h1-victory-boasting

[cloud ruin]

and just

use divine dash

because the utility on it is so good

As per usual with these runs I have recorded them

And thankfully I also recorded the death beforehand, so I can submit this as a Seedless run

Next up on my whole 32 Heat crusade, I'll go... Beowulf.

Then Rama, Achilles, and finally,
drum line
EVERYDAY WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET

[winged shoal]

use chiron with zeus on special instead :)

[cloud ruin]

but Zeus Special Chiron doesn't proc all the time

also I don't have Chiron maxed out

🙃

I have Hera maxed out, though

or I can become ZagBow-pilled

[winged shoal]

thats what makes it cursed

unless you have really good boons to augment it youre gonna have a bad time

[cloud ruin]

rama zeus special is fun

but I'm not gonna go there

Most likely I'll go Heart Rend Rama

Arti Attack, Aphro Special

With the Athena Divine Dash thrown in because I'll need it.

Anyways, if I got Rush Delivery it would have been GG as early as Asphodel

[zinc lintel]

Funny egg

[cloud ruin]

Chaos: "The child of Hades killed his father while holding my Egg. Funniest [Proxy] I will ever see."

[white saddle]

didn't post my first ever EM4, but here's my second... I almost died on the first try, but this time I... didn't?

probably the fact it's mirage shot + stygian + 4 cast stones on Hera lmao

[native ocean]

My first escape on the 30th attempt. Nothing too fancy here, as you can imagine. Curious that I did it on a day I was not particularly aiming for a victory - just sat down to have some nice time in the game and suddenly realized I've beaten dad

[winged shoal]

32 heat on all weapons done. this achilles run is both my time and heat pb on the spear. this was an extremely fun build. i didn't even need to use my attack or special, i always have a cast ready to go.

i think i'm gonna take a break on this game now lol

[novel dragon]

heroic auto reload

[mild scroll]

new any heat speedrun pb!

video currently awaiting verification

also if anyone has any idea how to build hera tips would be appreciated bc I have no idea what I'm doing lmao

[novel dragon]

honestly your build is already pretty decent id say

just get tidal dash

and artemis boons

trippy shot and flood shot also work with hera quite well

[wet hill]

this was very interesting

[mild scroll]

does tidal dash make mirage shot available too @novel dragon ?

[novel dragon]

yes

[mild scroll]

nice that seems strong

I'll try to build in some poseidon and see how it goes

[tulip current]

Two of my fastest runs on two of my highest single-target DPS builds so far, though Guan Yu + Poseidon is also a really, really good room clearer.

[sudden marsh]

that was perfect

[solemn pine]

damn thats a good build

[gray flint]

This is basically what your build was

Thats like 500DMG per second, even more actually!!!

It's basically impossible to lose with that XD

[cloud ruin]

I'm just gonna... Yoink that build for when I get to 32 Heat Bow

🙃

[balmy hazel]

Speeeeeeeeed boost

[novel dragon]

holy

lol

i want a gif of how fast you were moving

[balmy hazel]

faster than i can dash xD

[solemn pine]

bruh

[shy needle]

I completed 32 heat with the spear, my favourite weapon! Before I only cheesed through it with the cursed cursed slash build, this one felt much more satisfactory. Also during the Hades fight some of the green circles were almost invisible which made me get hit once or twice by them (I only saw a little wobbly space around them, no green colour at all). Haven't F10 it because I didn't have internet and was too busy fighting dad but think I will anyway report this here.

[novel dragon]

kinetic launcher dem is so fun

[gritty marlin]

This isnt really a victory boast but I cant post pics in the builds channel. Its my very first run with the hidden aspect sword, and I was getting 1-2.5k crits c.c

also that lol

[novel dragon]

you did get heart rend

nice

basically the meta build yeah

[violet bloom]

good job

[gritty marlin]

Is it? I havent looked at any info

[violet bloom]

but i dont know why you upgraded heartbreak flourish and not deadly strike

[gritty marlin]

I kept not getting it as an option and once flourish was at 5 I went to the moon for the hell of it

[violet bloom]

oh

[gritty marlin]

But yeah, I got a 2.4k crit at one point but wasnt fast enough on the screenshot. I just winged it lol

[gentle folio]

And i thought i had seen some weird 32 pacts

Gratz on the victory tho!

[shy needle]

I really do not understand why people do not like JS, DC or CP, they don't really make enemies stronger, only longer to kill, and for JS there're anyway only so many enemies can attack you at the same time (because hitboxes)

[novel dragon]

whats even weirder is that theyve done a sub 10

but have a 36min clear time for 32 heat

guess they play really slowly

[novel dragon]

js makes TD harder, same with CP. DC is fine on fists and rail (except for hestia rail) but for other weapons it can be annoying

though JS1 or 2 isnt that bad

[shy needle]

Just don't use TD 🙂

[novel dragon]

lol

its like free 6 heat

[shy needle]

My friend's first 32 took him 95 minutes with guan yu

[novel dragon]

WHAT

that is insane

i wanna see the clear screen

[shy needle]

He sent me only this. Moral is "The one who wins the fight is not the one who deals the most damage but the one who stands in the end"

[gentle folio]

No it’s not that

It’s AP and RI

[shy needle]

ah, well, for RI1 and AP1 (or AP2) you just have to get lucky

[gentle folio]

No RI is just bad

Like terrible

[shy needle]

Why do you need extra chances or rerolls for boons if you can get lucky and get them anyway?

[gentle folio]

That and also dark foresight

That is a huge upgrade

[zinc lintel]

Yea but also you could just not have to get lucky

[gentle folio]

Right

[zinc lintel]

I'd rather reroll than reset

[shy needle]

then you do another run 🙂 my first 32 took me like 50 attempts with RI2 and AP2

[zinc lintel]

Sounds boring as hell

[gentle folio]

Well then don’t take it

I mean if it works then go for it

But 40 attempts for 32 sounds painful

[shy needle]

but I mean if you're lucky then it is literally free heat

[gentle folio]

No

Dark foresight is too important

It’s not free heat

[zinc lintel]

"If you're lucky it's free heat"

Guys we've been thinking about it all wrong

AP 2 is literally free heat

just get lucky

[gentle folio]

whoa

[zinc lintel]

EM4 is free heat just kill him

[gentle folio]

I stopped taking AP at 40 after the game screwed me out of double edge twice in a row

[zinc lintel]

AP is not random

[gentle folio]

It knows

[zinc lintel]

I've seen it cross out like 3 casts on my Hera run trying to get the prophecy

[gentle folio]

Lol

My luckiest ap2 moment was when i got deadly reversal on my hestia 40

[zinc lintel]

God damn

[gentle folio]

Ngl that’s an even weirder setup

[shy needle]

Which part is weird?

