#h1-victory-boasting
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had to do it cause some scrub said Cursed Slash is a "noob trap" who's the noob now?
yea cursed slash is good if built correctly and in the right hands, what were they talking about
it is kinda bad though if you dont have a high enough hitrate
but i get hit a lot so thats probably why im biased and use zag fists
zooooooooom
a very wet and shocking zoom
jury summons at 5 heat π³
seems like the least intrusive to me tbh
I mean calling anything in the game a "noob trap" is just misinformation, because maybe I just like the life-steal mechanic cause it's fun?
it wears down your time because enemy spawn time
imagine not playing on hell mode and having to deal with JS1
I mean if you play the game avoiding "noob traps" you should just use the same weapon and boons every run
i play on hell mode an always deal with it so its become a norm for me
There are def a couple noob traps in the game lol
hell mode has PL so i would die every time
But to hell with anyone who hates on cursed slash
no such thing as a "noob trap" its all based on how you want to play...
you could say the punishment contract "are noob traps" cause they make the game harder lol...
people call hs a noob trap but i still use it so go off
A βnoob trapβ I define as something that sounds great on paper, but isnβt actually a great idea for a new player lol
you could say anything that isn't high DPS or highly defensive is a noob trap lol
Things like butterfly, say, that require consistent execution to make the most of
still not a noob trap, if you're good enough to do encounters without getting hit its one of the best keepsakes in the game lol
That a lil nubblet is going to think is terrible the first time they use it because they take a hit every room and throw it back in the closet to never touch it again
no such thing as a noob trap other than in fact, being a noob.
if you have enough skill nothing is a noob trap cause you cant be trapped
well.
yeah.
at that point you're not a noob anymore
hence cannot be trapped by the noob trap
i'm gonna just keep beating the game with "noob builds" to prove myself to strangers on the internet i'm good at games
i think we have very different interpretation of what a noob trap is
Have....... fun?
someone tell me the worst possible keepsake and weapon combo i can use and ima beat the game with it
for my 3rd escape
fists butterfly. Have fun!
okay i got you
^^^^^
i just need to listen to this dialogue for my last escape i paused ot
just take egg and never do chaos
itll do literally nothing
Or that
i think it would be fun to try and make a build that works with the fists and distant memory tho
You'd need to get Kinetic Launcher, yeah
you'll get to take your step-grandparent on a tour around the underworld though
you rightt
Troll Father, Please Chaos
This is my current PB
A different kind of victory XD
It took me 4 hours of 0 heat runs before I got the sell-a-legendary-boon one tonight |3
The game just refused to allow the cards to line up correctly. Kept giving me the legendary(s) in Styx and then no opportunity to sell
I sold the fishing boon that you get from a scripted posiden convo
It kinda sucks anyways
kind of?
I finally got my first 32 heat run! Now time to do that with all other weapons γΎ(οΌ ^β^οΌ )γ
THAT'S SO COOL! i've never gone higher than 7, THAT'S SO COOL!!!!! 
I did 32 heat on rail and I never plan on doing it again
My stress levels were through the roof
it was really stressful for me up until EM3 heroes. Asterius is literally the main reason I died like 5+ times today lol
jumping directly from 14 to 32 :O
tysm! i also couldn't do like super high heats for a while, but then I watched a bunch of videos and something finally clicked lol
i really wanted that last trinket lol
Finally completed a dash-only run! No attacks or specials were used. I did use Athena's aid for protection.
thats wild
dash only with zeus?
youre insane
no wonder you have a 52 min clear time lmao
but congrats though
Could have been much faster if I got all the boons I wanted. Still, I feel accomplished.
zeus dash without the t2's? tuff
poseidon fits more for the job
but zeus is cool
Zeus dash can be super effective with double strikes, plus the legendary. I wasn't so lucky.
