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can never have too much attack
1 weapon left 32 heat
I got my first clear since 1.0 released!
apparently my screenshot didn't save, but it was Excalibur + Cursed slash, and I was running lambent plume and got the Hermes boon where extra speed = extra damage, at epic level
nothing special as I try and grind up the heat, but it was nice to finally have all the dodge chances go my way; hades couldn't touch this; kinda sad I wasn't doing EM4
When your drunk dad wants to beat you, but it is you, who is the Drunken Fist master
one lightning boi vs one angry dad
6 Demeter's cast simply wrecked Hades)
Sub 20 on all weps at last
I think now it's time to sub 15 all and sub 10 with rail and fists potentially
Woo
Stats aren't that great, but my god was this rng perfect. My attacks would just quickly melt bosses like they were cheese
@wide raptor not as fast as aphro/art but still pretty good if you like campy builds
basically mark > special then hide for like 8s and hades will lose like 1/4 of his hp bar
A very scuffed build that had almost none of what I wanted, but still worked somehow :/
This run was some of the most ridiculous and fun DPS I've seen so far...
Oh, I'm proud of this one! Aside from an EM4 clear, I did it with one of the trickier weapons for me to work with, plus I got the Lambent Plume that high! The two Hammer mods definitely helped recoup HP I lost to sloppy defense, and all in all, a fun run for me!
(I also got one of Hermes's boons to add an extra 15% dodge chance)
10:04 featuring bouldy because I forgot to switch to meg
also I forgot to screenshot in game
Got the Hades spear build I wanted
Got the Hades spear build I wanted
@trim quartz a spear player! Rare sight to see
says the person who hates guan yu
Made it to Elysium. First time ever!
congratz!
Thanks!
says the person who hates guan yu
@royal current screw guan yu. All my homies hate guan yu
well we are enemies now
guan yu is like, my least favorite aspect on my least favorite weapon
I want to get good at Guan Yu but much squishy is scary
I did my first Rama run last night, started off losing 2 DD's to the Medusa/Stomper miniboss, but the build didn't quit on me!
sea storm build gone wacky
Another spear clear! starting to get the hang of it, ignore the 7 health and 0 DDs
"Close call, though" No kidding
to be fair i was at the point where I could out-damage Hades
but for half the fight i played it normally
like an idiot
so i ended up with a mad spam of everything for damage
first EM4 without losing all my dds
Bruh how your best time 18 minutes?! Dang that's fast af!
First EM4 attempt was a success. Basically an Athena deflect and artemis crit and call build. Also had the quick favor for auto gauge gain and the gauge on crit boon.

WOO! maxed out all the relationships! π
nice!
10 seconds off my speed record with a damage mitigation build.. Gilgamesh is kinda nuts fun. Really got to like the aspect when I realized you could hold the dash button down.
Gilgamesh is my favorite definitely
and yea, the tips skelly gives you change for each weapon. He tells you about the dash thing fyi
I never got tips from him?
the objectives
like, press square to do this attack
press triangle to do this attack
hold X to dash
Oh, huh, I missed the "hold"
Tried a darkness-free run. It was a nervous one, but surprisingly I did not die. Exchanged pom keepsake for acorn for last area, and that saved me. Overall, a harder experience that EM4+BP1+MM, despite nearly twice less heat.
Looks reliable
OMG I DID 32 HEAT!!! π
Jesus doom Hestia with butterfly.π¬ 
First EM4 attempt was a success
One hell of a fight. I just wish there was a fate or achievement tied to it.
repeating my nerf invalidated chaos 32
said it before, but i don't think its been nerfed as much as some people seem to think
screw guan yu. All my homies hate guan yu
Haha, 700 damage throws go brrrrrrrrr
@brittle jolt I like your heroic dash doing 16 damage. OP, I say, OP ! π©
YEAH First escape ;D
Congrats! π
Thanks i'll try to win with every weapon now then go heat
Sub 20 on all weapons plus new record yay!
classic
oh merciful end? @fair gate
didnt try to get it but that seems to be a build you should look for right
yeah its arguably the best fists build
Oh nice
@dusky urchin heat 32 Oo
I was hoping for some special dialog for forsaking the Olympians' aid, but alas (no heat, because I didn't know how difficult it might be)
is there anything chiron can't do? lol
Styx small rat swarms with DC2 and FO2 are still such a pain lol
It was lethal in Blood Price but it's just "very annoying" now
oh man, i can imagine
Zeus boons usually pop the Damage control shields quickly
24 heat only die once the entire run in 17 mins with Gilgamesh fist. Stacking dodge is good
how u have the woodland theme and all those mirror talents with only 14 clears?
I used key to reset and I farmed quite a lots
I also started to play from Hell Mode and as soon as I unlock the extra difficulty for boss I always go for max. So I don't have many clear
I just got the final one today though after like months of farming
mmm forgot about the key reset
Literally I unlocked everything then use key and stick to that same mirror setup the entire time.
sounds harsh
the final mirror costs 4000 darkness took me 1 week ( it wasn't really that long honestly but I don't have much time to play and I traded stuff for 500 darkness quite a few times)
but yea I dont have many clear because I always play with max extreme measure and die on hades or hydra
those are the hardest boss for me
@wide raptor this is one of my previous run at same heat. I used athena divine attack and divine dash also with aatermis crit and atermis call. I died real fast
and second win π
It was my dream for awhile to get this hammer combination, turned out better than expected.
hey dudes, is there any special dialogue for reaching/beating Hades with no boons?
I dont think it is possible to have no boons
I know you can't avoid them sometimes, but you have that little pool of blood where you can sell them, and Sisyphus gift that boosts you when you have no boons
yeah, you can purge at least 3 per biome, and there are also pools in styx
itβs absolutely possible, but i believe thereβs not special dialogue
never done it myself tho
I actually did it once, got lucky with the chambers, but it was the run right after something story related, so Hades had something to say, that's why I'm still wondering, didn't beaten him tho
just gonna keep trying, thank you and good luck to you all
backstabby stabby
might not be best build but, finally first of many
had aspect of zeus and the black rift that sucks in
i call it "the beyblade build"
my best run/build yet, nearly 1k per hit. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/684102958748663809/763889486416707604/unknown.png?width=1664&height=936
@hollow quail He didn't have any dialogue for my boonless run, unfortunately.