[gentle folio]

The RI2

And JS and CP

But with no TD JS and CP can work

But Ri2. Why?

[zinc lintel]

RI2 with no HL kinda wacky

[shy needle]

This is the point! You just heal from the enemies and they can't kill you while slowly dying, however long it takes. This is why we don't take FO or HL

[zinc lintel]

Also no UC

[shy needle]

UC I agree, he just didn't want to sell the boons for whatever reason

[gentle folio]

Its fine if you don’t take FO at 32

But HL is good

[shy needle]

for this particular build it's not. If the enemies can outdamage your heal then you're dead

[gentle folio]

But you don’t heal on guan yu

[shy needle]

YOU DO!

[gentle folio]

That shouldn’t be your main priority

If you can that’s great

[zinc lintel]

Uh the whole point of Guan Yu is avoiding enemy attacks

not face tanking them

[polar moth]

32 heat, thanks to the dude that made the high heat guide
(oops double screenshot)

[gentle folio]

@tame shore

[tranquil sun]

The Horribly Slow Clear with the Extremely Inefficient Pact by Some Guy

[novel dragon]

damn a 32 heat clear with dem special chiron and with no dark foresight

im impressed

also turn dark foresight on

[polar moth]

I didn't know it's a thing 👀

[novel dragon]

turn it on

it gives you much more boons, poms, gold and hammers

well your max hammers are still limited to 2, but it gives you more chances of seeing a hammer early

olympian favor is not worth it unless youre still farming things like nectar early game

[polar moth]

wow i seriously didn't know that exists lol

still

chiron bow is cheese

i even got a special damage up from Chaos

[gentle folio]

DF is amazing

[torpid coyote]

perfect anvil

[cloud ruin]

triple bomb is better than cluster bomb

change my mind

[torpid coyote]

i'm not going to argue for either

but too many press button finger hurt :(

[gentle folio]

no

no

no

[cloud ruin]

you fear me

for i speak the truth

...I'm actually dead serious, I do think Triple is better than Cluster

With Eris, you only ever really need to absorb the blast of one bomb, and while Cluster does have five bombs hit at once in close ranges, therein lies the problem: at close ranges

Meanwhile, Triple allows you to safely hit tanky opponents from across the room, with enough versatility to spread it out if you want

while also not reducing the damage of individual bombs

I'm not denying that Cluster is a good hammer, though. If Triple isn't available, I'd gladly take it

[torpid coyote]

yeah but too many press button ring finger owie

[gentle folio]

But cluser just does so much damage

especially with rocket

[torpid coyote]

you're both wrong it's obviously hazard bomb

[cloud ruin]

cluster+rocket is probably the best outcome for eris

because the ROCKET HITBOX IS SO FREAKING SMALL WHY IS IT SO SMALL

it makes me mad

😠

[limber charm]

My first (and likely only) 32 heat clear.

[gentle folio]

Doom interesting

Congratulations!!

[timber flint]

i beat it for the first time last night

[torpid coyote]

what i have learned is that i hate non infinite lucifer

and will likely never use non infinite lucifer

i took second wave only so i could sell it for the achievment

never got the chance to thoug

[livid radish]

Oh huh, yeah I'm not a huge fan of Eternal Chamber on Lucifer. Since you don't get iframes while you're shooting, you often have to stop, and I'd much rather have Flash Fire to reduce the startup time in more chaotic rooms.

[torpid coyote]

i'm just not used to the reloading on lucifer

compared to regular rail

lol

you can still get flash fire i think

[livid radish]

Yeah I find Lucifer awkward all over the place. When I try it next I'll have to learn to play without auto aim too

[torpid coyote]

i'm probably just gonna go back to drunk laser

[livid radish]

Heard really good things about the special builds provided you can actually hit your special, which is pretty close to impossible with auto aim lol

[torpid coyote]

or maybe even dire misfortune

oh yeah

special builds work

i did sea storm

with poseidon spcial

it worked amazingly

probably because i had triple bomb but whatever

[gentle folio]

Yeah i hate eternal chamber

[simple zenith]

reloading is really good

helps you get i frames

[gentle folio]

Ramp = good

And the i frames

[torpid coyote]

you get i frames from reloading?

[simple zenith]

no but you lose i frames from attacking

you can time it so that you reload as you dash

[torpid coyote]

ah

well i just suck with reloading on lucifer

[gentle folio]

It’s the same with every other rail

[simple zenith]

yeah it takes a while to get the hang of the dash reload

[ashen gazelle]

What dash reload

[torpid coyote]

it's about the timing of when to reload

i'm just bad at knowing when to reload with lucifer specifically

[ashen gazelle]

Oh

[torpid coyote]

i've gotten very used to regular rail

[ashen gazelle]

When they die

Reload then

Just don't get eternal chamber

it's bad

[torpid coyote]

yeah just reload when hades dies lmao

[ashen gazelle]

Exactly

[torpid coyote]

i took eternal chamber in my other runs because drunk laser

[ashen gazelle]

True

[torpid coyote]

that was my only ever run which actually used damage on the attack

instead of curses

[ashen gazelle]

Deflecto laser needs a buff

I want baseball laser

We should switch this over to the builds and combat chat

[torpid coyote]

wait did it show the number

NOOO

the screenshot didn't get the number

infinite beams

glacial glare is busted

the SCALING

yes i got uncommon harvest

[gentle folio]

heroic pp

wow

Such a difference

[simple zenith]

double edge 👁️

dash nova 🤢

[gentle folio]

I feel like achilles is better for this build

[torpid coyote]

if only heroic glacial glare

[torpid coyote]

yeah but sword was purple

and i had to finish bounty

[gentle folio]

Achilles is better for blade rift and beam

[simple zenith]

good point

[torpid coyote]

purple sword

[simple zenith]

purple wins

[torpid coyote]

the other two options were cursed slash and world splitter

[simple zenith]

something about stygian soul on poseidon sword is just so sad tho

[torpid coyote]

lmao

dash nova speedy

[simple zenith]

ah

the classic sword hammer

where all 3 options hurt you

[torpid coyote]

dash nova

is

f u n

sad thing is

i got double edge AFTER i finished the cast chaos thing

since i got a cast chaos curse

that's why i picked up the arty attack

but i got double edge after it finished

[torpid coyote]

ez

[gentle folio]

thats pretty spicy

[torpid coyote]

if styx chambers went better

i could have also gotten dio legendary and zeus legendary

as well as bad news

[gentle folio]

I dont like dio legendary that much

Got it once and barely noticed a difference

[torpid coyote]

it's a legendary

🤷‍♀️

yellow boon is yellow boon

[livid radish]

Breaking Wave, more like Breaking Game

[ashen gazelle]

More like breaking bad

Or not

[slate geyser]

baby hestia 50 heat... at last, all aspects complete at 50+ heat!

