h1-victory-boasting

[runic stratus]

Could have been faster if I didn’t get mirage shot at the end of Styx

[royal veldt]

Don’t have a picture, but I beat hades with the rail on hell mode

[gilded junco]

The backstab reached 4500 damage lmao

No Heart Rend though, it could be over 5000

[willow bronze]

Crazy

[gilded junco]

Arthur Aspect is fun

Did not expect the Ambush Chaos boon though, but it's a nice addition alongside Shadow Slash

[willow bronze]

That’s a fat ambush

Very nice

[gilded junco]

Thanks

[gilded junco]

And with this, I think I've cleared all the bounties from the Pact!

I've also got all achievements on Steam and all 3 of Skelly's statues, so is there even anything left to do?

[willow bronze]

64 heat

On a serious note, 50 is a pretty reasonable goal to aim at for heat

[gilded junco]

Not sure if I want to do that though, 32 heat is already pretty hard for me

[simple lodge]

OMFG I'm so hype right now. Runs 6-11 and I did one with all weapons

[gilded junco]

Congrats!

This is where the fun begins

[simple lodge]

Tysm!

[simple lodge]

I might have to wait to add more heat since I really need darkness, especially for extra health

[gilded junco]

That’s fine, you can also take Poseidon’s Ocean’s Bounty or Chaos for more darkness

[signal sierra]

um secret ending?

[devout vine]

IT’S IN THE BLOOD

[sharp agate]

It's the normal ending

[willow bronze]

Lmao secret ending

[sharp agate]

Any boss splits wr enjoyers

[cyan nacelle]

32 :)

[sharp agate]

Lost a pb because I checked styx well like a bozo

[jovial summit]

Not a victory but my gf got all the way to the final boss first time playing

Actually very surprised

A bit of coaching went a long way tho

[hot dagger]

Well done, boyomatt's girlfriend!

[cyan nacelle]

YOU BELIEVE IN BOULDY, AND BOULDY BELIEVES IN YOU.

[simple lily]

finished bounties but missed erebus gatekeeper title 😔 (among other things)

[lusty bloom]

Always thought my first 32 heat clear would be with Artemis Zagrius bow, but Haelian’s build did it for me

[cosmic pagoda]

How did u get that many poms?

[gilded junco]

Holy sweet nectar

My highest level boon is like lvl 10

[simple lodge]

pretty poor run but I'm at a 20 run win streak

[wraith notch]

I finally won :D

[sharp agate]

GG!

[boreal wave]

6 duos + 1 legendary, very possibly my most ever

[sharp agate]

Rta is so much fun lmao

[summer jackal]

Accidentally broke one of my savefiles so decided to do a fresh file run for the lols, pretty sure this is my first "reversiful end" build I've done on FF.

[heavy solar]

You should try revengeful end 💀

Get ME at some point. get curse of vengeance, then holy shield (in that order)

If not FF, shoot for vengeful mood

[willow bronze]

Late to the party but first mobile clear

[bold jolt]

Earring gaming

What run was that

[willow bronze]

6

[bold jolt]

Gamer

[willow bronze]

Could’ve been 3 if I wasn’t on touch controls lol

[bold jolt]

Real

[willow bronze]

I can’t do this. Not strong enough

[hollow forum]

hahah yeyyyy

[cosmic pagoda]

Ill also get in in 10-15 mins :)

[hollow forum]

i'm done for now lol xD
heat runs are fking exhausting

[cosmic pagoda]

I just got life Affirmation as my first boon and tried to make a mac hp run. Well ive never come anywhere near that number before i think my max was somewhere around 275ish.

But the adamant rail hangover build i got was unexpectedly good well it was even broken 120 damage per tick (+12% Cr from duo and +7% from pressure points) just melted the enemies

I was pretty lucky, had 2 duo boons and 500 hp by the time i left asphodel

[willow bronze]

Hour long run and 953 health

Crazy

[cosmic pagoda]

Well an hour long cuz my father called me.
With that dps it shouldve been possible within 20 mins

[willow bronze]

@worn eagle unmodded level 2 loyalty

[sharp agate]

1,600 of 4 stones is certainly a build lmao

Rta ely exit pb tho

[worn eagle]

????????

nah I'm not buying that. moneybag only appears as long as charon hasn't been defeated on the current run, unless mods were used.

[willow bronze]

🤷‍♂️

[willow bronze]

Is your game modified in any way? How many times did you fight Charon?

[cosmic pagoda]

No i havnt and Once dunno why it leveled up but it even had the effect of a 40% discount tho it only showed 20%

[willow bronze]

Lmao wha

Odd then

[worn eagle]

99% sure the game doesn't work like that

[sharp agate]

Speedcord this

[heavy solar]

Hellfire bot this rn

[cosmic pagoda]

Yeah it appeared in elysium and sometime in the region after elysium it showed like that. Not sure what it was but yh.
Edit: maybe i can add that my adamant rail is bugged. No matter how high i turn the heat i can only get the reward for offing hades. Dunno if it has sth to do with that.

[willow bronze]

Odd. You could try verifying your game files

[cosmic pagoda]

Dunno how that works and i dont think that I’ll be playing the game too much longer. I just wanna try out a couple more builds like full zeus since i got a taste from his power while having played a festive fog build with dio-zeus boon. That was just insanity, i finished the fight in just 55 seconds.

But ty :)

[willow bronze]

If you’re playing on steam it only takes a few minutes

But yeah fair enough

Not a huge deal either, but it should just eliminate any bugs like that

[cosmic pagoda]

Ahh ik what u mean. Had to do that with some other games before to fix them. But i dun think it’s necessary. Ty tho.

[wraith notch]

I thought the run was dead getting only Demeter and Aphrodite boons throughout Tartarus. Managed to clean it up later though, and won without using a single death defiance somehow.

[simple lodge]

25 run winstreak🥳

[summer sandal]

Luckiest blizzard shot run of my dreams

[hollow forum]

How do you get so many duo?

[cosmic pagoda]

Got my first duo in tartarus alrdy. The aphro-dio one and i got low tolerance in asphodel. I guess just good rng

But i didnt even focus on boons that run. I only tried getting as much hp as possible with nectars and hearts. Dunno how i got that good of a build in the meantime

[hollow forum]

But look, remi too
What's these builds it's all legendary and duo

[leaden wyvern]

New Record! Modded 32 head speedrun

[simple lodge]

finally got a time below twenty minutes. First time using this weapon since escaping tarturus with it

[hollow forum]

First time zagreus Blade or Blade in general? Because one variant there is damn potent. (For me at least)

[heavy solar]

Looks like in general

[hollow forum]

Because Excalibur is busted

Like actually being able to pull off tank builds at least low heat.