Dio is great for first runs. He gives a ton of quality bonuses for you to get through the game.
Also, you can purge more than three boons if you reroll your options at the pool
oh right, yeah
@faint python thank you friend, this game has so much dialogue I thought it might be something, but it's understandable
I wish there was! I was inspired (by which I mean goaded) to do a boonless run by Hades saying I wouldn't be able to escape without help from everyone on Olympus, so I was hoping he'd say something about it
Kinetic launcher is insane 
Can you tell I like the bow? Lol
Now that's a lot of damage
Not to mention special speed & another chaos boon for 45% extra special dmg π aphrodite's legendary boon allowed me to interrupt some of Hades's attacks by charming him for a split second.

kinda quick
hold attack to win
wow that 16min clear...... i thought my 22min clear was quick but whew
tbf i did try and go fast and i have speedrunning experience in other games, very happy with that though
Finally got my 32 heat clear a few nights ago, IDK what to even do now
it took like... 50 attempts or so, if not 100
I donβt have a screenshot for this but I beat hades in 9:23
My first ever plume run (it got to 28,9% thanks to hades after I closed this window)
which theme is that? It's gooey!
infernal π₯ π
lvl 11 heroic boon
This run was just absolutely amazing
Almost a perfect EM4 fight, got hit twice
Also had curse or drowning
I had explosive return and sudden rush for hammers, which was really good and works well with the doom boons
God chaos shield is so good
Damage was incredible
EM4 Hades low key easier than heroes fight on this build
Another big damage cast build, back stabs were in the 1500's
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Went for a full demeter build to see how it felt and to get the legendary: cast is kinda fun, and watching the execute animation on Hades was hilarious
could have been much faster too if i didn't get 4 chamber styx
I got the "do tons of damage on attack and crit a lot!" run and it's very underwhelming.
First heat 16 attempt is successful
Had insanely good RNG. Got everything I wanted and more
Explosive return, sudden rush
Pressure point, impending doom, dire misfortune, splitting headache, curse of nausea, calculated risk, divine protection
don't have a screenshot lol but i beat my 4th run of hades today π₯Ί i'm usually quite bad at games that aren't turn based so im proud of myself for actually being pretty good at this one lol

Just beat EM4 with the Charon bow
Really solid build with Hermes and Ares boons, Achilles has been carrying me through this game so far
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after 16 hrs, finally my first victory!! (not rly a brag but v exciting so)
I decided to take a stroll with the aspect of Poseidon and well, I kinda melted the HP bars off of everyone
First Hidden Bow run, ||lost 1 DD to Charon https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/682568824855199794/764366972698755092/20201010155915_1.jpg||
fastest run I've done by far... followed by dying to bone hydra XD
let's just say high confidence isn't that great on a weapon you're not used to...
Just beat EM4 Hades for the first time
kinda ashamed i finished the main story at the 40 hr mark π¦ i realized it was a stretch. prioritized most of the achievements thinking i can hit 2 birds with the same stone, turns out i skipped some boons/daedalus ups for a reason. but all is well enjoying hades until 50 hrs, now at 52 and kinda bored... hopefully they add something around the gardens
you still must have stuff to unlock
and even if youre done
is a roguelike
it never ends
this is, bar none, the stupidest build ive ever had
i killed ||hades|| in less than 2 minutes i think
i had two +50% special damage chaos boons
and bonus damage to heartbroken enemies
AND perma privilege thanks to attack applying frost and chiron special doing heartbreak
so i basically won the run in asphodel lol
My first ever clear 
this one was also really fun
in case you didnt know, demeter is absolutely gross with ||beowulf|| cast
snow burst activates each shot and it has massive range AND charged shot relocates the aoe attack to where you aim it
nice job on your first clear @glad pendant !
Thanks @amber yacht it took me over 50 runs π
Tried recreating an old run, turned out as OP as the previous one.... I had another hammer perk that gave +3 dmg for every special arrow I hit & a boon that made enemies take more dmg if they were weak... the synergy was WACK
@lunar peak like the decorated ones to the right? ||You gotta rank up via. the resource director I think, resource director unlocks after campaign||
||Ok, but i have ranks Up and i dont have any one|| @dire furnace
hmm idk about that, last time I really played a lot was before release so this stuff is new for me too (unless these were there before release :P)
I'd say my run trumps your run, crit dmg is REALLY op
I know, but you don't proc it all the time
20%, 11 arrows
aight, all im saying it u should try out my version π you will be surprised, killed meg in 6 volleys I think
Oh same, it was a stupid fast run to kill bosses
Though it doesn't reflect on my time, since I read and don't speedrun xD
And have a habit of smashing pots 
yeah lol ur time was pretty slow, though I dont doubt the damage was through the roof
I do like my bow crit runs too, don't get me wrong :D
But it was a very lucky run to have the blossom with. I try to keep a levelable boon count low then, so I ended up with lvl 10 of that special
first EM4 clear! :D chiron is pretty ridiculous
this was soo OP π my 2nd win
Trippy shot is insane
@hollow wind yeah + ice wine so it drops pretty much instantly π
This was a fun run with Aspect of Achilles. Doom on weapon, blade rift on cast...lot's of revenge/jolted insanity going on...
Guan Yu 41 Heat WR (unseeded). πΈπ½
can't lose if i don't die
Ppl love Aphrodite
Winter is coming
It took me over 20 runs to get this legendary...
It was my last boon needed to complete the fated list
lightning rod is literally the easiest win condition
Athena's Aid 
zeus
First EM4 try and i got it. Man, it was hard.
extreme measures hades is very fun π
finally made it through my first heat 32. This stuff is intense, but my trusty excalibur carried me through despite the mediocre boon combos i got
Now i can finally go back to not having a sore thumb
π€
i did 32 long ago but recently tried high heat with excalibur, 35 i think it was
i failed hard
the main attack locking you into the animation for so long gives me problems
whats the secret
Poseidon Dash helps a lot with clearing trash
right click goes brrrrrrrr
That sounds like fun.
