h1-victory-boasting

[primal crown]

4/4 fists

Missing zag sword 32 for all aspects (and this will be my first zag sword win)
Nvm im missing gy

[topaz summit]

zeus build is crazyyyyy

[primal crown]

R o d

[lunar peak]

You're getting close to Unseen One nice!

[scarlet gyro]

first run of the new year. slammin and zappin

[vivid vale]

22:57 run. Is that good?

[hollow jacinth]

Talos was better after all

[tight bronze]

Awful build awful time lmao

[lunar peak]

Cool 10 heat bounty kill on Arthur, but more importantly, it's my first ever kill using my favorite victory screen

[obsidian harness]

styx jolted carry

[lunar peak]

Also I seem to have gotten "middle-management cutter", whatever that is

[hollow jacinth]

nice stuff

chaos theme slaps

[opal shoal]

Midbosses

I think

yeah 5+ minibosses

w/ middle management active

[brazen minnow]

So one in Tartarus, asphodel, elysium, and two in Styx?

[hot aspen]

hold...

87 escapes in 107 escape attempts all achievements! Was a fun time and I'm glad that I finished it on the first day of the year! 🥳
Got my streak surprisingly high as well!

Don't look at the heat and speed times....

I put the wrong screenshot before lol

[brazen minnow]

New PB

Hot take : twin shot Rama better than triple shot Rama

[hot aspen]

lol yeah I think the same

[brazen minnow]

Oh

K

[hot aspen]

🫡

[bold jolt]

homie got every ares boon possible

[hot aspen]

D:

[brazen minnow]

Oh yea I got 6 that’s kinda a lot of

[opal shoal]

How was that not a disciple of ares run

[brazen minnow]

Alr got it I think

Do they show up more than once?

[opal shoal]

Does the exclamation point room thing have priority?

[brazen minnow]

Not sure

Going for another run be back in 20 mins or so

[hot aspen]

I was actually really surprised that my pb for Twin Fists was Demeter's main attack. I always thought Zeus was the goat, but I lucked out I guess with Poseidon Dash boons.

I'll take what I can get. Wasn't really trying to go for a speedrun anyway. Surprised me though :p

[timid saddle]

this was such a fun/easy run

it was so slow though

[bold jolt]

not having an atk boon would make it feel slow yes lmao

[timid saddle]

i was trying to search for ares on attack

then he gave me the one where u deal more damage after killing a foe

[bold jolt]

why would you want ares attack

you can get battle rage without having ares core

[timid saddle]

do u not want ares attack

[bold jolt]

you want aphrodite

[timid saddle]

oh

i didn’t know that lmao

[bold jolt]

or like any % modifier that isn't artemis or poseidon

if it isn't aphrodite you better hope it's epic tho

[timid saddle]

makes sense

[bold jolt]

i bet that you got offered athena attack multiple times lmao

[timid saddle]

yeah

[bold jolt]

Yeah lmao

[fresh pollen]

have you heard of hestia billiards

[opal shoal]

Oh that sounds funny

I wanna do that

[obsidian harness]

ri0 rare dem/athena are fine epic are good, arty rarity is whatever, aphro common is fine and rare up is good

[fresh pollen]

Billiards
One of my personal favorites. This one focuses on building around Poseidon on your attack. Start with Tempest Strike, and work to get as many poseidon boons as possible. God’s Legacy and Fated Authority on the mirror. Your secondary Poseidon Boon’s of choice should be Typhoon’s Fury > Breaking Wave > Razor Shoals. Grab the Second Wave legendary boon the first instant you can. Pomegranates should go into Typhoon’s Fury and Breaking Wave first, then into the attack. [citation needed] I believe knockback is based on damage of the hit, so attack scaling should still be useful here?

Other gods can be whatever, just fill your god pool quickly so you can get Poseidon more consistently.

Gameplay is the most fun part. Ideally, you’re lining up your shots to play billiards with the enemies. Get them to body slam for insane damage with a pommed Typhoon’s Fury. This is most amusing in Elysium when you’re shooting armored Souls into enemies and having them both pop as a result. Consider turning on DC1 or 2 if you want to have more fun with the actual bouncing-of-enemies gameplay instead of one-shotting enemies most of the game. Boss fights are the same, unfortunately, so consider skipping all free rooms over more combat rooms just to extend the amount of fun you’re so clearly going to have with this build.

from the Ultimate Hestia Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1019DSLlyHwg7_oIiN3Il-NUYdHEbl783G7ZvstFSCD4/edit#heading=h.n398sthrhp

[opal shoal]

Guh

that sounds hilarious

[hollow jacinth]

passion flare replacement sub 6

[opal shoal]

Weakest beo run

[primal crown]

Now actually missing zag sword for 24/24 32

[hollow jacinth]

nice dds

[opal shoal]

Oh I didn’t even see that

[bold jolt]

Heard of it, still a bad build lmao

[left tide]

that run was so much fun, I took no damage in the hades fight

[opal shoal]

Love me some merciful end

You had the me reverse that I usually do

[fresh pollen]

playing billiards in elysium 😻

[primal crown]

1st zag sword win!

And 24/24 32 heat with this
(Quick recovery and rod carry tbh)

[left tide]

sub 20!!!!! eeeeee

[left tide]

I wasn't even going for ME 😭 it just showed up

[lunar peak]

Beo darkness run, what's remotely notable here? Level 12 flood flare, mostly. Desperately tried to get mirage shot but failed, sea storm and heart rend were getting in the way

[timid saddle]

new pb!

