h1-victory-boasting

[main glade]

We party before the fight is even finished.

[blazing rapids]

They fought bravely, but Lord Dionysus was too strong.

[raven violet]

It took until H2 being released to EA, and finishing both 32heat runs in H2, to motivate me to actually come back and finish the 32H in Hades 1

Took about 6 attempts. This build made it very easy.

[cosmic kernel]

All Bounties claimed for The Eternal spear
bonus: obtained enough resources to buy the woodland theme

[golden peak]

nice

tidal dash likes poms btw

[worn eagle]

high heat but I sell off my boons ASAP

[sharp agate]

Why are mini rats a thing

[molten hedge]

Second 50 Heat Conquered

[worn eagle]

chiron AP2 as second 50 is wild

[cyan plank]

unmodded too

[molten hedge]

Ye, unmodded unseeded

[molten hedge]

Sry. what's AP2?

[sharp agate]

Approval process 2

[worn eagle]

2

[sharp agate]

Crosses out two boon choices

[molten hedge]

Oh, yeah. Didn't want upgraded Hades, and hate the mirror cross-out stuff. So settled with Aprroval.

[proper hill]

Beat em4 finally

[golden peak]

???

[cyan plank]

yeah edward is kinda good at going fast

[supple ruin]

i could not stop casting

[finite scroll]

First time I defeat hades 👍🏻

[weary nimbus]

was struggling so hard to get the disciple or artemis only to just get told i was a shopper 💔

[magic grotto]

I forgot how to breathhhh xD heat 13 with damage max so one hit meant kaput

[grim cove]

first try with rail on 32 heat

[golden peak]

[sharp agate]

That's 4!

[inland mural]

20 heat through absolute insane luck

[bold jolt]

didn't you get one like yesterday lmao

god damn

[golden peak]

sub5 goomba

[sharp agate]

I got one on Tuesday lmao

[coral monolith]

This build secures the win

Could have been better with zeus jolted damage

[hazy marlin]

This has to be wr unless speedrun counts differently

[sharp agate]

Modded

[hazy marlin]

Oh

Insane run tho

[sharp agate]

Ye

[cyan plank]

below 4:57 is top 10 for modded

world record is 4:30

[willow bronze]

I dream of a 4:20.69 WR

[cyan plank]

keep dreaming 👍

[hazy marlin]

☹️

[sharp agate]

I’m trying my heart out man

[willow bronze]

godspeed

[golden peak]

hypersprint speed

[cosmic kernel]

First 32 heat

[meager mantle]

did mine with Beo aspect too

[golden peak]

nice

[supple ruin]

First time getting Merciful end, also got Deadly reversal, it as as op as people said it was.

[supple ruin]

I cant believe im typing this, but, i won arun with Freezing Vortex, i never though itd be possible

[twin harness]

I didn't get to take a screenshot of the post-Redacted battle of this escape out of sheer adrenaline lol, but I was able to finish my first escape in 12 attempts :D as a huge fan of roguelike mobile games, it was great to find out my general skill could directly transfer to PC roguelikes as well (Hades is the first one I've tried so far)

[golden peak]

12 attempts is crazy

[golden peak]

catcam to top it off

[primal crown]

forgot to swap keepsake

[supple ruin]

On the same note

[fair imp]

beat hades at full power AND managed to get a new PB 🙏

[cursive mortar]

This build was like a wet dream, I literally got everything i asked for in primary boons

[cyan plank]

all you needed was static discharge for an S tier build 👍

[golden peak]

rocketbomb

[cyan plank]

I'm too hestia pilled i keep forgetting how good rocket is

[golden peak]

they. have cluster

[worn eagle]

hestia also wants rocket bomb

?????

[cyan plank]

not at the heat i play 😂

[golden peak]

rocket is a good 2nd hammer at high heat too

[supple ruin]

Beo Zeus done, Really need double strike and mirrage shot to carry this thing tho.

[unborn mantle]

Finally forged a bond with Hypnos!!

now I'm going to attempt the 32 heat run

[cursive mortar]

Does it the bond change anything for runs? Except companions

[willow bronze]

No

[bold jolt]

so funny thing, mirage shot doesn't work on thunder flare because thunder flare technically has 0 damage lmao
it calls down thunder from the sky, which does the damage, not your cast. it explicitly tells you it's 0 damage if you get offered a replacement boon for your cast

[supple ruin]

what

[bold jolt]

lmao

there's a screenshot somewhere years ago where it actually shows it being 0 damage, idk where i'd find it tho

[supple ruin]

No i mean like, doesnt it call an extra thunder at least?

[bold jolt]

tbh idk

i've been told by the people who've gone through the code and did testing that it doesn't work lmao

[grim cove]

rama is so op

[supple ruin]

Yeah, i did it! Cant belive it An Athena mail backstab gun build manage, but hey, its possible, also, Aphro call dealing 4000+ LMAO

[echo belfry]

The easist 32 Heat run, assuming it counts

[proper hill]

LOL

nice

[meager mantle]

it counts as legit, you´ll get the statue

wish i knew that before beating the game

[blazing rapids]

28 heat with hera
take less damage and that's it

[cyan plank]

32 time 💪

since you're already used to forced overtime 2, shouldn't take long

[blazing rapids]

truly, but dad hits so damn hard

[cyan plank]

he speeds up halfway through p2, that's when you really gotta lock in

[blazing rapids]

oof I'm running hera so I get to be cautious and let crush shot do its thing

[supple ruin]

Well, over 4500 damage with backstabs.

[cursive mortar]

Does that only happen once in the enitre game?

[proper hill]

yeah lol

[cursive mortar]

50 heat here i come!

[meager mantle]

For lore reasons, yes

[worn eagle]

don't get your hopes up, 50 heat even with the dad skip is hard as hell (and wouldn't be legal for the heat-sheets, in the event you care about that)

[cursive mortar]

Yea i was joking, so if i did do a run on my 9th win it wouldn’t say anywhere that i did 50 heat?

[sharp agate]

4:5x champion lmafo

[echo belfry]

It would be in the admin room record

But you wont have the victory screen

[wheat scarab]

NOOO

[wheat scarab]

i was redeemed in the next run 🙇‍♂️

[willow bronze]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1217110989242241094/1362664518324588635/image.png?ex=680337ba&is=6801e63a&hm=ac29bbc703d8fd971830d2584fd1f5bfd802af3305154ed6f6ab5ff8bc9b7300&

[echo belfry]

AP 1 is free Heat

[honest wren]

my most fun build as of yet

[rich parcel]

500! 🙌

[golden peak]

nice pact

[twin harness]

daaaaamn congrats! 'Five Hundred Patricides' sounds amazing haha

[rich parcel]

Yeah it's a good base. I should really just pick some 1-heat thing to tack on to get the Elysium Erebus rooms, just never do lol

[golden peak]

elysium erebus is not worth it

do not bother

[ivory shadow]

I am literally never active here but 5 casts? 3 chaos boons buffing cast damage? exit wounds and snow burst? too lucky (luck may have ran out at the styx rooms though, needed all 5..) was just supposed to be an extreme measures hades practice run 😭

[hazy marlin]

Heat sheets as in community I think

[dusk chasm]

Average hera bow run:
( nice job! )

[gloomy fern]