How much Attack you want on your spear ? YES
After a ton of tries, finally got my second 32 heat run, which turned out be mostly a breeze after I turned down FO2 to FO1
hades was doomed before the fight begun
that's a lot of doom
welp all these runs and still couldnt get the last aspect to unlock π¦
I just narrowly beat ||Extreme Measures 4 Hades|| for the first time ever, after a series of defeats at ||his|| hands, on a run that was more meant for unlocks and prophecies than being frontloaded for strength.
That fight is amazing, and I'm glad I found this game all the way back when Asphodel was as far as you could go.
How many have you done?
First 32 heat clear on my 1.0 Hell mode Save File, first try too woop woop (still got my early access muscle memory, I guess :p)
full defiances too
right before that I also got the epilogue ending, ~80h in total on one save for all achievements
both in one day, good times
time to grind out all the bounties again and mess up EM4, that'll be fun
yeah 80h seems like the sweet spot for epilogue if you're somewhat good at the game
First 32 heat clear on my 1.0 Hell mode Save File, first try too woop woop (still got my early access muscle memory, I guess :p)
full defiances too
@round sapphire chaos shield?
Also how do u have 4 defianceβs
What does chaos legendary do
it gives you a filled defiance slot after its cursed is done
this weapon is broken. I didn't even have to change the boons it displayed this is what the default was
second GY run in a row with quick and massive spin
the only way you could improve on that would be getting super lucky with the anvil to get those 2 plus the one that makes it travel further, damn
deflecting guan yu spin attack is super fun
so this came out of absolutely nowhere, 3 minute pb
what rank is your guan yu i havent been able to win with it but its only level 1
i think its the spear i planned on doing it with
Double legend zeus poseidon spear. 2nd clear.
between that and hades but i feel like guan yu would be easier time farming
EM4, no death defiance!
also charm on Em4 can cause some wierd stuff to happen
like he wont collect his spear and theyll duplicate
should've picked zagreus aspect heehee
zagreus + flurry slash + hoarding slash + all that money = incredible
terrifying area control rama build
sub 10 with nemesis sword
Can you guess what my main attack was? hint: its my cast
didnt win yet but i gott the money=power upgrade and I got 2000 monee, should be a win
9:26 on Nemesis! my recorded PB and only 3 seconds behind my actual PB
yup did it, 200 dmg per hit is pretty good
Can you guess what my main attack was? hint: its my cast
@sonic lagoon yessss I did a similar one the other day and had like 7 bloodstones per bull rush, I think I took like a third of his health in one hit π
I know it's not much compared to some of you, but I got my tenth victory today.
That ending is pretty great.
But really, it's not an ending. There's so much left to do; I could see myself playing this for a long, long time.
Congrats!
finally got 32 heat with all weapons 
Nice!
When you just wanna be permanently invincible
first win with adamant rail on my newest save, um, didn't actually fire it at the final boss one time, just dashed him to death
@humble zinc next time try zeus attack lol
Finally finished 32 heat with all weapons! 
Finished with full hp nice
yeah I got lucky with dio cast doing all of the work for me
Grats on your 32 all weapons too
Sadly the blades don't go vrrrr but the cast just murders everyone
Got my very first win at attempt #43! Unexpected and incredibly safisfying. Thank god for Stubborn Roots.
large numberzzz
just got my first sub-9! really happy with this run!
Finally beat EM4 with this busted cast build!
sick doom build
Accidently beat EM4 last night on the 2nd try. I had only ever seen up to the first phase before and had a terrible build. Was not expecting that. https://puu.sh/GBAzI/3d13800270.png
Stubborn Roots is OP af. That, and the Athena Call, completely saved my ass.
oh ye that seems like a nice combo
Hm....it wasn't all that great. From what I understand chain-lightning doesn't bounce on singular targets? The damage seemed really low and it took a long time to get him down.
π
Wait how do you get all of that extra stuff around your victory screen?
From the house contractor later in the game
Ooooo is that the "theme" unlocks?
ya
Good to know!
my 1st clear 
Finally! A Spear Clear!
This was my first time actually trying to clear the run as quickly as possible. Kinda bummed I couldn't get sub 15, shouldn't have done that trove.
level 1 guan yu with high confidence and stubborn defiance
Charged Volley is pretty awesome.
That looks like a really fun build
It was very fun, could've been even better with a good second hammer. Unfortunately got garbage on that one.
just first tried the guan ju aspect and i was clenching my ass so goddamn hard i had like 20 hp left
NOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST SPAM ONE ATTACK AND WIN EASILY
hehehe special go BRRRRRRRRRRR
First sub-20 min EM4 run
I think ruthless reflex is not enough for this fight
I can dodge his spin attack, but the other enemies that spawn are way harder
so, how much harder is EM4 with nothing else changed? π
@finite cave lol what do you mean by this?
Can we change the fight more? I wouldn't want that haha
oh, I've just never tried EM4.
my best time all-time is 17:44 though, with the bow π
I didn't get a screenshot tho
I bet I could get lower than that with the fists
Wait how do you get all of that extra stuff around your victory screen?
@sour flint here ||https://i.imgur.com/UUiNHlu.jpg||
Had a chaos boon for another cast making it 6 casts, engulfing vortex for longer blade rifts & they also pull in the enemies too, blade dash aswell as pressure points with clean kill... probably the most NUTTY build I have ever used other than chiron bow builds
Had a chaos boon for another cast making it 6 casts, engulfing vortex for longer blade rifts & they also pull in the enemies too, blade dash aswell as pressure points with clean kill... probably the most NUTTY build I have ever used other than chiron bow builds
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This was my first time going for a blade rift build... never even knew a duo boon existed between ares & artemis π
Chiron aspect is basically a cheat code to win
oof chiron has the best synergy with every god basically
Hera has some fun Dio stuff but itβs hard to beat the Chiron machine gun tbh
Pretty happy about my first 32-heat completion simultaneously with 100th total successful escape.
Was buying DDs frantically in the Temple of Styx, turned out I did not need them.
Splash Dash π
Man EM4 is ridiculous. I went into it with two death defiance and still failed.
