h1-victory-boasting

[harsh raft]

I made Fists into a complete ranged powerhouse xd

Barely used melee at all

[inland spruce]

Colossus knuckle so broken ❤️

[autumn bronze]

5:58 ely exit

7:58 styx exit

[hollow jacinth]

Unmodded moment

[little prairie]

Kaboom

[harsh raft]

First 16 heat. Got 5 DUO BOONS and I still barely won. Had to sell one for cash

[strong ravine]

well that's definitely a pact

[digital jackal]

2cp

[harsh raft]

Is this for the blue health?

[bold jolt]

that's 30% more hp on every enemy

[harsh raft]

Ohh

Yeah that was uh

Not fun

I did not know what pacts to take

[digital jackal]

that's why you don't take it unless you have to, it applies to bosses too

[harsh raft]

Mmm

[bold jolt]

hades gets 10k total more hp lmao

[harsh raft]

Hades was actually one of the easier parts lmao

I'm good at non-extreme measures Hades now

[digital jackal]

no em3?

[strong ravine]

that part is more impactful though

[digital jackal]

altough with cp2 probably better

[strong ravine]

dc2 is awful

[digital jackal]

I'd take dc5 over cp2

[strong ravine]

what

lol

well it depends

this is shield

so dc2 is garbo

it's not like we're on eris rn

like sure at high heat cp2 is worse

[digital jackal]

I mean yeah if you have something like arthur then dc2 is horrible but on most aspects it's fine

[strong ravine]

what

whatervr

[digital jackal]

two hits is nothing

over cp

[harsh raft]

I guess that's true yeah

I was not used to dc2 so it did not feel good either

[digital jackal]

it would be better if it gave a bit more heat but other than that I have like zero problems with dc

[harsh raft]

Interesting

[strong ravine]

i mean like

[digital jackal]

Hestia is another aspect where you don't want dc tho

[strong ravine]

it's shield

proof

[digital jackal]

I'd blame that on cp

rather than dc

[strong ravine]

i mean

blue athena attack isnt bad

but also

dc is definitely a bigger timesink on lower heats

because you can just get an actual build and negate the existence of cp2 by killing everything anyways

this is shield with no cshot

[digital jackal]

bigger than cp? how even? cp will pretty much always be more than a hit or two, so it's like dc on steroids

[strong ravine]

so it deals no damage

[strong ravine]

flame wheels

numbskulls

those 2 already

like

with fiery

you're basically gonna keep one or two hitting everything with a fine build

dc makes fiery bad

[digital jackal]

ok and crystals I guess, but like that's hyperspecific

[harsh raft]

YES FLAMEWHEELS

[strong ravine]

although

this also depends on

that's chaos

[digital jackal]

fiery I take on hestia only and yeah, dc on hestia is awful

[strong ravine]

did you use the special

[strong ravine]

fiery is better on every aspect other than achilles

[harsh raft]

I used it all the time

[strong ravine]

ah

[harsh raft]

This is chaos shield

[strong ravine]

that must be why that clear time is like that

[digital jackal]

I prefer backstabs personally

[harsh raft]

I also took 2 Erebus gates so

[strong ravine]

so that's really probably the biggest issue

[strong ravine]

fiery will deal more damage and actually meet bpoints

a fiery cshot with hc up will one shot thugs

a fiery cshot will one shot wringers

[digital jackal]

hc?

[harsh raft]

What's a fiery cshot?

[strong ravine]

all the more reason to not use the special

[strong ravine]

fiery presence attack with charged shot

[harsh raft]

Really? Hm

[strong ravine]

140 base

well

80 base

75 additive

[harsh raft]

Do you use Fiery Presence? I've just been sticking to Shadow Presence

[strong ravine]

you generally just default to fiery

the only thing which doesnt is achilles

[harsh raft]

Is it because backstabbing is harder to do?

[strong ravine]

well thts one thing yeah

enemies just like... face you

but also you can kill things instantly off spawning

[harsh raft]

How does it work with dc?

[strong ravine]

never take fiery with dc

it will work

after u strip the fiery is still eligible

it just sucks

#h1-discussion

[harsh raft]

Ok

[vague saddle]

forgor to ss the entire screen but basically this build turned hades' liver into a fine powder

[valid kindle]

hades definitely needed charon

[strong ravine]

olympian favor moment

[strong ravine]

DR W

[harsh raft]

I tried another 16 run. It went way better although I didn't get good luck in Styx (the satyr sack was in the last room)

Also I forgot fiery presence wasn't good with dc but I was past Tartarus at that point rip

Thank you for the Pact advice

[rain ruin]

@strong ravine I apologize sincerely

[primal crown]

I'm calling the ambulance

[hearty vessel]

how do you make it so it doesnt show the rest of your clears?

[left wren]

probably some sort of mod

[thick sleet]

God mode?
God mode clears are considered in total clears but not considered in the best time. Best time is considered separately for normal mode and God mode

So it could be that too I guess

[hearty vessel]

he went from doing god mode to 50 heat clears? lol impressive. Yeah it's probably a mod.

[hollow jacinth]

It’s a maxed save from speedrun.com

Starts with 50 clears to avoid some story cutscene stuff

But doesn’t have so many clears that it lags the game

Next time I’ll read discussion channel first

[lunar yew]

Demeter pb

[hearty vessel]

is the PS5 susceptible to this lag also with a bunch of clears?

and what is "a bunch"

[digital jackal]

they moved the discussion to #h1-discussion , bunch was described as 800-1000

[hearty vessel]

oh lol ok. ty

[hollow jacinth]

Yeah

[left ridge]

Cursed slash finally done at 32 heat
One of the most tense runs I ever did

And with that, all sword hammers are done!

[hearty vessel]

And Bananas said it couldn't be done

[left ridge]

You just have to be mad enough to do all hammers at 32 heat
Honestly this was even worse than Winged serpent

[hearty vessel]

do you mod it so you guarantee the hammer right off the bat?

[left ridge]

Nop, my speedrunning mod is actually not working so I just got insanely lucky by starting with double edge then getting cursed slash

[bold jolt]

i never said it couldn't be done, it's just a lot easier if you don't do it

arnaud's been doing 32 heat runs for a while so they're more comfortable with sword and the game in general

you're looking for your first 32 heat clear afaik, and cursed slash isn't gonna be great

[left ridge]

Wait what lmao don't take cursed slash for your first 32 heat

[hearty vessel]

first melee, I have a couple ranged ones...and yeah I was just playing, I just thought it was funny he just attempted it with Cursed Slash

[strong ravine]

dawg i literally just woke up

[rain ruin]

round 2?