[versed crane]

Bruh

if flood flare pom is offered you take it

highest dmg output increase

sweet nectar

[versed crane]

lol @ lv6 breaking wave barely being higher than lv1 epic

[twin shale]

this is the most powerful build ive ever had

that 20% speed buff to enemies has been the bane of my existence

[vestal pagoda]

now try 40%

[urban rain]

first ever sub 15! hell yeah

also FO2 EM3 which was fun

[hollow jacinth]

[coral cedar]

I FINALLY BEAT THE GAME

[bold jolt]

gaming

pics or it didnt happen

[coral cedar]

YEAH 1 SEC

@bold jolt

[bold jolt]

oh buddy this is only the start lmao

nice clear tho

[coral cedar]

yeah i know

thx tho

also i had 15 hp left

and no death defiances left

skelly's tooth is op

and stubborn defiance is so much better than death dfiance

can u fish in greece

[bold jolt]

yes

[coral cedar]

nice

[glossy pawn]

Forgot to screenshot it but thanks to advice from people here I’ve done 32 heat without extreme measures 4 and it was quite easy

[tardy gull]

blade rift go brr

if i got artemis's or hermes's legendary couldve been godly

[bold jolt]

zag bow moment

def got deadly reversal there

[hot bone]

Oh dear lords it’s almost scary how close this setup is to mine

I’m talking the tv, crunchy photo, white wall, white cupboard, right down to cables sticking out and the Wi-Fi router on the right

[heavy solar]

Chunky

[bold jolt]

@heavy solar

i think this is my first fds build lmao

[coral cedar]

i had to take it on a computer because i have it on switch

[tight bronze]

ugh so close to a sub 10

[sage scroll]

oof, better luck next time

worst build yet

[lime bane]

Nice Merciful End.

[autumn bronze]

by the way the speedrunning pact is em2 fo2

em2 makes the lernie fight faster because the heads are more grouped together and td disables survival rooms in tart which pause the timer

[lime bane]

TD is only used in RTA speedruns.

[autumn bronze]

yeah good point

[plain haven]

Lol
U must be thinking what is the worst wasted second u had in the game

But 10 min flat is pretty good, especially for ur 30 clear

If that's not a new save file

[tight bronze]

dang ill get on that

[tight bronze]

Nice, yeah its my only save. Tho i waste so much damn time in elysium its crazy. And on thosejumping bomb guys in asphodel, cant catch em, esp if they're armored

[plain haven]

The shield guys in elysium can take up a lot of time cuz they block everything

But the teleporting mini boss in tartarus is the most annoying, hard to catch him into meg summon as well
Sometimes u kill him very fast (even without meg summon if u have good build) and sometimes it takes a while

[timid saddle]

yeah wretched sneak is stupid

also for the shield guys try to dash behind them

[autumn bronze]

you can consistently hit the sneak with meg

when you enter the room it spawns and then instantly teleports, the moment it reappears, summon meg

[rain ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/787779451865399368/1059471561033252995/image.png

[autumn bronze]

You have +1 :cast:

[timid saddle]

beowulf moment

[plain haven]

Is that unseeded and unmodded

[rain ruin]

That is modded unseeded

[autumn bronze]

i didn't even see the time that is giga gaming

[tight bronze]

Is the mod giving your a third arm

Because that's bonkers

[plain haven]

What mods do

[plain haven]

And not even his best
Best is 4:58, lol
That's crazy

[shy bloom]

Privileged status + Eris, 5k+ damage Aphrodite aid, one shotting Hades from 40% to 0.

[heavy solar]

[tight bronze]

Probably guaranteed 2nd Styx room sack, 4 boons per god and what not. To eliminate rng

[autumn bronze]

quality of life stuff that just reduces how many resets youre going to do to get good rng needed for top times

4 core boons for your first boon choice
choose first hammer
sack is always in 2nd tunnel

maybe some other stuff

[plain haven]

Feels like cheating

[hollow jacinth]

It’s not cheating because the modded times are tracked on a seperate leaderboard

If modded runs were posted on the unmodded leaderboard and that went against the rule, then yes that would be cheating

[rain ruin]

Yes

[hollow jacinth]

That too

[upper totem]

i have reached doge after theseus screamed at me for killing his pet bull

[primal crown]

No artic blast?

[opal shoal]

Nope

[twin oracle]

[hot bone]

EM4 heat 14 done without losing a single DD

Let’s go, gamers

[primal crown]

Blessed hammers

[slim kiln]

I just beat gae for first iem

[bold jolt]

got so many free rooms but no mirage shot

could've been a sub7 if i got mirage before lernie

[tight bronze]

Yall ever finish Tart/Aspho in sub 5 mins and then take forever in Elysium and 5 room Styx

[bold jolt]

it do be like that

i finished ely at like 6 minutes

no mirage be pain

[hollow jacinth]

Gods pride moment

Epic grasp, no mirage, common shot

[bold jolt]

yeah i forgot to switch

[supple aurora]

Zeus Shield + Zeus Special is very fun to play

[hot bone]

This was one of the weirdest builds I’ve played with

Slow and clunky but BOI did it hit like a truck with all 5 trippy flares on that +80 charged shot with doom and extra dmg from chaos

[bold jolt]

Pom bug gaming

[hot bone]

More like moms flower

But ye

[tight bronze]

Redacted got dunked on hitless

[blazing pendant]

WWWWWWW

holy W

[timid saddle]

that was SUCH a fun run

[lunar peak]

First OlympusExtra run! Apollo's Blind effect is really good, especially with plume and greater evasion

[sand vale]

a small but welcome victory

[bold jolt]

based

[timid saddle]

another run

also new pb again

[timid saddle]

@bold jolt i got aphro attack

[bold jolt]

Very nice

[timid saddle]

it was a lot better this time

[barren cypress]

i uhhh should probably stop winning bc i know the story ends after certain wins

[bold jolt]

50 heat moment

took like 3 or 4 tries

luckily didnt have to resort to bad zag shield strat

[versed crane]

nice sea storm

[bold jolt]

ap2 moment

[queen idol]

Six minutes!?

[bold jolt]

lmao

a lot of practice, rng, and knowledge

lower times exist btw

wr is 4:39

[queen idol]

I’m aware

I’ve just rarely seen it boasted about in the wild

Granted, if it were to be anywhere, it would be here

[bold jolt]

MiKe has a sub5 as well, he posts here every once in a while i think

[queen idol]

So can’t really say this is “the wild”

[obsidian harness]

sniped

[bold jolt]

bruh lmfao

[slender flicker]

prolly not that impressive since bad time and only heat 6 but hunting blades+mirage shot is actually insane

[shy bloom]

My most insane run with Achilles. Frankly I think nearly 1k dmg trippy shot with dio/demeter duo should be enough, the Zeus stuff I got in Styx are probably overkill.

[indigo otter]

Just escaped with 12 heat, my highest so far :)

(and I again forgot to use my companion...)