I got 6 casts + Exit Wounds when I was running Poseidon sword. Straight up melts bosses lol

[twin harness]

Okay, it's possible I was wrong about Demeter cast being trash. Just had by far my fastest Hades fight. Coulda used Arctic Blast for a cherry on top but wasnt lucky

[willow bronze]

Mfw you need 2 duos, an accessory boon, and 50% additive for it to not be garbage

[twin harness]

In all fairness I call something like tidal dash good too even if that requires about 4/5 other boons to be not garbage hehe

[willow bronze]

Except tidal dash is good by itself

Crystal beam is really strong on Achilles with the 150% additive

[ivory shadow]

Woahh thats cool

Ive never tried that aspect

[supple ruin]

3 shotting dad

[willow bronze]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1217110989242241094/1363752767746736179/image.png?ex=68072d3d&is=6805dbbd&hm=1d0922700c8c6cb1476ca488ebebbd996700720c770351daa74110c535cfcdbd&

[unborn mantle]

I beat 32 heat with God mode, now attempting to do it without gm

[opaque hound]

not a victory boast, but has anyone else got offered 2 duos at same time ?

[proper hill]

Yes

[willow bronze]

yep, does happen

you can probably get 3 as well

[heavy kayak]

I've never seen that. Might be odds tho.

[blazing rapids]

happened to me a while ago (I took 80 damage in one hit and succumbed to dad)

[twin harness]

I'm ashamed I even lost one of my defiances on dad with such an OP build ;-;

[heavy solar]

Sea storm chiron isn’t really OP because sea storm still suffers the zeus lightning internal cooldowns

it’s got all the same problems as zeus special but you have poseidons additive damage which redeems it

[twin harness]

Yeah it's not as OP as it can be cause the dream would be to proc every time a special arrow hit, but a bolt every 0.2 secs is still pretty good imo

[heavy solar]

A bolt every 0.2 seconds means you get 1 or 2 per special

[twin harness]

And (afaik) it also procs on the second wave knockback too, right?

Pretty worth it pick imo

[willow bronze]

@quick marlin

Switch between stubborn defiance and death defiance depending on whether rooms or bosses are killing you more

[supple ruin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/342179576807424002/1364343201900793888/image.png?ex=6809531f&is=6808019f&hm=1a141e8252a40fbcf26c739e84b06c182ab1201b1804e1029ad96f2181c17530&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1150&height=719

Hoaring Slash run, 4154$

personal best of mine

[supple ruin]

doesnt double strike overwrite this?

[cyan plank]

iirc the second strike will add up the internal cooldown, so instead of 1-1-1-1 every 0.2 seconds you get something like 2-0-1-1

[supple ruin]

mm

[cyan plank]

tldr chiron isn't great 😔

[supple ruin]

eh, easy to use

all i care bout

[burnt notch]

Fresh file success!

[willow bronze]

Post in the speedrunning server if you want. It’s fresh file week

[burnt notch]

Fresh file week is a thing?

[willow bronze]

Well

We’ll have an aspect of the week every week and a category of the week

So this weeks category is fresh file

[worn eagle]

was about to type "sheeted " but they're already on there lmao

thanks past me 😌

[burnt notch]

Yeah technically I did this run sometime last week but it got verified this week so I decided to post idk if that would still be valid for the weekly thing (though it is an event for community fun)

[willow bronze]

It’s a really casual thing so I would still go for it

[plucky shell]

My second win

[sharp agate]

chill build

[median holly]

god teir run hehe get it

[supple ruin]

Successfully reached 201% damage on aprho attack run

[cosmic kernel]

And that's all the bounty's

[twin harness]

how do you guys even pom a boon that many times, i dont even think i run into a pom 12 times in a run, let alone specifically pom one boon 12 times

[supple ruin]

Look at sweet nectar duo boon

[twin harness]

Ahhhhh right I forgot about that, barely ran into it outside of when i got it for the fates. Cool cool cool

[supple ruin]

its a terrible boon by any means, byt when you get in the right build, its veeeeeeeeeeeery silly.

[opaque hound]

first victory without death defiance or stuborn or extra health from mirror. Started as a quick run to give invites but somehow i made it work

[willow bronze]

Also in general, try to keep the boon pool as small as possible so you can put poms into the important boons

[hazy marlin]

Try this build on nem

[supple ruin]

Ehhh, it tires my hands

[hazy marlin]

Fair enough

It’s very spammy

[willow bronze]

If hestia doesn’t tire your hands you’re probably not playing it right

Def higher apm than nemesis

[supple ruin]

when playing Hestial i usually build around oneshot enemies so every room is like, 4 to 5 shots tops

nemesis on the other hand is like 15 imputs per room minimum

[gloomy fern]

How did you get level 12 with that many boons? How did you get it to consistently show up in your Pom choices?

[supple ruin]

Sweet nectar and just selling all my other unnecessary boons

[plucky shell]

So I managed to beat hades without dying this time

[twin harness]

don't let my build fool you, it was Bouldy that carried this run. Never woulda won without him

[main glade]

I DID IT

Now, at last, I can finally rest

[golden peak]

gg

[dreamy sierra]

my first no mirror clear

[sharp agate]

4:4x achieved 😌

[twin harness]

2/6 on 32 heat. was supposed to be a warmup run on the shield but apparently beowulf dionysus is just that strong. time to get to the harder weapons

[golden peak]

nice

[plucky shell]

Fourth one, and I am definitely going to try this again and go for fully loaded

[thin crane]

got mirage shot in the 4th chamber im cooking

[whole flicker]

did a quick and easy 16 heat run back with speedmod

holy im washed

11:20 with god rng is crazy man

the red tidal was from rare crop but the purple jolted and sea storm 😭

wait how do i make it show splits

[willow bronze]

mod settings

press b > configure mods

[whole flicker]

oh found it

is there also a setting to spawn me back in the weapons room i forgor

[willow bronze]

Yeah should be somewhere in there

Clearing a run will always start you in the house, so just quick reset after a run if you want to spawn in courtyard

[whole flicker]

oh right

[thin crane]

finally won with chiron bow

[willow bronze]

What a build lmao

Literally everything you could ask for

[thin crane]

fr i was so lucky

[viral ridge]

That’s a flex nice

[hazy topaz]

my first two wins, within 6 runs too :D

[hazy topaz]

didn't even end up needing skully on that second one

[heavy solar]

skelly*

[hazy topaz]

ah

[golden peak]

washed

[golden peak]

nice mirrorless

[dreamy sierra]

thanks , mirrorless is hard ngl

[golden peak]

😔

[thin crane]

First rama run

[hazy topaz]

third win! I've gotten better over the past week :D

(side note, why did they make it so hard to transfer screenshots from switch :|)

[hazy topaz]

Wonder how long it'll be until I get 2 in a row

[cyan plank]

i recommend using cthonic vitality and deep pockets instead of dark regen and golden touch 👀

[hazy topaz]

win #4 this is my first actual multi run streak so yippee

[primal crown]

Btw should swap out from dark regen and golden touch

[hazy topaz]

I get golden touch but why dark regen

what's the max for the other one?

[primal crown]

More consistent healing, works in styx, doesn't have anti synergy with dark foresight

+3 per room

[hazy topaz]

only +3?