[bold jolt]

Would be funny if you did it again before jazz got one

[valid kindle]

DAMAGE is not under CONTROL build

here's a highlight of the run

[bold jolt]

damage control on arthur is so cursed lmao

[valid kindle]

dash strike is good for dealing with it

[strong ravine]

can’t play today rip

2nd day of break and my mom decided to turn off the wifi

[left wren]

Lord ares really wants to shine

[upper tendon]

Do you always use the default mirror attributes?

[hearty vessel]

And just like that, first Charged Skewer is the first win lol. I will say playing with TD1 feels a bit like cheating, so much time.

[strong ravine]

ap1 ri2 jumpscare

[bold jolt]

Incredibly based how you're under td2 time lmao

[primal crown]

Lc4 dds gaming

[hearty vessel]

well its Guan Yu, so LC4 means nothing

my biggest issue is just living on Hades, FO was causing too many issues for me, so just went for the RNG route with AP1

[left wren]

4 aren't default

[upper tendon]

It isn't?
Isn't it double dash, which is the default
The alt is the dash before getting striked that adds dodge and attack

[left wren]

All the green ones are alternate

I'm dumb

Discord took me to the wrong picture

[upper tendon]

But there isn't a single green

[left wren]

Yeah my bad you're right

[upper tendon]

I wonder if they know there are alternatives

That's the main reason I asked

That would be a game changer

[hearty vessel]

I could see someone overlooking that

[potent parcel]

[left wren]

Could easily be missed yeah

[left wren]

So are you aware of it or nah

[potent parcel]

nah i never thought of that 🤔🤔

[left wren]

[potent parcel]

i just use what i have and the pattern that i am used to 🤔🤔🫣

[left wren]

Every mirror option got an alternative

You can swap between them

Each gotta be upgraded individually tho

[hearty vessel]

yeah definitely check out the alternates, some are build defining

[potent parcel]

yea i should do that later when i play the game

[hearty vessel]

yeah I was basing the timer on NOT getting Charged Skewer, of course I get it first hammer this run

[hearty vessel]

Only needed perfect RNG for every hole in my gameplay. But finally did it lol. I really need to work on my Hades.

[strong ravine]

RED NASTY DASH

if u need help though did u record it?

[hearty vessel]

well I kind of roflstomped him this time, but yeah I can go back and record it, one sec

[strong ravine]

cause u can request a vod review

also nice pride

[hearty vessel]

Pride? and you mean like a whole run vod review?

[strong ravine]

yea

[hearty vessel]

hmm it only got like half this run because I've been chatting and grabbed a drink, but I have the Hades. One big question I have is when to use companion on him. I'm torn between add phases (if its bad) or on the final phase since it can get hairy with the urns, etc.

[strong ravine]

for beo, assuming you have good damage like you do here (although lvl3 cast is rlly tragic, you want at least lvl5), you can easily just meg at the very start of the fight, you can also meg in p2 but that's kinda just worse for things that aren't speedruns mainly because there's a possibility of screwing it up, so most of the time you just want to meg by spamming 1 right into the arena and then forgetting about it

on beo with damage, normal dad adds will die in like a volley

it really does make life easier

[hearty vessel]

I can't recall why I only had lvl 3...I kind of got crazy lucky on boons so didnt have alot of poms to choose from, basically EVERY time I see a pom I put it into my cast in this build, but I got unlucky with rolls because I was up to the gills in different boons with no rerolls left

and "bad" pom luck

yeah meg right off the bat seems best for most fights, although I sometimes miss the two bosses in Elysium, sometimes I hit both, sometimes only the minotaur, anyway to make that more consistent?

[warped narwhal]

I'm no expert since I dont normally use meg for that fight, but apparently I see most speedrunners just use it instantly

and it hits both

[hearty vessel]

I was using Than this run because for w/e reason I was having issues with the sisters today. Fatigue and old age wearing me down I guess. But I normally use Meg

[warped narwhal]

like don't move or dash first, just drop meg

[strong ravine]

meg?

just press w

w and then 1

you have to look up first

[hearty vessel]

yeah I think Im angling it wrong sometimes

[warped narwhal]

ah that makes more sense

[strong ravine]

kbm or controller

[hearty vessel]

Controller, sadly. On PS5

[strong ravine]

yeah it's just directly up

[hearty vessel]

https://youtu.be/HxymVAlMyPg here's the Hades. Be gentle, pretty new to the game.

[strong ravine]

il look at it alter

[hearty vessel]

np, whenever

taking a breather for now

thanks for everything

[sick burrow]

Fun cast build, shame I couldn’t get Artemis’s legendary, I did get 2 extra from chaos which was nice

[hearty vessel]

RIP forgot to swap for this build, not used to builds that rely on duo's

[silent oracle]

First 32 heat clear, yippee

[strong ravine]

nice

[cold raft]

from 5/17

5/20

[harsh raft]

Guan-Yu build. Got lucky with Charged Skewer and Heartbreak Flourish at the beginning to deal 300 in Tartarus. After that I took as many defensive/crit boons as I could

[harsh raft]

140% ATTACK DAMAGE BABEE

CHAOS IS A BLESSING

[misty geyser]

if I was a hades youtuber this run would be called POSEIDON SWORD OP???!!! DOUBLE LEGENDARY RUN 5000+ DAMAGE APHRO CAST!!! DAD DIDNT STAND A CHANCE

[swift chasm]

I remember finishing 32 heat once with Poseidon Sword and while it's cool, I still much prefer Nemesis Sword:

[hearty vessel]

Just now watching this vid of him not getting level 2 cast till almost the end of Elysium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QorLnTthIU

[small veldt]

on the steps to beat hades with every aspect and weapon. Did alot of damage, weirdly easy but i didnt enjoyy it

the rush kick made it almost fun tho

[primal crown]

Purple rush delivery

Onky rare greater haste + ichor :c

[tulip glacier]

my 200th escape attempt, also finished getting all boss rewards on all weapons,
ignore the pact, i had cp1 and i wanted to remove it but i added it instead so this felt more like 32 heat lol

[empty herald]

does adamant rail not reduce damage (30%) when you add two deadulus hammers?

[tulip glacier]

it could be bugged but not sure, but it definitely does insane damage

[empty herald]

how do manage without a cast

damn

[empty herald]

ikr i got bosses under 2 min

[tulip glacier]

i feel like cast boons are only needed for specific cast runs, i never take them in other runs

[empty herald]

yep thats 200th runner for you

i cant imagine not being on a cast

atleast for now

i love posiedon cast

with sea storm

on heat 5 never went up from there

[tulip glacier]

well good luck if you ever go for higher heat then

[empty herald]

thanks gonna try merciful end nxt time

[hearty vessel]

yeah some builds are so one trick pony, and only reliant on the cast giving boiling blood debuff

that it's just never worth going out of your way for the cast

or it barely feels impactful

[bold jolt]

Yeah rocket and cluster together are bugged so the reduction from cluster doesn't apply

[vernal lake]

cast can help burst down the mobs in tartarus when your main build is not online yet

[zealous warren]

Finally. A FULL DISPLAY CASE ❤️

[lunar peak]

decided to pick up hades again

[vocal sorrel]

First win!

