h1-victory-boasting

[swift chasm]

I was able to get spliting bolt in Tartarus and in other run Aphrodite legendary in Tartarus too

[muted jackal]

nice

[autumn bear]

Im trying to get aphro legendary but I just never get it. heres a clear I just got while trying for Blown KIss

also one of the few times ive beaten hades without losing a DD

[muted jackal]

can you even get it with beo/passion flare instead of crush shot? the wiki doesn't seem to think so

wait, blown kiss is not the legendary, it's the crush shot range upgrade, do you mean unhealthy fixation?

[zinc lintel]

Blown Kiss can't be unlocked with Passion Flare you have to not use Beo to get it

[shy needle]

This run included me going into Erebus to get ares attack so could've been extra 5 seconds faster still quite happy with it, getting closer and closer to sub 8

[shut ruin]

i think i'm actually starting to get a hang on eris now -- tart and asphodel were very sloppy like usual but i got seeking fire in ely which helped a LOT and styx was insane

i literally got tempest flourish and then sea storm at the styx shop as soon as i got there, got purple wave pounding in a tunnel then got a 2 sack

[flint hornet]

huh can get consistent 10-11 minutes now

[scenic nymph]

This build is just -easy- to get and I've not lost with it yet. Nearly did on the last run, but because I was careless.

I wish I had Fully Loaded and Hermes' quicker cast, but still

[muted jackal]

had a really crap build, couldn't be any closer

[novel dragon]

bp2 at 10 heat is brave

[muted jackal]

or just clueless

[gray flint]

what is bp? Like, what is it called?

Is it the thing with armored foes ability ?

Cause I use that too

[rain ruin]

Benefits Package

[gray flint]

So it's the armored foes one?

Actually now that I think about it, I dont usually dare bp2, usually going with bp1

[rain ruin]

Yes, its the one that gives armored foes perks, like teleporting and such...

[gray flint]

...teleporting?

holy dam

never happened to me, now I'm even more scared

[muted jackal]

I don't know, bp2 doesn't seem more difficult than say em3

[gray flint]

Man I really dont know the short versions

[muted jackal]

what are some other sub-10 "cheap" pacts?

[gray flint]

well damage control

you can have 1 or 2

[muted jackal]

it really depends if you have a fast weapon

[gray flint]

eh, true

[muted jackal]

seems like dc sucks on a bow or most cast builds

[gray flint]

cept rama, the special will take care of it quite easily

[muted jackal]

fair

[gray flint]

I usually go for bonus armored foe in miniboss battle

sounds like a bad idea, but rarely makes any difference for me

I'm the type of player that likes to attack multiple targets

let's talk this in combat builds

[dawn egret]

also Aphro legendary and Chaos Defiance

[scenic nymph]

Another win with the same attempt for a build. This has probably been my biggest streak yet. And I just got Skelly's trinket.

[rain ruin]

Nice one

[scenic nymph]

still had snow burst as well, with the extra 40% damage when cursed by two gods from the mirror (forget the name)

[rain ruin]

Privileged status yea

[lunar peak]

priv status is awesome

[scenic nymph]

yeah so literally on a single cast it puts the foe in that

[lunar peak]

i love that thing

[scenic nymph]

weak + ice

if I had fully loaded that would have been wonderful

[solemn pine]

keyboard only is not bad

then again i got a really good merciful end build lmao

[dawn egret]

twice in a row ending with an awesome cast build on a weapon that doesn't really care about cast lol

[novel dragon]

@muted jackal middle management

underworld customs

are all relatively easier than bp2

you can also take some hard labor and lasting consequences

[solemn pine]

did a run just to get demeter legendary lmao. unexpectedly had a lot of fun buying a lot of well of charon stuff

also the whole 2nd phase of hades got skipped cuz of battie, greater call and winter harvest lmao

[rain ruin]

Finally

[fading raven]

200 winstreak when

[violet bloom]

in 5 wins dummy

[fading raven]

How fast can you earn these wins?

[violet bloom]

under 20 min

[fading raven]

Nice

[oblique pecan]

Slightly unoptimized crystal beam

[rain ruin]

Merciful End build but no Merciful end, god I hate rng

[violet bloom]

lmao

[rain ruin]

It is what it is lol

[novel dragon]

love the fact that you got atleast 4 athena boons

and had the chance to get ME in two of them

still didnt get it

f

[rain ruin]

Its because the Ares boon at the start didnt have an attack

Had to roll that 2 times

so yea

rip

[novel dragon]

oof

that wouldve been an instant reset from me probs

but good for you, always nice to practice more

[rain ruin]

3 sack + vermin, rip sub 12

[dawn egret]

you haven't lived until you've gotten 5sac + vermin

its a rite of passage

[rain ruin]

100th

[violet bloom]

i dont remember getting 100 wins

it just kinda happened and i didnt think about it

[cedar idol]

farming run but sure felt good

[solemn pine]

an attempt to get a 30% pierced butterfly turned into a repeat of my keyboard only run lmao

[fading raven]

Cool

[violet bloom]

bruh what

how

[lime bane]

Would have been sub 10 with a 2-sack.