So no victory boating for me...
took off fo2 solely because normal hades was super hard/annoying to fight
dont even want to imagine em4 + fo2
I've been able to pull off the EM4 + FO2 when sitting through like 16-20 heat, though not consistently, but I just can't seem to do it at 32
GOTCHA
EM4 Redacted you have been KICKED
............or not.
Errors have been made.
I was not ready.
gaaaah i was so close
brain dead build
Any local moderators hovering around willing to give me permission to curse the one (1) time?
[HEAVILY CENSORED VICTORY SPIEL] HELL YEEEAAAAAAHHHHH
Got the sub 15 but wow Achillies cast build destroys rooms but bosses are rough, it was way too close
First attempt at 32 heat is successful
Rolled with eris and a hangover build
Had 3 hp and 0 DD left
Lost a DD at the heroes fight but luckily got it back in the temple
how does rocket bomb affect eris?
dont you have to stand in the blast radius to get the buff?
how does rocket bomb affect eris?
@wheat lynx u just have to stand close to an enemy or a wall for u to absorb the wave
ah ok
a lot of people consider the eris aspect as one of the best, but's not clicking for me yet
im liking hestia a lot better rn
lol what is this spin attack hitbox tho. i got backstabbed
i didnt get the achilles def
@slim trout does that include status effects like doom?
One of the least lucky builds I've ever had and still got through Heat 32 without too much trouble. Rama is busted.
So literally ur damage output times 1.75
new pb
another 32 heat down
My first 32 heat run! Didn't even use a single Death Defiance
Just started going for speed, got a new PB after a few runs. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkB4VikVcAAB6zn?format=jpg&name=large
the damage in this build was absolutely insane. I got a perfect dad, not by dodging, but because he died before he could eat through all of my acorns. I believe his second phase took like 15 seconds.
The most shameless faceroll cast build I've had. Most of it came together in Styx
it is very rare to see cast builds with anything but Ares or Demeter. gj!
+300 damage per hit, nothing much
When you get ares epic special and Athena on attack on Gilgamesh
With
Whatβs it called
Ah
Duo
Between them
You just win
was messing around with bow to get the charged volley prophecy and ended up doing 5k damage to hades with poseidon call+pull boon+slam damage. Fun times
You done did it. The game is over. Congrats!
Hoorayyyyyyy
I beat it for the first time
I apologize for not being able to upload a my victory screen as I play the game on switch,
good job!
Thank you! Didn't have any revives left so I was running on adrenaline hahahahaha
actually almost had 16 min run with gilgamesh fists but rng failed me with satir rooms
21 min total 
tfw u win for the first time but win10 doesn't save ur screengrab
Congrats @cunning pewter on this win! I'm happy I could've helped in some way
Just goes to show Ice wine is still op lmao. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727061264597254165/764976137461563402/unknown.png
i decided to do a vorime and got my second 32 heat win for my efforts
Finally, finally beat EM4! Doesn't show on the victory screen but it does in my heart
Hmmmm that's kinda sus 
the heat bar up top will show us if you have em4 on or not
Slowly climbing my way up the heat ladder
but stopped to do a quick fist run
and got this ghetto bayblade chill blast build
and my most recent win, first heat five run baybeee!
and my friend tells me poseidon on sword is bad, PSH!
wait, it saved to my clipboard whyyyy
MonkaS
Sub 15 sword run done
Couldn't get heart rend until styx sadly
Sold parting shot once but it came back though 
Aphro legendary was actually very nice to have, didn't really make a difference to speed since I still had 2x DD and plenty of hp but still it goes off more than I expected
Also could not for the life of me find Hunter dash either
Kept dash slot empty all the way until half way through styx after my last artemis boon when I took divine dash since there was no more chances
Messed around with a new build for fists. Legendary Demeter Aspect, with Artemis boon for it, and then uhhh all the rest here lol. I don't think I've ever killed him that fast.
lol
Also have breaking wave level 4
Satyr tunnels get deleted fast lol
when you dont even have to attack or special until hades
glad to see chiron is still alive and well, even on the test branch
my build was basically complete at chamber 10 (11 was just darkness; should have screenshotted earlier)
Oh thatβs nasty...
too bad i didn't get literally any other demeter boons (besides the duo, which i got from zeus) after tartarus lmao
I always stick with Rama but this has me wanting to try Chiron now
Thatβs what I like about it. Power it up enough and itβs basically a delete button hahaha
Yes exactly
Second win! No defy uses on boss this time. Bless the shield shot.
Finally had a Poseidon aspect run I was happy with
I didn't unlock what I wanted but I got Zeus' legendary + new clear time!
It was a real dire win too, because up until ELYSIUM I didn't have even a damage up on my attack.
nice!
[And thhen i got faster charge + poseidon and razor shoals and it all just fit together]
Shoutouts to Patrokolos for carrying me through half of elysium with his jerky.
These two runs were stupid DPS
this one as well
Was not aware that you can lvl stuff to 15, 18, etc xD
i became chain saw man
finally I've done it; Scintillating Ice Wine saved the day, tbh
Fastest time yet.
Chaos? Chaos! XD forgot to use bouldy in the end fight because it was a transition from immunity to immunity. The last phase was literally half a second.
I stumbled on this build entirely accidentally, used artemis special to farm marks and used special + attack (with crit + weak) to deal high damage. Was angling for a duo (post-credit spoilers: ||Persephone's boon seemed really into upgrading the ares dash||) but ended up settling for a size and gravity upgrade from Ares. Blade rift did do quite a bit of damage with Artemis making all damage critable, though.
TOOK ME 60 Goes but I finally beat hades second phase!
then I managed to beat him Two more times straight after!!
so satifying
Gj ! its hard the first time, but then its easier since u know the fight
Got a win with a high dodge build, with zag fists & the feather. Very satisfying. Hermes wouldnt give me his dodge boon tho :(. Only death was to lava in EM2 hydra fight lol
somehow beat EM4 Hades on the 2nd attempt, love ice bow so goddamn much
Started a new save file (regular mode), managed to beat hades after only three runs (when I first started the game, it took me 23 attempts), and of course it happened to be with Aegis. A few things that made this run especially harrowing:
- No keepsakes or Cthonic Companions available
- No access to Ares, Hermes, or Demeter boons, who all only showed up in the next run
- No work orders from the House Contractor, who also only showed up after this run
- Daedalus Hammers just began to show up, but I only managed to encounter one, at the very beginning of the run
- VERY minimal mirror investment (effectively Routine Inspection 2, and then some)
- No zone NPC encounters (e.g. Sisyphus, Eurydice, Patroclus) available
- Un-upgraded weapons, no option to choose different aspects
- Even though I got a rare quality Heartbreak Strike, it only boosted damage by 90% (un-pommed), which might be the lowest possible boost.