[primal crown]

gg!

[unborn flame]

Finally beat 32 heat after lots of frustration

[swift chasm]

Fun alternative for Zeus attack Eris

[primal crown]

big hangover

[hearty vessel]

Nice, I was actually just using that same exact build to 32 Sword. Double Nova is OP.

played a little slow and had timing issues because of bad styx luck

[unborn flame]

I got a 3 sack, and turned EM3 off which definitely saved me

[hearty vessel]

Ahh no EM3, yeah I failed my last run on him...I got like 50% spins

I swear

trying to chase the chariot while he's spinning half the fight

[empty herald]

dunno but it feels llike the sheild with double attack no knock off effect does the same

[bold jolt]

wdym

#h1-discussion btw

[bold jolt]

sub10 talos gaming

ME in mid ely lmao

[strong ravine]

35s alecto

fists

[bold jolt]

what not having dem fists does to a mf

[strong ravine]

doom is literally so bad i think i do faster alecto than that on my 50 runs

[lunar peak]

God damn(I died at the first time I got to dad fight)

[bold jolt]

i think it was worse because i had impending at that point lmao

[strong ravine]

lmfao

that’s like 0 damage jesus

level 1 epic hangover does more than that

[bold jolt]

hey, boiling blood and the talos attack bonus goes hard

free 100% bonus!

a whole extra 15 damage per hit

[strong ravine]

huge damage…

[bold jolt]

also burned 2 dds at alecto but dw about it

[strong ravine]

fists experience

the anyheat experience
-die twice to furies
-35s

[lunar peak]

Feel that

[bold jolt]

plume zag fists kinda based for speed

just get splitting bolt before lernie

got rd mid ely, styx hyper sprint lmao

i think all i have left for sub10s are hades, zag spear, and arthur

[strong ravine]

have fun

arthur isn’t bad if you get one (1) good chaos

i mean

it’s bad for like

even just sub8

but sub10 you’re fine

i haven’t ac tu ally beaten it

i was on pace for like an 8:30 when i died

dad archers…

[bold jolt]

Lmao I should be relatively fine for what I have left, sub10 isn't too bad

[empty herald]

epoc fail

[strong ravine]

ROD

[empty herald]

with mirage shot and crystal clarity

[tulip glacier]

does lighting rod work when the crystal clarity cast is active?

[strong ravine]

no

[vocal sorrel]

Second win

with the exemplary Ancient Greek weapon... the AK47/Granade Launcher

[upper tendon]

A bit late, but for some reason, this came to mind, so
didn't want to forget

[hearty vessel]

smiling because it knows you're going to pick the wrong room

[empty herald]

almost mashed my keyboard

[upper tendon]

69/225
Nice

[hearty vessel]

3 duos and no legacy sheesh

[vernal lake]

rod seems like a useless duo tbh

like the ares/aphro one

[primal crown]

Rod is amazing

[empty herald]

first time seeing hades glitch

@bold jolt i was talking bout this one

those two hammer upgrades

[strong ravine]

these don’t interact at all

[vernal lake]

one is attack, the other is dash strike

[bold jolt]

That's fine

Not bugged

[empty herald]

i see

[empty herald]

ya'll really not notcing bottom right , its says total clear 31 but only shows this one

lmao

[hollow jacinth]

That’s godmode

[primal crown]

Have you used god mode? Those are tracked appart

[empty herald]

O_O

no i didnt turn on godmode

[hollow jacinth]

Did you turn godmode off?

[empty herald]

that i did

[hollow jacinth]

That’s it then

[empty herald]

dem

[hearty vessel]

God mode doesnt track at all?

or just separate?

[hollow jacinth]

Seperate

[bold jolt]

I mean you mentioned the hammers so I'm gonna pay attention to the hammers

[empty herald]

totally i feel like someone who bunked hades theory session rn

lol

[indigo otter]

My first 32 heat clear! Huge shout out to @bold jolt, thank you for your awesome 32 heat guide :) made me get it on my first try (probably also thanks to the speedrunning practice I've had lately)

[bold jolt]

You probably got it because of speedrunning practice tbh lmao but happy to help

[zealous warren]

and here I am still trying to win an 8 heat

[hollow jacinth]

You’ll get there!

[left ridge]

Sniper shot is done, only relentless volley left
I got lucky with Chaos but extremely unlucky with wells, I did not get a single braid nor ichor

I probably should have went for snow burst instead of parting shot cause I only got it in Styx

[hearty vessel]

Relentless volley is your LAST hammer? I think that was my first 32 heat win ever. Relentless + Sisyphus shackle

can pick all of the build breaking pacts because you dont care about builds

[strong ravine]

i mean it’s not exactly the best hammer

[hearty vessel]

no its definitely not the best

but was super safe and consistent for me for my first 32

[strong ravine]

well you have to get super close to use it

[primal crown]

Could've been chiron

[strong ravine]

oh

[hearty vessel]

but for whatever reason I acclimated to Chiron aspect the most early on

[strong ravine]

conc though

[hearty vessel]

yeah on Chiron

[left ridge]

Yeah I got unlucky with my Chiron clears

(There's also a few hammers left for other weapons though)

[hearty vessel]

I found this on Reddit and used his strat to get my first 32. Definitely wouldn't do this strat moving forward again, but it was a nice introduction to 32 heats.

[strong ravine]

wh

jesus christ

ok 2 years ago

[whole monolith]

Still got it 😎

[harsh raft]

Got a sub 17 with Rama

[strong ravine]

average hourglass with no well items moment

[hearty vessel]

sometimes you're just trying to level some keepsakes

[strong ravine]

i guess that's what would lead to a dem special

[hearty vessel]

wait if your best streak is 18, and you're on a 17 streak...does that mean you've only died once since clearing?

[grizzled orbit]

no they won 18 times in a row, lost, and at this point they have now won 17 times in a row

but since they have 35 clears they have 2 streaks, with some number of deaths in between

[hearty vessel]

yeah, thats what I said

I guess it could have been more than once

[harsh raft]

Yuuupp

Getting a run through on low heat is pretty ez for me

[hearty vessel]

First 40. I swear I'd be pushing through these so much quicker if I didn't choke on Hades so much. Daddy issues I guess.

[bold jolt]

Hestia kinda strong

[hearty vessel]

yeah I dont think Im really close to a 40 with any other weapon based off of this. Maybe a lucky Beo run. Or if I tighten up my Rama gameplay.

[west cargo]

I meant to run Chiron not Rama for this build but it worked out anyway. I never could get crit on my base attack though which was sad

[strong ravine]

drunken strike rama moment

[west cargo]

Lol it worked somehow though

[vague saddle]

money.,.,.,..