I also wanted more dashes from Hermes, but he wouldn't comply
it do be like that sometime
Yeah. 3 Hermes boons, and no extra dashes, haha
I'll have a lot of editing to do, but this may be the first run I make a video from
it is
It's mostly fun. Some chambers get tedious.
ive been trying more 32 heat runs lately so this would be a nice breather

I had been planning that build for a while. Figured EM3 would be a fair difficulty level for such an absurd run. Once I got Zeus' epic dash in the first chamber, I knew it was time.
Then, I stupidly went for a hammer chamber, realizing too late it wouldn't help
daedalus should build some shoes for zag
Right? Gotta run all that way barefoot
I wish we could meet Daedalus in the game. He is my favorite character
zag bow is so insanely powerful with heart rend and point blank
i beat dad in like 40 seconds with this lol
Dang. That setup could clear a much higher heat, for sure
Beat Hades for the third and fourth time tonight. Only got twin fists and Stygian blade left to do!
niceee

Finally cleared with coronacht
Not the best build, but I discovered a point-blank special shot with stackable effects like Doom does wonders
Got masters of arms too, that 10 titans blood is nice lol
@brave fulcrum Dang. Just constant shoving and zapping?
Heroic Hunting blades go brr
Yep
Sadly didn't get the +whatever% vs. Bosses boon
But eh
Still very powerful
nice
i made it all the way to styx
but..i died to a rat
lol
a really giant rat.
Gilgamesh is quickly becoming my favorite weapon to play with.
I also had the +900% to armor dash-strike thing.
good for u pal
tried out a beo special build, turned out okay
Winter harvest + killing freeze(chill with decay leading to instant death at 10% health combination with festive fog [duo boon combination which inflict chill and deal lightning damage (also has jolted as lightning is on my special)], frost strike level 8 for maximise damage from archilles spear after 150% damage which also applies on the festive fog that deals 500 plus damage per impact... Don't need any ultimate boon or any good keepsake... This is extremly potent on boss for the 10% instant ko
you didnt need to describe what each of your boons do/are lol
but eitherway, amazing build there
Appreciate the explanation
Also I use that keepsake because I wan to get 3 star for all the keepsake... Trying to 100% the game... Only left increasing rank and maxising weapon with titan blood, everything else done
How do u get the different victory borders??
House contractor
Smoldering + Dio pulled this one out of left field honestly
unfortunately, despite my attempting, i couldn't get the Dio/Aphro duo
You will get it once it appear in house contractor... The one Im using currently is the 15 ambrosia... There is 10 ambrosia, 10 titan, 10 diamond etc
noiceee that's amazing
These boons
my luckiest run yet
poseidon with a non-lodging cast 
i wish i got mirage shot
i find an epic exit wounds with a heroic crush shot better though
try it on em4 hades
I just finished witcher 3 to its last expansion
"Knock, knock, who's there? THE DOOR" build
pretty good not good enoguht
BOUNCING BOUNCING
time to barrel-roll to 40 ig
C L O S E C A L L
hehe i beat 32 heat with chiron but i dont have a picture of the build ;w;
and i almost died on em4 with a good rama set
very fun
dang that clean kill sittin there doin absolutely nothing
oh lmao that was hilarious
it was that or hunter instinct, so i rerolled
got clean kill or hunter instinct again
even funnier because it could have been mirage shot
Finally 40 heat all weapons ! I was taking my time, being safe, but didn't expect a sub-20min clean with JS3 + CP2. Had to lower to FO1 bc i suck with melee weapons.
should have recorded this run, new PB with nemesis thanks to starting with 3 artemis boons in a row
Just beat Hades 6 times in 54 runs. Is that good? Probably not. But damm was the last run terrible. I had to do all the styx satyr tunnels, lost all of my death defiance and relied on that one boon that allows you to regain health.