[sharp agate]

Darkness is only +6 usually

[heavy solar]

+3 over every room is very consistent, and with a proper mirror and workshop upgrades you almost never see or take darkness doors

So the only time you’d really benefit from dark regen is after boss fights when you already have a fountain right there

[twin harness]

3/6, Hestia Rail. Didn't take TD2 because I thought I'd take much longer withHestia, but in hindsight I definitely shouldve. Coulda at least taken LC2 off

melee weapons next. not excited o_o

[golden peak]

nice

unfortunate cast

[twin harness]

Wdym by unfortunate?

Is Hunting Blades bad?

[golden peak]

id assume you want boiling blood for hestia

especially with artemis attack

hunting blades is good but only if you specifically build for cast afaik

[twin harness]

Ah, after a few runs I realized I was missing some good crowd control. Didnt wanna go for poseidon dashes cause his duo with artemis isnt too useful in that case (cant build up both poseidon's dash and the cast too)

so i just went for artemis ares, cast for crowd control and attack for the huge enemies

Didnt need to be the best HB build, as long as it was good enough to carry me through styx and elysium

[golden peak]

thats fair

just letting you know every build doesnt have to include a duo or legendary

cuz i used to do that iirc

[marble geode]

first time💪 my hands are shaking

[supple ruin]

Machinegun Phalanx

[viral ridge]

Not much of a boast, but I was able to make my first em4 clear with Gilgamesh.

[steady comet]

NO WAY

32 heat on my 3rd try!!!!

it took me 3 tries only

nemesis is now my favorite ascpet

so proud of myself

it's not that hard i realised

[golden peak]

now all weapons

[steady comet]

Ok

Challenge accepted

Next is chiron, achilles, or zeus probably

[golden peak]

goodluck

ask for help if needed

[steady comet]

Ok

[steady comet]

I got down to 2 hp at heroes fight

Lol

Almost losr a dd

Didn’t need it though

[worn eagle]

now all aspects

[steady comet]

Started 32 heat yesterday, beat it today lol

I do have like 350 hours in h1 and h2 combined

Maybe more

[worn eagle]

perfectly reasonable amount of hours to start doing 32 on every aspect

[steady comet]

Got lucky for epic hunter’s mark

[steady comet]

Yeah

[willow bronze]

Spoiler h2 stuff

[steady comet]

SORRY

oops

waiting for 1.0?

it's probably coming at the end of the year

[willow bronze]

Nah I’ve played it but it’s just the rules of the h1 channels for anyone who is waiting

[steady comet]

okok

btw i don't think explosive return is an aspect

it isn';t

[worn eagle]

Well, you're wrong.

[willow bronze]

I play a lot of Zeus

Which might still be an understatement

[steady comet]

oh ok

yeah but what if you don't get explosive return

i don

't play quite as much zeus anymore

but i really do enjoy merciful end on it

so good

[bold jolt]

he plays on modded so he can guarantee explosive return every time

[willow bronze]

Lowkey it can still work, but if I were playing unmodded, I would do AP0 and reset for ER

Ely really sucks without it

[steady comet]

ok

ok

ok

[steady comet]

first reward?

or first hammer

or what

[willow bronze]

first hammer will be explosive return

[twin harness]

4/6. I'm sure Raging Rush is strong... but man Zag spear is way more fun for me. Got a lucky build too.

[twin harness]

5/6. Hyper Sprint+Rush Delivery is one hell of a combo. Not sure if I'm just getting lucky with my builds or need to start upping the heat

[willow bronze]

you have RD but jolted could use more poms and you don't have crits, pretty decent build

i would up the heat if you're feeling good

[twin harness]

thanks for the insight. i definitely feel like i dont take enough poms, but i typically see them as rewards next to coins or hearts which i just pick more often

i have seen your advice on the server before. more poms -> more damage -> enemies have less time to attack -> less need for hearts, or something along those lines.

will try to lean more in that direction

[willow bronze]

typically leaner builds are always better. jolted, splitting, and tidal dash were probably doing like 90% of your total damage

once you have jolted you can basically just pom it and tidal dash for the rest of the run

[heavy solar]

Are you console or pc?

[twin harness]

PC

[heavy solar]

I figure the dpsmeter mod might help you figure out just how much value you’re raking in from your current boons so you can like

[twin harness]

i envy controller users' movement precision hnggg

[heavy solar]

properly allocate poms

[heavy solar]

I was a massive console played, and I bought a controller I could use with both my pc and my switch just so that I’d be able to play Steam Hades on controller

I’m also really prone to not taking enough pom though

Mainly for obols

[twin harness]

might consider it in the future, but for now i think ill stick to vanilla. Thanks for the suggestion though, definitely gonna check it out once i decide to start modding. will add to the list of QOL mods i already bookmarked haha

[heavy solar]

The dps meter mod is a bit of an eye opener tbh

Like static discharge wasn’t exactly well known before it was a thing I don’t think

Until woop-dee-doo jolted did 40-60% of the runs damage!?!

[twin harness]

im genuinely shocked Supergiant didnt have one built in tbh. even way before i completed my first 10 runs, I was curious what was packing the heat in my attacks

[frozen ferry]

woohoo first 16 heat clear

[twin harness]

drop a screenshot of the victory screen! we'd love to see it :D or you werent able to take one?

[frozen ferry]

Chiron crutching

[steady comet]

first 16 heat?

just had my first 32 heat run

well done!!!

!

yeah

thuder flourish on chiron can be good

[heavy solar]

It’s so not the play thanks to Internal Cooldowns

You only get like 1-2 bolts per special

[steady comet]

I know

[steady comet]

I know that but sometimes it feels like every arrow does it

[steady comet]

Yeah

[heavy solar]

It would be INCREDIBLY noticable if it ever did

Because your special would deal like 5 times the damage

[willow bronze]

me clearing chiron 60 heat based on vibes and feels 🙏

you can get a few more with sea storm and/or positioning so that the arrows hit with more delay between each other

[steady comet]

Didn’t notice melinoe is animated

Discord icon

[tight thistle]

just wanted to share my latest victory because I'm proud of myself clearing it on 19 heat (I used to play on god mode that's why the stats on the right are a bit weird)(I have 107 hours on record, 103 escape attempts and the only achievement I'm missing is the one to max every keepsake which I'm working on)

[golden peak]

Nice

Streak as well

[worn eagle]

speeb

[twin harness]

6/6. Just finished my 100th escape attempt (this sc is from the other day tho, died on my 100th unfortunately xD). Epilogue achieved, all bonds (except that damn Hermes with his infinite filler dialogue), all prophecies (i finished all 54 in my table but wiki says there's 55? no clue what im missing), all weapon heat 32s. Time to graduate to Hades II 🫡

[proper hill]

wow, thats insane at around 100 runs

[foggy jetty]

wtaf

I can’t believe I got this on approval process 2 😭

First 32 heat run was practically a gift

[heavy solar]

AP2 for 32 heat is insane

[foggy jetty]

I did it for funny, and it just worked lol

[heavy solar]

Just hit the boons ig

[foggy jetty]

I originally had shackle then this happened

[heavy solar]

Clockets will do that to you

[foggy jetty]

My previous runs I had em4 and kept dying to hades so I wanted to try a troll build, and I didn’t expect to get good RNG

[heavy solar]

Em4 was your problem before hand

Both em4 and ap2 are like

High high heat pact options

[foggy jetty]

You wouldn’t think this is ap2 tho

It was essentially 7 free heat along with customs

[heavy solar]

I mean

This looks like a pact I never want to use in my life ngl

The luke you had is the only thing making this seem sane

cf2 ap2 is technically synergy I guess

because you’re already not able to choose crap from boons why not just fully devalue shops

🗿

[foggy jetty]

Fr

[heavy solar]

the single context where you’d use either of those pacts before 45 heat imo

[foggy jetty]

cf?