[lime bane]

That's pretty common to forget when you haven't had your companion for a long time yet.

[indigo otter]

I've had them for a pretty long time but I just always forget them so there's no learning effect 🙈 😅

[half anchor]

i want to submit a run but to hades any heat but i dont know how to cause im on switch

[lime bane]

Not the right channel to ask.

[half anchor]

ok

[mortal lynx]

this is like my second game with zeus i'd say it went pretty good

[vestal pagoda]

add ares legendary and we gaming

[slender flicker]

i had it

[vestal pagoda]

pog

truly a run of the runs

[slender flicker]

yeah hades melted

prob took like 30 sec without impervious phases

maybe even less

[lyric widget]

i go the same xP

[timid saddle]

almost lost a dd trying to hug dad

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] Just another darkness run. Found that I quite like Hestia's cast, especially during lasers on Hades because it puts down a damaging area on hit (almost like scintillating feast) just naturally at the end of the cast, dpsing him while he's standing there with his lasers. Also pretty cool that Hestia has an ability to replenish a DD like Athena, I benefitted a bit from that. Used Apollo keepsake in aspho to try to get blind on attack but failed and ended up with the vengeance blind which was not nearly as good

(For those without OlympusExtra, here's a gif of Hestia's cast so it's easier to see what I'm saying)

https://imgur.com/a/lnigfNf

Also, artemis explosive upper on demfists is just pog

[hollow jacinth]

3 stones styx rd 😭

[timid saddle]

hunting blades

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] Collectin' Bounties with Arthur - Master Bolt duo did not do nearly as much damage as I thought it would, primarily because blind only lasts a few seconds (though I kept it on bc I have blind on my attack) and once a second at 40 damage is literally just 40dps while attacking (40 is not a big number when Hades has like 20,000 health total or something) . Not as much of a DPS increase as some other duos. What did come in clutch was Apollo's call + Smoldering air. I have this gif showing the Apollo call, it's basically a dad laser, and I was using it against dad himself xD

https://imgur.com/a/UoweKuE

(The weird movement on the laser is probably due to KBM being more angular than controller smoothness)

[timid saddle]

weird run

[rain ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/787779476888354816/1059904178522165300/Hades_VcsOtlo5cV.png

[bold jolt]

gamer

[opal shoal]

I got mirage shot THREE TIMES THIS RUN

[slim kiln]

my second win and I am still trying to get the athena ares duo

[bold jolt]

it do be like that

[slender flicker]

meanwhile me getting merciful end on my 3rd boon on the first run trying to get it

[blissful solstice]

Heat 32 after 67 runs Merciful End is op

[primal crown]

Truly a moMEnt

[bold jolt]

51 heat beo first try

[hollow jacinth]

good build

[bold jolt]

My 50 build was so horrible this was so much better

[timid saddle]

got smair, smair decent

[lunar peak]

Smair gaming

[timid saddle]

spam smair

[timid saddle]

gaming

[tight bronze]

Now its time to start speedrunning

[timid saddle]

[opal shoal]

Faster….

[hidden crown]

First try at Rama

[timid saddle]

got my fastest with gilgamesh

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] Bounty Huntin' on Lucifer, I gotta say, Open-Arms-Buffed Hestia pull + Concentrated Beam + Piercing fire = An attracting enemyball you can drag enemies around in while killing them quickly

https://imgur.com/a/tv8cBxN

^That gif just shows off the boon combo

[cursive flame]

I got my first 32 heat clear today!

[autumn bronze]

good job

[queen idol]

||You see Skelly’s third item yet?||

[lime bane]

Not even sub 5:30 smh are you even trying anymore.

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] Shield bounty (but not shield heat pb because I did 12 heat bounties at 16 heat for the achievement)

[lime bane]

That's what I kept telling you.

[queen idol]

As someone that just barely beat Dad, fists and Aphro call is pretty nice

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] GY bounty run - I thought I would actually need the 3 death-defiances that I replenished with Patroclus, but it turns out, Purest Light (along with the rest of the build) is pretty good! So I didn't really struggle with Hades, and still had 3 DDs left as you can see. I had blind on special along with charged skewer, and pressure points as well allowed for mad gaming

https://prnt.sc/UMh0IHdtND9_ I had this Hestia/Artemis duo which helped a little but honestly I don't think it did too much since I was only critting off of (5%) pressure points. The crits themselves were over 1k though

Also I thought hestia on attack for GY would be good with the spin (pulling them in for multihit) but it doesn't play very fluidly, I think it was better on Lucifer

[peak forge]

hey quick question, i’ve never seen that orange boon for a dash does it have to do with the aspect of your weapon?

[dusky hinge]

Vora plays modded (OlympusExtra) which is like a DLC that adds Apollo and Hestia - their dash there I believe is Apollo's

[hollow jacinth]

If i leave elysium at 4:25 or below, i always make sure to wait in styx for 10-15 seconds 👍

[lime bane]

Damn, that's crazy.

[hollow jacinth]

zzz

6:00 no4

[indigo otter]

13 and counting. I'm pretty sure I can do more.

[tight bronze]

Ugh was on pace and then 5 room styx

[plain haven]

Styx decide to be nasty only when I'm attempting a speedrun

[hollow jacinth]

Ouch

What was Elysium leave?

[tight bronze]

7 something

I still dont know where i lose so much time, i feel like sonic

[hollow jacinth]

Likely a bunch of little things

Also rng exists

[plain haven]

What do u get for beating world record btw

[hollow jacinth]

Uhh

Not much

It’s more about the feeling than anything physical

[thorny crater]

big hp

[tight bronze]

Alright im BIG MAD

[hollow jacinth]

[tight bronze]

34 ms

[hollow jacinth]

Dio special😩

[tight bronze]

haha yeah, weird boons no clockets

[vestal pagoda]

big hp

[vestal pagoda]

hey u beat it by 360ms, it's progress

[plain haven]

Didn't get hit once

[lunar peak]

this is for people who said Zeus is D tier. his builds are most fun idgaf

[timid saddle]

zeus is a W

[main pivot]

d tier? lol hes s tier

best god next to athena

[lunar peak]

Ikr? Ive seen some tier lists in reddit and people always put him either c or d. He is good thoo

[bold jolt]

This is why we ignore every opinion on reddit

[timid saddle]

reddit bad

[bold jolt]

they ignore my 50 and 51 heat runs but they make like 15 bad tier lists

[sage scroll]

EM4 [redacted] slaped with ME build again

[plain haven]

I suck with bow

[jovial drum]

1 hp

[flat pike]

Not even close, grats!