(And i casually forgot you have to do it 9 times)
Yes thats pretty good
soo this was a quite the interesting run
just the festive fog doing about 1200 damage just from the explosions
it could get to like 2000 with the ice and the electric
Wow that build would have been even better on beowulf or hera
mfg thats a god hera bow run
@tame shore
Probably not the best build ever but damn it was fun to play with.
oh nice, fast
i might do an attack speed build with zag sword
but ive done an evade build with zag fist and got to lie 60% evade
New personal best time :D
Also, Poseidon Special is wack on Chiron
as in good wack??
since i like chiron
and might try it out
It takes a long time to pay off
my build wasn't finished until before the Champions and as a result I lost all of my death defiances on the bull and butterflies
as opposed to Specials like Artemis, Aphrodite, Demeter, etc that make your Chiron chew through rooms very early
but don't be afraid to try it out and see if you like it 
Highly recommend it for having fun
H O W
First ever 32 attempt on Hell Mode and first one in 7 months. Man, the Rail is so great.
Good job!
Thank you sir. If I would have dodge all her attacks I would have impressed myself even more xD
This isn't a run obviously, but after 250 hours and over 300 runs I finally got this chaos boon that let me finish the fated prophecies lol
I was beginning to think it didn't exist. Finally got those 30 keys I can't spend on anything because I have all of the contracotr stuff done
This was a fun one. Also TIL summons ||dont work on Hades π||
thank you for telling me this, I now now this information
It was my first run with a summon and ||I saved it the entire time like I can make it through the rest, but thisll come in handy for Hades π||
Try merciful end next time!
well, I think it's.. ||You unlock using it against hades when talking to him a couple of times. ||
Idk, but this boon randomness is hilarious, i'm off hunting them to fulfill the prophecies, 10+ runs i don't get anything, and then the game gives me three legendary boons at once, like why? xD
beat 32 heat for the first time! And final boss only took one death defiance!
I actually only used 2 DDs the entire run!
First EM4 clear!
good job
Only one dd used total, on the last phase of final fight like 5 seconds before ending
got greedy
HS π
hades died very quickly
chiron kinda nutty
finally replaying hades after over a week of absence, got into the swing of things quick and I did even better than last time
Easy dubs. 2/6 for 32 clears for every weapon. Eris op with cluster and rocket
my attack was STRONK https://i.imgur.com/aoFEBt0.png
:O sheesh!! i wanna see what kinda damage numbers u were doing with that lol
by the heavens
congrats
nice!
First shield clear
perfect poseidon build π
oh... oh yes.
The most powerful Beo run I've had yet! Didn't even lose acorn on Hades fight, though I still haven't gotten Black Out.
merciful end goes Brrrrr
Niiice
There was... a lot of lightning
Yeah, it's good
And damn does it do damage
this was stupid sloppy good
plus I had Lambent Plume and Rush Delivery with a 75% bonus damage mod
and Lambent Plume stacked on ALL encounters to 35%
fastest time yet, but I'm small potatoes
#RoadTo32Heat
ooooh we're half way there
actually got pretty lucky this run
got Heart Rend as early as the Tartarus Miniboss
i actually plan to just jump straight to 32
there isnt really any point in doing the in between levels is there
apart from titan blood and stuff
un otro lol
yeah i even picked FO2 at 16 heat instead of free heat like CF to prepare myself for the inevitable 32
was doing a casual achilles spear run, but then i got flurry jab in tartarus
didnt get extra dashes from hermes so serrated point ended up being dangerous against bosses, so i had to play it safely
fwiw flurry and serrated dont mix well
usually if you get flurry you avoid serrated like the plague
Guan Yu isnt bad
was getting 2k+ crits on the special lmao
Battle Rage actually really good with it
since you 1 shot most mobs
didnt even use SD on hades lol
considering your hp is pretty low with guan yu you're quite likely to get killed
they're not using quick spin, so that's not even much of a good option
since they're doing a charged skewer build the enemy is too far away to heal off of anyway
and the heal is pretty unreliable imo
yeah
also I just use SD on pretty much any heat now since its pretty much mandatory on high heat due to LC4
this run was so easy
pretty guuuud.
Fastest Run yet.