[heavy solar]

Arthurs lack of speed really starts showing at higher heats

[hollow forum]

Yea

But if you can manage to just outsustain you can ignore a lot of that I guess

[heavy solar]

Outsustain doesn’t work with tight deadline

and the “tank part” doesn’t really work as well with hard labour and lasting consequences, nor forced overtime

The speed of arthur just exponentiates the penalties from the pact

[hollow forum]

Damn

[willow bronze]

Cursed slash Arthur trust

[hollow forum]

That's my go to

That's what I mean with outsustain

[willow bronze]

Half joking. Someone could figure it out, but sustain builds are not that viable at high heat besides guan yu

[hollow forum]

Ok 😦

[willow bronze]

You can run Arthur up until 50 either way though

Just starts to have problems after

[hollow forum]

50 heat? o.o

why would i do that?

[simple lily]

why not?

[boreal wave]

because it’s there

[willow bronze]

Because it and higher are still quite fun and I think that’s where the game really shines

[golden peak]

arthur was fun upto 45

[worn eagle]

WORLD'S FIRST low% hellmode

[runic stratus]

Not my fastest or strongest Dio Beo runs, but very fun

Fiery Presence + Bad News + that chaos boon was crazy

On top of mirage shot that is

[sharp agate]

Awful dad fight

[sharp agate]

I need one good build and I get a 12:0x

[willow bronze]

Doesn’t have to be on Arthur either btw

Any aspect holds up more or less at 50

[sharp agate]

Rta pb

[runic stratus]

Another very fun build with Poseidon aspect - check the number of casts

[cosmic pagoda]

tf is this. Im playing on 32 heat with some crazy build and now Dad doesnt want to fight me. Im hella angry. I wanted to see him melt. My build is packed with so much dps

[worn eagle]

lmaoooooo ggs on your 10th win

[cosmic pagoda]

Argh why couldnt it be the 11th

3 hero from granny and 2 from eurydice

It also almost always critted bc of marked. Dmg was insanity

[sharp agate]

7th place rta lmao

Better than igt

[thorny yoke]

finally 😭

[willow bronze]

Crazy build lol

[runic stratus]

Hera bow run becomes let me dash around and see the sparks fly run

[lunar peak]

Pretty new to the game still but proud of these two finishes - struggled for a while but after the first time it gets easier

[sharp agate]

Hera best aspect

[simple lodge]

I unlocked the second statue

[runic stratus]

Started to journey beyond 32 heat

Missed out on rush delivery and almost didn’t get mirage shot either

[simple lodge]

Another merciful end build without merciful end

[warm dock]

FINALLY

[boreal wave]

how’d you get AoZeus to legendary? that takes something like 16 blood

[oblique iron]

Got a hades tattoo, a victory to me

[willow bronze]

Trading or save file editing

[summer jackal]

5th tunnel sack rng (2% chance of this happening). I think I'll stick to modded because I really dislike not getting satyr sack in the second tunnel

[simple lodge]

how'd you get so many clears under 10 minutes already

50 skulls without losing your streak

[worn eagle]

you are looking at the wrong timer

[worn eagle]

you are looking at the wrong streak statistic

[simple lodge]

At least three of those 50+ heat runs were done first try

[bold jolt]

Considering poshboys skill it's very possible lmao

[simple lodge]

I thought it was his first file and I was beyond shocked

[summer jackal]

nah using an old savefile

[summer jackal]

I'm a bit washed up at the moment but glad you have faith in my abilities : )

[sharp agate]

Decent run

[runic stratus]

Did the no boon run

[vestal narwhal]

MY FIRST WIN ‼️

[sharp agate]

:/

[sharp agate]

Gud run

[sharp agate]

lmao

[simple lodge]

got up to 20 heat

[vestal narwhal]

i managed to do my second escape attempt on the same day?? whaaattt. i only had like 1 failed run inbetween my last one i think

[willow bronze]

Tdash Achilles moment

[sharp agate]

Run good

[sharp agate]

lmao

[sharp agate]

Styx Hermes is such a jerk

[sharp agate]

Full enshrouded Ely goes so hard

[sharp agate]

10 Sub 6's in one day!

[golden peak]

bruh

[simple lily]

absolutely insane

[swift iris]

Deadly Reversal run. Only 4 boons left for 32 heat. 3 Aphro boons and Huge Catch

I had a ME + DR run that was popping off and then I threw on dad :(

[simple lodge]

not really a victory

50th win and best time

[simple lily]

another title down 💪

[knotty bloom]

this is my second win!!

done smoked 'im

[warped grotto]

Got my first sub-20 run today!

[shut siren]

another boonless for fun

[golden peak]

Yay sub10

[void gull]

yay my first ever successfull escape attempt

[willow bronze]

Lol genuinely did not process that this was the same normie

[obsidian shell]

I DID IT! I DEFEAT HADES FULL POWER

[runic stratus]

Got up to 35 heat

[summer jackal]

perfect hammers GG!

[summer jackal]

GG!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want you can post that to the speedrun discord too since we're doing a weekly leaderboard and it's beowulf week (post it with #hotw209 with it if you wanna be included).

[hollow prawn]

second skelly statue unlocked!

[shut siren]

Ikr?
My two favorites

[sharp agate]

:)

[ashen elm]

woo still got it

[runic stratus]

There’s a speed run discord? Didn’t know that. Anyone has a link?

[simple lily]

#self-promotion message

alternatively: pinned in self promo channel

[golden peak]

free

[fair fog]

With such a bad build bro 💀

[heavy solar]

Dang man 💀

[fair fog]

Funny part is I had a few real fine builds but this is the first time I beat him lol

[waxen cradle]

I have love bombed hades to death

[vestal narwhal]

third win HELL YEAH
all thanks to Heroic Deadly Flourish Lv. 7 on Zeus Shield 💚

[hollow prawn]

couldn’t get vicious cycle, but still did the run with ease

[vestal narwhal]

stayed up until 7 in the morning just so i could kick his ass Again

[golden peak]

gg

[runic stratus]

Not a victory

Ugh

Was really close

EM4 + FO2, never again

Despite touch of dark too. I had really stupid hits, and the soul catcher obliterated my acorn

I never seem to get the hammer with Pos Beo these days

[bold jolt]

100% SD and a DD on top lmao

[primal crown]

Almost died to bp2 dracons in aspho, I deserved it

[bold jolt]

Dracons moment lmao

[simple lily]

getting there, just need to fight my skill issue

[golden peak]

why butteryfly

[simple lily]

see, i didnt know that a: didnt count towards all styx rooms (no clue why i thought that) b: had alcocall, couldn't get the good call c: didnt know the styx pool had alcocall ready to sell d: i didnt pick other keepsakes because of a, and i didnt want to combat hc

[golden peak]

just take acorn

butterfly does near nothing

[simple lily]

i did not need safety, nor did i need butterfly

if i lost with 3 dds and insane damage, id be glad the run got reset 💀

[golden peak]

its timesave

you dont get hitstunned

[simple lily]

thank tou, i just wrote it down

[bold jolt]

Alcocall is a new one I've never heard that one before lmao

That's really good

[hollow prawn]

got a pretty good malphon run thanks to Bananas

[golden peak]

That's how I've heard it since I started playing

[dapper coral]

skelly second prize (:

[willow bronze]

What is alcocall

[golden peak]

Alcohol call

[willow bronze]

Ohhhh

Genius

[golden peak]

normal number of dashes

[golden peak]

doom start

[sharp agate]

Based

[primal crown]

need to use eurydice to get it

[golden peak]

dio next

[heavy solar]

On Rama with hunter dash too

[fresh peak]

Not my best one yet, but a very, very satisfying one
Merciful End + Aspect of Zeus against EM4
Also I didn't die even once, yay!