[barren cypress]

5 in 5 lets gooo

cursed slash op

[slow falcon]

love turning the aspect of rama into a shotgun

my previous pb was 14 mins so this goes crazy hard

[bold jolt]

Rama speedrunning is insane

[echo sequoia]

Ez

[peak forge]

thank you

[bold jolt]

thunder flare moment

[twin shale]

https://prnt.sc/zytPEA22z5jp

first dub in 2-3 days

darker thirst

[lunar peak]

interesting use of aspect of Zag for crit damage I assum

assume*

This build was super fun

Had Zeus cast to stun

[plain haven]

gaming

[daring nexus]

Gj 9 very hard

[bold jolt]

it's the standard speedrunning pact

[jovial drum]

im free until I decide to do 32 heat

[hidden lake]

I finally got my second win!!

Im hype

I used Aspect of Hera Bow and im very happy

[queen idol]

GOAT’d aspect

Any aspect that incorporates casts are a lot of fun

[bold jolt]

do 32 heat rn 🔫

[jovial drum]

[heavy solar]

Do 64 heat

[hidden lake]

Oh yeah forgot no swearing

[queen idol]

Yeeeeeep

[hidden lake]

Agreed! It makes me want the beowulf shield

Im flat broke tho when it comes to titans blood from buying stuff for the blade and bow

[queen idol]

Just gotta farm low heat builds

[hidden lake]

I would but alas im not good at this game

😂😂

[queen idol]

That’s how you git gud

Play, play, play

[hidden lake]

Blade is my worst arm, ive never beat elysium with them, i always panic on the bois and then get sent home

[queen idol]

What would you say is your best, the bow?

[opal shoal]

There was no reason to pom jolted this high

it just happened

[hidden lake]

Bow easily, both my winning runs were with bow

[queen idol]

Stick with that for a bit, maybe experiment a little with other aspects

Slowly up the heat

[hidden lake]

Will do!

[heavy solar]

Bruh heroic lv6 joltedp

[opal shoal]

yes

[obsidian harness]

nice rare crop aspect

[opal shoal]

Yes

[worn rune]

not a victory but I had a good build

[opal shoal]

lel

[jovial drum]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/5085158533769541066/2B6C9080D6C0AB0C739D182079FD15B767711539/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

first try

Athena call carried me really hard, and that Athena boon that gives you an extra DD is the only reason the run didn't end to heroes

[timid saddle]

there are two athena boons which give u dd

one is recover more hp and the other is impervious longer

both give one dd tho

[bold jolt]

Ez

[slim kiln]

my 3rd win with the same build but I finally actually got merciful end

[lime bane]

Now do 41 Heat.

[jovial drum]

why specifically 41?

[lime bane]

That's why i did after 32.

Also because everybody else who gets into high heat does 32 > 40.

So you one-up all of them.

[bold jolt]

true

[versed crane]

i did 8 > 40

[flat pike]

Oh man, sometimes the game plays itself

Almost perfect build in my eyes

[bold jolt]

Just missing heart rend lmao

[flat pike]

it's there, just not pinned

[bold jolt]

Curse of vengeance over curse of agony and with Aphrodite atk would've been ideal

Oh lmao

Didn't notice

Glad to see legacy doing something lmao

[flat pike]

Blackout would have been nice too, but eh

[bold jolt]

Can't get black out with true shot

[flat pike]

i'm aware, just saying

[bold jolt]

Fair

[halcyon ginkgo]

This was definitely my best/luckiest build yet. Got both the legendaries before elysium and destroyed everything else. also I had hera bow

just realized I pinned quick reload instead of low tolerance

[versed crane]

QR probably did more there

[bold jolt]

considering it's a lvl 3 hera, quick reload is extremely good here

[tiny condor]

100th Clear, 14min, 24 Heat. Go figure

[lime bane]

Most important boon after Crush Shot and Snow Burst probably.

[versed crane]

qr is fake if u get rd

[lime bane]

Can't go wrong with either.. or both.

[swift forum]

10th win, this is like the worst build I've ever seen

[lime bane]

Hey, if it works.

Congratulations!

[tight bronze]

FINALLY a sub 10!!! I was just levelling up a random keepsake until i got to styx and took acorn bc i saw the time

[swift forum]

It definitely wouldn't have if the hades fight actually happened

[plain haven]

Lol
0 sec
U basically can spam it forever then

[halcyon ginkgo]

?

[hollow jacinth]

It’s a joke where fully loaded is very hard to get on cast aspects but appears all the time when you don’t need it

[sage scroll]

Rama luck sub 30

[tight bronze]

Why do you have js1 on only lol

[bold jolt]

probably bounty

[tight bronze]

Forgot to turn it off lmao

[opal shoal]

Pew pew pew

[hot bone]

Heat 16 done

With 3 DDs to spare

Gimme that statue, skelly

[jovial drum]

niiice

[bold jolt]

Now do 32 rn 🔫

[hot bone]

That’s the plan

Not with stygian though

This profanity filter this sever has is the only thing keeping me from going all out like

I just… can’t handle it

[hot bone]

46 streak

When I finally lose it…

Oof

Or “when” rather

[haughty quartz]

Fastest time pb

Sub 13 next

[left ridge]

Chiron 32 heat done, only 2 weapons left

||I didn't realise I had Fiery Presence until I reached Hades smh||

[bold jolt]

wave pounding basically a braid right

[rain ruin]

Nice build

[hollow jacinth]

[bold jolt]

true

[primal crown]

Its the weapon next to the sword in the yard of hades

Hope it helps!