I got Dio call AND Naus both inside of styx lol
double nem crest from a rerolled pool was nice at the very end there
weird 5 heat setup there, id recommend you to remove underworld customs and put extreme measures 1 or extreme measures 2
Maybe they're just trying to make shackle work
shhhhhh
welcome to #h1-victory-boasting, home to the most infuriating low heat setups you'll never use
My very first no darkness
Guide to beating it, by me: double dash as if you never had lost any mirror upgrade
i like how you say that and instantly after someone posts a RI run lmao
no mirror upgrades
rl1
Dash Nova is the mvp
I mean
The sword heat level is literally at 2
So I figured why not set it at 2
since it wont make a dang difference
unless it unlocks straight up to 8
tbh you can run pretty much anything at low heat
it doesnt make too big of a difference
ap2 
turning off defiances and second dash is a big difference though. props to Xate
press spacebar to win. did a dash-only run where i only allow myself to do damage via dashing. unfortunately did not get sea storm because im an idiot and didnt realised that tidal dash doesnt qualify for a sea storm prerequisite.
i have no idea how this qualified for a TD3 time.
fisher king 
theres not even a greece fish 
my binds for all other attacking have been moved as far away from wasd as possible
apart from q which i forgot
call only run when
dont tempt me
summon only run
meg is gonna be very sore if i did that
My dash only run
Just had one of my most interesting runs!! That was quite FUN and clever!
It was quite hard to achieve this since i had no aspect (zagreus)
Also i had the underworld customs pop, which made it even harder to get such a good build.
UC?
Yeah i don't know man π
I was really gifted i guess
The beams damage was insane, if only i had another cast... Damn chaos i had to select extra cast curse instead of special damage curse.
Btw there was 2 funny thingz about this build:
- doom damage π it was insane, like 700.
- exagryph upgrades. Shotgun (spread fire*) + explosive rounds made it quite fun.
Also i did not used any of my death defiances so yea π
thats well wicked, grats
Huh really good sir though my build was cooler buuut your heat is 20 so i guess i must shut up π€
your build is severely cooler
If only i had another cast
idk how you managed that with UC of all pacts
I have no idea how i am alive! [sonic meme]
i dont think i can ever play another run without fo2 on
everything feels so slow without it
something I call the "hold LMB and jump around like you listened to too much House of Pain" build
didnt get curse of nausea or low tolerance despite seeing dio like 6 times after enabling them :(
how much would low tolerance help you? I see that your dash gives weak, which for a ranged weapon isn't much
this is my first actual hades speedrun
can't submit it to the leaderboards because I didn't record myself dying/completing a run beforehand in order to refresh the seed
but NOW I KNOW and i'm probably going to go demeter fists for more speed next time
(also i didn't even have a companion, so that probably makes things somewhat more impressive)
this is fun
spicy cast run. too bad i don't get cast damage buff from chaos. hope for double strike boon but uncle zeus hate me.
For barrel roll image
yes i did it on the 7th attempt on this file
i was gonna be 5th attempt
(i started a new file after completing the game 50 times to see how much i need)
the run i got boiling blood and cerberus keepsake i won
ty @novel dragon, i was pepega with normal cast so went with rechargable one
yeah it's just that other casts work better with hera but zeus cast goes literally everywhere
i was looking like a pepega running around to pick it up
i was looking like a pepega running around to pick it up
you got a pretty good build with it too, congrats
splashy
sploosh
SLOSH, SPLASH, SPOSH, SLASH
wtf that lookz mad
I managed to win my second time with a weapon I only used once prior (fists)
I beat Lernie without using up a Death Defiance when I entered the room with under 30 health left and I just had the thought... Am I actually good at this game?
(I ended the fight with 2 left but I had Strong Drink so I got totally refilled in the next fountain so its good)
Good job!!
I didn't even have divine dash I was just dashing constantly
What kind of build tho
now do that with em2
Im starting to think Shield is a bit cheating XD, also hydra kinda easy ngl
Should have had 3 phases
There were times when the hydra fight had three phases. It was way more tedious.