[heavy solar]

convience fee?

Things cost more

[foggy jetty]

approval process and what’s the other one

[heavy solar]

oh convience fee and approval process there’s not really a need to use them before that point

[foggy jetty]

Ik lol, I was asking if u were referring to cf since I thought it was good for 32 heat

[heavy solar]

em4 can be pushed even later

The thing with cf and ap is they just make your run less consistent like

you’re trading off a real downside of heat for relying more on rng

But it’s just not fun to make your success even worse on the rng side of things

[foggy jetty]

I just hate lasting consequences and hard labor, and the game is impossible with fo2

[heavy solar]

The game becomes remarkably more possible for fo2 if you take a while to learn it

FO2 is something you can adjust to and then never turn off again

[foggy jetty]

It’s probably easier when ur not playing on handheld switch but still sucky

[foggy jetty]

Even with slower aspects like Rama or Arthur?

[heavy solar]

I play on switch

Rama yes Arthur is Arthur

[heavy solar]

I played on handheld switch for like ever

[foggy jetty]

Wow

[heavy solar]

Including a lot of my starting out fo2

I’ve stopped using handheld because it’s just worse than not handheld but

I’d rather not do handheld switch gaming when I can

[foggy jetty]

I don’t see myself going past 32 heat on all aspects but it’s good to know that it’s viable

[heavy solar]

but handheld switch is really comfy on my bed

[heavy solar]

Eh you don’t have to go past 32 with all aspects

You can just choose the ones you want

or not push past at all

[foggy jetty]

all weapons I mean

[heavy solar]

Getting your times down is also an option

[heavy solar]

All weapons either

you can just take one

Or two

I’ve only cleared higher than 32 on like zag bow and zeus shield

I didn’t feel like taking the rest higher

going for speed is a nice change of pace from heat

[foggy jetty]

Zeus shield is tough for me ngl

[heavy solar]

Zeus shield is strong but it has a high-ish skill floor if you use it properly (not just throwing it around randomly)

[foggy jetty]

Rama will probably be my next 32 heat. Either that or Chiron

The fists will probably be impossible without SD and merciful end

[heavy solar]

I mean there are other less powerful but far more consistent fists builds with zeus or dionysus

[plucky shell]

First winstreak :)

[hazy marlin]

I’ve done this the whole time since I didn’t have a pc that could play games at the time

[foggy jetty]

Yo this might be even crazier

I used 6 death defiances 😭

Patty came in extremely clutch bro

[heavy solar]

Lowkey

Nice

Are you using tooth for Hades bc you don’t have Acorn maxed?

[foggy jetty]

yeah

I also got low tolerance twice (it funded a death defiance, but then got it again)

[molten hedge]

40 Heat, Every Single Aspect Beaten

[proper hill]

Lol at aspect of Poseidon

[molten hedge]

Lol, yeah. Got Merciful end on tartarus. So just ignored the cast stuff.

[bold jolt]

That's how you're supposed to use Poseidon I think

[molten hedge]

The beaten 40 heat begs to differ

[bold jolt]

i was agreeing with you lmao

[molten hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/idiot-elmo-im-stupid-shrug-im-an-idiot-gif-16140879

[undone halo]

What a fun run this was

[gloomy fern]

Forgot to take a SC but just beat my first 8 heat run. I used the Hera bow with trippy shot and flurry shot. One of the easiest runs I’ve had tbh

[hazy topaz]

victory #6! this one was carried by Artemis and Hermes, fast spear go brr lol

[twin harness]

Heroic swift flourish is craaaazy, mustve been such a fun run

[hazy topaz]

press

X

enemy go away

(yes it was very fun)

the sin of greed

that being said

(this was actually my first successful heated run! )

[golden peak]

Are you not using aspects

[glass acorn]

Aspects overrated (except aspect of hestia and arthur ofc)

[golden peak]

What

[steady comet]

i love this build now

i got lucky for the hammers

i think this is one of those situations where EVERY boon you have helps a lot

i wasn't even aiming to get zeus lego lol

just appeared in styx

[steady comet]

WDYM

ARTHUR?

excuse me?

you mean nemesis

is the best

of the sword

s

hestia is good though

[steady comet]

but there is also eris...

[steady comet]

well done!

where the heck did you get heroic divine dash?

euridice?

don't see any rare crop

[steady comet]

worry free?

you mean h2 right?

your name

sorry

does this count as a spoiler?

[glass acorn]

Damn is my name a spoiler?

Also yes i love aspect of Arthur, its so fun

I know its not good, but its very fun

[steady comet]

yes kinda

not really

it's just the name of somethin

[steady comet]

wait

is it the name of somethin from hades 1 TOO?

[worn eagle]

Arthur is a wonderful high-heat aspect, I'd even go as far as to call it the easiest aspect to do 40 heat with. Doesn't do well in anyheat though.

[steady comet]

ok

ik that

[steady comet]

aspects are NOT overrated

[glass acorn]

Many of them are tbh

[steady comet]

some of them yeah

but for example i don't think nemesis is overrated

it's definitely the best sword aspect (not on high heat)

[golden peak]

Lol.

[hollow prawn]

i call it the bonk

[glass acorn]

ARTHUR!! Also 6 health left lol

[plucky shell]

Charged Exploding Skewer goes hard

[hazy marlin]

Not at all

Dio is in the trailers

For h2 and people who don’t know the spoiler won’t get the name

[clever junco]

I finally obtained 100% achievements in Hades! This is my favorite game. I love the art style, characters, music, narrative, rogue mechanics, build forethought and watching myself and others grow in it. It’s really the game that, while really difficult for me initially, rekindled my love for games after I became so busy with work/life. I’ve gotten so many friends to play it because of how much I love to talk about it and I love watching/encouraging my friends to play. Thank you for the amazing experience Supergiant Games! I already bought Hades 2 as well!

[steady comet]

cool!

I have 5 left to go

i'm basically just too lazy to get them

[steady comet]

WHICH ONE SHOULD I TAKE

on nemesis

(got unkucky with no attack boon

)

but hunters dash good

screw it i'm taking dashes

[golden peak]

Rush delivery

Ouch

[honest wren]

dumbest build I've ever done, 3000 damage nuke cleared every room rather quickly ✅

[plucky shell]

Dionysus Nuke

[hazy marlin]

Do you have hyper sprint?

[sharp agate]

Make it seven

[hazy marlin]

Waiter waiter! More bloodstones please!

[plucky shell]

I did

[whole flicker]

i may have forgotten about em3

im just as ass as i used to be on dad clearly

[steady comet]

Yep

Nemesis

[steady comet]

I ended up taking greatest reflex

AND got REALLY lucky in styx

Cause he reoffered me some epic rush delivery

I would have liked a hammer swap cause i ended up not getting cutting edge, but i honestly couldn’t be mad at the game

Cutting edge?