[red bramble]

how many sacksdid you get

3?

worse?

[lime bane]

3-sack.

[red bramble]

rip 11 seconds too much

[echo arch]

I don't like this aspect very much

[modern python]

Arthur is great

[red bramble]

that's a lot of blue

i like it

[lime bane]

True Shot is not exactly the best pick.

[echo arch]

mm

what would be the best cast for that build ?

[simple zenith]

fiery presence is also probably questionable

as is CF2

achilles scales well with more boons

flood and electric shot are the classic picks, though phalanx shot also works well

even slicing shot and crystal beam can work reasonably well

[rain ruin]

I like beo

Ice wine

I mean dio

goddamnit playing too much beo

xD

[echo arch]

so I pretty much picked the wrong cast

maybe that's why I struggled

[violet bloom]

nice

[zinc lintel]

Speed zooming

[gentle folio]

Aotw shennanigans

[echo arch]

I'ma get a new best time with sword, that 2 at the end of clear time annoys me, prolly a bug

should be 20

[rain ruin]

lol

[echo arch]

sub8 when

[lime bane]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lime bane]

Another 3-sack.

[barren vessel]

dang you've been pumping these out

how many left

[hollow jacinth]

Introducing the ultimate synergy: Dionysus special with cluster rockets!

[thorny wraith]

Just missing Support Fire and this would have been the perfect Dio Fists run.

[red bramble]

did u have pp

yay u had pp

[thorny wraith]

I always go for pressure points lol, probably my favorite boon overall

It's useful on anything

[red bramble]

sometimes you just don't get it

[thorny wraith]

True

[zinc lintel]

Gaming

[echo arch]

bruh moment

[strange token]

50 heat chiron bow 😄

[deep elbow]

best streak 104

whaaattt...

thats crazy good

[tulip burrow]

All you people doing 50 heat runs, and I'm lucky to have made my 2nd win at all 🤣

[echo arch]

it's fake, don't mind my streak

[deep elbow]

damn im never trusting any screenshots in here ever again

[echo arch]

oh no no that's the only thing

I just give up instead of dying

which doesn't reset your streak lol

(or running out of time)

[deep elbow]

didnt know that

thats still impressive though

[echo arch]

I wouldn't mind if it did reset my streak at first but now it became a habit

don't be like me

I should paint that part out for the next screens damn

[gentle folio]

My best streak is 8

And that was when I first started the game and at 3 heat

[echo arch]

besides anyone can have a really high streak with a good amount of time in their hands

[gentle folio]

I die too much

[echo arch]

I mean just run 0 heat runs over and over right

easy

[deep elbow]

for chiron

[strange token]

50 heat zag sword

[gentle folio]

And so the streak begins

[lunar peak]

Dang, just missing Heart Rend.

[lunar peak]

You madman, you've done it. You've found a way to make Cruel Thrust viable.

[fickle knot]

https://twitter.com/RidiculousHat/status/1374184424120680451 I stand by arthur being a fast weapon

Ridiculous Hat (@RidiculousHat)

getting back on the horse

Twitter · Mar 23, 2021, 2:21 AM

[gentle folio]

smoldering air

Nice clear!

[shut ruin]

that's just the ap2 talking 😔

[gentle folio]

Lol yeah

[shut ruin]

good. now do it sub 9

[echo arch]

close

[shut ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/791384660059488306/823585835315888178/Hades_177.png

if nobody got me i know hunter's mark got me

can i get a [critical hit sound]

[novel dragon]

arthur is a cast weapon confirmed

[lime bane]

Indeed.

[barren vessel]

lmfao

didnt get parting tho, unfort

[lime bane]

It was Parting Shot or Sweet Surrender.

I'll take that Epic Sweet Surrender tyvm.

[shut ruin]

smh1!!!!!!!!!!!

[steady hatch]

Slowing them down on your ward and then spamming Aphrodite's cast does seem strong though haha

[echo arch]

sub10 arthur

I can't believe I passed my eris time with arthur

[scenic nymph]

Man some of y'all are just absolute wizards

[fickle knot]

I am a smoldering air one trick

[lunar peak]

I'm gonna try and beat my clear time of 32:23:10

[lime bane]

Good luck!