[unborn flame]

Fastest so far

[bold jolt]

clockets gaming

that's also a lot of poms on your special and no poms on jolted lmao

[swift chasm]

From the cash it was plus 69.7 dmg to attack

When RNG <<insert swear herre>> you, then you pick up alternatives 😄

[grizzled orbit]

the best part is, isn't that just flat damage

like

not influenced by boons at all

[strong ravine]

yeah

[grizzled orbit]

so like

[strong ravine]

i wonder if it's added after crits

[grizzled orbit]

that's literally damage that could be made up with like, sweet surrender

maaaaan that hammer sucks

i bet it doesnt even apply on dashstrike

[strong ravine]

it does

it's a good sword hammer because it's not cursed slash

[swift chasm]

Couldn't it be added to base dmg, then everything is buffed from boons and whatever?

[strong ravine]

it could be

[grizzled orbit]

it could be

[strong ravine]

but it's not

[swift chasm]

Still 600+ crits from behind after cast

[bold jolt]

god this aspect sucks

[west cargo]

How do I get exploding launcherrrr it’s the only hammer upgrade I haven’t gotten yet

[west cargo]

Now THIS run I’m proud of

I even got a new heat record and beat Charon twice in a row

I shall thank bouldy and his never ending support for this win

[tulip glacier]

this was not a speedrun, just a casual 0 heat, but Guan Yu special seems good for speedruns, has anyone tried running it?

[west cargo]

I think I saw someone else run a guan yu special run long time ago

[hearty vessel]

I dunno about for speed, but it's really good for no hitting the game

[tulip glacier]

i sure believe that, i think in elysium i got hit like once

[left ridge]

Massive spin done, only flaring spin left for the spear

I only got one Ares boon of the whole run and it was the first one

[hearty vessel]

how is that possible, thats crazy

what do you feel was the hardest/most annoying hammer to 32 with?

[left ridge]

Cursed slash was the worst and Winged serpent second worst

[hearty vessel]

really? My first 32 sword was Cursed Slash with Arthur, it wasn't too bad, but I had REALLY bad options otherwise. I only run HL2 though. Just gotta run aphro and some other mitigation

[ornate ridge]

Probably the craziest and most brainless build I've gotten yet. Rush delivery for +27.6% damage, 28% increased damage from strong drink, dealing over 700-800 damage per hit TWICE on my uppercut because of quake cutter and deadly flourish.

[vernal lake]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1092477070342361232/1110995378897170533/image.png

[ornate ridge]

Oh, I also had +20% speed on my special from Hermes

[left ridge]

Swift flourish and swift strike don't apply on rush delivery, only movement speed does

[lunar yew]

achilles pb! i hate how clunky i am with it in ely

[ornate ridge]

Correct, swift flourish does however let me double crit on my special faster, which was the point I was making

[small veldt]

This build was so dumb busted lmao, dont know i could find i better cast one

[lunar yew]

beam with crystal clarity and glacial

[strong ravine]

eh

[lunar yew]

?

[strong ravine]

meme beam is still meme

it’s basically less dps hunting blades

[lunar yew]

true

still the safest cast build imo

you could probably just stand still each chamber

[strong ravine]

the real safest cast build is having damage

meme beam might be better on non achilles aspects where you don’t have infinite hb dps

and safety becomes an actual issue

[lunar yew]

ye i mean its poseidon in the screenshot

[small veldt]

strong but incredibly boring plus bad rng plus dumb choices

[grizzled orbit]

how in the world is fp 100%

[small veldt]

old build i havent patched

apparently

[grizzled orbit]

you can just respec your mirror if you want to play with vanilla mirror

[hearty vessel]

Not proud of this build, or the pacts, or the fact that this is my fastest run. I need to attempt for some legit speed to change that.

Also this run gave me hope in fists again.

[harsh raft]

YO GOT A SUB 15 WITH ZAG BOW!

LET'S GO

Yeah I'm real proud of this run

[bold jolt]

massive gaming

epic rd goes hard

[hearty vessel]

Ok, Beo is really fast. Lost so much time in Elysium...so torn about how to efficiently take down those little souls

[strong ravine]

just shoot them with a cast

if you have damage they'll die

[hearty vessel]

sometimes the best answer is the easiest one, thanks

[bold jolt]

you ideally want mirage shot going into elysium so you just need 1 cast to kill the eyeballs

i mean you obv want it for the lernie fight but mirage shot helps out with the eyeballs a lot

[hearty vessel]

yeah I FELT it not having it on Lernie...

[bold jolt]

oh 1 cast to kill armored eyeballs, i should've been more specific

[hearty vessel]

I did on another run but got like a 5 room styx

[bold jolt]

yeah on lernie the difference between 2 or 3 (or even 4) stones per lernie head hurts for speed

[hearty vessel]

yeah the layered hits also is whats nice for them

[strong ravine]

passion flare gaming

[hearty vessel]

3 braids wtf

[bold jolt]

@amber glacier ideal hades spear build basically lmao, preferred hammer is exploding launcher and if you don't get it just don't touch the special

also note that this build is pretty much universal to every melee weapon/aspect

[amber glacier]

Mucho DPS

[strong ravine]

hades is basically if they made GY but it sucks

[bold jolt]

ngl exploding launcher is kinda hard to use in ME without charged skewer on kbm because if you miss you just send it flying

if you have charged skewer at least it'll blow up in front of your face and probably hit the enemy

[hearty vessel]

isn't this like a top 20 run?

[strong ravine]

lol it's hyper

[hearty vessel]

Ah kk

[bold jolt]

i think i have all aspects sub10 now lmao

big gaming

oh i need luci, arthur, and gilga for all aspects 32 heat lmao

should be easy enough except for gilga

[hearty vessel]

I've yet to really dabble with ME, should give it a shot, what are good aspects for it

[strong ravine]

everything that isn't bow

and sorta not rail

and kinda not shield

[bold jolt]

fists is probably the most fun and easiest to use once you get it, nemesis has decent damage if your build doesn't go to plan

demeter and nemesis are great for ME because if you don't get ME, they have decent enough DPS as a back up plan

[hearty vessel]

yeah I was thinking of Demeter, especially after I just had my quickest 32 with it.