[boreal wave]

CP1 EM4 is wild, you’re giving hades something like 10k extra health iirc

[golden peak]

Em4 is fair but I wouldn't use cp

[fresh peak]

Merciful End doesn't care about that

[boreal wave]

last i checked ME doesn’t do 15% more damage when you have cp1 on

[bold jolt]

I'm pretty sure they mean like ME deletes HP bars anyways so it doesn't matter here

[boreal wave]

i get that but “killing fast” with cp1 could be killing even faster without it

[hollow jacinth]

6

[golden peak]

6

[sharp agate]

6

[worn eagle]

6

[heavy solar]

6

[simple lily]

6

[primal crown]

6?

[boreal wave]

first attempt after jumping from 20 heat to 32

i still dont like the process of assembing a functional ME build but i cant argue that when it comes together it kicks ass

[primal crown]

big doom and call

also where hermes lol

[boreal wave]

only got 1 in tartarus and had to sell it to customs lmao

[simple lily]

another title down

(it was, indeed, poms from doors for future reference)

[willow bronze]

average AP0 pomming

[ashen elm]

best 900 obols I've ever spent

[golden peak]

lol

[lunar peak]

most insane boon and hammer luck

[swift iris]

Picked up aphro cast, call, and blown kiss. Just need her legendary and huge catch now

[simple lily]

Thirsty, Father?

[primal crown]

good tidal dash build

[ashen elm]

Hyper delivery is good for the soul

[swift iris]

Cleared Unhealthy Fixation. Last boon I need to clear 32 with is Huge Catch

[waxen cradle]

Hooray prophecy done

[golden peak]

unmodded pb

almost screwed up in styx cuz i was chilling and forgot no forced 2sack

[primal crown]

pos call :D

[karmic grail]

Ayy congrats

and Thantos companion my beloved

[vernal crescent]

[mighty fjord]

First victory! 😍

[vernal crescent]

Feels amazing, doesn't it? Congrats! 😉

[karmic grail]

AYY LETS GO HOMIE CONGRATS

[mighty fjord]

TY TY feels good 🤯

[timber iris]

new pb!

[golden peak]

1k per hit for 2k per use was so satisfying

[timber iris]

my first ever sub 10????? 😭

cause if you look at the pb I just set too, this is more than 4 minutes faster than my other bow time

[worn eagle]

infernal soul diohera sub10

I'm not sure I could do that lmao

[willow bronze]

It’s basically a rail build tbf

[karmic grail]

not specifically a victory but i got a legendary athena in tart

[karmic grail]

new heat pb

[vale perch]

Played for the first time in a long time and

Damn I forgot Hades got hands.

[karmic grail]

i dont like the railgun so i simply didnt use my attack or special the whole run

[boreal wave]

BASED

[wise escarp]

got one of the most absolutely busted builds i've ever seen in hades for my 100th win, can't even fit all the important parts of the build on the screen 🙂 scintillating feast + ice wine + heaven's vengance + vengeful mood + zeus's call + splitting bolt + a heroic double strike + 5 bloodstones + a 33% damage boost from rush delivery a meant that i was dealing a LOTTTTT of damage

[golden peak]

hypersprint at home 😂

[misty rapids]

I normally don't text in most servers but I just cleared my first escape!! ^^ it felt so damn satisfying to do so and I borderline cried at how emotional it felt lol, I love Poseidon boons so much

[karmic grail]

AYYY CONGRATS AND POSEIDON BOONS

[misty rapids]

AHHHH TYSM!! It took me like 48 attempts but you know, I think it could be leagues worse because Hades is my first roguelike game ever. I didn't find the final boss too hard, it just took me like 3 attempts to understand how he truly works.

[karmic grail]

On my original account it prolly took me around then too and it was also my first roguelike so congrats

Current account probably 10 but im much better at the game now

[broken sparrow]

don't think I should have probably started on hell mode but after 85 attempts 70 hours I finally beat it!

[worn eagle]

Clean zagsword chopp build

[broken sparrow]

why is spear so much easier 😭

[gloomy iron]

Do I need to start spin attacking with spear cause I never really use that?

[worn eagle]

spin is... niche. it's usually just better whenever possible to get the flury jab hammer and hold down attack with that instead.

[broken sparrow]

Used it like twice during the run just to test it out

[gloomy iron]

Gotcha so it isn’t used much

I didn’t use it anyways

[willow bronze]

Yeah, spin is used mostly on hades for the buff and on guan yu for the heal

[ripe jolt]

Ignore that god mode 😂

Love that the only request of Hades was about ||"Cerberus"||

[ripe jolt]

First finish!

Yes I used god mode, but SHEESH good run!

[broken ice]

Congrats!

[worn eagle]

nothing wrong with godmode! If you find the game to be more fun to you this way, then that's alright. And if/when you ever manage to ease your way out of it, that's even better.

[golden peak]

why do you assume everyone thinks negatively of godmode

[worn eagle]

"ignore that god mode 😂"
and
"I used god mode, but [...]"
within the span of 4 messages

to me this read as "I kinda wish I did not use it"
maybe misunderstanding though. my goal here is just to help everyone get better collectively without ruining vibes, and once that "getting better" process is underway, godmode is no longer needed for most people. putting the facts out there.

[sullen bridge]

My two successful attempts (there was a third one with the Aegis Shield but i forgot to take the screenshot

[golden peak]

i get ur intention but i think it gives off the opposite vibe

[sullen bridge]

I may add that the three were this morning
I woke up and chose to argue with ||Father||

I'm going at it again but with my beloveds twin fists

[ripe jolt]

Honestly it's true, I would have had more satisfaction if I had the option of god mode and didn't use it

But! First successful run is still delicious. And I'm sure eventually I won't have to ❣️

[gloomy iron]

What is god mode?

[ember heart]

Damage reduction that adds with each time you die, makes it easier for you the more time passes, can’t be turned off and on but never reset

[heavy solar]

*can be turned off and on

[ember heart]

Oh yeah mb

[karmic grail]

new fastest run for me

[hollow remnant]

[not victory boasting but a meme]
edging skelly.

[fresh peak]

Third time clearing with rail. I'm still doing it very slowly, but I'm getting the hang of it.

[fresh peak]

Holy moly

[fresh peak]

Congrats anna!!!

[visual vortex]

just got perfect clear, though it's with acorn so does it really count?

[heavy solar]

The game thinks it does, so why not

[hardy moss]

i love zeus

[jovial thistle]

new record!

[ivory sky]

played h1 today, got a 32 eris win

charon shop thing gave me five gods too

[mighty marten]

run 8 of hell mode save ?