Eh i guess yeah
yea used to be 3 head, then 5, then 7
More invincibility time for the main head made the fight a slog.
there also used to be walls instead of pillars
and hp pots
it was very interesting
Shield Domain here i Come again
i played back in the chaos update so its really wholesome to see the game grow
there was nothing past asphodel
only 4 weapons
artemis had no art
and neither did a lot of the cast tbh
the rooms werent nearly as populated
So early access you mean?
what is the records room used to be hades's room
mhm
very early access
it was still super fun tho
arti had a different dash that was busted
ight
Now you have me curious. What was arti dash like?
Because now it's literally inferior to all of arti's other options
it used to be guaranteed crits for x seconds
mhm
just free crits
and pair that with even more busted athena and dash spin
you could break 1k so easily since the damage scaling was crazy
Wow
Never in my life would I imagine there was a dash legit superior to modern Athena Dash
yea and athena dash was garbage
it used to have the same efffect but made the dash slower
so it was poopy
idk, ig it was the drawback for having deflect on it but still
was poopy
and most other gods were more of the same
Athena Dash probably best boon in the entire game
Or at least one of them
So much versatility in a single boon
yea but back in early access and i mean very early it was garbage
I remember hearing about Hades back then
Never got it tho because EGS
Also because back then I believe I was still on an Isaac kick, but I can't say for certain.
night mother
yea, nyx and charon's art are much more recent
like one of the last few updates was their art
and fists was the last weapon introduced
Really?
mhm
So it was Sword (obs) then Bow (probably), then Shield/Spear, then the GUN and then Fists
sword, bow, shield, and spear were the base weapons for early access
they always exsisted
Ah
then gun then fists yea
everyone was speculating either magic or a scythe for the last wep, and i made a joke one time about zag getting a cestus and it happened
also yum
Oh thats a build right there
man i dunno what this run was but i had to use the tried and true RUN AWAY strat on Hades more times than I could proudly say
Thanks!
(Close Call, Though)
Seriously tho, nicely done!
Thanks!
imagine taking shady
I was literally one hit from death!
Taking shady is the power move
what shady and chaos egg??
YOU TAKE THAT BACK, SHADY IS THE BEST COMPANION AND I SHALL PROTECT THEM UNTIL THE END OF TIME
im part of the mort/anton enjoyers
it can give me the loving embrace of the dads and my husband
Bouldy is the best
I agree.
got Blizzard shot for the prophecy, it was pretty useless
but I got +53% attack from Chaos and +30% attack speed from Hermes, so Artemis attack + shadow slash did enough damage to get me through EM4
hey blizzard shot is good
well my problem was I was always pressing the left mouse button
no time to press the middle mouse button
how are you supposed to build it? obviously you want Poseidon sword and cast buffs, but do the shards proc any effects?
and how does it work with Beo?
100th run, 6 Duo boons, it was so much fun! 
oh geez
hehe only hl1
ooo nice
god it looks so much less cluttered than what i have
i cant get a picture but like, geez
I have like all the decorations and it looks like a beautiful mess
Ive put so much gems into the house that at this point its just flowers and carpets and you cant even see anything. I should probably try and make it look nicer
we love maximalist aesthetic
I just love the total blue motif
also rocket bomb + cluster bomb is craazy!! never cleared out rooms so fast before https://i.imgur.com/2D7DAY9.png
Looks good just try and get zeus on your attack if you can
how does eris even work with rocket bomb??
It's good... Explanation :your built wasnt optimised around it, solution : your cast should be outside longer and you need combination like lightning rod for example,
Mirror choice : choose the one with 3 cast ready to be used so that u have 3 cast to be use at the same time
yeah I wasn't optimizing for it, I just picked it up b/c I needed it for the prophecy
getting in on the barrel-roll challenge
PL π°
hell mode be ebic giving you pl
damn, that's very impressive! how do you do that haha
play high heat > die a lot > get better π
my wrist hurts now
Excruciating Soul
...Nice.
today's my birthday and I got my first sub 20! also my first time getting so many heroics and duos. done with aspect of arthur.
I finally one for the first time ever!
Beat Hades with tight deadline, first use of the pact!