[strong ravine]

but also doing ME on nem is a slight of God

[swift chasm]

Never had that high lvl of boon before

Awkward gameplay (no chaos room and chaos items in shop at all ), but still huge dps

[tulip glacier]

turns out you dont need merciful end (yes, i am coping because i cant get ME)

[primal crown]

You went for a ME build while playing ap1

Gg anyways

[tulip glacier]

yea, on the previous run it locked me out of ME twice in a row

[warped narwhal]

hey at least they aren't also a RI1 heretic like me

but yeah I hate ap just because it feels bad to have the thing you want crossed out

even if it isn't bad - especially from all the rerolls I don't get because I use RI1 lmao

[left ridge]

Quake cutter done, only Rush kick left for the fists

The dash carried me

The dad fight was a bit weird cause everything was happening at once with 5 casts to manage

No jolted though :(

250th clear too

[hearty vessel]

Lol do you even use your special in that build

[nimble grail]

Okay this build was insane

[plush mirage]

I've been trying to get a victory at 32 heat on every weapon and do a little video compilation of all of them

Though I'm sure my idea of 32 heat is very against the grain because I refuse to turn off EM4. I enjoy the fight's challenge too much, so my strategies and picks are a little weird.

[hearty vessel]

it's valid, you get to turn off some of the more impactful pacts if you use EM4

get to remove heal cut entirely, or not have to worry about time at all

EM4 is definitely managable if you're coming into it with 4 lives

[sullen hornet]

Triple abyssal lol

[left ridge]

Nah I didn't actually, I'm not used to using the special on the fists tbh 🙈 and it was useless with the build despite quake cutter

[pastel seal]

the illusion of free choice

[hearty vessel]

first real ME build. Yeah I'm seeing why everyone is raving about it. Not sure how I went this long without it. So much room to play better. ME was a bit late but honestly you hardly even need it with the Demeter. Never even got the hermes combo either.

[harsh raft]

AHHHH FIRST 32 HEAT RUN LET'S GO

[bold jolt]

easy gaming

[hearty vessel]

Eris

[left ridge]

w i d e

[bold jolt]

a 0.43 sec pb, incredibly based

[small veldt]

Still on the journey to beat with every aspect. This was fun, could've been better I think

[plush mirage]

Yeah this is how I play it, pretty much every run I play for it involves Athena though, so it can limit build variety. (Not that I don't want Athena Dash anyways)

[plush mirage]

Rail user. Very based 😄

Glad that I still got it. Never had a recording for a rail victory so I figured I would go get one. Been recording the final boss and trying to get 32 heat on every weapon to round out my Hades profile.

Rail is still my guilty pleasure weapon even after all these years.

[harsh raft]

Just got a Sub 12 with the bow! That's my fastest run!

[bold jolt]

big gaming

concerning amount of poms on the attack lmao

[harsh raft]

Common level 6 Strike XD

[bold jolt]

also poms on arty strike kinda pointless lmao

[harsh raft]

Yea true, her percentages are so low

I didn't have much else to pom tho so why not

[harsh raft]

Also damn 32 heat on every weapon is the dream. This footage is very cool

[plush mirage]

Its not the most impressive achievement throughout the community but its one I want to strive for. Saving the shield for last it will be my victory lap. And I do want to be remembered for not being just an Adamant Rail player haha.

[hearty vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/i-started-blasting-so-anyway-i-started-blasting-danny-devito-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-blasting-gif-24425727

[harsh raft]

Yeah I struggled with rail initially cause I'm using a trackpad for the mouse. But I sorta figured out how to use the keyboard for it and now it's based. I love the rail

[plush mirage]

oh you poor soul, trackpad would make that so much harder

[harsh raft]

Indeed

[plush mirage]

that makes your victory frankly much more impressive than mine

my defacto strategy on rail is to run Eris and force Ice Wine + Scintillating Feast, has worked every time (that I manage to get the duos that is) the damage that gets output is ridiculous

[harsh raft]

Ooo I will note that

[primal crown]

eris the castpect as always

[bold jolt]

just turn off "aim at cursor" and rail works fine on kbm lmao

[harsh raft]

I did xd

[plush mirage]

Generally I think Ice Wine Scintillating Feast is my favorite of the cast builds, i dont know if its necessarily the strongest but I love how consistent its damage is and with Jolted its a free privilege proc

Hunting Blades used to be my favorite a very very long time ago, but I remember the long gone days of pre nerf Hunting Blades

[bold jolt]

arthur moment

failed 2 luci attempts before this

[nimble grail]

I just did a Luci Sea Strom Luci

[hearty vessel]

When you try to see if an ME bow build would work, and it never happens, and you realize it's really anti-synergistic. But also maybe doom isnt so bad on the attack.

[tulip glacier]

it seems like the doom will just activate even without merciful end while you are doing your 3 specials so you dont really need ME

[placid cairn]

fair

[hearty vessel]

yeah, I was thinking maybe a 1:1 ratio, especially with impending might actually do some good damage, but I think I'd rather just do 1:2 ratio (attack to special) and let the doom go on its own

it was REALLY good damage on Hades

[tulip glacier]

my third 32 heat clear

[nimble grail]

Chiron gaming

[thick sleet]

got my first 32 heat finally

[meager oasis]

F you with your not this time, It was one of my luckyest run so far

Could have put more heat too T_T

[hearty vessel]

giving Jazz a run for their money with the screenshots

[meager oasis]

Nintendo Switch here, sorry

[left ridge]

Second wave on attack is hilarious to see
Relentless volley done, bow hammers are finished

Snow burst + mirage shot + parting shot + quick reload = completely broken combo

I was only missing exit wounds to make it more fun

Best fishy too

[ivory sky]

didn't take a screen but crystal clarity+mirage shot+killing freeze+arctic blast+winter harvest on a run this morning

i had somehow never added arctic blast to gg crystal beams before but that's practically what it's made for, with the crystals setting it off a few times each second

fully loaded would have been icing on the cake, but alas

[placid cairn]

press q

[untold coyote]

broooooo

this is the second time

[small veldt]

speeeeeeeeeeeeed , didnt think well on what duo boons i wanted but eh it worked out

[hollow jacinth]

Speeeeeeeeed

[rain ruin]

@strong ravine bad ely

[strong ravine]

what happened in heroes

[rain ruin]

He just didnt wanna phase

[strong ravine]

lmfao

jacked wells?

those are some jacked wells if standard wells

[rain ruin]

My 34 and heroes were as long as the rest of ely

[rain ruin]

ye

[strong ravine]

next time try skipping that part

i’ll try getting sub430 pash after i do sub5 phalanx but that honestly sounds like a long ass grind

and also something i might be too bad for just period

id probably need to actually use a save state

because my lernie is soooooo bad

it’s like 10s avg of timesaver a run

ggs tho

[lunar peak]

Got my first dub the other day wit the shield

And this yesterday (first time using gun)

[strong ravine]

swap this to dark foresight

you’ll thank me later probably

[lunar peak]

Thanks g

[lunar peak]

Im Not at home atm but what does it do

[strong ravine]

+% up to 20 to gold laurel rewards

so you see them more often

so like

if normally the ratio is 50/50

it’d make it 70/30

gold laurel is hearts, boons, poms, hammers

and coins

[lunar peak]

Ahhh okay

[small veldt]

victory achieved

[lunar peak]

nice

[ashen elm]

my luck has peaked 💀

[left ridge]

One of the funniest builds I've had in a while, Magnetic force is done

Hestia, Poseidon and Zeus go really well together
Hestia groups foes together
Zeus deals chain lightning damage and keeps foes together thanks to the duo
Poseidon deals aoe damage and knocks foes back
Then Zeus groups them back together and so on

Double Nova for more attraction from Hestia
Piercing Wave for more attacks
Hyper delivery with epic RD for more damage

This combo was completely broken

[lunar peak]

holy

[ashen elm]

Worked out probability to be 1.47456% to get all duos/legendary in that specific scenario (I think...)