[sullen bridge]

The real hell is when you are stuck completing prophecies

[hot dagger]

Given how Tartarus features prominently and the sheer number of fish catches, I'm really sad SGG never snuck in a tartar sauce pun

[ashen elm]

yeee

[golden peak]

w

[visual vortex]

such a stupid run

Just melted everything

flurry jab in the first room

[smoky shuttle]

first H1 run in a few months, could be the move

[runic stratus]

Had the closes call in a while with guan you

Despite charged skewer

Check the health and time lmao

(It was 5 min)

[willow bronze]

plenty of time 🙏

[kindred niche]

I just got h1 yesterday and almost just beat the two boss sequence at Elysium. I’m cracked.

Semi proof

[simple lily]

💪

[quiet spruce]

Wooh, a first time winner is me!

[unkempt scaffold]

Ares must be very op that i win constab

[cyan plank]

not op

but good god 👍

[golden peak]

ares exists

[willow bronze]

Shield special is probably one of the worst builds in the game

But ares is good on attack usually

[sullen bridge]

this is not boasting this is showing the awful boons I ended up collecting just to get blown kiss

[heavy solar]

almost said “thats a very unfortunate hera run” before taking a second look

[sullen bridge]

The only thing that went well in this run was that I got blown kiss and that I defeated Hades

I'm never again going to try Aspect of Hestia

[heavy solar]

You’re literally playing with it at 1/3 of it’s final power

[solemn crest]

surprised i finally beat the game with the blade lol, i've had the best runs with the bow but i kinda just went "screw it" and went for blade instead since i got aspects revealed finally

[bold jolt]

It being level 1 and you not having a great build doesn't make hestia bad lmao

[sullen bridge]

I know it was joke

[sullen bridge]

Cannot believe this is my fastest run

[heavy solar]

No poms

so many boons and so little poms

Especially since it’s a hangover build and has tdash 🗿

[surreal skiff]

egg

[sullen bridge]

Was doing the Chaos's favor

[sullen bridge]

BUT LOOK AT THAT HEALTH OMG

[sullen bridge]

/j

[sullen bridge]

Didn't came across with poms that were worth taking, there were always against rooms that I wanted to take

[heavy solar]

…that’s a little crazy to hear

Cuz the boon list orders boons roughly chronologically

and I’m seeing where I’d stop taking new boons and you just kept going

[hot dagger]

What a packrat

[sullen bridge]

Gotta say I love the fist but Merciful End did the journey so much easier
Always grateful to Shackle and Packrat for all the help and feedback (won't ping because it's late)

[heavy solar]

❤️I had fully crashed about 2 hours earlier

Nice merciful end build

It has everything you want (aside from hermes)

[heady gull]

did i cook

[heavy solar]

There are a few good things here and everything else is just random disconnected stuff

I spotted Rush Delivery but it’s off of Greater Haste rather than Hyper Sprint so it’s a rather small bonus

Flurry jab is good, triple jab is good when you have flurry jab

Likewise support fire is good when you have flurry jab

I think that’s a decent amount of stacked damage reduction there between (weaken+ broken resolve), different league, and bronze skin

Aside from that everything seems pretty random

[heady gull]

I know I picked stuff without knowing the duo's and stuff

Second run ever beaten so ya. I was sweating the whole time lol so I think it was good just need to tweek it alot for sub optimal times and beat higher heat. Goal is to beat 32 heat

[willow bronze]

pretty reasonable goal

[ashen elm]

sheesh

[river turret]

Pretty impressive honestly to do sub-20 in second run

[heady gull]

thx 🙂

[gloomy iron]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS

FINALLY BRO

LETS GOOOOOO

Sorry for shaky photo I’m in a camper right now

Actually it’s not that shaky what am I going on about

[simple lily]

HELL YEAH! KUDOS!

[scenic hound]

Best time yet, and highest streak!

[leaden wyvern]

YAYY new PB
Delta Chamber + Heroic GR was insane

[heavy solar]

Nice

[gloomy iron]

What are those little god symbols at the top?

[sharp agate]

Modpack

[visual vortex]

Merciful end my beloved

[dire hull]

well that was a close one 👀

i feel like that was my best shield clear ever tho :O not great boons but still had 3 death defiances going into the final boss, normally i just get hit by everything and hope i have enough damage to beat them that way lmao

[willow bronze]

Nice, Zeus on special is better than dio

Might find the damage better

[dire hull]

ya i didn't feel like starting with a keepsake tho

fun to try variety and see what i can make work :D

oh with a uhh

a god keepsake

[willow bronze]

Fair

[sullen bridge]

Okay this is maybe a weird build for Malphon but a fun one (for me)

[golden peak]

big W

[leaden wyvern]

thank you so much!\

[severe jungle]

18/24 aspects at 45 heat

[scenic hound]

LUCKIEST RUN

[surreal skiff]

now i can proudly say "my first ever 32 heat with em4 and ap1" lol

[swift iris]

Finally beat 32 heat with every boon. It was tough grabbing Huge Catch and still having a good build

[stark tapir]

I JUST BEAT HADES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!

[heavy solar]

This is actually such a beautiful first victory screen

[stark tapir]

HEHEH IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF ❤️

[willow bronze]

The complete lack of poms is crazy

But this is basically hangover fists so whatever

[heavy solar]

Hangover aspectless bow

[willow bronze]

flurry point blank

it's fists

[heavy solar]

Oh wait that’s flurry ☠️ I thought it was point blank & perfect

I’m washed

[tall night]

omg finally my first win https://ibb.co/rGFqcST

[dry scarab]

I finally did it

The fates really knew what they were talking about

[open elbow]

Finally hit 100% 😭😭

[sullen bridge]

First Time EM4 :D

[sharp agate]

I hate my computer

[ripe quarry]

Tried out a build idea I saw, it was a ton of fun! I had done this on Hera before but the Poseidon cast boost was pretty sweet

[timber night]

nicely done, yeah custom builds can be a lotta fun!

High Time - Lowest Heat (3)
Slow & Steady - [CT] 75:10.44
-# [PB] ~ 31:27.59

yeah… this run was dang slow, thank goodness i didn’t apply TD at all here. could’ve been way faster if it wasn’t for the fact i forgot to pause in between sessions lol. overall, solid build but i have to say spearpoint prob saved me half the trouble i would’ve had w/o it. meg helped too ofc, so yea

-# > zeus is fairly good though, but gotta improve drastically for sure. however, i got plentiful of resources from this!
-# > can’t complain with that, hopefully i can beat my PB next time, but this wasn’t it for me (1hr & 25 min in TOTAL xd)

[ripe quarry]

Heroic zeus special on zeus shield is very nice

[willow bronze]

Very nice, go higher

[timber night]

i very much agree with you on that

[timber night]

yeah I def plan to

also yea explosive return is too good

[sick lark]

to go back to demeter, does freezing vortex increase the dmg of the actual rift? or does it just make it slow and small (and chill)?