Chonky damage
Poisonous lasers are also extremely fun and satisfying to use. For both of these runs I got the 3 gods I wanted in Tartarus so extreme rng luck
Chaos shield heat record = broken 
what in the Maximus Decimus Meridius?
hwat
How did you get 3 sdβs?
Iβve only gotten max 2 from athena
1 sd, 1 athena dd and skelly tooth
oh i didnt realise the skelly tooth
mb
Hardest boss is theisus not even hades
At the start it feels that way
I felt that way too
But hades just gets annoying af
I managed to die once during that fight. Hades was easier to manage
If you keep your distance and kill the ads he spawns he's manageable
yea screw theseus and his shield
Just whale on thesues when he summons the god
Exactly why I hate him
One moment he is shooting skulls at you and the next moment he spin attacks
Just keep dash attacking
Honestly the Theseus fight was pretty good once I treated it like Spade & Farley from Dank Souls
I always pick up dash defect because of theisus
Just rotate around the pillar. Pop em with what you can based on your build. Cast or special
pillars*
When you see theseus red target run behind a pillar
Armored greatshield rooms sometimes give me more trouble than theseus honestly
^
I just kind of generally run around the outer ring, but yes when he targets just kind of linger as long as it is safe
And also use acorn if u have trouble with theseus
Also kill the minotaur first
Its easier
its only annoying with sword or fists
Fits is where it's at
At higher heat its annoying
Big burst
3 spawn then 5 then 8 right
its 3 then 7
There are only 2 phases
Save call for the final phase
or does it have 4 phases in emless
Oh my bad it's two XD
i once had like 3-4 of the spawner heads on EM2, it was great.
bye-bye lernie
Pos summon in hydra clutched so many times when i was at barely any health
For speedrunning em2 is great
not only did i get my first sub 15 but I was also super close to sub 12 which was my other big goal!
only used acorn cus i went in down 2 defiances, im not a nub i swear
if i hadent choked on the meg i would have had sub 12 ez
π
If you are trying to get a good time put on only Em2 and fo2. Tight deadline removes survival rooms. Em2 makes the lernie heads spawn closer together making the fight faster. Fo2 makes enemies spawn faster π
oh i know
Ok
i have em1 only cus im trying to squeeze the most titans blood out of heat as i can π
Lmao
im only gonna deal with fo2 once im going for like sub 10 or something
late reply but i just charged into everything and spammed q
overall it only saves a few seconds and im honestly not even that good
Overall it saves a lot of time but yeah
dont even have 80 runs yet :>
I had like 2 minute drop form 11:30 to 10:40 after em2 and fo2
i usually run em2, it defo would have helped with that run since i lost some time running around
Also if u use eris fo2 wont even be a problem
i did also have a like 5 sword runs in a row thing where i tried poseidon sword and dropped my time from over 20 mins to 15:40 or so
but apart from that mostly just following darker thirst lol
i enjoy all the weapons so
Same except shield lol
i might try a zeus shield merciful end but idk how good it'll work
I enjoy using spear, bow, rail significantly more tho
Nearly got under 10 minutes with the bow, just need to shed a little bit off. Hera with aphro cast is crazy nice.
i've tried hera and i just couldnt manage, thats insane though
i really struggle with cast aspect shield too
dunno why, id say im solid with everything else
Trick with Hera is just loading the cast and firing fast instead of going for the perfect shot evey time. Trick with the shield is to load the casts during the shield bash instead of before. Both of those things will save you a ton of time.
i've heard that about shield, im just bad with it lol
thanks for the bow info though, im used to crit build bow which is dash attack everywhere
I love all 4 bow aspects, just treat Hera like its a shotgun basically
Same
i tried a chiron zeus build and it was pretty fun but not very fast, dont have much experience with sharanga
Chiron Zeus is not great
fun tho
oh that explains a lot actually
There is a cooldown
i mean it would be p op tbf
Yeah
friggin Zeus
if only he hadn't played hard to get, I could have had Cold Fusion here too
oooo, still a great build tho
Pom Blossom really popped off
just, like, upgrading Wave Pounding 4 times by itself or something
I've been taking it almost every time I enter styx at this point.