- Due to the aforementioned lack of damage, even with Pulverizing Blow, enemies took a really long time to die, hence why the run took 35 minutes.
Not exactly victory boasting, but I thought this was sweet :)
I call this one the stupid multiturret because all I did was stand around and flail my blade a lot : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2255565946
Just first tried my first 6 heat run : D Turns out Scintillating Feast is as good as people say
scintillating feast is my favourite boon in game
partly because itβs amazing, but mostly because it makes my screen covered in flashes and fog and chaos and i have little idea whatβs even happening
I also had the legendary dio boon so I was stacked, it was +5
i thrive on confusion, what can i say
Just spam dash, ez game
ezpz
first clear with the rail my most hated weapon
I missed the proper screenshot, kicking myself because I might never top this speed
so close to sub10 fist run
I want it on the record I also purged two duo boons. I didn't even know getting this much stuff of this high rarity was possible
at a glance I'm counting 5 duo and 2 legendary? I stopped keeping track tbh
Poseidon? POSEIDON!
no poseidon call
disliked, not enough poseidon
sadly, it did not drop
Note to self: Companions dont work during final hades phase
divine protection and acorn ftw
2nd try for heat 32
Note to self: Companions dont work during final hades phase
@autumn turret they do though, unless you already them once in a fight
no they donβt, apart from Shady and Rib
||thereβs an upgrade to get the rest of them, but that takes a while to unlock||
oh really, ive just been using rib exclusively lol
oh the person who posted used shady though
thatβs not Shady thatβs Fidi
any of the companions that are employees of Hades refuse to fight him
So, I was doing a heatless run, trying to get Hermes' Bad News boon (didn't get it btw), and ended up with a build that dealt a ton of damage with Ares' and Athena's boons, and made it so that I couldn't even be harmed. I didn't lose any health whilst fighting Hades. Kinda wished I was doing a heat run with that build...
@clever karma Here you go. This run was even dumber. Each hit from call did 1.1k damage to Hades
Also, finished every single prophecy. I can finally play the game now 
There we go! My first victory since 1.0*!*
Finally got the 32 heat run with double Approval Process. The fates wanted me to win. Concentrated Volley + Relentless Volley + Crit + Chiron is gross
Does anyone know what the maximum lvl cap for boons is? I managed 18, but I'm curious to see if there's much more xD
Cool, so 20 is not the limit then π
One of my tactics is to take the bloom (+1 to boons after every 4 encounters), grab the Chiron bow and just grab something for a special. Use rerolls to replace with something better if necessary, but otherwise only really take non-levelable boons. I let the bloom do the rest, as well as me picking up coin/darkness/gems/poms. Sell off unneeded boons at the wells if I'm forced to take something I don't want/need.
any of the companions that are employees of Hades refuse to fight him
||thereβs an upgrade to get the rest of them, but that takes a while to unlock||
@fair gate You mean this?
Because I got that very early, like after I got the rib, tbh xD
ah, fair enough
The unlocks are very random
my and my gf both play and we are unlocking stuff differently
keeps the game fresh, I suppose xD
it was basically the last thing in the game i unlocked, but thatβs because it was one of the last things they added and i played a bunch in EA
The funny thing is that my gf has got more runs on me and she's unlocked more companions and all, but she hasn't got the authority to use them, while I do
the unlocks be like that xD
yeah thereβs a bunch of rng lol
Like I said - it keeps the game fresh π
Speaking of RNG, I wish there was a way to sway specific gods to help you more often... like if u carry their keepsake, it should give an extra % to have their stuff spawn in the first place
The God keepsakes make the next boon you encounter be theirs and you can switch them between stages
they only do that once per stage though
I was talking more of a roll percentage add
because I've been in situations here I take the arrowhead to summon Artemis first...and then no more Artemis throughout the stage...
kinda sucks
makes that keepsake a bit pointless to carry over something like a bloom or feather
Over the course of a stage you could gain a good 12%+ dodge or +3 levels for boons free vs carrying the god keepsake and getting no roll for that god
but them rare boons tho lol
reroll is better
I believe that forcing a god via keepsake does put it in the 'pool', which effectively does give an extra % to have their stuff spawn. I'm not sure if the effect of putting it in the pool that way is as strong a factor in it turning up again as having a 'natural' god
get crap boon, find another god, reroll for a replacement, which is rarity+1
I kid, I usually don't use God's keepsake unless going for specific build/prophecy
first run.
first 32 heat. Lost all my DD's in asphodel already but pushed through.
jerky-powered ancient greek RPG is stupid
oh, I use god keepsakes in tartarus and asphodel every single time
I've had a hard time finding very specific information about how god offering probability/pool stuff works, but maybe that's good for the time being. keeps it unknown
just had the best Aries Poseidon run on the face of the planet and forgot to ss :' )
first attempt at something bit more than my 6 heat previous best (using chaos shield as well)
I've had a hard time finding very specific information about how god offering probability/pool stuff works, but maybe that's good for the time being. keeps it unknown
@cedar cloak Maybe... But if you use tactics, u can end up with something like this:
Note a heroic lvl 3 in chamber 8 Tartarus, lol (started as a rare Ares, rerolled into Epic replacement by someone else, I don't remember, then rerolled into a Heroic Aphrodite - replacements keep the level and are +1 rarity to entice you xD)
Not that I'm looking for special info either, I just play the game. You find ways to use the mechanics to your advantage, RNG permitted
Man, TD3 is rough
Cluster + rocket bomb combo is really op
Yeeeehaaaaw
Just a tip, check the cheevos early if you want to go for them. ||You have to max out all the keepsakes. There were many I never used and grinding them all out took foreevverrrrr||
@green seal what I find more disturbing is that the achievement for maxing keeps is considerably less rare than many story/side/challenge achievements
Like... HOW
How do people manage to play the thing upside down xD
it was bugged, many people got it upon opening a new save
Really? Oh... Well that sucks then...