[hot bone]

Also known as one of the best weapons in the entire game

And I’ll die on that hill

Also - heat 17 done
With only 1 DD lost

I still equipped skelly just to feel safe

[haughty quartz]

beowulf enjoyers rise up against this propaganda

[hot bone]

4th out of 6?
That’s crap

It’s top 2 for me now

Right after chirons

I liked the rail back when I was playing it on pc

On a game pad though?
Eeeeh

I miss the precision of mouse aiming

Yeah but it helps

And yeah I mean the special

And switching between targets felt way, way better too

[hollow jacinth]

little pb

[hot bone]

I just can’t seem to hit that hellfire because zag insists on flying his aim to the enemy

Instead of aiming where I’m telling him to

[primal crown]

Unyielding defense gaming

[hollow jacinth]

sub 30s styx

[haughty quartz]

holy

poseidon cast beo

[hollow jacinth]

its the best speedrun build for beowulf

[haughty quartz]

bouldy obviously carried though

[hollow jacinth]

ofc

lemme check the bonus

nvm i already died

[haughty quartz]

lmao

[hollow jacinth]

it was 5% special

[plain haven]

such a good build but 4 styx rooms were thrown at me
this game is garbage sometimes

[hollow jacinth]

nice heroic divine dash

[haughty quartz]

hard carry

[plain haven]

thx
I actually wasted 2+ mins on styx
could of been below 10 min

[hollow jacinth]

this instaphased p1

[arctic kindle]

rather proud of myself for this one

[versed crane]

dont ask

[primal crown]

Amazing tbh

[void plaza]

I'm on Switch so had to take a pic, but the Hades fight made me have approximately 17 heart attacks

[wise vine]

this is the first time i gotta victory screen that looks like this

oh... so that's what it does

i was definitely not looking when i bought it...

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] I was going for Low Tolerance here, but got Curse of Nausea instead on AphroAtk/DioSpecial Chiron Bow. Modded gods didn't really do much here other than give me the apollo blind dash helping me avoid some damage, and the cool hestia cast helping me pump some burst - getting the +1 bloodstone on stygian is so big, just lets me go boopboop and then not worry about my cast most of the time

https://imgur.com/a/lnigfNf

(GIF showing Hestia cast just so you can see what I was using with +1 on Stygian soul - it just is a slow moving projectile that summons a lernie-style lava pool that dots enemies that stand in it)

https://prnt.sc/91YSqDyGGIt1

[hollow jacinth]

I like the deep red damage numbers

[lunar peak]

ye its a nice color isnt it ^_^

[hollow jacinth]

lmaooo

[bold jolt]

bruh ri2

should i do that lmao

[hollow jacinth]

im so cshotpilled

[bold jolt]

aspect of cshot

[obsidian harness]

no shadow presence?

[hollow jacinth]

i didnt think about it lol

just switched to SD and started the run

ohhh the thunder flare one

fiery is far too good for breakpoints in tart imo

[flat pike]

Is it overkill? Definitely, but boooy is it fuun!

[bold jolt]

nice cast build

[silver hinge]

zap

[flat pike]

Coronacht did well as well, I was hoping for the Aphro lego but eh

[versed crane]

first 32!

[bold jolt]

heck yeah bestie

[obsidian harness]

tf

[slow shoal]

that was such a satisfying run

[haughty quartz]

bouldy carry

[hot bone]

Streak 50

Now I can die in peace

[haughty quartz]

Attempted what @lime bane recommended about chiron with dio/aphro, very good and passed with no mirror

i approve

[lime bane]

Congratulations!

[haughty quartz]

[lime bane]

That's a pretty nice build for mirrorless.

[autumn bronze]

one of the beo builds ever

3 more sub 10s to go

[shy bloom]

My first 16 heat and my best time yet. Global damage support boons from Ares, Dionysus and Zeus end up becoming the most valuable here. After party restored my health from <10% to half twice in Elysium, showing quite a bit of value miraculously.

[twin shale]

https://prnt.sc/rJ3c10sr1T1t

not boasting but just dashing everywhere was so much damage

3+ hermes dash did help

[bold jolt]

splits were something like 2:12/4:05/6:14/6:55/7:36
not my fastest time but i'm happy with it for now lol

[plain haven]

YES!
First under 10 min run
and simultaneously first under 9 min run

[hollow jacinth]

Pog

[remote quest]

Proud of myself

16:01:40

[bold jolt]

gamer

[queen idol]

Nice nice

Next stop, sub-16

[remote quest]

i was hoping for sub 16

had I used the god call earlier

[bold jolt]

Better poms would've helped too

[remote quest]

oh right i should get those from time to time

[bold jolt]

Lmfao

[left ridge]

Only one weapon left to complete with 32 heat

[hot bone]

12:27

Let’s go gamers

Also - I finally reached the epilogue

[bold jolt]

Gamer

[obsidian harness]

build

[hollow jacinth]

Good build

[bold jolt]

spicy build

[versed crane]

I'm ravenous pilled

[bold jolt]

oh each volley would get boosted by rav will because of travel time huh

that's actually pretty neat

[lunar peak]

Lmfao

(Sorry for the bad screenshot quality)

[obsidian harness]

nice meg

[bold jolt]

Big meg

[hollow jacinth]

Niice

Good build

[lunar peak]

[OlympusExtra] Bounty collectin' on Arthur. I think Apollo's dash is my new Divine Dash (when Blind doesn't fit on my attack or special)

Blind % too low for attack boon on arthur because we want high %s for big numbers, and special on arthur is used too infrequently. So it goes nicely on the dash to try to maintain 40(+)% evasion

[hardy pulsar]

My very first 32 Heat victory

Zag Rail my Beloved

[twin shale]

damn it took 100 clears to reach epilogue?

[twin shale]

do you have the rocket special?

[versed crane]

nice scam cycle

[hardy pulsar]

yeah, def my favorite hammer for rail

[hardy pulsar]

based, lightning phalanx is severely underrated

[versed crane]

who doesn't think it's amazing

[sage scroll]

bounty, was using rama for second time

[versed crane]

your takes don't matter though

is c33 good enough

you get to c33 then

[halcyon ginkgo]

didn't get hunting blades but got the fastest spear in the west

[plain haven]

Meg is pretty active with me recently

[plain haven]

how ya'll get cluster bomb + rocket bomb so frequently
I barely get that combo ever

[tight bronze]

Ppl post their best runs, which involve clockets a lot of the time. You dont see the 10 runs where they didnt get it

[plain haven]

clockets?