I mean dash strike *2 and +20% dmg

[heavy solar]

Double edge

[wet garnet]

Had this pretty wild run with Rama Bow with Zeus Special + Artemis Crits at 11heat:
Here is the final boss fight. The rest of the run is also available in the same playlist 😁:
https://youtu.be/ntcCqSX8k_4?t=340

Landing that Thanatos companion was totally intended…

[olive heath]

figured id go back to h1 and finally beat 32 heat since i did it in h2

game hard

[steady comet]

I HATE MYSELF

WHY

did i buy the pom

before ares

[willow bronze]

Probably the right choice. Also probably belongs in another channel

[steady comet]

ik

[steady comet]

yes but merciful end was active

was on demeter fists

just finished that run btw

was good

[winter quest]

idk what you call this but uh yayyyyyy

[wet garnet]

That's a lot of health! ♥️

[winter quest]

I had fully prioritezed health over damage to a degree

[tight thistle]

Finally 100%ed the game :3 I also maxed the fated list of minor prophecies and all the relationships

[clever junco]

I just did 2 days ago too so I know how good of a feeling it is! Congratulations!

[whole flicker]

holy im ass this luck shoulda been a sub7 or smth man

instead of sub10

ig i didnt get that many skips

once i get a sub9 ill go back to studying

actually make that a sub8

[twin harness]

👿 make it a sub 7, studies can wait

[whole flicker]

my pb is a sub7 😭

i need to get some kind of studying in

but i finished 1 exam and finished studying for one other one today so

[whole flicker]

well thats a sub8 done

(first half is wiped cuz my game didnt let me collect boon on butterfly ball)

i had a like 2:15 tart exit into sub4 aspho exit

my dad was really sloppy icl

i shouldve had near instaphase? and i missed 2 of them p1

like none of them hit him

and game crashed right after

incredible

[hazy marlin]

Real time hour 30 😭

[sharp agate]

Game crashes after the run if you quit out with modpack

Also, you probably got cast bug which didn’t pick up the boon

[whole flicker]

ah

[whole flicker]

wdym

[sharp agate]

It’s a goofy bug with Beo and Hera where that game tries to load a stone up doesn’t have on to load and prevents you from interacting with things

It’s fixes itself if you pick up a stone

[whole flicker]

oh thats stpid

ig ill know next time

[hollow jacinth]

This also isn’t instaphase damage (p2)

[whole flicker]

yeah i know

i meant p1 instaphase

but i reloaded the save after crash and i think i missed out on it by a good bit of damage

ended up with basically same time and then it crashed again

[cyan plank]

i tried making a savestate for em4 practice and it kept corrupting my savefile, there's definitely some shenanigans

[willow bronze]

did you have a profileX.sav in the same folder

[supple ruin]

i JUST, I GOT ALL OF THIS ON TARTARUS

[torpid pivot]

Modpack non fbe RI3 Talos 58 heat

[golden peak]

Yooo

[frozen ferry]

got so close on this one should I go acorn or skelly tooth to not die to dad

almost first 32 heat

[glass acorn]

Interesting pact choices. It depends how much hl you have on with 20% probably tooth

[golden peak]

Acorn

[heavy solar]

I mean the lowest damage Dad does is 40 tooth just makes more sense

it saves you more damage over 5 hits

[primal crown]

God damn

[glass acorn]

So acorn is always better? Even without any hl?

[willow bronze]

Yeah

[worn eagle]

wdym, casts do 25 without hl and thrusts do 30 (30 and 36 respectively with hl1)

but yeah, even in the worst-case (excluding summons) where you take 5 casts and never taking a cast while having one lodged, taking acorn is better since 5x25 is 125 effective health

[frozen ferry]

would you recommend a different pact?

[worn eagle]

check #h1-high-heat-strategies pins

[whole flicker]

seems like a normal pact to me

oh wait

ur on eris

take dc @frozen ferry

[sand verge]

First post in like half a year on here, unmodded 44 demeter on steam deck (in airport). Nearly messed up the run because I forgot to swap off acorn from the previous run, ares just happened to come up first so I never noticed it until elysium (I used ares there to force ME).

Also got 5 sacked, cleared dad in 64 seconds

[worn eagle]

Spearpoint lmao

Nice

[clever kraken]

Pain was this spear

[cyan plank]

you're not supposed to play guan yu at level 1 yeah 😅

[clever kraken]

Well, I did it still. I didn’t have much titan blood. But ah well, I managed

[supple ruin]

Artemis Dyo duo is actually very strong with lasers and PP

[severe jungle]

22/24

[primal crown]

thought casts did 20

[worn eagle]

the shockwave, yes. I was referring to damage directly dealt by dad.

more specifically, the shockwave when you're far away does 20

when you're close, the cast shockwave scales with hl

[cyan plank]

em4 js3 cp2 😨

[plucky shell]

My favorite one so far

[fleet orbit]

Can't believe I did it. My playstyle is usually go with the weapon that gives a bonus, and just do 1 extra heat at a time. My highest was bow at 14 heat, rest were hovering around 10. Decided to just do 16 heat with chaos shield (highest was 10 heat with it) and completed it. Pushed my luck and jumped straight to 32 heat with it and cleared it on my first try. Only challenge left now is completing the codex but those trout feel impossible to catch

[heavy solar]

First 32 heat with chaos of all shields lmao

https://tenor.com/view/reading-intense-scare-gif-21112634

What in the horror pact

Congrats

[heavy solar]

If you keep hitting perfect catches, trout will legitimately be impossible to catch

You can only get them off regular catches

[thin crane]

very fun build

[cunning comet]

got back into hades recently. Just completed my first run w/o god mode

[cunning comet]

immediately followed it up with the next run, feeling pretty proud rn, even though I know its nothing special

[foggy jetty]

I have no clue how I won this

This was my first time trying trippy flare,
I thought why not go for 32 heat. I tried getting either scintillating or ice wine, or even blackout but I got nothing lol. Barely survived that hades fight going in with 0 defiances

[thin crane]

i did 6k damage to hades each time i used the cast and special that gave me the bonus damage

[severe jungle]

23/24, only Chiron left

[primal cave]

This channel (and category) is dedicated to the first Hades game. Please go to #h2-discussion to talk about Hades II.

[severe jungle]

AP0

[willow bronze]

basically ap1 tbf

on the other hand, unmodded

[severe jungle]

Because RI2? At least it doesn’t affect hammers

[foggy jetty]

Probably the most garbage enemy RNG ever, didn’t get quick spin until elysium, TD ran out during furies and elysium bros, and I got deadly reversal right before them too

Anyway 5th 32 heat clear, still gotta do sword and fists

[cyan plank]

the hardest ones 🥶

[worn eagle]

counterargument: arthur

[foggy jetty]

I got to hades on nemesis sword (merciful end build) but died :(

I might either go for drunken or lightning fist but idk

[whole junco]

I got 32 heat clear with zag fists and lambent plume. Got some good RNG to get drunken fists first, and then used all my rerolls to get more dodge from Hermes. I was functionally invincible by Styx

[foggy jetty]

what was ur pact looking like?