[timber night]

from looking closely, it decreases a lot of other stats for the blade rift. but makes smaller and chill

-# in fact, much more than I previously thought

[timber night]

btw aleku, this is the drastic stat nerfs w/ freezing vortex

[sick lark]

yeah I saw that, just was hoping the website forgot about a dmg increase somehow ^^

[timber night]

yeah… it’s really risk/reward type of duo imo

the fact it can’t fuse with hunting blades also sucks

[sick lark]

yep

[summer jackal]

Same

[timber night]

NEW PB - Low Heat (5)
✰ Big Shopping Trip, Too ✰
┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈
[CT] - 24:05.93
[Prev PB] ~ 31:27.59
[H5] — EM1, FO1, DC1
┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉

short answer: eris is busted. long answer: this was really dang fun run i will say. sigil is actually kinda fantastic/amazing, esp for eris. rocket cluster fusion was awesome (mid-late game). shredding thru bosses like their paper is always fun to watch personally. in conclusion: almost always pick zeus and poseidon, they are just immaculate here on the rail. massive improvement from last run and prev PB

-# > def went a bit crazy on the special but that’s to be expected honestly, really fun build. maybe a dif special tho
-# > no complaints here at all, hoping to once again beat this record as well. eris is broken lol

[worn eagle]

Sigil is not underrated, people use it in speedruns all the time. It's the ultimate speedrunning styx keepsake.
On another note, look for artemis' special: that scales even better with the clockets hammer-combo, and opens a useful duoboon with zeus.

[sick lark]

So proud of my first 25 heat clear

[sick lark]

And Nemesis 25 heat clear ! (Last fight was a close one I played too aggressively)

[severe jungle]

Had to sell my hyper sprint lol

[timber night]

1. ahh thanks for clarifying, kinda figured but didn’t know. 2) will search for arty’s boon as well!

[fresh peak]

someday...

in my defense i'm not missing too many

[timber night]

well gl with fulfilling the rest… it def takes time. me, i’m not even close lol

[dry scarab]

The last things for me were specific boons, like the legendarys and duos. I just started dedicating runs to each one and dying after I got it

[fresh peak]

I'm missing the Leg. Chaos boon and some hammers for my least used weapons

[dry scarab]

That chaos boon wasn't too bad for me once i started focusing it. I've heard it can be a pain though. Just stick to the egg trinket, and buy well items that increase spawns of chaos gates. The hammers took forever for me, especially since some don't spawn for the aspects i like

[willow bronze]

egg trinket does not increase drop rate of chaos leg afaik

it's a 1% chance if you already have a chaos boon

[waxen cradle]

Not sure if this is the kind of victory boasting that is allowed here but I am still fond of it

[visual vortex]

executive acces 3rd boon

The rest is self explanatory

[hasty widget]

First time 32 heat on switch! Finally collected all the statues

[bitter skiff]

my clear time vs my pb 😐

[worn eagle]

Consistency is key 😌

[sullen bridge]

What does perfect clear mean?

[waxen cradle]

First em4 hades. Nice

[simple lily]

no damage taken on hades fight (excluding acorn)

[gloomy iron]

Let’s go baby

Second victory and first with some heat

[gloomy iron]

Think I’m getting the hang of this

[hardy moss]

huge stygian soul run

too bad i couldnt get fully loaded or flurry cast though

[wraith shard]

holy luck here

i got constant 2700-4000 crits

[surreal skiff]

this is what i wish my arthur runs can look like

[wraith shard]

oh nice, not even using shadow slash

[sick lark]

32 first clear yeeeeeeees

[waxen cradle]

I didn't expect to achieve this on the first try

[worn eagle]

Holy amount of athenaboons

[waxen cradle]

Couldn't have done it without her. The acorn and her shield made hades so easy

[hollow prawn]

if i got all casts on one enemy it would do 6k damage

imagine if i got the chaos boon that gives +1 cast too

[willow bronze]

or good hermes

[sharp agate]

Or more than 40% additive

[broken meadow]

I beat extremer measures!! (thanks to my goat chiron <33)

also artemis! i love crits

[summer jackal]

The horse is the goat XD

[broken meadow]

centaur, actually 🤓

[sick lark]

@simple lily

As I said horrible build

[bold jolt]

not the worst build i've seen for 32 heat tbh lmao

zeus call and touch of styx dark kinda baller

[simple lily]

yeah, this is pretty solid

[sick lark]

Yeah not too bad in the end

Just funny that this was supposed to be ME

[bitter skiff]

just pbed with 3 STYX ROOMS... i had to do a non mini boss styx room. could have been insane

[heavy solar]

This is some crazy sword dedication

[visual vortex]

32 heat cleared

though the build is cheap

I think I'll keep running this pact for now

or I'll try going em4 instead of something

[willow bronze]

cshot 🗿

[willow bronze]

highly recommend em4

[visual vortex]

any idea instead of what? I was thinking of going it instead of LC4 so I can use normal DD vs him

tho with js2 rooms do get scary

[willow bronze]

js0 hl0

keep as much health for the last fight and take less damage

[visual vortex]

when you put it like that it sounds easy

I'll try both variants then

[sharp agate]

Em4 is so fun ngl

[willow bronze]

you can really do whatever you want at 32. up until 50, pacts can be really flexible

[bold jolt]

highly recommend this pact for 32 heat

[visual vortex]

this is borderline suicidal

[bold jolt]

highly recommend

[willow bronze]

looks fun

[willow bronze]

pretty chill

[willow bronze]

basically an em4 savestate with more steps

[bold jolt]

lmao real

[sharp agate]

gg

[bold jolt]

i did td3 instead of hl5 hs apparently

your run is much cleaner than mine tho lmao

[willow bronze]

td3 time still lol

i think i stepped in an egg in ely and a pot or two

kinda funny tart without the bp2 witches and wringers

[willow bronze]

Did you take tooth into aspho?

Also wait I think that’s my first mirrorless run lol

[bold jolt]

Yeah and got a DD from the well

And used it in dad fight

[blazing venture]

FIRST TRY AT 32 HEAT

[trim basin]

looks so uber duber funnnn

[bold jolt]

You should do it

[trim basin]

wait till i atleast get past the duo post hydra

🫡

[sick lark]

Juicy Crit

[lunar peak]

With guan yu that's impressive I die befor asphodel usually

[golden peak]

not evne sub10

weak

[willow bronze]

Real tbh

[wraith shard]

wait til you get the right arthur setup, you can get consistent 4k crits

[trim basin]

ik this isnt a full W but my god does it count for me my 24th run ever FINALLY KILLING THEM
https://outplayed.tv/hades/ZOg7ve

[wraith shard]

at this point isn’t the elysium fight a roll?

[trim basin]

nope

[stray zealot]

I tried posting on reddit and it sent me here, so hopefully this is the right place. I managed to get 4 legendary boons in one run, and was curious if anyone has ever gotten 5. I might be possible, but I had pretty incredible RNG (I was intentionally going after legendaries to finish the prophecy).

[wraith shard]

you seem have to have good enough boons to shred em

[wraith shard]

you have hidden aspects yet?

[trim basin]

i had aprodite 130% damage

[wraith shard]

holyyyy

[trim basin]

are those titan blood or nah, bc i have titan bloon things

i got it after beating that fight

[wraith shard]

no like you need to do specific things to unlock em

i’ll link it when i get to my pc

[trim basin]

is it difficult?