5 free poms or something if you take all the paths
if I'm lucky with boons I get to do that, but usually i have to take a boon trinket to make sure i get a duo
finally did this after 430 hours
niiiice
@vale sierra right after we talked about fully loaded lol
exit wounds is straight nasty here
even at common the diff from not having it is pretty big
yeah being able to hold down cast is nutty
Wa nice
The combination is awesome
Mirage shot + fully loaded + exit wound...artemis cast would lead to insane damage too especially if u have marker boon(2nd target get crit target)
@dawn egret how much is the damage per cast shot, especially with those chaos boon
i think i did have marked, i just had the other cast
idr
500 maybe
maybe a bit less
Cast I think would be better if artemis too
500? I thought it would touch 600
But yea nice combo... Also archilis spear max level is probably the best caster weapon in game
maybe 550. It's hard to remember honestly
missed chance to get an extra cast from charon + chaos
7 casts go brrrr
i dont think i was offered from chaos, but i didnt reroll
I did reroll wells and didnt get any stones
damnn
this would be crazy on arthur
I will simply just walk in to the hades fight with 1000 hp as my wincon
My first time beating hades! POG
nicely done! my first ever run was also on a shield and it was also ~40 minutes long haha
lol, shield is op
shout out to @summer geyser and @fickle knot for giving advice on 32 heat config. Third time's the charm 
also I didn't intend for cast build
I had no cast by elysium
and uncle fish gave me mirage shot
was like "screw it, if I somehow won, this would be a miracle"
how do you do that That's incredible
zoom
What's your fastest run with rail?
Not him but 11:03
16 mins omg
ah, blizzard shot+mirage shot
a classic cast build
hmm
we need a catchier name for that than βblizzard shot+mirage shotβ
I wonder what I could do with the right doom boons from.hades and electro multi shock from zeus
i propose βblirage shotβ
Blizzagraja Shot
final fantasy 
Mizzard shot
Wait you can get freeze and slow effects on rail attack?
: puts down phone and runs to their PC:
24 minutes honestly isnβt that bad if youβre not explicitly trying to go fast
well neither can i
i just break all the pots for the satisfying crunch
i keep getting weirdly close but i canβt crack the threshold
i barely sub 12βd with gilga once and thatβs enough for me
i canβt play that aspect at all lol
I guess this counts, I got a victory (first time with bow), and I got a great image of zag
12 win streaks out of 13 total wins
Migh as well post it here. Getting only faster with this weapon
the shield just is cheats XD
honestly surprised that the second most wins are with the sword, which builds?
A lot of it was when I was messing around with the base sword, learning the game
Afterwards, I did a few runs with Arthur. Crit stuff with Artemis attack for the most part
hmmm yes, it would take me a lot to get accustomed to the sword
whats your favorite shield build tho
π youre gonna have to explain, im new
For real, Heart Rend
Artemis special, Aphrodite attack or dash
Get the Heart Rend duo. Get a lot of rapid-fire crits
ahhhh gotta love the artemis special
It's pretty solid on Zeus shield
Chaos shield ? I legit don't like it much, personally. The best/fastest times I've seen on it involves the Zeus special
... And a ton of Zeus
i heard zeus aspect was slower...
Even though its similar to Hera, I like it a lot more for some reason
might still go for it, im curious now
Oh, Chaos aspect was faster for a while. Until 1. It got nerfed to the ground, and 2. I got times with zeus aspect that are actually decent
doom inflict on my special was my first win, and it was easy af
The shield angles used to be in a circle. Now it's in a cone
much harder to use effectively
Also not as many bounces ?
as i was saying, shield is cheat XD
Shield is safe
its a very beginner friendly weapon
"god mode? i think you mean shield"
even temple of styx is easy with shield
barely get poisoned if you can just stay and spam shield on giant rats
and im bad at curing
Somewhere in Elysium
Funny too this run at the start Poseidon decided to over write my Athena keepsake to give me the legendary catch boon even tho ive had the fishing rod for ages
Got a decent hual of fish
GG
wtaf
i know XD
I just wish there was one more optional area you could do to keep having fun with your boons if u wanted
yeah like a sandbox..