[tight bronze]

(Cl)uster bomb + r(ockets)

[toxic lion]

fun

[plain haven]

this did a lot of dmg (finished hades in like 20 secs)
too bad I got cursed with 4 styx rooms

[heavy magnet]

one of my worst clears

[plain haven]

that was fun

[ruby ridge]

my fastest run so far! not quite sub-10 but a significant improvement compared to my previous times! one day i will get there

[hollow jacinth]

Level 9

[ruby ridge]

i got a lot of poms early before static discharge was offered :x i didn't think many other options were worth investing into

[rain ruin]

You pommed the best thing

[hardy pulsar]

Ty

[remote quest]

WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

14:39

[remote quest]

how did you clear in 4 minutes ?

[rain ruin]

idk everything just died too fast

[hot bone]

Finally did a naked run

Not a single boon

58 streak, 100 clears in total

With not one but two yarns of Ariadne just to piss off theseus

Totally useless, bought them just to dab on him

[left ridge]

Doing some low heat to level up keepsakes and got the perfect combo

[hollow jacinth]

unmodded

[lime bane]

Could have been 6:39 with Hera.

[hollow jacinth]

true

[neat compass]

Nice job! Id recommend tidal dash next time, but if athena was offered i cant blame ya

[hollow jacinth]

WHAT wrong

barge lol

poms priority

[junior vessel]

From 20 heat to 32 heat on first try

[bold jolt]

based pact

[neat compass]

That pact is something else

No FO, TD1

[worn rune]

Athena

[versed crane]

nice LC4 DDs 🤔

[junior vessel]

Idk what all these acronyms r yet

[bold jolt]

Lasting consequences 4 death defiance

If you use lc4 you typically use SD lol

Extremely based of you to use lc4 DD tho

[junior vessel]

Sd?

[bold jolt]

Stubborn defiance

[junior vessel]

Ima boot up the game and learn these acronyms lol

[slim kiln]

seastorm works so good with eris rail

[worn rune]

I'vc never had 30 amoo before

[bold jolt]

Based Aphrodite attack

[junior vessel]

Shol?

[hollow jacinth]

special only beo my beloved

[flat pike]

That looks like a seriously fun build heh

[hollow jacinth]

it was pretty funny lol

[flat pike]

This is quite the nice combo for the rail

[flat pike]

Poseidon based stuff usually is imo

[versed crane]

I guess lc4 DDs isn't that bad with FO0 lmao

[bold jolt]

Is pos special sea storm better than just using aphro special

[hollow jacinth]

id say so

wtf

[bold jolt]

Bruh lmao

[haughty quartz]

demeter beo moment

[bold jolt]

Sub1 dad fight tho

Standard for top level is sub35 sec

[hollow jacinth]

Sub 10 mins dad fight pro

Top end is 22-23s

That’s just instaphasing

[autumn bronze]

darkness

[left ridge]

Finally upgraded all keepsakes to get the last achievement

[flat pike]

Ty for the idea, pretty good start ye? Not going for a speedrun mind you

[hollow jacinth]

Lotta Poseidon

[flat pike]

Fated Authority baby

[bold jolt]

1 god pool based

[flat pike]

Overall a pretty meh run
The special is kinda slow for my taste, luckily Patty saved it

[left tide]

WOOHOO

uhhh i just noticed that was my fiftieth clear holy cow

challenge accepted :)

[bold jolt]

i mean it would've cut it lmao

[heavy magnet]

almost done with main story

[bold jolt]

proceeds to get mirage and bad news

[left tide]

@lunar peak :)

sidenote what the heck happened to all my previous clears

[bold jolt]

happens when you turn on godmode apparently

[left tide]

I'm SHOCKED that I got my second under 20 clear on my first god mode clear

it was genuinely a new record on time

my old record was 18:52

can I at least see my old clears in the archive or whatever it's called

[bold jolt]

yes

[left tide]

phew

[obsidian harness]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/787779476888354816/1061455095084101654/image.png?width=1241&height=701

all weps 50 done

[bold jolt]

gamer

[versed crane]

this is just coping

[left tide]

how did you get the forged icons on your victory screen? is that a mod? if so, what mod?

[versed crane]

speedrun modpack

if you want to download the speedrunning modpack it is available at https://www.speedrun.com/hades/resources
all of its features can be toggled on or off and it includes:

• guaranteed 2 sack
• guaranteed first hammer
• first boon offers all 4 core boons
• removes tiny vermin, asterius, and barge of death minibosses
• shows fountain rooms
  there are also a few qol features such as a quick reset feature and the ability to toggle hell mode, as well as a colorblind mode.

instructions for downloading the modpack are in the file "instructions.txt" in the modpack folder

[bold jolt]

about time

[left tide]

modding is scary,,, I might make a list of mods I might want and figure that out ✨ later ✨

[bold jolt]

modding discord is pinned in #self-promotion if you ever need help

[toxic lion]

final fist win for a while, finally got gilga line

[real canopy]

First 32 Heat!

[bold jolt]

Based sell of Athena special

[real canopy]

Had to for customs lol

[bold jolt]

Fair

[real canopy]

Didn't get Merciful End until the shop before Lernie, I was just about to give up on it

[versed crane]

aspho endshop is usually the cutoff point tbf

[bold jolt]

literally left aspho at 3:41 but had a terrible ely with unarmored witches and no mirage until midboss

[heavy magnet]

true ending next clear

W

[left tide]

not a "good" build in any way but it was tons of fun and that's all i care about :3

[heavy magnet]

wasnt the best

[left ridge]

You might have an easier time with Chthonic Vitality instead of Dark Regeneration in your mirror

[terse hawk]

well that was fun hitting casts with 1k crits

[hollow jacinth]

sub 24 dad and lernie

and sub 5 heroes

and sub 18 furies

https://imgur.com/a/lERBs2T

[fleet urchin]

with guan yu

[hot bone]

Heat 19 done

With only 1 dd lost

Also
I may be going crazy

But I think I just dealt a “test” amount of damage

Like - I was fighting dad and watching all the numbers pop above his head
And I think I saw “test” there

Hang on lemme look at the vid

Oh wait
It’s 1155 and my smooth brain thought it said “test”

🧠

[left tide]

yeeeeeah I'm aware I forgot to switch my mirror before that run

[terse hawk]

ok wth that was kinda op just spamming attacks

[terse hawk]

oh and this was here too

[indigo otter]

What a run... both DionysusxZeus and DionysusxDemeter Duos, plus tons of lightning and chill effects. I think I've never killed Theseus & Asterios so fast before, almost exclusively by throwing trippy shots at them

[hot bone]

Aaaand heat 20 done

May not seem like much
But it’s a milestone for me

[hot bone]

69 win streak

Nice

I’m off to kys in Tartarus so I could keep this streak stamped on my end card forever

||AND I GOT THE ❤️ WITH MEG RIGHT AFTER THAT||

This can’t be a coincidence

This had to be coded in

Amir!