[hearty vessel]

it's more with poseidon keepsake

[real flare]

it took 52 runs but I finally escaped!!! honestly in shock

[valid kindle]

behold this build ( also first attempt at trying to beat em4 )

part 2 of the behold this build : i won without any problems with healing from the urns

the core boons are literally just mostly epics

[hollow jacinth]

fully loaded

[valid kindle]

fun fact : i had fully loaded prophecy'd and i came across 2 artemis in shop and a artemis chamber

the first artemis i bought had fully loaded

[small veldt]

probably the easiest build i've evre had, brrrr , all my duo boon drops thrown in the wind

I've now accomplished eating the hades with every weapon and aspect in the game

on to increasing the heat then im done till hades 2

[hearty vessel]

a duo boon that exploded dio stacks would have been a cool interaction

[strong ravine]

ME: bad edition

[hearty vessel]

I mean it's just ME at that rate right? Some unique interaction could be to put it on a bunch of enemies, let the damage tick, and then go around blowing them all up before they drop

so could be a bit different than ME

[ivory sky]

played poorly on an em4 run, must have spent almost 10min holding onto that last 3hp while breaking vases and waiting for ares to charge up

[hearty vessel]

EM4 don't play around, no matter the heat

[ivory sky]

subtract any of the athena boons and I'm toast

if he's fighting you the same way he fought the titans it makes sense, and makes beating him even cooler

[hearty vessel]

him not being able to use Cerb if you have maxed rep with them would have been a nice touch

[strong ravine]

waiting for ares to charge up
damn

[ivory sky]

can't even believe I held on that long

didn't get scintillating feast either even though I had double strike

[bold jolt]

tmw you get jolted in the middle of ely lmao

had zeus, arty, and pos going out of tart

also sub10 and 32 heat on every aspect done

[strong ravine]

get your updoots

you need gold from a kind stranger

[bold jolt]

lmao sure i guess

[bold jolt]

if i dont get updoots you're a fraud

just posted lmao

[strong ravine]

i’m on the next level i got a quadrillion updoots

[bold jolt]

yeah i saw lmao

[strong ravine]

you swapped back to modded for it?

oh you did unm for allweps

right

i did my part and updooted you

now the world shall decide

[bold jolt]

unmodded was just all weps yeah, can't be bothered with all aspects lmao

also on the modded save i had a good chunk at sub10 already because of aotw and a while ago i grinded 32 heat all aspects so i was already pretty close to finishing

[strong ravine]

allspects sub6 next

[bold jolt]

god no

[hearty vessel]

updooted

[novel timber]

300 consecutive clears i think perhaps i should play a different video game

[bold jolt]

could use more clears

[novel timber]

perhaps 100 more would do it

[bold jolt]

you gotta even it out to a clean 500 tbh

[nimble grail]

Merciless start

[vale heart]

I misread ngl

Thought you got a sub5 💀

[ashen elm]

fresh file lets goooo 💪

[hollow jacinth]

[digital jackal]

damn

I couldn't do it even with athena lego

and this man has 80 hp left without it

[winged elm]

first of many, yey
newbie here

[ashen elm]

madlad clearing hell mode with cursed slash

[winged elm]

I got it on my first playthrough and beat the first boss with it, thought it was quite strong
then I left and my friend continued where I left off to die
;-;

[sick burrow]

This was such a fun build however it should of been so much quicker… had to go through every room in the Styx

[ashen elm]

Wow core heroics

[left ridge]

That was the left flare I needed and my first 32 heat perfect clear

I think ember flare might be my favourite of all flares

[strong ravine]

it appears to have some crazy dmg

phalanx at lvl9 is 254 so it’s like that but with dot

[left ridge]

Wdym with dot?

[strong ravine]

damage over time

[left ridge]

The dot was responsible for 18% of the total cast damage in the dad fight, considering that I had a +200% bonus with the duo
So it'd normally be responsible for 7% of the cast without it, which makes it only +17 dmg / cast

Isn't passion flare the one with the highest DPS btw?

[strong ravine]

trippy is

[left ridge]

Except from trippy because that one needs longer to reload

[ivory sky]

ZAGREUS used ICE BEAM. glacial glare would have been nice but 6x lv. 10 crystals was still a lot of fun

[hearty vessel]

dad also doesnt stop moving like he's a frickin shark, so I'd imagine he doesnt get stuck in the laval pools much.

[strong ravine]

yeah then it’s pash

[lunar yew]

fastest time

[hearty vessel]

thats a poggers build

[bold jolt]

big gaming

based red pp

[hearty vessel]

First 45. Basically not even a 45 because I went shackle early and AP2. Just ended up with an early HBomb + Pos Special and it was GG.

[strong ravine]

hl4 moment

[hearty vessel]

yeah that was by accident lol, just rolled with it when I saw everything was expensive because I had such a good early run

[strong ravine]

heroic titan toppler W

[bold jolt]

haste swind rd kinda based

i love how there's not really any better place to put the poms other than the special lmao

[grizzled orbit]

call in shambles

[bold jolt]

lvl 8 deadly flourish is funny tho

also call is just for swind

[strong ravine]

could pom marked

100% crit chance

[bold jolt]

i think it's already at 100% with deadly flourish

[strong ravine]

lvl2?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1028112977100017666/1112554576915222538/output.png?width=704&height=528

[bold jolt]

eh close enough

roughly 90% still fine

[strong ravine]

what about the titan toppler crits...

[bold jolt]

cringe

[lunar yew]

Random common crop

[left ridge]

Tackling another modded duo
Either I'm extremely unlucky or Life affirmation doesn't open Unrequited love because I couldn't get it at all on my previous attempt

[primal crown]

Does the codex not work for the extra gods?