[wraith shard]

nah, js takes time

and a bit of blood

[trim basin]

titan blood or life

[wraith shard]

titan blood

[trim basin]

im out of titan blood

i full upgraded my blicky

💀

[wraith shard]

ok so basically you need to get one to be able to get the rest

[trim basin]

wdym?

[wraith shard]

like here

you need guan yu to get the rest, but you dont need to buy it, js reveal it

also, 5 blood in one aspect

not in total for a weapon

[trim basin]

i havnt seen last boss yet

[wraith shard]

oh didnt you clear elysium?

[trim basin]

with less than 80 HP going into the new floor 💀

i may or may have not died to a rat

may or may have not died to a rat stepping on a pressure plate from minecraft and chopping me in twaine

[wraith shard]

oh lmao

you use all your dds?

[trim basin]

yup

[wraith shard]

all 3?

[trim basin]

im planning on gettingeither DD3 or the other

[wraith shard]

get 3rd dd

[trim basin]

only got 2 and i started run forgetting to change tooth off

[wraith shard]

also how much health do you usually have

you usually want 200-250 min

[trim basin]

100 starting health max thick skin

[trim basin]

💀 now how in hell

[wraith shard]

no like when you clear/get to elysium

[trim basin]

ohhh

[wraith shard]

bc if you have collar you get to 250-300

[trim basin]

like 175ish

by boss fight

enter it with closer to 140

[wraith shard]

elysium boss right?

[trim basin]

yeah by the heros fight

[wraith shard]

you want to get 200 min

and i assume you have collar?

[trim basin]

yup

i dont use it but its there

[wraith shard]

when you clear elysium switch to it

at max it gives you 50 more hp

[trim basin]

good to know

ill work on leveling it up

[wraith shard]

one time i got like to 600 hp w/ that and a few chaos boons

[trim basin]

and attempting to save 1k by elysium bossfight bc thats easily doable if i get a early side hustle for some diamonds

[trim basin]

i tend to only take 1 chaos boon per run

[wraith shard]

tbh you shouldnt go to buy the diamond at styx

you can keep clearing runs to farm em

[trim basin]

so post final boss clear run?

[wraith shard]

usually you can double or triple your dmg w/ a few good ones, or get 100 more hp

[wraith shard]

yh full clear

i do that and i have 30 diamonds w/o any use

[trim basin]

mhh, that might take a little bit for me to consistently do that, considering that i died to hydra 4 runs ago

[wraith shard]

you wanna use coins for max hp and poms

or boons

[trim basin]

fr have more diamonds than i have runs attempted

[wraith shard]

how many

[trim basin]

24 runs

[wraith shard]

you should save titan blood to get hidden aspects, then you get better dmg

and generally it makes things easier than reg aspects

[trim basin]

i have 2 or 3 into the top most aspect in the gun

[wraith shard]

ok so search aspect of guan yu unlock

on google

and follow that guide so you can get the rest of the hidden aspects

[wraith shard]

gun main?

[trim basin]

and spear

[wraith shard]

do you special spam for gun?

if you do youll love the hidden asp for it

[trim basin]

spear is js really fun, gauntlets are ehh hard to use but good output, shield is my fav tho

[trim basin]

nope

only if im fighting an enemy im really not good at fighting and im js sitting behind something

[wraith shard]

thats the better strat for it, try it and watch everything melt

(obvi you go for a special build)

[trim basin]

special builds arent good for me im a big struggler on em

[wraith shard]

oh

oh yh if youre wondering current inv rn

[trim basin]

i had done that for sword were i can spam the special button with posidon increased range 2 charges and crit chjances

[wraith shard]

a low amt bc i spent most of it

[trim basin]

wanna give me them keeeyssss?????

[wraith shard]

you should do it w/ gun for rocket spam

[wraith shard]

you do realise i can get a key for 10 gemstones right?

and i can get a nectar for 5 keys

[trim basin]

ill attempt it no harm for it, inless im fighting the sister who says "murrrderrerrr" then i have a hitless tech on her that idk why it works

[trim basin]

nonono, i need my 30 key upgradeee

[wraith shard]

i have like 2000 gemstones so basically inf keys

[trim basin]

i need keys lowkey

no pun intended

[wraith shard]

oh btw how much can you do per hit

[trim basin]

naturally not a lot

10 or so damage maybe

[wraith shard]

the avg special build w/ a hidden aspect does a thousand per

[trim basin]

15 with shard in enemy, plus however much with buffs

[wraith shard]

and you can spam that

[trim basin]

yeah but thats with upgrades(i hope)

is that how people get to heat 32

js power threw with 1K hits

[wraith shard]

oh no, for some no hammer is needed for that

[wraith shard]

1k is the low end btw, i said avg not best

[trim basin]

1k is a lot for me rn

1k is like 45 to 1:30 time for boss

[wraith shard]

#h1-victory-boasting message #h1-victory-boasting message

[trim basin]

actually no, more like 5 seconds now that i think about it

[wraith shard]

for reference

[wraith shard]

high end dmg

[trim basin]

thats alotttt

brb

[wraith shard]

alr

[trim basin]

i return, but that high end damage is a lot

[wraith shard]

yh

thats like what the dmg of the combos that most ppl use

[trim basin]

i will attempt to be like most people

[sick lark]

you're not gonna do 1k per hit on every aspect by the way

far from it

[trim basin]

i heaveily doubted it, but ykw, more than 20 damage is alot for me

[sick lark]

I think it's confusing to talk about dmg number without talking about a specific aspect / build

ah my bad you guys were talking about the hidden aspect

[trim basin]

lmfao

[sick lark]

but yeah my point is don't worry if you're not hitting at 1k with the Zag rail for example ^^

[trim basin]

im not i would js like to hit 100 damage tbh lol

[trim basin]

special damage at 200%+ 😭 nice work tho

[willow bronze]

237 is actually on the lower end in this context lol\

highest i've cleared 62 with is 362

that was with rare chaos though

[trim basin]

shhhh no it isnt, let me seeing a peak lf 140s think tbat its alot

also i havnt gotten to heat and idk how it works

[willow bronze]

ah

it's basically modular difficulty

[trim basin]

oh, so like increased health damage and what not?

[willow bronze]

yeah among other things

[trim basin]

do you get buffs in return to certain buffs being out or only they get buffed to make it hsrder for you

[willow bronze]

nah it's pretty much all to make the game harder

[trim basin]

fire fire

cant wait to strugle on the heros again

[misty remnant]

Apparently if there is no time limit and you go really slowly with the shield the game is easy (yeah no heat lol but the mirror is empty-ish since it’s a fresh-ish profile)

[golden peak]

[hardy moss]

🤤

[willow bronze]

That’s nice

[sonic cargo]

https://youtu.be/2UbIG63O4u0
Hades couldn't take Zag's Aura. First AFK Run, took two attempts.

[summer jackal]

GG!, yeah afk runs can be super fun.