I usually try to only show stuff relevant to the main build. Some may not know that in that end screen you can toggle boons on and off.
Where the pins are on the left
Hope this helps someone showcase their builds better
Ooooh that explains it. I was also wondering how many people had that. Like that took me so long to grind out the ones I never used after I realized I needed it.
Shame that it is in circulation so much. It should otherwise be a rare one...
Didnβt get a pic, but I won a run with basically nothing. I got 3 boons, each level 5 by the end, with one being a call. Scraped by cuz I got lucky with slower enemy projectiles
there we go, now i might take a little break from the game lol
fastest run yet. when Ares is good for something he is REALLY good for something (even though Athena does the work)
Got my 4th win of the game with the aspect of Zeus and Zeus booms
Wanted to see if I could make Skull Earring work for anything and ended up with this Hera bow build. 3,084 damage per shot at the end. High Tolerance and Positive Outlooked were helpful for not dying while also staying below 30%.
First time with Aspect of Chiron, even though it's my slowest run, it's also my run with the least death defiance's needed
EM4 HL5 CP2 FO2 with Artur 40 heat
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/758485427723698186/765280300707479592/unknown.png
is that the ambrosia theme? looks fancy
@tough mirage one of the two ambrosia themes; that one is only available in the test build right now iirc
oh yeah, i thought i remembered there already being an ambrosia theme
was surprised when they added another one
i don't like it
This is probably the most finger hurting run i've had so far. dashed around so fast, Son Goku would've been jealous
not to mention being immune for over 20 seconds lmao
Athena's aid is big dumb
maybe i should've tryharded this run. Even went to the toilet without pausing and took all the satyr tunnels, and still got a good time
"I'm going to use the rail until I like it"
do you like it
Im gonna be honest.
This run felt REALLY good.
Seeing 3 seperate damage numbers pop up next to something makes my lizard brain go "ooooh damage"
"ooooh mathh"
I need to stop winning or I'm never gonna get the ||Guan Yu|| conversation.
This has to be one of the most insane boon combos in the game
Zeus and Poseidon really do big things when mixed up
My fave build so far
Ares on Hera cast is hilarious
That sounds amazing
first save hell mode finally got a clear
Tisiphone dead in under 30 seconds. π
How you like aspect of zag on the spear
@fervent island
I havenβt tried like any of aspect of Zagreus except sword
I am genuinely sorry I didn't have Extreme Measures 4 on.
living the dream--Sea Storm, both pos/zeus status curses and privileged status boost, plus both legendaries to quadruple damage....and if that weren't enough, twin shot and flurry shot on the Hera Bow.
I don't think it gets more broken than this π
it's all right. i find myself dash-striking a lot and special-ing less, but this time i tried to really focus on it, plus getting the chain special plus doom on special and fast special kinda brought it together @stoic sierra
EM4 FO1 HL1 is pretty hard to deal with
U probably couldβve had a better time if u put the heat on tight deadline or damage control
None the less congrats on 16
Plans for 32?
yep! Im aiming fer it! I just wanted to see what it felt like being able to mitigate and increase damage all the while dash-strike strafing 80% of the time
also is that PoP setup rlly that hard to deal with? most of my death came from the final boss if anything
at some point i stopped caring about the build and just tried getting as many duo boons as possible
for those of you looking to cheese, this is by far my cheesiest build, with lightning rod and static discharge
holy wow, skipped from around 12 to 16 heat for skelly's bounty, this was so much harder
Had 54.2% dodge chance and also 15% damage reduction
Dodge chance is multiplicative, not additive
To be more specific, instead of:
15% + 20% + 19.2% = 54.2
It is most likely calculated as this, with 1 being 0% dodge chance:
(1 - 0.15) * (1 - 0.20) * (1 - 0.192) = 0.54944 = (1 - 0.45056)
So you had roughly 45% dodge chance, as the number being subtracted from 1 is the percentage bonus
Not a small amount of dodge chance by any means, I just wanted to use this opportunity to clarify what I think is a common misconception
lol got the same boons as last run
Lol
using call so much was def more viable than i thought
Very solid athena cast build. Interesting to note, with merciful end, it's actually more DPS to cast one at a time, rather than all at once, since each attack will only trigger doom once. It actually makes for a more steady stream of dps than bursty.
Only my 4th win but my god Merciful end is fantastic haha I'll happily take 15:09
More details there π
Pretty happy with this 15:34, Excalibur is just nasty
not even close baybeee
@zinc hazel alright, but what on earth nuked Hades there at the end?
this one was a little bit silly. took like 1/3 of Hades' health off with a fully charged bull rush https://i.imgur.com/QTCcul4.png
end game contractor upgrade
it'll come up eventually as you keep playing
better start saving lmao
@unreal prawn level 14 boon????? talk about Overkill!! (congrats!!!)
today on my third win of having extremely scuffed builds that somehow worked..?
aka leroy jenkins
@fair vine how come your victory screen shows 78 clears but your weapon clears only total 6?
early access player, most likely
when elysium and then styx were added, win screen stats were reset, but total clears remained unchanged
ahh ok, cheers
mmm yes difficult run
seriously tho the fates REALLY liked me on this run. Special does more dmg per hit and has +4 shots AND it had crit on it. Was basically melting the screen by tagging enemies with attack and one shotting them with chiron special. ||EM4|| ended in like 30 seconds literally not joking at all.
oh yeah and +30% special speed is fun as well as increased crit chance with call. very balanced
Punched Hades in his stupid face twice in a row tonight. Felt amazing
got my best time twice in a row, second time beat it by a lot!
basically melted anything by filling it with bloodstones (sometimes critting of course) then instantly dislodging them for another cool 504 damage lol, rinse repeat
only thing that would've made it better would be ++bloodstone count boon
..also higher rarity on exit wounds i guess, but that's just picky :p this definitely did the trick
oops I did the "got way more boons than I reasonably should" thing again
what a combo
TFW you survive EM4 with 3 hitpoints
Eyyy, New personal speedrun record
Special for days
I also had epic swift flourish
and a 78% special damage chaos boon
couldn't fit those in the screenshot tho
Jeez, How much were your special Crits doing?