[left ridge]

It works and Life affirmation is supposed to open the duo

(along with all aphro cores except aid)

[west cargo]

How did you get striking sparks? I’ve never seen it

[left ridge]

It's from a mod called OlympusExtra that adds Apollo and Hestia https://www.nexusmods.com/hades/mods/123

(Striking sparks being Artemis and Hestia's duo)

[west cargo]

Oh damn okay

[ivory sky]

very enjoyable run with rama. completely melted everything in styx esp the tiny vermin. all five tunnels and i didn't even mind because i got to keep using this build

special go brrr

[ivory sky]

ice wine/scintillating feast is always fun, i usually do that with beo

[swift chasm]

What a RNG 👀 If I got 2 tunnels rng instead of 3 tunnels, it would even be close sub 12 minutes

[ivory sky]

styx tunnels messed up so many of my sub12 attempts with hestia and then I got 11:35 on a guan yu run where I wasn't even trying to go fast

[swift chasm]

But everything else was perfect - first room with degde upgrade, no long fights, lucky Charion shops and Patroclus. Everything was also melting so quickly

I had 11 minutes in my punishment pact timer after Theseus Minotaur boss fight 👀

[ivory sky]

yeah that's a story I know all too well by now without mods, styx tunnels exist solely to destroy your run and your heart

it's why i never get excited no matter how well i'm doing, not until styx is done

[swift chasm]

Exactly, that's why I had thoughts "This RNG is so good that's unreal, but let's see how Styx Tunnels will go"

[strong ravine]

no tdash

[nimble grail]

tdash?

[strong ravine]

tidal dash

[nimble grail]

I thougt that was pdash

[strong ravine]

huh

[lunar peak]

Got my FIRST ever victory! In my friend's words: "You should NOT have won with this weird build but I'm proud of you"

Shoutout to Stubborn Roots, the now love of my life

[grizzled orbit]

ROD

[ivory sky]

just had this happen on beo without using anything but the overflowing cup to force trippy flare, after that i switched to the pom blossom and the game just handed me everyone else and their duos. it was wonderful. would've been moreso if exclusive access turned up at the beginning instead of styx, but still

[hearty vessel]

Lol that is a lot going on in that cast

[ivory sky]

this weirdness with guan yu happened next, it was also my 100th run on this save and the one where chaos wanted me to fight hades with the egg

you can't get a perfect clear title with guan yu for obvious reasons but it was one, thanks in large part to ROD

[ivory sky]

chiron is always fun when you get to put something nasty like that on special

[lunar yew]

the 'have your cake and eat it' build 🥲

[strong ravine]

1.2.0 jumpscare

[lunar yew]

what changed?

[strong ravine]

you get splits

and othber stuff

Added

• New setting to treat all non-completion Deaths as QuickRestarts
• Add RunHistoryWipe mod to allow purging run history from save file
• Add CodexTechPrevention mod to prevent Codex from being opened while the timer is running
• Add SplitDisplay mod to optionally replace Victory Screen stats with run splits (off by default)

Changed

• Update all ModUtil calls to v2.8.1

[ivory sky]

that the speedrun mod?

[strong ravine]

yea

[warped narwhal]

Ruining my clears screen with 40Heat

God I've been playing weak aspects for so long I forgot how strong rama is

I still almost died though because I haven't fought EM4 OT2 Hades in probably well over a year

[strong ravine]

jesus christ that’s a pact

actual gamer

[warped narwhal]

back with my cursed pact

my build was ultra scuffed, but thanks to perfect rama hammers I managed to barely beat Hades

sometimes lucky, also first try lol

[rain ruin]

Real gamer pact

[hearty vessel]

thats as rough as 40 pact gets

[bold jolt]

could be cp2

[lunar yew]

Oooh cool, thanks!

[meager oasis]

Look like a fun fight is bout to happen

[tulip glacier]

my first 32 heat spear run

[lunar peak]

Oled screen? Nice screen.

[meager oasis]

Got reck

[rain ruin]

@strong ravine

[bold jolt]

Bruh rd

[sullen hornet]

got a funni build lol

Also relentless volley so 12 shots per special

[left ridge]

Icy flare is cursed

It has the lowest damage of all flares

[strong ravine]

nice

i’ll do

[rain ruin]

It's for real gamers only

[tulip glacier]

this is probably my most powerful build ever

[primal crown]

rip the hermes boons but that's a nice build indeed

[left ridge]

Clockets with heart rend is neat

[hearty vessel]

coulda done 32 heat and wouldnt have even noticed it wasnt 0 lol

[strong ravine]

@rain ruin

still had acorn

build was a little bit good maybe

just a tad

oh hey thats 14th on leaderboards

ill submit ig

oh do i not have a death

rip

i had to swap to standard modpack and i gave up to turn on quick reset

[desert brook]

Two Duos and Legendaries in the same run

[west cargo]

Heavens vengeance op? Maybe. With crit? Definitely

I was hitting vengeance bolts for over one thousand every 3 seconds

[unborn flame]

Try vengeful mood with as many revenge effects as possible

[rain ruin]

ggs

[strong ravine]

id say i’ll do 55 but i’m getting this phalanx sub5

i’ll be very sad if i don’t have it for aotw

but it is also soul crushing

also pls don’t instantly sub430

[rain ruin]

Nah I’m done for now

[tulip glacier]

hades was so hard to hit with the specials, the fight took like 5 minutes

[sick burrow]

First 16 heat run

[west cargo]

I was trying but I kept getting extremely unlucky

[unborn flame]

i feel ya

[sleek obsidian]

Good build? Did these today.

[strong ravine]

nice poms

[nimble grail]

ikr

[nimble grail]

No Curse of Nausea

[nimble grail]

Not even close

[strong ravine]

rip stygian

[sand verge]

possibly the strongest build I've ever had, shame it was only heat 4

[strong ravine]

who up elysiuming

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/787779451865399368/1114664527183741139/image.png

[bold jolt]

3 minute ely hell yeah buddy

[strong ravine]

the hestia experience

[nimble grail]

Rocket bomb with Poseidon special

[bold jolt]

barge, tiny vermin, and 5 sack

at least i anviled into clockets lmao

[hearty vessel]

RNG giveth and RNG taketh away

[bold jolt]

tmw you get barge, bull miniboss, tiny vermin, 5 sack, and no clockets

but your last 3 boons you get in the run are splitting, sweet nectar, and unhealthy fixation

unmodded sucks

[hearty vessel]

last boon Sweet Nectar

[bold jolt]

well i had 2 big poms in the shop so it was worth it lmao

[nimble grail]

I never get Merciful end

[sick burrow]

Took lightning rod to sell it, couldn’t find a place to sell it lol

[nimble grail]

Okay

[nimble grail]

Athena cast is very fun

[strong ravine]

for aotw?

[rain ruin]

yes

[strong ravine]

that’s nearly my aotw submission

but mine is in hyper

[quick jasper]

went from not even beating Lernie at 0 Heat with this blade to squaring up with Hades. 2 left for the prophecy!