[lunar peak]

You did it in Hell Mode for the Routine Inspection!? Tail, you're the maddest.

[shut ruin]

okay but why lvl 1 aspect that's the real concern

lightning strike... are you even manually reloading?

[torpid coyote]

crystal beam instant calls

[burnt lantern]

Huh. Never thought about using bad news for demeter cast

[gentle folio]

Its very good

For dem cast

[vale sierra]

or just any cast that doesnt lodge

[rose pendant]

completed my first boonless run!

[cloud ruin]

Beowulf, or How I Learned To Love Dread Flight

Three 32 heat runs down, three to go!

Protip for any up and coming Beo players: Don't ignore the Special. With Zeus Special, it can easily destroy DC hearts from range!

Also, once again, Patroclus comes in clutch with the Touch of Styx Dark

[lavish ibex]

Second win with forced overtime 2 on, and getting used to Rama too

[cloud ruin]

Point-Blank Twin Shot 👀

[last violet]

i do best with this aspect by a lot

[gentle folio]

Hestia bestia

[vocal bobcat]

@gentle folio best feeling ever!

[gentle folio]

Best feeling what? @vocal bobcat

[vocal bobcat]

When you beat the game @gentle folio

[gentle folio]

Oh yeah

It is

[vocal bobcat]

My friend started playing before me and he still hasn't beaten Hades not even once, but his still at it

[novel dragon]

hermes decided to troll my pace by not giving me rush delivery :(

[tight vapor]

just beat hades for the first time! 36th escape attempt!

[novel dragon]

thats a pretty good time for your first clear

[tight vapor]

thanks!

[solemn pine]

whoa great job!

[burnt lantern]

Damn, it is

[gritty marlin]

Am sad, I accidentally cancelled the victory screen, but

This was fun xD

Just dashed my way to victory

[gray flint]

it's a no hit run, but you didnt hit XD

[gritty marlin]

yeah lol

It only came to fruition in styx, when I realized, what if I beat hades with just dashes

and I did

[gray flint]

"Let there be thunder, and lightning"

[gritty marlin]

the build I was making to that point went out the window and spacebar goes brrr

[gray flint]

My keyboard is so lame it makes more sound than the actual game XD

[gritty marlin]

I got two elite zeus' and one normal zeus in styx with rerolls

[gray flint]

wooh GG

[gritty marlin]

and so that build came out of thin air lol

Yeah playing this game without headphones made me realize how loud it can cause me to be with it, luckily I have anc

[solemn pine]

dash build sounds like a lot of fun actually

i should try it out lmao

[winged shoal]

use gilga

more dashes

[dreamy ingot]

gilga and lean really hard into Zeus, ez dub

get extra dashes and literally just do circles around people until they die

[muted narwhal]

you miss some extra sound details without headphones

[dreamy ingot]

if you get good secondaries and his legendary you can be doing like 200 per dash or more

[muted narwhal]

or my hearing is just not that good

[dreamy ingot]

also with gilga you can just hold down the dash button

[winged shoal]

2 dash mirror, gilga, heroic greatest reflex

8 dashes

[dreamy ingot]

I had a hera run today which at one point had 8 bloodstones and +105% cast damage, plus some other stuff that increased damage and backstab

unfortunately i only had 6 stones when I got to hades

I was chunking entire boss phases, the only annoying bit was theseus blocking all of em

[summer sentinel]

On my second Hera run I somehow made it to Styx without getting my hands on a cast

[dreamy ingot]

ha, bows pretty good in general tbh

[summer sentinel]

No one wanted to give me one - even with rerolls

And I hate the bow
Doesn’t fit me in this game

Got ares cast in styx cuz it was the only option for me & somehow scraped by

[dreamy ingot]

I tried to do a demeter cast build earlier but didn't get her cast until like 2 or 3 chambers before the heroes

i just gave up in styx

I think i just like hera because big number

doing 3k in 1 shot feels great

a better build for normal encounters is to put dio on the cast, that way you're not just completely overkilling 1 enemy at a time

also getting the boon that makes the casts drop quicker (if you use one that sticks in) really helps

[vocal bobcat]

Thanks dude I'll try it right now@dreamy ingot

[drowsy vault]

First 32 heat attempt with Hestia

[oblique pecan]

Cute little merciful end build. Need to experiment more with this duo

[drowsy vault]

Have you tried it with Zeus shield?

Really fun with Athena special, its like your doom affects are just a part of a massive attack

[oblique pecan]

Not yet, but thanks for the idea!

[teal hare]

welp i guess guan yu can be fun ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hasty pendant]

Does this place take failure commiserating?

Lost a streak at 42 wins thanks to Gilgamesh

Specced it to focus on cc. Even had ares/poseidon cast

But man having to facehug every enemy makes life hard

Especially with the cast and the dash blades obscuring everything

[oblique pecan]

Pretty nice arthur build. Wish I had pressure points for big boi crits tho

[fierce spire]

noice

[tender pollen]

That maimed strike is spicy

[fierce spire]

how'd you get that "robbed thanatos" title tho lol

[oblique pecan]

It's when Than gets no kills during his room

[fierce spire]

ohhh

poor guy lol

[fair gate]

finally got my first sub 10 earlier today

featuring level 15 flood flare lmao

[cloud ruin]

Nice!

[tidal juniper]

I take back all I ever said about exagryph

[fierce spire]

nicee

I also didn't know initially Exagryph could be that good

I was only trying to ||hand out the rest of the invitations|| but my run turned out much crazier than expected

Also, sub 19!!

also managed to get that Aphrodite legendary out of nowhere

my generally best run so far, I think

[livid radish]

Out of curiosity, how do you get Hyper Delivery to apply to your cast explosions? Surely by the time the dash-strike + dragon rush + explosion happens 0.5 seconds goes by.

