

[heavy solar]

BP2 is fine

It’s just when you add js3 and cp2 and dc2 to bp2

Also Convience fee is really really annoying

[subtle frost]

I meant the combo, BP2 on its own is fine yeah

[subtle frost]

I have it on all the time as you can see here

[shy bloom]

First time beating Hades with the fists. Wasn't lucky on duo or high rarity boons, but I guess two fully charged Zeus calls saved the day
Managed to take all three death defiances to Hades though so plenty of raw life left.

[subtle frost]

congrats

Quad Casts on Dionysus Beowulf build, let's go
RNG decided to never have the cast appear on Pom options, so it gave them on Chaos instead

[winged iron]

incredibly rare fully loaded on cast build

plus 3 epic chaos cast buffs lmao that's crazy

on god's pride????

[subtle frost]

yeah this run's luck is crazy

[winged iron]

i would say this is a cracked build but the fact that it's a level 2 trippy flare is definitely not good
still juiced beo so it shreds but still

[subtle frost]

I didn't actually intend on getting Fully Loaded so I just have Pride on instead of Legacy

yeah RNG decided to never have the cast as a pom option lol

only my first pom had it

meanwhile RNG keeps proposing Pressure Points as an option every time

[winged iron]

is that a level 3 snow burst?

[subtle frost]

yea it was the 300 coins pom on styx

[winged iron]

wait ice wine beowulf
nevermind

[subtle frost]

is Ice Wine on Beo bad actually? I actually didn't plan on getting it and just picked it to try

[winged iron]

ice wine slows down the cast spawn iirc

[subtle frost]

yeah

the delay is annoying

especially when you're used to the nigh-instantaneous release with Flood Flare, normal Trippy Flare, or Hera Crush Shot

[hollow jacinth]

Nooooo level 2

That would have been absolutely nuts with a normal level

And without ice wine

[sage scroll]

merciful end gilga

[subtle frost]

yea lol I guess I'm not going for Ice Wine again

this delay is really annoying to deal with

[subtle frost]

HOLY CRAP WHAT IS THIS RUN LOL

got super lucky on the very last satyr tunnel and managed to snatch 2 Prometheus Stones

and managed to get every single Pom to Trippy Flare

[winged iron]

now that's a juiced build