Oh boy I was 10 gold coins off from getting a 420 too

So close

[toxic lion]

very fun demeter beam run

[hot bone]

ooh

what's that stuff on the sides?

i've never seen that

[hollow jacinth]

Wide monitors

[west inlet]

very proud of this run

[hollow jacinth]

Btw hangover from different sources don’t stack :/

So it didn’t help to have dio on both the attack and special

[west inlet]

ok still won tho

[hollow jacinth]

Just a tip for making builds next time

[west inlet]

ok

[indigo otter]

https://tenor.com/view/exactly-point-gif-23257114

[versed crane]

that's an extremely sad doom

but unshakable mettle 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[toxic lion]

very good rare crop, sadly didnt get mirage shot

but beowolf on low heat

[sudden marsh]

that was an easy em4

[bold jolt]

Big flourish

[autumn bronze]

felt like getting poms on a cast

[haughty quartz]

aphro cast beo moment

[autumn bronze]

wanted to spice it up a bit

did a couple days of pos cast for speed and was feeling zesty

for what

if youre talking about the cast no, its common

oh right i had basically just aphro cast until styx

sold pos special in tart midbiome

got most of those random boons from styx tunnels and shop

also pom blossom was like lagging my game or something in styx

itd take a couple seconds for it to proc and i wouldnt be able to go to the next room until it did

yeah 29 was pretty low i wasted all my rerolls early on

[toxic lion]

im free from the curse of trying to winwith lvl 1 guan yu

[barren cypress]

uh... lets go?

[left tide]

third ever sub-20 run!

fr

chiron bow best weapon

hold up lookit my health bar and keepsake. i got hit ONCE during the whole hades fight

[smoky ivy]

10th win moment?

[barren cypress]

i now understand why that happened

[smoky ivy]

lore stuffs

[barren cypress]

||10/10 game, the song slapped ||

[timid saddle]

the game’s not over yet

u still have things to do

[smoky pecan]

This time, with a build I'd call "Cold Winery". xD

[pallid marten]

im trying to learn em4 but i keep cheesing it by having really extreme defensive capability paired with high dmg. i went into the fight with 4 dd and 256 health.\

i get hit by everything

[vestal pagoda]

get used to pressing spacebar

[pallid marten]

even that is difficult for me when i only have 2 dashes

[vestal pagoda]

i stand by my statement

[pallid marten]

twinshot plus only 2 dashes is difficult for me

not saying i shouldnt be doing what ur saying

ill try again and try to end it with more dd

[pallid marten]

you think there is any weapon or aspect which is best to learn enemy patterns with? im thinking the gloves.

[plain haven]

1062 unused coins

[pallid marten]

yeah im not sure how that happened

[pallid marten]

me: ill try gloves to learn em4 moves since i need to get close and learn the new moves' openings. game:

[pallid marten]

whats dark regen

oh health

is dark regen controversial?

oh

i dont actually get that heal either tho

im just moving up heat 1 by 1

[fallow aurora]

dark regen🤤

[pallid marten]

i like dark regen because if im in a sticky situation i can choose to go for more healing. like by choosing darkness rooms, buying it in the shop or well

havent rreally tried the other one

[haughty quartz]

2nd em4 W

Starting to learn hades' move set

[dapper vapor]

I'm addicted to dark regen but only because im currently dark farming for badge

Gonna be spoiled rotten when i get to grinding 32 heat arsenal

[shy bloom]

First time beating 32 heat. Dad, eat cheese (lightning rod).

Using Lucifer aspect, began with Zeus special, planning to go with a high damage build with Poseidon supersoaker sea storm. Ended up getting lightning rod right before Tisiphone. Couldn't get Seastorm or Zeus legendary in the end due to being unlucky.

[errant hornet]

Just wanted to make a low heat and extremely busted Poseidon Aspect. Look this master piece.

[errant hornet]

And another BlackOut run folks.

[plain haven]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1036258237420412940/1062082022400602163/Hades_Screenshot_2023.01.07_-_08.34.05.81.png

victory royale

it's funny though with the Aphrodite poster behind Meg and with Nyx being right next to the door

[queen idol]

Also, no doors

[plain haven]

yeah, you can hear everything

that's why hades put orpheus right next to him
to blast some music during times like these

nyx still hears everything though

[terse hawk]

that was a very fun build tbh

[versed crane]

SF 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[plain haven]

this build was whacky as hell

[twin shale]

https://prnt.sc/yhWhMnFmP0wy

not boasting

rate the build

[flat pike]

bonk

[worn rune]

First time trying a merciful end build

it was fun

new time reacord to

[versed crane]

just be good

[left tide]

getting ME there was a struggle but the hades fight was fun as hell

[terse hawk]

the redacted on em4 is still scary for me my heart is pounding wtf

yes i finished him off with bouldy

an experience i had to feel

[wise vine]

I'm free from playing this game!

god, i spent waaay too much time playing this game

[bold jolt]

could spend more

[wise vine]

i mean... i could finish all the minor list of prophecies, all mirror upgrades, and all bonds... but i also spent nearly 150 hours playing this game

[bold jolt]

could spend more

[wise vine]

😏

[bold jolt]

😏

[plain haven]

Rookie numbers (I have 172 though)

Some people here have 3k hours lol

[red sandal]

just finished a run with 3 seconds remaining
my hand hurts and my adrenaline is like never before

[bold jolt]

fun fact, the timer doesn't instantly murder you, it leeches 5 hp per second

but very nice

[red sandal]

no way

[bold jolt]

yeah

[red sandal]

I was ready to uninstall the game if I died

my god it was as intense as playing subnautica for the first time

[lime bane]

lmao

Congratulations!