[fair gate]

yeah i'm not gonna lie i don't think it did much

charged shot does make it faster, but i'm pretty sure i wasn't getting the bonus on my casts

the combo came up and i took it without thinking lol

[livid radish]

I've done the same on Rama. "Great... now what"

[fair gate]

rama sounds even worse lol

but yeah pretty much

[shut ruin]

pretty good hera run, i'm still really bad at using it so heroes took a while and the damage was surprisingly kinda meh compared to beo runs i've done considering i have 5 casts

thought it was gonna be the sort of run where i get hades to summon some wretches in one attack but each full shot did like 1.2k at best 😔

[bleak ridge]

bllizard shot works on poseidon cast?

i thought it was only for demeter cast

[shut ruin]

nah it's the other way

you actually need flood shot to get blizzard shot

[bleak ridge]

interesting

time to make blizzardd shot build

[shut ruin]

blizzard shot works with talos

you can reel enemies in with your special and it also makes them take more damage from your cast

[quiet atlas]

with flurry and second wind + chill fo2 feels like fo0

beat the fast with the fast

demeter decay dealt 4k lmao

[zinc lintel]

I am not counting where you got 6 casts on stygian soul

[drowsy vault]

Yeah, holy hell

[gentle folio]

0_0

6 casts

how

[topaz zenith]

wow how

[shut ruin]

could be that mod that lets you get run boosts by speaking to the head chef

i mean certainly in normal gameplay there shouldn't be pom symbols under each boon at the end screen

[topaz zenith]

cool

nice spot

[shut ruin]

no bad news smh 😔

[quiet atlas]

yea mod

couldnt get it idk dio was mean

[shut ruin]

and also hermes

[quiet atlas]

at this point mod made the game spicier and changed playstyle (e.g. wouldnt do scin feast run without the cast boon)

[shut ruin]

but that's likely just because you didn't equip the plume

[quiet atlas]

fo2 and jolted works really well

[shut ruin]

is it me or is black out too easy to get, like you just need two core boons for it

i wanna try out mods but deadalus won't give me chain skewer so i can finally mark it as 100%

[quiet atlas]

yea thats what i thought but other boons keep getting into my way

[shut ruin]

flurry + triple jab though 😳

[thorny wraith]

Whoa, MS with no cast boon

Didn't realize that was possible

[gentle folio]

32 boonless!!!!!

[torpid coyote]

instant call run

if only i got ares call

or arty call

only 1 chaos cast

common auto reload

[fading raven]

Arthur tank

[weary glen]

Explosive Twin Shot to the rescue... again

[dim idol]

Fists and Gilga PB, 3 sack

[tranquil sun]

45 heat Guan Yu, that's a spear heat PB ! Got crystal clarity twice, so more money, more boons. Epic greatest reflex is epic

[gentle folio]

No arty legendary but still chonky damage

[oblique pecan]

absolutely bonkers blade rift build

[spring knoll]

SECOND ESCAPE LET'S GOOO

[autumn bear]

zeus is forcing me to give up my good boons

[spring knoll]

super happy rn y'all

aaa

did not expect to do my second escape with my least favorite weapon ngl

[winged shoal]

congrats!

my first ever escape was with my least favourite weapon lmao

sometimes life just does that to you

[spring knoll]

I'll take it tbh

Anything to see Persephone again

Even if I did have to win with Exagryph

[inland charm]

Ohhh a cultist simulator player

[spring knoll]

Indeed. Hello there.

[inland charm]

Man I just got the true ending of the game

The credits are rolling but I wonder how will zag and the fam deal with the Olympus side of the family

[autumn bear]

I DID IT EVEN THOUGH ZEUS TRIED TO SCREW ME OVER BY REPLACING MY GOOD BOONS

also 2 new duos

big pog

[dusty tangle]

i beat him

i beat him.

I beat him!

I BEAT HIM!!

I AM GAMER

ahhhhh I LOVE THIS GAME THANK YOU

ahhhh gives me chills

there's what #h1-victory-boasting goers want

[hardy coyote]

nice congrats!!!!!

[solemn pine]

yooooo congrats!

[umbral forge]

50 heat beo with zeus cast. Don't try this at home

[fickle knot]

6/6 at 32

[heady portal]

Hey friends, reminder that the only images you should be uploading to this channel are victory screens specifically, as per channel guidelines/pin. Other uploads for boons, dialogue and so on belong in the appropriate channels, such as #h1-discussion, #h1-story-discussion, or #h1-builds-and-combat. Content besides victory screens will be removed.

[dark peak]

It took a few attempts, but I finally managed a win with Guan Yu Varatha. Turns out all it took was Hunting Blades.

[solemn pine]

yea hunting blades is really good with guan yu since you really dont want to risk damage

tried using crystal clarity for the same effect but still died 😔

[dark peak]

I got lucky with Ares Legendary boon as well.

[solemn pine]

whoa nice

[dark peak]

It was a picture perfect Hunting Blades run. Never using Guan Yu again.

[solemn pine]

bruh lmao

[fierce spire]

Managed to pull off another PB

[dark peak]

Nice. Triple Shot and Explosive Shot seems fun together.

[wet hill]

8 wins in a row lets gooo

[fierce spire]

Ay great!

[fierce spire]

And heck yeah it was

The damage was 👌

[daring wasp]

Just had a stupidly strong build based around twin-shot Zag Bow with an epic Aphrodite attack. 1/2

Not shown was the early Sweet Nectar that helped up my boon levels and that I sold during the final passage in my 5-sack Styx passage. Was pretty good. Flurry Shot was necessary due to UNCOMFORTABLE SPEEDS after due to Epic Greater Haste and Epic Hyper Sprint. 2/2

[novel dragon]

nicee

but wtf is that pact though

take something like bp and mm

[gentle folio]

Pogg

[forest junco]

i was thinking of posting up a victory screen of chaos's legendary, but it seems like if it's used up, it completely disappears from your boon list

didn't realize this until after the fact..

[cloud ruin]

Yeah...

[shy needle]

I still stand by my point that giving players the ability to infinitely restore their health in rougelites is OP. Also note the Abyssal blood (yes, this mirror perk do exists!) which together with weak, sturdy and bronze skin gives about 68% damage reduction. The only somewhat difficult part was a heroes fight but even there I didn't lose a single dd.

[slate geyser]

it becomes much less OP once tight deadline 3 + hard labor 5 etc. are factored in at high heat in conjunction with everything else

very nice 40 heat clear regardless though

[shy needle]

yeah, I understand, that's exactly why I completely avoided them. Think I could've added em4 or bp2 but didn't want to risk it

[gentle folio]

I did not know you could cheese 40 that hard

Good job!

[pseudo cradle]

Y'all wanna see something dumb?

[gray flint]

I don't even want to respond to this video, my existance is just too weak in comparison

[jagged dirge]

Got a lot of DMG done if the enemies stayed in the festive fog

[cloud ruin]

32 heat Bow done! Chiron is very consistent with 32 heat.