[whole junco]

@foggy jetty

[foggy jetty]

thx

[foggy jetty]

bruh

This was literally first try

I got literally everything I needed lol

[whole junco]

Hell yeah! I got mine first try too, and was honestly trying 32 heat with fists as a joke. Maybe that build is just good?

[worn eagle]

very safe (40%-ish dodge chance, more if you get the right hermes boons or run Ruthless Reflex in the mirror), but unreliable (since you're keeping on plume the whole run) and absolutely not strong because of it. Also builds bad habits, which you may want to unlearn for other aspects.

decent first 32 heat build though.

[whole junco]

Yeah it for sure falls off if the heat is much higher. I was just surprised it worked so well at 32

[worn eagle]

32 doesn't even come close to encouraging the player to reduce their own agency on the run, one can usually get a build together no matter what.

even 40 lets the player quite freely decide what they want to do

[willow bronze]

Not close at all

[whole junco]

Blade rift go brr

[plucky shell]

“Whoops I accidentally set my heat 5 higher than it needs to be. Guess I’m not winning this one” The humble Curse of Longing:

[thin crane]

that build is fire fr

[crisp wharf]

should have seen how fast I took out Theseus

[opal solar]

my best Extreme measures only and also best bow run ever

[hybrid dagger]

Finally did heat 32

[worn eagle]

that is a pact that exists for sure

[hybrid dagger]

?

[worn eagle]

I'd rather say nothing more about it, lest I come off as mean. ggs on the win

[cyan plank]

still better than my first 32 win lol

[hybrid dagger]

I did not understand what you meant

[crisp wharf]

Is there some kind of gatekeeping for pacts taken for Heat 32

[worn eagle]

no, in fact the more cursed the pact the more impressive the win is

[crisp wharf]

Well in any case I'd quite like to know what's weird about what he took as well

[cyan plank]

especially because it means the person did it without consulting any guides

[crisp wharf]

The highest heat I've ever cleared was 11

[cyan plank]

cp2 js3 dc1

the unholy trinity

every encounter will take years to clear

[worn eagle]

what's unusual about this pact is
JS3 (more enemies = slower and more difficult rooms. you kill stuff slower, therefore stuff has more time to damage you)
CP2 (similar downsides to JS except it also applies to bosses)
TD0 (TD2 is trivial to survive regardless of rng with minimal amount of practice and permanent upgrades)
HL5 (in many cases this makes the run about twice as difficult)
DC1 (it's usually either level 0 or 2. either the aspect cares about 1shotting enemies or the aspect deals many instances of damage per second, no in-between)
BP1 (usually BP2 is ran)
LC0 (usually level 4 is ran, and using stubborn defiance in the mirror)
privileged status in the mirror (doesn't have immediate benefit, and by the time one gets 2 status effects the additive will have become inconsequential)

[crisp wharf]

Oh I see

[cyan plank]

fyi usually cp2 is avoided even in 50 heat, beefier enemies and bosses make the run much harder

[hybrid dagger]

I did try several variations of the pact, I would become flusterred and make mistakes with Time limit, with EM4, i would die to Hades in the third round, with boon options limited, i would not get stronger.. etc..

I did come close to achieving the feat with the Achilles spear, with epic flurry jab, epic swift attack, triple jab.

Also with og bow and talos gauntlets

[crisp wharf]

I'm sure they're not trying to belittle you for your decisions

[cyan plank]

avoiding em4 was a good choice, but td1 is usually very easy handle

[worn eagle]

TD2 honestly

very easy with the slightest amount of practice

if you can beat an anyheat run within 20 minutes you can probably beat a high heat run in 20 minutes or less given the right pact

[hybrid dagger]

I found time limit to be better in hades 2

[cyan plank]

builds tend to snowball a lot faster there yeah

[worn eagle]

no it's more that styx doesn't exist

[cyan plank]

||ephyra|| is just styx if it was well designed lol

[hybrid dagger]

Using bp2, hades's summoned minions did me sometimes, that is why i kept it at 1

[worn eagle]

bp does not apply to dad summons

believe it or not

[hybrid dagger]

Is that so

I must have been too engrossed to notice, will keep that in mind

[worn eagle]

anyway, move further discussion to #h1-high-heat-strategies pls

[ocean kite]

First successful 32 heat run

[golden peak]

Cursed pepe

[onyx cliff]

This was the most scuffed run I've ever done (I'm still very new to the game mind you)

[plucky shell]

I found a thing that may or may not work properly

[cyan plank]

it doesn't work properly

rocket bomb has a bug where it doesn't get the -30% damage adjustment

[plucky shell]

Didn’t think so
1-2k a shot is wild

[cyan plank]

getting cluster with rocket is just straight up x5 damage

[crisp wharf]

Personal best time

[crisp wharf]

FIRST TRY

[ocean kite]

@heavy solar @primal crown @crisp wharf lmao, you were right, zag bow

[whole junco]

Finally got 32 heat with Chiron bow. Honestly feels a little empty because I didn’t even get most of the build I wanted. No sea storm, no razor shoals. We’ll take it though

[crisp wharf]

Heat 24 done, time to try 28

[crisp wharf]

28 first try

It was close, though

[cyan plank]

32 time!

[signal abyss]

those beams do a stupid amount of damage

[wet garnet]

I tried SO hard to get 33333 (see my username) foes slain foes slain by 99 escape attempts, but accidentally killed one too many 😱😭

I didn’t save before

[golden peak]

333333 by 999 runs now

[wet garnet]

Looks like this is the only logical thing I can do now

[hollow prawn]

every prophecy completed… every bond forged… on MOBILE

IF THIS DOESN’T COUNT AS A VICTORY I DON’T KNOW WHAT WOULD

MY GOALS ARE BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING

next goal: 32 heat on every weapon on mobile

[crisp wharf]

32 HEAT IS MINE

And a new best time to boot

[cyan plank]

now do it with every weapon 🤪 🥴

[crisp wharf]

No

[cyan plank]

oh wait that's em4

very impressive 👏

[golden peak]

its not that bad

[crisp wharf]

This already took me like a dozen attempts

[cyan plank]

the first time you finish 32 is the hardest

(especially if you drop em4 lol)

[crisp wharf]

I'm probably moving onto Hades 2 after I wrap up all the other story beats of 1 now

[fleet orbit]

Feel like I slowed it down a lot (when the bob thing bounces up and down) but even then I get bass

[fleet orbit]

I just remember having a lot of fun with it on pact 10 after trying Zeus special on it for the first time.

Don’t think I got Zeus on those runs but it worked out.

Is chaos shield considered bad?

[cyan plank]

yes

worse zag shield

[heavy solar]

It’s a 50:50 between common and rare fish on regular catches, but a 50:50 between rare and legendary on perfect catches

So you’re bound to see more bass than anything else

the windows are within ~1/3 of a second after the bobber goes down (0.34s) for perfect catches, and roughly 2/3s for regular catches (0.68s)

[heavy solar]

The gif was more about the pact being used than the chaos shield itself being used, but yeah

In practice chaos shield just ends up playing like bad zag shield because the extra shields on special aren’t valuable enough for you to actually consider specialing or building around it

[willow basin]

tried out a build pretty fun very close tho since i was getting sloppy during phase 1, not that good tho tbh

[plucky shell]

”I beat Hades with Aspect of Chaos”
Look Inside
Smoldering Air Ares’ Aid

[foggy jetty]

Finally 🥲

32 heat on all 6 weapons

Epic swift strike was from Styx shop too XD

For those wondering, here are my other 32 heat weapons summarized:
spear: guan yu + Athena atk + quick spin
shield: beowolf + trippy flare
bow: Rama + aphro attack + dio special
fists: zag + lambent plume + curse of nausea
rail: hestia + battle rage + cluster rockets

[summer tartan]

How'd you get the aphrodite outline?