NG+
Like I got pretty much exactly what i wanted then had to frantically utilize it on hades i didn't get to test it out much
cause on Skelly you can only test boonless and he doesnt fight back
Cause most duo boons i got in styx
guess it pays good attention on the player to do as many runs
Yee its also a good thing
You start back in tartarus, but with a permanent curse that makes you take more damage, or do less damage.
Or maybe just a random chaos curse that never transforms
I just hope they do dlc so bad
But hades is also making me want to go back and do a dream play through of Pyre
still they gave the continuation of your runs plot logic, they should also give this plot logic, and i dont see how returning back to tartarus like that would make sense in the plot
difficulty wise heat is enough imo
I got the platinum for pyre but didnt explore anymore endings after that
there's a mod for that one
the Sisyphus mod thingy
I not surprised someone made a mod similar.
What i described is exactly what STS does for its endless mode
crit build with demeter fists
Got a fun Cast build yesterday
heavy knuckle actually isnβt that bad
as long as you build it like this and donβt try to run it with lightning strike or whatever
I remember it was slower
lucy can go merciful end too. huh.
TIL Lucifer can, in fact, do Merciful End
unironically, same rofl. It worked really well with phalanx shot as well for extra ME triggering
YOOOOOOOOO
wait, 12 minutes?!
my pb, yes
to beat hades
near misses helped
well
dc1 cuz I had lightning strike
it was good enough for crowd control
also Rush delivery helped
which one was HS again? the one where you purge boons or the trap one?
The traps
the one where traps deal +400%

It isn't worth it 99% of the time
Since IIRC it also counts the lava in Asphodel as a trap
Fair enough
i can just sit in the lava and heal back to 75%
EZ heal for next room, no need for Dionysus to give that one boon that heals after encounters
yeaah
i tried to not follow any guides for this one (despite asking)
i might do random 32 runs with a guide later
just for comparison
When I get to 32 Heat I probably won't follow a guide either. Makes things more fun
:D thanks
but that doesn't mean you won't pick hl5/lc4/cf2 :))
I mean
Obvs
Unless you want to go and put the Punishment in Pact of Punishment
And swap some of those for stuff like the trap one
Or even less time
I could see a crit build doing insane numbers. I was only doing 1300 something but i bet it can go higher
Grats @brave fulcrum π
I find that 5 pins isn't usually enough to diplay the build, so I do some light editing to have 10.
I had fun with this one, I call it "Lightning Rod".
First em4 clear. Epic life affirmation at the start and explosive fire spam
funny yo-yo talos build, by no means is it powerful compared to what i've seen but it's was pretty damn fun
damn..
bouldy believes in you
He truly did
woah nice one @solar wind
are you the RI4 cast aspect guy now
respect
also yeh thatβs probably the most useful a bouldy boon has ever been lol
seems that way
i should stop actively avoiding extra dashes though
it's kinda cheating, but it's just so needed on most aspects
idk if iβd call it cheating
still gotta do it without DDs, which is the main sticking point
but itβs more impressive with just one dash for sure
40 heat Zag fists, not doing ME cheesy build nor lambent plume stuff, but Athena carrying me. I think I have found my setup for doing 40 heat melee aspects
I couldve done it in 20 minutes but I went for more gold to buy a diamond haha
Turned the game into Path of Exile
decided i wanted to try to go as fast as possible after i had already started the run so i ended up having dc1 on
What does dc mean?
Ohhhh I see
TWO IN A ROW!!!!
Good job!
Hey so when trying to do a speedrun why do people have the time limit heat on
cuz fast
How
Why not? It puts the pressure on the runner.
they also play with em2
Probably because em2 Lernie's arena is smaller
yea
I know the other ones
Reducing the time needed to get from point A to point B to kill the heads
I thought time limit also gave some kind of boon
no, just to be funny
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