I still had two Acorn charges left, too!

Got an early Epic Flourish Chaos Boon, too!

[odd compass]

Managed a semi-decent Exit Wounds build which absolutely melted bosses

[cloud ruin]

fully loaded poseidon with exit wounds

[shut ruin]

the fact that he took phalanx shot and didn't go with true shot because it works with clean kill + can result in mirage shot make me viscerally mad

[gentle folio]

Same

But still great run

[odd compass]

Was still trying to fish for Lightning Phalanx, and wanted Exit Wounds asap

[fickle knot]

https://twitter.com/RidiculousHat/status/1365779551935160321

Ridiculous Hat (@RidiculousHat)

hera, but make it chiron

(these are the same run)

Twitter · Feb 27, 2021, 9:43 PM

[thin frigate]

got 5 propechy requirements done in one run

[barren vessel]

40 heat gilga, did not use attack or special once throughout all of elysium + styx + dad lol

also a 5 sack

[gentle folio]

Pog frog pog

[wooden olive]

28 minutes!!! My fastest time by over 10 minutes! I'm pretty proud of myself with this one :D

[main frost]

Each dragon rush dealt like 1000 damage?

Also level 6 poseidon's aid with rip current

Along with flood flaire that literally destroyed theseus and asterius and styx due to the absurd range

[tranquil sun]

45 heat Rama, chilling with TD2 feels good

[atomic plume]

first time robbing than!

[tranquil sun]

45 heat Arthur ! It feels good to land some big swings with FO2 on

[gentle folio]

Almost got a “no hit run” but a blue grabby guy got me in asphodel. It was sort of cheating with divine dash and the legendary. The dash was a big help but the legendary wasnt that helpful. It only came in use in two styx chambers. This is the highest I’ve gotten my pierced butterfly. 52%!!!

[barren vessel]

40 heat luci

triple bomb is stupid

[shut ruin]

no greater inferno 😔

[gentle folio]

Stupidly good

Pog

[vale sierra]

oh? is that a decent anvil i spy??

[short pulsar]

Ja

[vale sierra]

nice

anvil is so iffy tbh

[short pulsar]

The moment I unlocked the aspect for the spear, I was shocked it took down my health this much

[vale sierra]

mhm, and even at max it takes 50% off

hence why i never take it

[short pulsar]

I was on my last life against Hades, and I managed to cluch the closest win even, because of Athena's boon where it recovers health if I don't have any revives.

[vale sierra]

oh yea stubborn roots

i never get it since i never take demeter tbh

[short pulsar]

I only take Demeter for the turret boon

[gentle folio]

Guan yu is best yu

So much fun to use

[gentle folio]

With guan yu you want charged skewer

It makes it insane

[short pulsar]

This run with Guan Yu was absolutely insane

[gentle folio]

If you think that’s insane wait till you see charged skewer

[short pulsar]

Why?

Also yes

Hestia is best girl

[gentle folio]

Guan yu + charged skewer is a one button build

And one of the most op imo

[short pulsar]

Charged Skewer is a hammer upgrade, no

?

[gentle folio]

Yes

For special

[short compass]

welp,, first victory! :DD it took hella long but I'm satisfied with it heha hh

[lunar peak]

After the first, it all starts to fall into place.

[strange token]

52 heat Hades spear!

[shut ruin]

thunder dash 😩 👌

[pale wraith]

40 heat shield - inspired by @slate geyser, thanks!

[shut ruin]

heroic thunder flourish + epic jolt + double strike

[pale wraith]

praise zeus

[winged shoal]

oh yeah. that's what i'm talking about.

[azure cliff]

Wtf is this build

[shut ruin]

"Disciple of Hermes"???

[azure cliff]

Oh yeah I never noticed the title below the Victory before, 70 hours into the game 😅 What's that about ?

[slate geyser]

they're based on specific conditions met within the run (with some being based on your clear # or streak #)

wiki lists them here: https://hades.gamepedia.com/Run_Clear_Messages

[pliant wedge]

First time doing a boonless run, YIKES that was hard even with God Mode

[fickle knot]

9 aspects done, epic hyper sprint is a good boon

[quiet atlas]

melted dad in less than 1 minute

[lunar peak]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/624635342116618243/815526965503197214/unknown.png

40 with rama 👌

[quiet atlas]

twas fun thanks dio for not giving me festive fog til elysium

[steel prism]

Got lv.44 Flood Flare on my strim run today

[novel dragon]

nice, thats almost the world record

iirc the wr is somewhere around 50

[steel prism]

yeah i can imagine 50 could be the limit.

[grave totem]

51 I think

Haelian got it

[steel prism]

ah that's super lucky

probably need like more erebus big pom or sth? i already got 1 erebus and 2 styx big pom tho

[novel dragon]

he got an early sweet nectar and lots of erebus gates

he took 20 heat just for good erebus gates even late on

[steel prism]

ah sweet nectar

i took 15 heat for erebus as well but didnt get many erebus

but mom pom run is super fun, i might give it another try some day

[novel dragon]

im surprised no poms hit your attack

did you take the attack like really late or smth

[steel prism]

that's the last boon i bought in styx

[novel dragon]

ah

[steel prism]

actually mom pom hit my athena aid twice, i sold it in styx

could been 46 if i managed to sell it earlier

[short pulsar]

I unlocked Stigyus's hidden aspect and I feel epic.

[median mirage]

I got bored of raising the heat incrementally and went straight for 32 heat

I got it on my first try

[tranquil sun]

45 heat Demeter. Melee weapon with FO2 is more and more familiar to me !

[fallen frost]

“Middle-Management Cutter”? Is that because of the melee?

[shut ruin]

you get it when you kill a bunch of minibosses during the run

basically one miniboss per biome

or maybe 5 because of styx

[fallen frost]

Oh, OK. Nothing too special, then.

[muted narwhal]

LMAO I thought it was for killing minibosses quickly

[chilly tiger]

all of the build choices outside of mirror were randomised

pain

[bleak ridge]

this is gotta be my least booned run

7 boons only 1 duo

and i was wondering why my last ice wine with level 4 is better than this

or i had bad memory because it was a long time ago

but 16 hp let's go

[night hornet]

Just tried my first run with the run timer enabled to try and beat my PB, for reference my previous best time was 31 minutes(!). Tidal Dash plus Razor Shoals led to some of the most hilariously quick chamber clears I've seen in my life.

[burnt lantern]

Nice!!!