[lyric walrus]

i like selling boons:3

[willow bronze]

Based mirrorless

[lyric walrus]

i love being an atheist

[bold jolt]

Boonless mirrorless gamer

You should try and beat the wr of I'm pretty sure 41 heat?

[lyric walrus]

ill consider pushing it to 42 if i can figure out how to mod the game to guarantee ricochet shot+ targeting system + 2 room sack

thats why i stopped in the first place

[bold jolt]

Speedcord has resources on how to do that you can ask there

Hypermodded would solve that

[grave vector]

the link for it is pinned in #self-promotion

that and the modding discord

[lyric walrus]

yeh its 41 (i set it:3)

[grave vector]

also ur nickname makes me sad.... :(( its ok i will love hermes enough for two

[bold jolt]

Wait you're right lmfao I forgot it was you I didn't recognize the name

I think your pfp was an apple back then?

[lyric walrus]

yeah i transed my gender and changed up my online appeareance

[lyric walrus]

tomato

[bold jolt]

Oh based

Right tomato

Other red thing

[grave vector]

not sure i remember the tomato but thats ok new year new u

[lyric walrus]

its been like 2 years since i did those runs and i still have trauma from hermeses 20% speedboost

it lost me so many runs

[grave vector]

lol, from not getting it or from getting it and overshooting?

[lyric walrus]

if you get speedboost you cant walk anymore

[bold jolt]

For true boonless you can't benefit from boons but you're allowed to like have them

[lyric walrus]

yeh

so 20% speedboost means no more walking

[bold jolt]

Speed boost is an instant disqualification basically lol

[grave vector]

oh lmao. i didnt realize u were talking about boonless i was catching up quick

are there any hermes boons u can sell even

[lyric walrus]

i have basically only ever done boonless XD like with boons my highest heat is like 20

[lyric walrus]

all of em i think

[bold jolt]

All are sellable yeah

[lyric walrus]

its just that most cripple your movement to the point of making the run almost impossible

[grave vector]

interesting ok. its been a while since i played h1

or at least a while since i got deep into the mechanics and stuff

[lyric walrus]

i wanna do boonless mirrorless or whatever its equivalent for hd2 would be but im waiting on the official launch

[lyric walrus]

its not it just means you have to only use dash to move

its possible but really rough

[bold jolt]

Oh lmao

Cursed

[lyric walrus]

truly

[golden peak]

[willow bronze]

How do you change direction then…

[bold jolt]

Hit the dash and movement key at the same time I suppose

[long creek]

didnt expect to get a win on my 1st attempt after about 2 months of not playing, beat em3 theseus 1st try too!

[lyric walrus]

:3 ty

[lyric walrus]

:3

[bold jolt]

Massive gaming

[lyric walrus]

36 beaten

[willow bronze]

crazy

[lyric walrus]

i tried to get 46 but i kept getting mandatory primary fire boons so im giving up on it for now

[willow bronze]

might not be something you want to use but there's a mod that makes all boons onions

[visual vortex]

2 weapons down, 4 to go

[bitter skiff]

OH MY GOD! previous pb was 8:35, sub 8 and didnt get charged shot until the styx anvil. my god

[sharp agate]

Gg!

[lyric walrus]

ill take that honestly

i tried looking for a mod to do it but doesnt seem like the one i want exists

[sick lark]

Heat 40 clear !! Boon RNG was awesome

[bitter skiff]

Ty!

[gilded mauve]

Super late to the party but I managed to conquer the 32 heat after 3 days grinding

[quick sleet]

first time 20 heat, kinda got unlucky with time didn't get any free chambers except 1 chaos

[ripe jolt]

ok so let me just say that i am dissapointed that I got ||exclusive access|| as my last boon >.>

but combo with zues and poseidon was AMAZING! I just needed a little athena in there i think to help out a bit more. plus i had +2 regen on regular attack, so that helped get me super far without worry

[nova mauve]

First W woohoo

[summer jackal]

Did a freshfile run again, athena is pretty broken : )

[gilded mauve]

AFK holding M1. . .Interesting boons

[willow bronze]

I mean it’s a decent build

Jolted could use some poms

And not being common

But it is what it is

[gilded mauve]

Yeah I should have pom Jolt more

[severe jungle]

20/24 45 heat

[visual vortex]

The stars aligned

and 2 chaos cast boons

[golden peak]

hunting blades ftw

[worn eagle]

fftc no unlocks deathless winstreak of 3

[mental grail]

Finally defeated || Meg!||

[trim basin]

rahhhhh(dont talk about dues ex)

[long creek]

closest Lernie fight lol

[simple lily]

tax evasion

[sick cypress]

finally beat Hades today. Tell me if this is a solid time

[visual vortex]

That's a really solid time

I think my first clear was a good 12 minutes slower

[sick cypress]

thanks!

[trim basin]

less victory, more boasting, just got 400 gems from one run 😇

[sick lark]

New PB !

[lyric walrus]

new boonless mirrorless world record achieved:3

[lyric walrus]

i have beaten my previous record:3 ty for the mod recommendation

i would have gone insane if i had gotten another run ruined by a bad boon/5 sack

[golden peak]

nice

[willow bronze]

Very nice

[bold jolt]

Td3 doable tbh lmao gg

[willow bronze]

Did you record by any chance?

[lyric walrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5eiRYv9P4A

[willow bronze]

Do you know about quick reset?

[lyric walrus]

no

what is it?

[willow bronze]

You have it disabled in settings

If you pretty interact, reload, call, and summon at the same time, you can kill yourself

Without having to die to enemies

[lyric walrus]

huh neat

i just installed the mods so i could guarantee a 2sack

[worn eagle]

Didn't mysterra do a boonless 64 at some point or am I imagining stuff (would not be surprised)

[lyric walrus]

idk who mysterra is but id love to see that

[willow bronze]

Nah I don’t think so

[willow bronze]

Yeah that’s valid. Just letting you know about another feature bc I saw you die to traps before the run

[dire sail]

https://youtu.be/sZcKSZzEfLQ

old man's still got it

[worn eagle]

fist gang thriving

[lyric walrus]

im not sure if 64 heat boonless is even possible vanilla

[worn eagle]

Mysterra is a chinese player who's like stupidly good at the videogame and has cleared modded 64 with every special. Would not be surprised if he does it somehow

[willow bronze]

I think it is with routed level room luck

But super improbable ofc

Ely is gonna suck

[bold jolt]

the best zeus player in the world lmao he clears 64 heat consistently on it, arguably best heat player in the world

the only competition would be playad, who did it on 4 aspects/weapons

[worn eagle]

Checked, mysterra has done boonless 62, not 64

[lyric walrus]

please tell me you have a video i desperately wanna see it

[lyric walrus]

where did you check that btw?

[worn eagle]

Speedrunning discord

[lyric walrus]

i checked a few of the high heat boonless tries why do they all still keep the upper 3 mirrors? (its been 2 years since i played hades and i know nothing about high heat)

[worn eagle]

(Moving to #h1-high-heat-strategies or speedcord for further convo)

[ionic turtle]

Just got my first clear

[sick lark]

GG!