[plain haven]

How much heat was that

[hot bone]

DAMAGE

BEEG DAMAG

And that’s with privileged status and aspect of hestia

[red sandal]

16 I think

[vestal pagoda]

that's not a sniper rifle, that's a freakin RPG at that point

[pliant bronze]

👍

[hot bone]

It played like that experimental 50 cal with that wacky stock that goes over your shoulder

Just WHAM

[weak urchin]

ijust take everything

[hot bone]

Now the best part of the game is waiting for you wide open

After your first few clears - that’s when the game gets really good

[weak urchin]

hehe

its my 4st

6 more to go

wait what is 4st

im dumb

[hot bone]

Fourst, yes

[plain haven]

Fourst is just first fourth

[dull vortex]

just like yesn't

[frozen holly]

just did a no-boon run!

[terse hawk]

ayo???? that was fast hitting these ~2700 crits

[lunar peak]

from last night ooga booga

[queen idol]

Tell me you got the fishing point afterwards

[lunar peak]

what where

oh 💀

[bold jolt]

Btw you can fit 3 specials into a single mark from the atk, seems like you're doing atk -> special -> repeat

[lunar peak]

yeah i noticed that, i'm still jittery with dashing and stuff

[bold jolt]

Oh lmao

[lunar peak]

i switched to ruthless reflex cause i end up spamming the double dash

[bold jolt]

Well you're supposed to rely on the double dash

And spamming it is fine tbh

Ruthless sucks

[sage scroll]

wimdy build?

[strong ravine]

first 20 heat win

i <3 privileged status

[summer widget]

I just recently completed my first 20 heat run, and it was also my fastest time yet!

[supple aurora]

Idk what happened but i beat Hades without EM in less than 2 minutes
Guess that worked really well

[neat kraken]

Super fun

[hollow jacinth]

This is what happened

[bold jolt]

Lmfao epic rd

Oh what I'd give for that

This is why we take pride

[plucky solstice]

ice wine! yeah!!!

[supple aurora]

First time getting Hermes Legendary + Athena/Zeus Duo
Good run overall

[hot bone]

I DID IT!

heat 32 done!
https://youtu.be/bVlOwfT9j78

with EM4, calisthetics program and tight deadline
because why not

[toxic lion]

wouldve been sub 20 if i used stygian but i didnt know

[obsidian harness]

gaming

[bold jolt]

gaming

[obsidian harness]

build of my dreams

[bold jolt]

gamer

[hollow jacinth]

Nice snurst

Gg

[versed crane]

62 rama seed

[obsidian harness]

elysium took 7 minutes

[toxic lion]

unfortunately no extra casts, hunting blades still demolished hades

[versed crane]

lv6 hunter dash 🧐

[hollow jacinth]

Pog

[versed crane]

nice sub 5 seed

nvm no rd

[hollow jacinth]

Oooh

[toxic lion]

first sub 20 :) dumped into achilles so decided to keep going up in heat until i lose

[bold jolt]

gamer

get a sub8 now

🔫

cringe

[strong ravine]

two haitch pea

32 heat

[hollow jacinth]

HL5 FO2

[strong ravine]

wow

i could have done that a lot easier if i had just put on td3

omg ur right

[versed crane]

nice lc2

hs is fine

[strong ravine]

didnt even know i had it on

i loathe it, incredibly lucky i didnt lose all my DD to styx saws

[bold jolt]

also lucky you didn't get hit by a dad pot

unless you did idk

[strong ravine]

didnt

[bold jolt]

those hit for 150

and also stun you

[strong ravine]

i went into phase 2 with half hp and a defiance or 2

but then i got immediately slammed with like 3 80 damages in a row

and then another 3

so i was left on 2 hp for the rest of it

[visual breach]

finally sub 12 so close to sub 10 i got ME in tart midshop and Deadly Reversal in the next chamber so that was nice ig

[strong ravine]

i only noticed in lernie cause i took like 30 damage from standing in the lava

[visual breach]

just getting bounties really

sub 12 was a

side thing

i guess

[strong ravine]

aren't u supposed to do this

[versed crane]

it's usually 1 or the other

[strong ravine]

oh

[plain haven]

You should use FO2

[visual breach]

i should

[bold jolt]

take of td as well

[exotic light]

This was a strange one. lol

[thorny cypress]

NEW FASTEST TIME!!!

[plain haven]

Use demeter fists and your time can be MUCH faster

Especially with merciful end buld (ares + athena) or with drunk love build (dio + aphro)

[vestal pagoda]

all of them

or no balls

jk i run hl3

[lunar peak]

Niice

[toxic lion]

funny lightning

[hollow jacinth]

dang nice build

can we swap

yea

rip

what was dad

plz tell me it was quicker than 50s

[hollow jacinth]

this was 2 darknesses and 49s

and frost strike making him ages to phase

[hollow jacinth]

id give you a vod review if u wanted

[thorny cypress]

Oh yes! I'm well aware of their destructive prowess, I just enjoy aspect of Zag for the additional Dodge chance until I can max out the Demeter Aspect.

[frozen glacier]

the friends forever achievement should die

[primal girder]

youre so right i never want to touch distant memery again

[frozen glacier]

I didn’t even change my weapon up, I was just still running aspect of Arthur and getting absolutely 0 value from distant memory lol

[primal girder]

😔

[thin pollen]

behold my practically perfect Gilgamesh run.

[primal girder]

niice!

not a bad time for second clear too

[thin pollen]

thank you

[plain haven]

Merciful end is the best
Wait till u try it on demeter fists

[thin pollen]

i think i got it on demeter once and while it was nice it didnt feel as good as this run did

[plain haven]

Did u have the same build

[thin pollen]

eh, i had merciful with impending doom and some crit, but most of my poms didnt roll for doom. the rest of the boons were average, so it makes sense why it didnt feel as good

[haughty quartz]

Demeter legendary my beloved

[queen idol]

REAP WHAT YOU SOW!

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