[dusty tangle]

support fire is op

change my mind

[heavy tundra]

Oh yea support fire is great

especially with exagryph

[dusty tangle]

there's a daedalus hammer upgrade for coronacht that makes it rapid fire

that's how i beat hades the first time

[rain ruin]

Well this is more fun than I thought

[reef aurora]

literal shotgun lol

[reef aurora]

oh even better

[thin frigate]

first sub 20 run, first time using a posiden/zues knockback build, was a ton of fun in the tight spaces in styx

[gentle folio]

try using zeus attack for eris

congrats!

[thin frigate]

i wish i had rupture for better uptime on the mirror talent for 2 curses i forget the name

[gentle folio]

oh wait you have seastorm

[thin frigate]

was pretyt bad uptime with jolted and doom

[gentle folio]

that does practically the same thing

although zeus attack is better

[spring basin]

Fiiiinally beat 32 heat! SKELLY HERE I COME YOU SWEET PRINCE https://clips.twitch.tv/CautiousPowerfulLegOpieOP-Uot6gx4E1SfQ96wM

[fickle knot]

In honor of the monthly challenge (it's still February for a few hours!), I dedicate this run to @thin vault - Chiron is their favorite weapon and their advice was really helpful to me when I was picking up the game. I'm inspired to do 32 after watching them get it done last year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6ELSn9-zc

[shy needle]

This was quite fun but at times scary, I killed Lernie with like 17 hp left only thanks to Patroclus and Achilles

[thin vault]

Yay 🙂 . What's the monthly challenge?

[fickle knot]

@thin vault It's linked/pinned in #h1-builds-and-combat! Different one every month, and this one is do a run and dedicate it to someone 🙂

[tender pollen]

Blitz Disc is so much fun

[cloud ruin]

had to take this from my recording because apparently my screenshot wasn't made.

guan yu is just bow with extra steps

it took over 20 failed attempts to get here.

i never want to play Spear ever again.

[dusty tangle]

guan yu is guan stu(pid)

[cerulean hinge]

how do you think that made guan yu feel

[gentle folio]

😠

The guan yu hate is real

Plz don’t hate

[dusty tangle]

um

no...?

are y'all actually mad? i can't tell.

[barren vessel]

guan yu bad

[dusty tangle]

yes

[gentle folio]

NO

[gentle folio]

Frog how can you say that

[barren vessel]

because i have brain cells

[gentle folio]

If someone says hp reduction imma slap something rn

[dusty tangle]

the hp reduction is kinda annoying

[barren vessel]

^fax

[dusty tangle]

plus the life steal isn't consistent enough

[gentle folio]

At 50 heat i can understand

I’ve watched astaos suffer long enough

Even 45

But lower than that the special completely makes up for it

[dusty tangle]

maybe in styx with all those vermin but elysium is actual hell

[vale sierra]

yea gy bad

hp lower sucks, recovery is very meh without nourished soul

[gentle folio]

That just means ur bad

Get gud at the game

[vale sierra]

special being the only salvage means its bad compared to the other options

[dusty tangle]

This didn't age very well.

[winged shoal]

guan yu is like a top 3 hidden aspect

but honestly

use what you want

[dusty tangle]

there's only six

[winged shoal]

people just banter here

[vale sierra]

LMAO

[gentle folio]

If u know how to use gy the dash attacking is great

[winged shoal]

yeah?

that means the other half is trash

according to me

[gentle folio]

Ayo lets go to builds and combat

[vale sierra]

ight

[gentle folio]

Lets argue there

[dusty tangle]

gIt GuD lOl

[winged shoal]

?

[dusty tangle]

bruh

[winged shoal]

ok?

[dusty tangle]

🗿

[grave totem]

all hidden aspects are trash compared to rama

[vale sierra]

i like those colors

[dusty tangle]

there is a lot of artemis

[grave totem]

thats what i like to see

[dusty tangle]

artemis is kinda a meanie poo poo head

[grave totem]

L

[vale sierra]

:( arte is great

[dusty tangle]

i like arte until you get to trials and you see ares

obviously you know who i'm picking

[vale sierra]

lol yea

[dusty tangle]

'specially cause doom is op

||if you get to epic or rare||

[vale sierra]

yeaaa

crit is op too tho

[median mirage]

PP is gud

[cursive cape]

Just finished my last 20 heat bounty in my main account, and managed to set a new clear time PB and use an entertaining meme build in the process, plus caught 2 legendary fishes during the run! Not a bad evening 😄

[fickle knot]

Very e-fish-ient

[cursive cape]

why thank you

Oh and I gifted bouldy too. Obviously

[fickle knot]

They believe in you

https://twitter.com/RidiculousHat/status/1366280369847304192
Vod link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FquRgCkLv-A

Ridiculous Hat (@RidiculousHat)

i feel pretty dumb for not playing zeus shield more, i'm super bad at this weapon but the clear was shockingly easy

uploading vod for this one too if there's interest

Twitter · Mar 1, 2021, 6:53 AM

[hollow ferry]

Woah, I started playing on my new save again and I beat Theseus and Asterius for the first time and then got through Styx all in one shot

[simple zenith]

zeus shield dummy good

also

shockingly easy

why hat why

[violet bloom]

The heat is just getting higher and higher

[lunar peak]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/624635342116618243/815927636140359710/unknown.png

45 heat goal

[violet bloom]

nice

[lunar peak]

thanks!

[grave totem]

good job on the win

[lunar peak]

Thanks bro

[cloud ruin]

EVERY DAY WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET

I DID 32x6!

THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT WITH ARTHUR, TOO!

[gentle folio]

POGGG

congrats!

[fickle knot]

Grats @cloud ruin 🙂

[cloud ruin]

i can now say i am a part of the cool kids club

[winged shoal]

👏

what aspects did you use for each

[cloud ruin]

Sword: Arthur
Bow: Chiron
Shield: Beowulf
Spear: Guan Yu
Fists: Demeter
Rail: Eris

the order I went in was Fists, Rail, Shield, Bow, Spear, and finally Sword, IIRC

Gotta say, natively getting Heart Rend? Good stuff.

Also, with this run, I now have sub-20 on all weapons

so that's a neat accomplishment as well

🙂

[winged shoal]

those are solid weapons to get 32 on, congrats

[cloud ruin]

anyways, with all this skill under my belt, the next thing I'm going for is sub-10 with Demeter Fists

Unseeded, so I can submit it to the speedrun boards

32x6 has legit made me a better player. It made me learn of so many things I never would have beforehand.