[paper nest]

my first clear was like. 45 minutes with the worst build possible i can prolly find it

pulverizing blow
has sea storm

[willow bronze]

I mean tbf Poseidon attack

And jolted

So not terrible

[paper nest]

nearly an hour for one run is pretty bad 💀

[grave vector]

. <- message from my cat

[ionic turtle]

Thanks

[atomic timber]

Thats usually how much I take! (Tbf I get hit 17 times and go to all extra rooms that I can)

[bitter skiff]

last one down, 32 heat on every weapon 🥳

[golden peak]

based

[sharp agate]

Nice bosses

[visual vortex]

I've touched the styx enough

[golden peak]

Touched by styx

Nvm doesn't sound right

[visual vortex]

Intimate contact with the styx

[ionic turtle]

SECOND CLEAR

[primal crown]

#washed

[untold notch]

clutched a first 32 heat clear. So now ive beat both games 32 heat/fear

[shrewd fox]

Conquered 32 heat finally! Game tried to kill my run with 4sack but I still made it in time
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1234725598115663994/1338147926915944558/Screenshot_2025-02-09_192516.png?ex=67aa06df&is=67a8b55f&hm=d27534e5dd6a4918431d5e0220d72eb75b47307209c2b40bb902855cca01c1c9&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1177&height=662

[bitter skiff]

oh my GOD beat my previous pb by 37 seconds, 7:19 with beowulf

[sharp agate]

GG!

[willow bronze]

Nice, but run fiery so you can special withches

[sharp agate]

Clean build

[willow bronze]

Also high confidence

[primal crown]

Omg is that the Mike

[worn eagle]

51 clears, 0 using any of the weapons. nice.

[willow bronze]

And 50 heat as first clear

Super impressive. Hope I can get that good someday

[bitter skiff]

i just realized, i switched off fiery for something else and totally forgot to switch it back, thank you!!

[bitter skiff]

im going to try to work in this, i find im too bad at not getting hit for high confidence to be useful 💀

[lone hornet]

That dodge chance 🥲

[ionic turtle]

Just got this clear, and apparently i managed to boost the hell out of the sword

I also just noticed that hades is starting to feel much more manageable

[willow bronze]

Pretty nice build. GG!

[nova mauve]

Damn nice. And still at 4.6k darkness. I’m at 10.5k darkness and still 4 clears so far lol

[ionic turtle]

I only really play with friends in vc who have 100+ clears each, so i have some good help when I need it lol

https://tenor.com/view/silence-bot-bye-gif-25100189

[ripe quarry]

32 heat! Round 2 after getting the statue I ran out of time and Zeus only ever showed up once but still pulled through

[willow bronze]

Nice

Cshot 🗿

[ripe quarry]

Thanks! and yeah, hammers did NOTHING for me haha

[willow bronze]

Yeah lol

What were your other options

[ripe quarry]

Hmm... dashing wallop, minotaur rush (twice) and ferocious guard

[willow bronze]

Tough

I think I would take ferocious there personally but I just don’t like cshot

[ripe quarry]

I probably should've, I regretted cshot immediately

I was underpowered early-game and thought it'd be some safe added damage. Lost a dd to the Tartarus miniboss 💀 so ... it didn't really work

[willow bronze]

ah yeah

cshot isn't great with dio attack

zeus and bullrush can be a really potent combo

esp with explosive return

[smoky shuttle]

Ol' Reliable

[sick lark]

Doom

I think crit doom was doing 2400 dmg

(213 * 3.75 * 3) + 40

[worn eagle]

Holy damage

[willow bronze]

Crazy work

Nice

[ionic turtle]

idk when it stops being impressive to clear the game

[blazing rapids]

fuj I pressed B
(thanks @little spruce and @rain ruin I deleted dad)

[rain ruin]

GGs. Plenty more ways to further optimize it aswell

[cyan plank]

and that's 32 for spear

[umbral arch]

happy to get these done

[cyan plank]

lc4 with fo1 💀

[willow bronze]

Crazy no cshot build

[mental shell]

This was crazy strong

And it’s not even max Achillis spear

And not too much high of a level for the blade rift… I can only imagine

[blazing rapids]

hot

[rain ruin]

Took way more tries than I'd like to admit

[hollow jacinth]

welcome back

[worn eagle]

Chiron

gg

[severe seal]

Got the Unseen One!

[willow bronze]

ahead of me 🗿

[severe seal]

How deep are you in your darkness grind?

[willow bronze]

i think like 285k

idk

i haven't been playing in a way that gets me a lot of darkness/attempt

[severe seal]

Oh, you're pretty close then! Good luck with the final stretch! 😄

[golden peak]

[visual vortex]

who needs to get ME when you can just run around like a fly

Chaos shield is quite fun ngl

[severe seal]

Honestly never understood it. I know people say it's pretty good, but I always felt like it's very weak

[visual vortex]

I don't htink I've ever heard anyone say it's good, it's one of the worse aspects as far as I know

[grave vector]

It used to be very good and it got “nerfed” to the ground

So if you see guides saying it’s like, the best shield in the game, they are some ancient guides

[sharp agate]

It’s just an aspect of cshot now sadly

[golden peak]

people dont say its very good

[blazing rapids]

fishing power wins

[inner zenith]

I ACTUALLY BEAT 32 HEAT

[sick lark]

Gg!

[visual vortex]

Damn with zag aspect as well, respect on that

AND EM4

wow your pact looks very painful

[heavy solar]

Zag aspect of bow is like

strong?

Saying “oh on zag aspect” but it’s literally zag bow

[visual vortex]

Fair enough, I usually avoid zag aspects

[heavy solar]

But yeah, that’s gotta be one of the pact’s I’ve ever seen

[visual vortex]

since the others are more interesting

[heavy solar]

Zag bow’s problem is that Hera and Rama exist

Other than that, it’s a really strong bow aspect

[visual vortex]

I guess I'll try it at one point

but seriously what the hell is that pact

no FO or AP

extra HP em4

js3

pain

[heavy solar]

No that’s not the bad part of the pact

It’s CF2 JS3 CP2 EM4

CP2 EM4 alone is crazy

throw JS3 as well

and CF2 just to make sure you can’t buy anything

[visual vortex]

Also the death defiance is crazy, I'd probably die to rooms way too much with that

Impressive victory definitively

[heavy solar]

Death defiance is fine if you aren’t running LC4

Also they’re only running td2 so they can take each room a bit more leisurely

[visual vortex]

I guess, I run td2 as well but still manage to die a bunch in elysium

[inner zenith]

Everything else annoys me so much in the pact and I forced myself to beat extreeme measures hades.

Really looking at it I forced myself to suffer

[heavy solar]

Forced Overtime 2 is a nice way to shave off heat if you’re willing to spend a few runs and adjust to the timing

It becomes something you never turn off once you learn it

Let me see my 32 heat pact here

[visual vortex]

Unironically it's easier to dodge hades' spin attack with fo2 than without it

[heavy solar]

Ok so I did find my last 32 heat run and