[worn eagle]

like all other "themes", can be bought at the house contractor

[gloomy fern]

Mirage shot works on crystal beam?!! Do you just drop a second crystal?

[heavy solar]

Yeah

[crisp wharf]

Okay some of the rail hammers are pretty fun

[heavy solar]

Mfw when the best possible combo of rail hammers pops up

[wicked hamlet]

this was sooo satisfying

[heavy solar]

This is a well played Em3 fight ngl

❤️

[muted aurora]

finally… finally…

I've tried a lot of time, with both zeus' shield and talos' fists…

I which I could win with the fists… still it's the shield

but I'm so happy I've finally suceed, thanks a lot for everyone who give me some advices, it helped me a lot!

[golden peak]

😭😭 arty Eris...

[broken heron]

first clearing!

[golden peak]

Nice build

[runic cloud]

https://medal.tv/games/hades/clips/kkHShgTENManXBy5-?invite=cr-MSxOcGgsMjQyNzIyMTUw
https://medal.tv/games/hades/clips/kkHTEqyV0im0bg_Ds?invite=cr-MSwxaE8sMjQyNzIyMTUw
Started playing last Saturday, and I am having a ton of fun experimenting with different build types
(Ares+Artemis duo+ Ares legendary)

[heavy solar]

Wait that’s why the fight took so long

I didn’t even noticed I just assumed it was like cp2 or something

It was also 4:30am when I sent that message

[willow bronze]

Yeah you could do 50 with Zeus attack and static discharge lol

Very clean gameplay

[hazy marlin]

which one is the aphro one

Never seen it

[primal crown]

40 heat now

(gg)

[compact basalt]

decided to play again randomly after literally a year and set a pr on the fists

[worn eagle]

3weapons 50 heat run

[steady comet]

I love it when nemesis absolutely slaps foes in the face

lovely

the 300 health is because of elysium

all the doors offered was health

and second mini boss in styx being health

[hollow prawn]

spin to win

[south fractal]

thank you windette

[steady comet]

cool!

what's with the mirror stuff not active?

[nimble pasture]

prolly are lvl 0 or got reset with key

[compact basalt]

setting new prs

shocked I can still actually do anything or maybe ive just gotten better at gaming in general

[compact basalt]

ok whats the strat w this, i wanna play bow next

or just whats a good methodology for bow

[south fractal]

yea this slot doesnt have enough darkness for everything

[south fractal]

max out god's legacy, aphrodite attack, dionysus special, artemis cast
any hammers for your special are good
get a revenge boon from ares if you want a shot at curse of nausea but its not needed

any chaos gates you want more special damage

[compact basalt]

Bro i forgot abt the chaos gates

[south fractal]

oh yeah also i forgot to mention this but you'll want pressure points to synergize with heart rend

[compact basalt]

damn i pulled off all the duos but died to tight deadline 😭

it was so close too

[compact basalt]

well alright

[wicked hamlet]

i should probably start doing em4

[golden peak]

do 32 heat

[south fractal]

i love rama. it lets me play like an idiot and get away with it

[median holly]

13 heat beat hades with extra phase meryful end build i would ratherhave a different cast but i couldent sell it

[golden peak]

Fire build

Cast is good

[willow bronze]

Opening DR on an ME build is huge

[opaque lichen]

HAH. FIRST CLEAR. I DID IT.

[median holly]

Your journey has now just begun

[opaque lichen]

With the generous amount of Titan Blood (and trade materials) I now have access to, I should be able to get the hidden aspects right quick

[willow bronze]

Still need to reveal them which can take some rng

[opaque lichen]

Truuuuue

[nimble pasture]

sub 20 ruined by tony f

[opaque lichen]

f in the chat boys 😔

[amber granite]

did an awesome bone hourglass + dire misfortune build run

the special was doing like upwards of 400% with some items i got that tragically expired in Styx before i got to dad

[golden peak]

Wdym

[nimble pasture]

lost 3 death defy on him nd took me 4min to kill + had to play safe on hades cuz 0 death defy left

[golden peak]

Wow

[austere canopy]

rebinding reload to left stick changed my life

[nimble pasture]

could've been a pb but L styx

[sullen bridge]

Fastest attempt on Chaos Shield (With Chaos Aspect)

[signal abyss]

exactly

[signal abyss]

buy enough stuff at the contractor and you can change the themes for your menu. pretty sure that one is called lovely and costs 15 ambrosia

[signal abyss]

oh yeah you also gotta finish the main story

[sterile chasm]

Juiciest Beowulf+Trippy Flare build I've been able to get so far. Would've been nice to luck out on the Artemis legendary as well, but even then this was a crazy hard hitter with Charged Shot.

[flat bough]

15 heat mobile run whoop whoop. Criticals carry on bow lol. I shoulda sold my legendary boon (since I didn’t have a cast equipped) for the achievement but I forgor.

[hollow prawn]

fellow mobile player 🙂‍↕️

[flat bough]

aye aye 🤝

[hybrid dagger]

By mobile play, do you mean streaming from steam to your smartphone ?

Or is hades available on ios & android too ?

[flat bough]

Hades is available to download on iOS as long as you have a Netflix account!

[hybrid dagger]

Oh

[south fractal]

ice wine was not my intention for this build but i'll take it

[whole flicker]

well uh

tartarus was a lot easier when i didnt have zeus attack aphro special

[worn eagle]

Washedn't 😌

[whole flicker]

its 40 heat dude

[hazy marlin]

Netflix sub for this long just get a pc it’s cheaper

[bold jolt]

It's not like they're only using Netflix for gaming lmao they're using it for shows, which is probably the actual main purpose

[storm badger]

Guan-Yu with Charged Skewer is crazy , I thought I'd be spamming attack with this meme weapon

[worn eagle]

there are guan yu spin strats with athena attack too, if you're interested

[storm badger]

Yes I hate the shield

[storm badger]

I went in with that in mind , but then I got hammer first boon with charged skewer and I restarted my run and picked poseidon keepsake

[vale bone]

OK so
I got rlly bad luck and had to go in all rooms to get the satyr sack
and I had the 9 min timer on so I was veeerryyy low on time
and in the second half of the hades fight my timer ran out and I started taking damage, after this I was LOCKED IN
I managed to hug dad like 4 times perfectly and won with like 8 seconds b4 death
I'm pretty proud of myself XD

[cyan plank]

very nice, but i have a question

why are you using routine inspection 😂

[vale bone]

XDDDD
all the others looked annoying and routine inspections looked okay enough

[cyan plank]

all three final mirror upgrades are suuuuper strong, i recommend running something else

[vale bone]

ikkk

i realized

[cyan plank]

middle management or benefits package 1 is pretty good

[vale bone]

it took away my rare boons

[vale bone]

yeyeye

ill try that combo next time

[nimble pasture]

its prolly the worst one tbh

[storm badger]

• Death Defier *
  I died ~10 times ( not exaggerating) using the safest aspect in the game .. I refuse to block

[cyan plank]

js3 cp2 dc2 😨

[signal abyss]

lol js3 isn't so bad unless RNJesus spawns an army of "weak" enemies. dc2 is tough with a lot of weapons though

[vale bone]

i seeee

[bleak flame]

I’ve been getting into speedrunning for a bit, and wanted to share this Aspect of Demeter run from a week back

Ignore the actual time, I took the photo after my 32 heat run

[cyan plank]

all those 55 runs paid off 💪

[tropic phoenix]

3 duos say whaaa

[dreamy sierra]

how?