Now I'm confident in my ability to go FO2 in every weapon except Spear if I ever decide to speedrun anything aside from fists

since in comparison to the tribulations I had to go through for 32x6, FO2 isn't all that much

[gentle folio]

Now time for 40 x 6 🙂 @cloud ruin

[cloud ruin]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

no

[winged shoal]

what about 32x24

[cloud ruin]

I might do it with Fists or Rail at some point, but I more than likely will not do 40x6

[gentle folio]

If you can do 32 x 6 comfortably 32 x 24 isnt hard at all

[gentle folio]

Thats what I thought

Now I have 3 of them done

[cloud ruin]

problem with that is that I can't withstand the mental anguish of going through 32 heat with three more spear aspects

[gentle folio]

hmhmm

[cloud ruin]

Achilles alone made me question my sanity, and it is one of the more consistent spears

[gentle folio]

Get flurry jab 🙂

[cloud ruin]

Can't exactly imagine what would happen by the time I got to Zag and Hades

[cloud ruin]

hilarious

[gentle folio]

Its tru tho

[cloud ruin]

it is

because flurry jab is infinitely better than a CC option that leaves you super open to enemies

[gentle folio]

cc?

[cloud ruin]

Crowd Control

[gentle folio]

ok

[cloud ruin]

Like, Sword Bow and Rail have their Specials, Shield has Bull Rush, Fists have the general way they're played

meanwhile Spear has Spin... And it's easily the worst option of the set. You gotta stand perfectly still and wait for the thing to charge for a bit

If Spin actually did noticeably more damage than a normal attack natively it may actually be worthwhile

[gentle folio]

Use hades spear 🙂

But guan yu has a giant hitbox and pierces

[tranquil sun]

GY spin training made my hades spin somehow easy

[gentle folio]

With hades its just minispins

[cloud ruin]

guan yu is more "Bow with Extra Steps" than it is an actual Spear

[gentle folio]

Just tag them and then serrated/exploding

[gentle folio]

plz dont hate guan yu

😦

[cloud ruin]

oh

no

I don't hate Guan Yu

[gentle folio]

oh thank god

[cloud ruin]

because dare I say with my experiences with Spear, that's a good thing

[gentle folio]

Spear easily top 3 weapon

For me

[cloud ruin]

spear easily garbaggio weapon

for me

[gentle folio]

😦

[cloud ruin]

My top three are
Fists
Rail
and some weird tie between Bow and Shield

shield namely for Beo

[gentle folio]

Bow, Rail, Spear, Shield, Fists, sword

for me

[tranquil sun]

Shield was the weapon I had the most exp, now it's the least

[cloud ruin]

the full list for me is
Fists, Rail, Bow/Shield depending on my mood, Sword, and Spear

the first five are at least good for me

but hey, I recognize my issues with Spear are less to do with the weapon itself

and moreso with my extreme inexperience with it

It is, by far, my least played weapon

[gentle folio]

I love all the spears(even you zag spear)

[cloud ruin]

weird

but then again I love all the Fists

(even you, zag fists, with your weird dodge chance-based upgrade path)

[torpid coyote]

speed

75% chaos cast damage, epic double strike, epic auto reload

[cloud ruin]

you

are

speed

[grave totem]

Now to go even faster

Light speed

[cloud ruin]

to go

even further beyond!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[torpid coyote]

1 single bounty left

👀

[cloud ruin]

and it's with spear

good luck

[torpid coyote]

if you're wondering what that extra sword clear was i just finished all the prophecies in one run

took like fo1 ri1 ap1 and the other ones

and wacky mirror

[lavish ibex]

Beat FO2 hades without Athena dash, getting better at the whole dodging thing

[fading raven]

Rama op

[lunar peak]

First time 32 heat Nice

[autumn bear]

dammit i hate using guan yu

[gentle folio]

bruh

wut is it with the guan yu hate

[vale sierra]

its a bad weapon :/

idk what else you want

[fickle knot]

It isn't tho

[livid radish]

Lol, no one defends Chiron

[gentle folio]

thank you mr hat

[vale sierra]

chiron is good :3

i like it

gy 🤮

[tranquil sun]

45 heat Beo, roleplaying bow. 4 sacks nearly killed my run

[thorny wraith]

Maybe because Chiron is fun and people enjoy it?

[gentle folio]

GUAN YU IS FUN

[livid radish]

Why not like 25% health penalty though >_>.

[zinc lintel]

The difference between Guan yu and Chiron is one is a lot harder to use than the other

[pastel remnant]

im trying to get the hang of the bow cuz i hardly ever use it now cuz i dont like it but just cuz im not very good at it and i thought this run was dead by the time i got to styx but artemis came in clutch

[zinc lintel]

That's a lot of green

[livid radish]

💸

[pastel remnant]

yea. also did an artemis-aphrodite run that somehow went well

i stg the only reason i completed that run was cuz i had aprhodite's call cuz i just wasnt doin enough damage on my own

[cloud ruin]

Arti Call*

Aphro Call is the single projectile that inflicts Charm

[zinc lintel]

Aphro call also deals 2500 damage at max gauge

[cloud ruin]

Ah

[fading raven]

The run got saved by the anvil of Daedalus

[sudden marsh]

couldn't get mirage shot but still good

[pastel remnant]

no i had aphro call and as they said i had mac gauge and it deadass saved me when i got to the end of the run

[fading raven]

Aaaand there goes my 39 winstreak

Damn hyperarmoured assassins at EM4 Hades

[plain wave]

nothing special abt the win tbh but it completely sold me on how busted poseidon boons are

[cloud ruin]

One of the first runs I do on my return to speedrunning

and I get a PB

Not shown: ME and DR

[cedar lintel]

My 2nd successful run... I was pretty happy with the build tbh

[gentle folio]

You can change the victory screen

[cloud ruin]

No joke, that's actually a good cast build. If you got Dio Cast instead of Arti Cast it'd be significantly better, and you'd also get Scintillating Feast

[cloud ruin]

Eh, I kinda like it. Also I don't have resources for the others sooooo 🤷

[gentle folio]

No I meant what boons show up

[cloud ruin]

I know

I just didn't do so for this screen

[gentle folio]

Ok

[cloud ruin]

I'm not exactly 100% proud of this run, but a PB is a PB

[cedar lintel]

BTW what is that Companion stuff? It’s the keepsakers bottom row as I could not Imagine where Else ist should be, but how do I unlock it?

[gentle folio]

Just play the game 🙂

It'll happen

[cedar lintel]

Yeah but playing the Game and knowing what to Look for makes a lot more fun.

[gentle folio]

If you really want to know go to story and discussion

[cloud ruin]

Max out your relationship with certain characters. The instant you give Ambrosia to them, they'll give a Companion. The characters that can do so are

• Meg
• Than
• Skelly
• Sisyphus
• Dusa
• Achilles

[cedar lintel]

Thanks.