Niice
finally a win over 40. all my boons are rigged to be common too. athena and touch of styx carried a lot
Stubborn Defiance and 100% heal reduction is an interesting combo, all your healing comes from SD?
yes its a strat i stole from some people in high heat channel and some streamers
Did you ever find yourself taking hits on purpose for the healing?
yes, this is usually how people clear high heat
if you watch any high heat run on youtube/twitch/whatever, they'll kill themself at the end of most rooms for the healing
if possible, that is
The fact that people are managing high heat sub-20 is absolutely insane to me I don't even sub 20 on low heat unless I'm trying and I've yet to actually win one of those runs
Is that double edge and shadowslash you've got there for hammer @last violet?
yes. double dash attack hammer is necessary. other one is just icing on cake
I tried 32 at the weekend and the first attempt ended at Alecto, that was a strange sensation (tight deadline was hurting though), beat it on the second time with Chiron Bow - Chill Special
Chiron bow builds are freaking fun when they get going
Probably one of my favourite builds, overall
@unreal prawn level 14 boon????? talk about Overkill!! (congrats!!!)
@long geode haha, thanks! Though I've managed lvl 18 as well on an older run :D
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/725021639506526249/765227407191310346/unknown.png
Wild speed clear for me, tanked by a 4hallway: https://twitter.com/HamletEJ/status/1315905278508896257
Hades Any% 9:14, world #25 as of this tweet, if I upload it to https://t.co/nxNUrBK3zg
It was a 4-hallway Act 4.
Where do people discuss speedrun strats? I've thought about trying to get into it but I've got no idea where to even start
is 13mins a fast clear?
It would feel fast to me, I can't even begin to imagine how people get 9 minute runs
I just got into it a few days ago, watched some on https://www.speedrun.com/hades#Any_Heat to get ideas
Clear 100! 
rng was cruel to me with satirs, could have finish this run faster 
haha, thanks! Though I've managed lvl 18 as well on an older run :D
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/725021639506526249/765227407191310346/unknown.png
@unreal prawn holy... highest Ive ever gotten was a lvl 11, lvl 18 sounds utterly insane
athena is so good
no merciful end sadge
@unreal prawn holy... highest Ive ever gotten was a lvl 11, lvl 18 sounds utterly insane
@round sapphire Hehe! Someone here mentioned a youtuber who managed to get around 30 on something. I didn't check it out myself, but I'm glad 20 isn't the max cap π
how tf
Persifone's trinket and stupid amount of luck?
alright I have an idea for my next run
You just gotta limit your boon collection with rerolls
Totally doable if lucky enough... the bloom gives +1 to a random boon after every 4 encounters (Styx has a LOT of encounters if you go thru all the tunnels), then you can find a duo boon that gives a +1 to all poms (so a normal pom becomes a +2, a double pom becomes a +3) so you try to get the poms, you could ask Eurydece to give a +4 if you meet her...
All you gotta do is make sure to ever have ONE levelable boon to make sure the random +1's apply to it
^
You just gotta limit your boon collection with rerolls
@round sapphire Yeah, rerolls are good. On a good run I just reroll a special (especially for the bow) in the hopes that a replacement will roll. A replacement is always +1 rarity π
So I've sometimes ended up with a heroic boon early in Tartarus
Not bad when you end up with something like that in chamber 8 π
The 30 level Poseidon dash was before 1.0 so there was no pom blossom involved
He did use sweet nectar
Pom blossom probably could add like 10 levels on that
Not too much though since nectar and blossom do not synergize
at this point something like drunken dash is more funny, probably
Chiron crit builds do not mess around. Ignoring the lvl 5 call, I was still doing massive DPS. The call alone took Hades to half hp in his second phase. I wonder if it could have 1shot him if not for the HP gate.
probably the most broken run i've had so far. Everything died instantly. Would've been nice for a heat 40+ run π
Heat 0, first victory, took me 132 years. It was really bad untill last floor. I got hermes +3 dashes, the duo for health regen if no death def. I used the anvil to reroll my hammers, got poop for my build. Hades fight took literally 15 minutes cuz every time I went under half hp I just started running away until it came back up. Never been so proud and ashamed of myself at the same time.
Finally got my first win! With the weapon I was not expecting it with either... https://i.imgur.com/f6S28UU.png
first attempt (that I succeeded) at a speedrun
pretty slow but hey gotta start somewhere
turns out Lightning Phalanx is pretty okay, and Unshakeable Mettle is the real deal
What makes unshakeable mettle good? 10% DR doesnβt sound like much to me. Same as like 2 centaur hearts, no?
you can't get stunned, as in you don't flinch whenever you get hit
@rare moss how u got that border on the escape stats ?
uhhhhh idk. maybe i paid off the guy who gives titles? i did think something was different from usual but i didn't pay it any mind.
Death Defier
faster this time!
@fair gate so I'm personally using a poseidon stygius aspect cast build, which isn't fastest (p sure exagryph hestia aspect is fastest) and then starting out with poseidon keepsake, getting flood shot, then trying to focus down the mirage shot boon as fast as I can, then flurry cast, fully loaded, et cetera, anything to amplify casts
to answer your "how do people do this" question
Right after my first victory! https://i.imgur.com/fibesZo.png
This is a victory in my book
Actually managed my second clear last night on a build I had zero faith it.
I was using the adamant rail and managed to get the three burst boon. I stacked on chill, weak, and hangover and all the damage bonus buffs for those afflictions. Dealt massive damage to Hades.
nice
Nice
Love this cast
Love this cast
@graceful hatch try add arctic blast to your build. and you complitely fall in love. and try it on ahilies spear.