[timid saddle]

dash only lol

i was so reckless

[strong ravine]

sounds like DAMAGE

shame no triple though

[smoky tulip]

Delta chamber good, I almost prefer it over clockets

[left ridge]

Flurry fire is done, I got insanely lucky except for the part where the only zeus boons I got beside the start was at Styx so the run was super weird
Hazard bomb carried me

[silent dove]

literally my best build ever, i didnt take any damage (in the boss fight) until round 3 wen his hp was <1/3. rip current + smoldering air is the best freakin combo, & w PP i was critting 1800+ consistently & took out all the mini bosses he summoned within seconds. wish my screen recording didnt cause impossibly bad lag 😖

[strong ravine]

i did nto know rip current existed

[silent dove]

it's RIDICULOUS. it just makes the call hit over and over on everything but bosses. the 'pulls in' effect isnt anything like engulfing vortex, it's a freakin vacuum

esp wen u have jury summons to contend with. just turns zag into a blender

[west cargo]

I haven’t won yet but I have high hopes. Beowolf, crit cast, and mirage shot 😍

Ignore the used lives

[strong ravine]

society if flood flare

[lavish jetty]

Finaly got sub 10

[strong ravine]

tdash carry

[west cargo]

But but critssss

[bold jolt]

massive gaming

rare rd with ichor is so based

wait no mirage shot lmfao

and this is why we don't' open extra duos

[lavish jetty]

I thought I was into this game till y'all start saying words I don't know

[bold jolt]

rush delivery is rd

ichor is the +20% movement speed thingy

[lavish jetty]

Ah ok

[bold jolt]

mirage shot is the funny green boon that you were clearly going for but didn't get lmao

[lavish jetty]

Yeah lol ik that one

[smoky tulip]

no mirage shot, bad mirror (olympian's favor and thick skin), charged shot + sudden rush, no knowledge of the game, basically only good thing you have here is rare rd and yet you still get sub10, that deserves some credit

[ivory sky]

fun em4 clear

[left ridge]

I think it might be the first time I clear 32 heat with SD, I needed Temperance

Not a fan though, I feel like it relies too much on getting pat

didn't get a single braid, nor stone, nor stygian shard

[nimble grail]

First ever sub 20

[spare meadow]

my first 5heat clear!

[rain ruin]

fellow beowulfers

[smoky tulip]

what the hell are you the best speedrunners in the world or what

oh it's modded

what's modded wr i don't know but on unmodded you'd be new god

[rain ruin]

Normal modded wr is 430 but this is hypermodded which is still in beta so no ruleset/leaderboard yet, so no wr

[smoky tulip]

both rd and cast are heroic lol

it'd be shame not to have sub6 at least with those boons

[bold jolt]

i forgot hypermodded guarantees hermes lmao refreshing nectar from eury is a lot less valuable huh

i guess just for chaos or if you dont have mirage yet (somehow)

[strong ravine]

yeah i take a lot of poms in hyper

at eury

[bold jolt]

or ambrosia delight for red rd baybee

[hollow jacinth]

Mike used to have the modded beo wr

And first sub 5 beo

[hollow jacinth]

Weakest hyper build

[strong ravine]

didnt even buy a single well item

[strong ravine]

needs 4th hermes

[hazy fossil]

Got back to the game a while ago. By far, this run is the luckiest

[strong ravine]

nice heartbreak strike

[grizzled orbit]

why is there just no fiery presence lmao

[hazy fossil]

just don't really see the advantage, tbh

[grizzled orbit]

free damage for free!

[hazy fossil]

might be dull of me to do so, but still

[bold jolt]

Just crit

[bold jolt]

tmw epic rd in styx gets balanced out by a 3 sack

pride putting in WORK

[warped narwhal]

wdym you can't get duos consistently with RI1 on

[bold jolt]

tbf the more impressive part is actually getting boons without dark foresight lmao

[warped narwhal]

I don't need it

spongebob meme intensifies

but on a more serious note I probably should be using darkness foresight

it's a mirror option I've neglected for a long time

though it's behind RI1 so, maybe I'll never get to playing with it lmao

I've somehow played without it, for all my years of playing hades basically

[bold jolt]

i mean you can alter your pact so you can turn off ri and use dark foresight but you seem to be doing fine without it lmao so whatever

[smoky tulip]

3 sack, could have beaten my pb if it wasn't for that, i get why people play modded now, but i was just claiming bounties so who cares right?

[tepid cape]

Hey sorry for asking it here, I really don't know where to ask but

How many of these things are?

[left ridge]

a lot https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/Resource_Director
maybe use #h2-discussion for questions tho?

[tepid cape]

Oh okay, thank you!

[grave vector]

#h1-discussion is good for discussion that isnt about hades 2, also, you can embed images by linking to them

[left ridge]

oops yeah I meant to link that one

[tepid cape]

Ah yeah, sorry about that. It's just I couldn't send images there

[west cargo]

A bit of a boring run, but I don’t remember getting shady to heroic

[left ridge]

Curse of drowning done, that was the last unmodded duo I needed

Interestingly enough, the cast keeps going even if you activate poseidon's aid

Getting exclusive access as 3rd boon made the run pretty fun

am a bit sad I couldn't get RD though

[primal crown]

Purple dashes at least

[west cargo]

Is raging flames a modded duo?

[rain ruin]

Yea it's with Olympus Extra

[nimble grail]

[hollow jacinth]

Nice build

[crystal basin]

I finally platinum Hades, now I'm at peace waiting for Hades 2

[bold jolt]

love the td2 pact but way under td3 time lmao

but very based

[strong ravine]

clockets might have something to do with it

ap1 clockets

[bold jolt]

i mean that's only starting ely but yeah probably lmao

[strong ravine]

3 min ely:

[crystal basin]

[supple aurora]

Improvised Guan Yu run, no hit from Hades but i guess it was simple with Athena's Dash + Accorn + Apollo's Call

[hazy fossil]

No deaths + lucky

[harsh raft]

Mirage Shot Beowolf run. I can see why this is so op and also I love that the charged shot carries the flares with it instead of it still coming from Zagreus's position

[bold jolt]

mirage shot bug go brrr

[hazy fossil]

I don't usually play with the Bow, this is my first run using it after a long time

[west cargo]

So much back stabbing

[nimble grail]

No boon run

How long has that yarn been there

[hearty vessel]

Shackle is OP

[left ridge]

That's very impressive

[hearty vessel]

best part about no boons/shackle is you get to go AP2 RI and not care lol, that's actually pretty managable with HL1 EM3

[thin magnet]

With Demeter's cast, let's just say that I was God calling very often.
(Though Crystal Clarity refused to appear)

[left ridge]

In that kinda cases it's often good to not open any other duos because you're reducing the odds of getting that one specific duo

[strong ravine]

ap2 actually sucks

[hearty vessel]

all pacts suck, but so much of what AP2 does is mitigated boonless

[left ridge]

Wait til you hear about AP3 there's a mod that adds it, you don't get any bonus at all

[smoky tulip]

blade dash good

[hearty vessel]

yes, absolutely the defining boon in that build

[smoky tulip]

new pb with spear, Zag spear good