[gentle folio]

Some are harder to get than others

[cloud ruin]

Battie, the Companion I use, is given by Meg

[gentle folio]

Im looking at you achilles

[cedar lintel]

So im going to start with sisy and always keep 1-2 spare for meg first

Thanks for the help

[thorny wraith]

I went for Sisyphus, Meg, and Achilles at the same time, it wasn't too long to get all three since you're making some progress towards one every run.

[cedar lintel]

Yeah but I currently don’t have like 20 lying around 😅

[thorny wraith]

20 nectar?

You can trade keys for it

[cloud ruin]

the problem with being faster than light

is that you can never escape the darkness

[torpid coyote]

woooo

[livid radish]

A very cheesy, hilarious run to round out my 24x40. https://imgur.com/a/nHQIHl7

[humble yew]

my first sub 15

[plain wave]

OMFG

that was so stressful

achilles bf saved my ass 🙏

got so bad hammers too

[atomic plume]

first time trying out phalanx shot! bounce bounce bounce

[cunning torrent]

first time clearing 10 heat. beo is so much fun. wow.

[winged shoal]

i despise cold embrace

but green boon

[spark wigeon]

I hate cold embrace and smouldering air

I actually really hate smoundering air, but its ok with dio call

[shut ruin]

smouldering air + zeus' aid + billowing strength + t2 boons 😩 👌

[fair gate]

smouldering air is an extremely good boon

[winged shoal]

smoldering air is a top tier boon even without billowing strength

unless you have aphro or arty i guess

[cloud ruin]

smoldering air is an s tier duo boon

EZ

The possibilities it grants with the multitude of spammable Calls, namely Zeus, Dio and Pos, is too good to pass up

Honorable mention goes to Athena and Ares, the former acting as an on-demand Athena Legendary and the latter going great with Blade Rift builds

[winged shoal]

i kinda hate poseidon and ares' calls

sure they make me invulnerable but time spent being a rift or a wave is time not spent dealing damage with my attack/special

[cloud ruin]

Pos is actually one of the three highest damaging Calls in the entire game

And against Lernie, it absolutely shreds the in-between phases where it summons more heads

[winged shoal]

does it work with sea storm?

[cloud ruin]

Yes

[winged shoal]

i still take it if it's epic though

ah

i don't think i've ever taken them together

[cloud ruin]

It's great with Sea Storm

Like an invincible, constant Tidal Dash

[winged shoal]

it sucks on WASD

it'd work better if i were using a jostick

[cloud ruin]

I use WASD. Pos Call is good even then.

[winged shoal]

yeah it still works, but i don't jive with it as much

[cloud ruin]

Having a few more degrees of movement does not change much with it. It does grant you more flexibility, but nothing which makes or breaks it

[winged shoal]

frustrating when im tryna hit em2 lernie but i swerve out of her hitbox

[cloud ruin]

Fair enough

There's always the other Calls. Zeus and Dio are both just as viable.

And they both have the benefit of allowing you to use your weapons

I like Zeus better, largely due to the numerous Tier 2s he grants when you take it

You have not lived until you have a Double Strike Zeus Call

[winged shoal]

that got me my 36 heat win

its so good

[cloud ruin]

Now that is a lot of damage

Yeah

[winged shoal]

i think i had the hermes charge up too

[cloud ruin]

Hermes charge up is negligible

But it does help somewhat

At least when keeping distance

Proud Bearing is always better to take anyways

[winged shoal]

true

[cloud ruin]

Zeus Charge up is also good

Poseidon Charge up is good if you like losing :^)

Though with lower-damage enemies it may actually help out a bit

[lavish ibex]

Won vs FO2 Dad (and EM3) with fists, didn’t take victory screen though

[dusty tangle]

Don't know if you can see that but that's 4 hp and no death defiances.

[jagged dagger]

Teeth grinding my friend

[winged shoal]

close call is an understatement

[oblique pecan]

pretty nice beowulf build

[keen island]

omg that artemis legendary. so sweeet

I just had a good crystal beam run. only got cold embrace in the end though, but it was fun nevertheless. dad just melted

[hollow jacinth]

Just going to say, don't put your first point of heat in calesthenics, it makes the bosses so much harder. Put it in tight deadline instead

[oblique pecan]

^Yes. Extreme measures is another good one

[plain wave]

The 20% more enemies is also barely noticable for most rooms

[violet bloom]

How to win

I literally stunned everything with charm

in the middle of a bosses attack i would charm them

kinda broken

[gentle folio]

That’s not a great idea

Putting one into hard labor isn’t that bad

[plain wave]

i mean it depends on the build

i just unga bunga nemesis sword mostly so id much rather have 20% more enemies than the blue shield for example

i also dont even turn on hard labour on 32 heat

but with shield or bow id prob do exactly the opposite

[zinc lintel]

You could also turn on tight deadline 1 for a grand total of 0 change to your regular gameplay

[plain wave]

2 also is pretty not that bad until u start giving the enemies a lot of buffs as long as u try to keep the pace up somewhat and if u struggle to decide room pausing pauses the timer

[gentle folio]

^^^

Em2 is also very easy

[grave totem]

You could try FO if you're feelin frisky

Gonna have to get used to it anyways

[gentle folio]

That is true

But if you’re just starting out don’t use it

I would recommend it after you can comfortably clear 16 heat

Imo

[grave totem]

FO1 isn't too hard

FO2 is slightly more challenging

[zinc lintel]

I would say the earlier you put on FO and TD the better you will get

[gentle folio]

Yeah td is easy

But fo takes a while to get used to

But the quicker you can the better

[zinc lintel]

I would say the same goes for BP2 but to a lesser extent

Since FO applies to bosses

[grave totem]

MM is also good to get used to

Doesn't change too much and you'll need to use it for higher heats

[plain wave]

getting special attack speed on sword goes from eh its nice i guess to run changing with fo2 enabled

[forest junco]

what started out as a drunken shield build quickly became a completely unrelated infinite cast build hahaha
pretty much didn't use the shield by the time i was finished with elysium xD

by the end, i felt like greater call actually lowered my dps with how fast bloodstones were coming back

[cloud ruin]

If you used Beo

This would literally be the perfect run

Just replace Thunder Dash with Tidal Dash

[autumn bear]

eewww flood shot

I never use flood shot unless im using hera or beowulf

the only casts I use outside of cast loading weapons are demeter and maybe dionysus or artemis if i dont find demeter

[cloud ruin]

hera flood shot