I also had triple + explosive on that run and got a 2k damage chain
I just no-deathed EM4 hades, probably the ideal dyo build
Heat 0, first victory, took me 132 years. It was really bad untill last floor. I got hermes +3 dashes, the duo for health regen if no death def. I used the anvil to reroll my hammers, got poop for my build. Hades fight took literally 15 minutes cuz every time I went under half hp I just started running away until it came back up. Never been so proud and ashamed of myself at the same time.
@sweet sequoia how long it took to beat hades?
Aspect of Hestia with some slowdown boons was a great build
yeah all that pink stuff on the side is the theme
all good glad youre not bugged
pretty much unkillable, had a few other Athena perks on top of it
woot
@orchid tusk aspect of Arthur is hella
If you get shadow slash and +backstab damage from a chaos boon its nuts
Epic attack speed boon from hermes really makes it shine
That sounds super good
"I'm sorry, is that some sort of poor person joke that I have too many bloodstones to understand?"
Where the f from you get so many boons?
Honestly it was mostly a combination of money and RNGesus smiling upon me.
that not a lot of boons 
lmao
been waiting to get this aspect leveled up so i could pull off this build and then the patch just gave it to me
1 special = 1 arctic blast
@heavy hatch
Why does it say you have 110 clears
But if u add up the clears with all ur weapons
It doesnt equal 110
something about early access players total clears being saved while weapon clears were lost
I feel good about this time
nice
i go in without god's legacy one time and now not a single duo boon decides to show up...
no ice wine, no scintillating, no cold fusion, no smouldering π
got my third 32 heat win!
picturesque rama chunk build right there
i walked into hades with no dds and i thought i was gonna die very fast
then i remembered that i was playing twin shot rama when i took him to his shield in 2 hits
wasnt pretty but i got the boons i wanted
Unlocked 5 dashes in a row with lightning boon yaaas
Finally got to have exit wounds on Aspect of Poseidon and it just kept getting better
EM4 Haddy? I won't say he never stood a chance cuz, ya know, two DDs lost...but he also got flattened.
Both the first two lifebars gone before he killed me once.
There is nothing Sea Storm and associated boosts cannot do. Nothing.
talking about a dream build come true, lucifer with epic Demeter attack, Dio special,Zeus cast and Athena dash
Probably the funniest build I've had, I just sat there, held mouse, and broke out the DAMAGE
First victory for me, with default Stygius too β οΈ
2.5k gold hoarding slash is p cool
why do people so often get hoarding slash on arthur? excalibur is much slower than the other aspects
because number make lizard brain happy
Finally hit 32 heat on all weapons!
Turning it down to FO1 instead of FO2 was probably the gamechanger. FO1 just gives you so much more time to react that I stopped dying to Asterius charges I couldn't react to.
My last bounty. 14 seconds to spare. MonkaS
1st win!
If someone has a victory screen with the woodland theme pls tag me with it
I want to see it, but I was scrolling here and couldn't find any with it
lol wut? how?
If I had ||sisyphus companion I could have gotten 2 more boons||
Dark foresight + take boon > money > shop - always reroll hearts
this was a jank build but i tanked
First win
@queen portal first of many!!
Didn't expect much from this run but who knew that having a ton of disparate boons meant big damage spam (also if anyone's curious that's the new chaos theme)
wow I cut 4 whole minutes off my previous Fists run
Dark foresight + take boon > money > shop - always reroll hearts
always reroll poms* for me
I just got my best time with fists
Demeter aspect is just so good
Dionysus dmg creeps up on bosses, poison be crazy
Demeter with Hadoken special is hilarious
it's like a kamehameha
duo boon flex
RNGesus smiling down on you
I was really hoping for hunting blades on my latest run, but I only got sea storm
5 duos?? I think the most I ever had was 3 
lost this spree after π’
very close one
damn, had you only gotten the ares legy here, the dream...
Where can I boast about defeating a boss?
prolly here
Big words for someone who only sat in the back, doing nothing, while the Minotaur did all the work. Theseus, you're no champ, you're nothing but a boastful Prick. God, it felt good beating him
first of many
gonna try out the other weapons now (mainly just been using the spear) the gun seems kinda fun lol
https://i.imgur.com/XPtO3Ps.jpg one of the most ridiculous runs I've had in a long while
hunting blades plus 4 extra cast charges
plus the demeter boon which boosts damage and resistance with no cast charges, plus rapid fire and epic hermes attack speed buff
Guess this is victory boasting of sorts. Thanks for the Awesome experience!
Eeyyyyy
got exclusive access before 1st boss
Different kind of boasting, but, completed all achievements!
what a trainwreck of a run, terrible RNG overall, just saved by the forge at styx which got me piercing volley and concentrated volley
omg
Sweet merciful Buddha.
Beat final bosd without using any other Olympian boons
Did get chaos and hammer though
Mmmm crits
@abstract veldt were you using pom blossom?
I was @left wren
I wasn't very good at knowing where to reroll though
And didn't save fated tokens for styx
See thats what I dont like about pom blossom, it just seems to upgrade one single boon instead of random ones like its supposed to
\o/
yolo mouse helped a lot
the default cursor is pretty, but really small and blends in with the background well
idk
awesome
oh god, zeus aspect
My first 32 Heat run! What a rush! Thank the Gods for slowdown effects. (15 minutes later and my heart is still going a little crazy, whew!)
what is the weird pinning thing with the moves
@obsidian pebble thats the boon being displayed in the middle
does it have any purpose?
Let you know which one is being displayed so you click it and display something else
Is to make stuff easier
Save you time
Let's say you dont want to display piercing volley in the middle, now instead of looking through all them just look which ones are the ones pinned so you can find it easier
itβs for screenshotting purposes
Pretty much
Also just to look at a boon, if you have 5 selected and you want to look at another one, it won't show, so you have to unselect one of the 5
I became a beyblade in this run
sub 8 this is amazing
(sorry for low quality pic, it's on switch) This was my 2nd attempt at EM4 Hades. Previously I had a 46 run win streak that was killed by my 1st attempt. Sweet revenge π€
*Boons were not arranged to highlight any of note
HELL YES FIRST 32HEAT VICTORYYYY!!! Didn't even die to him!
Triple Bomb OP. Heroic Aphrodite nuked everything
No need or time for a cast then lol
π
those duos
hahaha blitz disc go brrrrr
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