[bleak flame]

3 lives, 1 from chaos, 3 from patroclus, 1 from skelly makes 8

then athena boons gives death deficance

like 2

thats my guess

[golden peak]

stubborn defiance

[storm badger]

I got Patroclus and bought DD from well and got Athena boons

Patroclus also DD'ed my lucky tooth and gave me 4 DD at once (which I didn't know can happen)

I did not have any rights to finishing that run, i got so lucky xD

[dreamy sierra]

lmao

wow

[dreamy sierra]

nah it shows that stubborn isn't being used

[golden peak]

Was looking at the wrong image my bad

[south fractal]

man that "lasting consequences" pact condition was weird af. wonder what it was supposed to do

[worn eagle]

LC4 isn't real and can't hurt you

[opaque barn]

First win!!!!

[dreamy sierra]

congrats , first win is always special

[bleak flame]

NOICE

[opaque barn]

Tyyyyy!!!

[bleak flame]

That was a very close battle huh?

[nimble pasture]

40min uff gz

[bleak flame]

A wins a win

Just realised chaos keepsake in Styx?

[nimble pasture]

prolly doesnt have unlock thados tooth

since its his 1st win

[bleak flame]

But it’s skelly

Who doesn’t wanna give the dude some nectar

[dreamy sierra]

why do you guys go with the tooth?

erudice one is better

[nimble pasture]

its more safe for ppl who start the game and just try to clear a run

[dreamy sierra]

may be I always went for the Erudice one from the start

[nimble pasture]

if u dont struggle with styx yeah erudice is better but if u do i think tooth better

so ez to die there especially in ur 1st run

[dreamy sierra]

I mean sure but the amount of damage you take from 3 hits is probably enough to kill you twice well depends on which 3 hits

[quick slate]

My second win ever! Almost 2 minutes faster than the first

[bleak flame]

Yooo that’s nice

[bleak flame]

Whoa 18 minutes for your first run in really fast!

Really impressive

(From my experience, it’s usually in the 20s)

[quick slate]

A bit less even - 17:38.36

[storm badger]

Don’t stress about the mirage shot , focus on getting Artemis boons

[bleak flame]

Oh I know o used that build to beat the game with Poseidon for the first time

Mirage shot was just nice

[tropic phoenix]

crazy luck..

[golden peak]

That's actually insane

Usually first runs are around 30-40 mins

[cyan plank]

also has the robbed thanatos victory title

[wild mica]

hating this build

absolute braindead spam

[rustic osprey]

This was a fun build. Deflect, deflect, deflect and call. 🤣

[whole flicker]

casual first try 40

why is 45 so hard

[cyan plank]

what did you increase

[whole flicker]

js1 cp1 hs ap1

[worn eagle]

js1 cp1

Consider those for 50, but no time before that imo. Luci gets hitstunned way too easily out of attacks (also js makes ely and random bad BP2 rooms scarier). using CP1 contributes to your problem of "why tf do I have no ely/styx damage", as well as making furies harder to instaphase

[whole flicker]

nah i was trying rama 45 before

but i beat rama 40 about as easily

[molten hedge]

Third and prob final 50 heat. Might be letting the game rest after this one. It's been fun.

[golden peak]

Amazing

[plucky shell]

Reasonable amount of dodge

[cyan plank]

didn't even use zagfist or ruthless reflex smh

[bleak flame]

@humble relic

The build you requested

Tartarus was hell

Even more than normal

Never in my life would I think I’d be playing super soaker fists

[humble relic]

https://tenor.com/view/smile-nod-yes-robert-redford-beard-gif-10489927

[dreamy sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-ultra-instinct-gif-13958783

[rustic osprey]

This was fun 😄

[fast lotus]

IM AMERICAN GAMER GRAAAHHHHHH

[nimble pasture]

gzz 1st win

[plucky shell]

The Talos/Poseidon Yo-Yo build
This was by far one of the easier runs I’ve ever done

Also

[plucky shell]

Yo-Yo 2: Electric Boogaloo

[bleak flame]

@cyan plank
The run you requested (much more fun than the fists) though o got sea storm later

[bleak flame]

The most lucky run I’ve probably ever done in terms of chaos (to compensate I literally had 7 chances at a duo boom and got none)

[rustic osprey]

So, pulling them in and knocking them back? 😄
That seems fun. Gonna try it out.

[rustic osprey]

Got that one too yesterday!

This was fun also.

[bleak flame]

Close win

[rustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/beNlv.gif

https://tenor.com/Npeq.gif

[bleak flame]

Curse of drownings unique

[rustic osprey]

I was busy getting all duo's and CoD was one of the last to get. Turned out to be pretty fun to play with 😄

[cyan plank]

based

[echo belfry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=furVbnN--2U
A lot harder than I expected, but got a deathless run at from 1-10th escape 😄

[heavy solar]

Unfathomably washed

[worn eagle]

Why mom pom

[heavy solar]

Eh I knew I wouldn’t need acorn

that’s about it

Didn’t need acorn and couldn’t take Hades call

And all my boons were offensive

My elysium was exclusively obols, hearts and poms and it ticked me off

All I wanted was some aphro or arte boons to get heart rend

😔

I ended up save scumming anvil after I missed twin/triple on both hammers

[worn eagle]

Acorn's still better: lets you keep HC longer and means you get less punished animation-wise for your mistakes (since acorn-hits do not hitstun zagreus)

Also, what keepsake are you starting? Most common zagbow starts nowadays are artemis (for attack or dash) and shackle.

[heavy solar]

Aphro

For strike

[heavy solar]

I should start running HC huh

[green hearth]

well! 32 heat, first try. wasn't expecting this since 16 heat took me 3 falls to Hades to actually get through

[heavy solar]

Oh that’s

kind of a gross pact ngl

Jury Summons 3, Calesthenics Program 2 and Extreme Measures 4 are certainly a combo

[serene girder]

are you just trying to fight hardest dad or what's the idea lmao

gg tho

[green hearth]

I just don't like having my boons restricted in any way lol

[serene girder]

i get you

[heavy solar]

I mean you didn’t have to take any of those to have a solid 32 pact

[green hearth]

I mean, I'd be doomed with any level of Lasting Consequences

[heavy solar]

You wouldn’t with a few levels off jury summons and calesthenics program

[dreamy sierra]

just let her be happy with the win , as long as you win , it is all good

[heavy solar]

most of the time if you’re going to use LC though you switch it up to 4, and swap over from Death Defiances to Stubborn Defiances

[heavy solar]

We were just talking about pact options in #h1-discussion that’s why I mentioned it