[lunar peak]

thanks!

[fickle knot]

Life finds a way

[cinder delta]

New record time yay

16:47

[rain ruin]

Well done

[cinder delta]

Thanks

Was using eris with the exploding launcher upgrade so that was fun

[novel dragon]

eris with exploding launcher what

exploding launcher is a spear hammer

im assuming you mean rocket bomb

[cinder delta]

Oh yeah

that one

My b

Still getting used to memorizing upgrade names lol

[lunar peak]

first win!!!!

[rain ruin]

Very nice

Congrats

Not a lot of boons to be fair lol good job

[wet mango]

Darkness farming 😁

[harsh agate]

0 heat PB
when I'm trying to speed run it doesn't give me cluter rockets, but now when I'm trying to complete the mirror prophecy, then suuuure

[kind ferry]

Gilgamesh Thunder Fists, proc'd double status with every attack!

[solemn pine]

did this run for 30% pierced butterfly but got a nice build

[solemn pine]

max zag aspect 👀

congrats!

[oblique pecan]

Finally had a decent Gilgamesh build

[low remnant]

super dash

you must be sonic in that run

[oblique pecan]

yeah. could've been a sub-15 time but I was having too much fun and ended up going through all of styx 😂

[dawn egret]

streaking. Stubborn Roots healed a total of 0 hp ever

[dawn egret]

that was some funky RNG.
I had mirage shot and 3 bloodstones before the mid-store in Asphodel.
But I had not cast until later half of Elysium

[nova sail]

The true beam run

[thorny wraith]

oh, shoot, you're right

[lunar peak]

first run with arthur

[glass mirage]

Not the best run, but I lived! somehow... at the end I had to sit on top of hades and just pound at him with three arrows lol

[fair gate]

@lime bane i spent a while getting messed up by ME rng then switched to your build and got sub 10 instantly. Meta is clearly wrong; smouldering all the way.

[lime bane]

Not quite, I start Heartbreak Flourish, but close enough.

[fair gate]

yeah i started zeus, but i got aphro in tart so she can't have been mad

[lime bane]

And yeah, it's more reliable. ME has a higher top end, probably.

[fair gate]

presumably yeah

[shut ruin]

i really should try out zeus on fists

[mossy kraken]

I know it’s not really that cool but I finally beat Theseus after like 10 tries I’m so happy

[mossy kraken]

wait I beat Hades first tryyyyy wooooooooooo

[fair gate]

congrats!

[rain ruin]

Good job

[cloud ruin]

noice!

[solemn pine]

I DID IT

thanks for the tips on 16 heat guys

[red bramble]

gg raccoon

[rain ruin]

well done

[solemn pine]

thanks

TD2 got me looking at the time obsessively lmao

the hades fight was really close too

am glad i had battie and aphro call since those sped up the process a lot

[red bramble]

nice you already got keepsakes maxxed

[vale sierra]

i love how the skelly one is on top

[dawn egret]

gosh what a scuffed run.

[violet bloom]

i have no idea what your build is

[dawn egret]

got some crazy bad bonus pack rolls

[violet bloom]

is it a crit build or a beam build

[dawn egret]

yes? idk. I went in looking for heart rend, I got offered beam so i took it

It applied chill for Priv Stat so it was decent enough i guess

[solemn pine]

yea 16 heat was the last hurdle lmao

[dawn egret]

i forgot to use it half the time

[solemn pine]

lmao

if it works it works

[ruby widget]

Athena's extra Death Defiance helped a lot and her cast with Zeus is kinda nice.

[dawn egret]

Second EM4 win ever. This one went a lot smoother than the first time

[steady hatch]

Easy to build and high dmg output

[lime bane]

pew pew pew

[steady hatch]

Fists are crazy strong, only 2 hits from Hades due to acorn 1 star

[swift chasm]

Finally done 32-heat with Eris aspect 🙂

[rain ruin]

Spicy pact

Well done

[swift chasm]

Was filling so quickly the call's gauge that I could spam immunity from athena 😄

[placid dust]

Just got 32 heat with all weapons! Next step is to win with every aspect :D

[echo arch]

close sub10 (zag shield)

rant : hades is bs with his rng darkness casts and invul windows that take decades

[feral mist]

Record time for me!! I'm wheezing at how zag put up the dueces while river styx took him.

[echo arch]

twin fists sub10 (demeter)

and with that I am done with all weapons sub10

it has been ultra frustrating

I tried demeter more than 10 times

probably

[flat cave]

Lord Hades, you will be pleased to know @echo arch found it frustrating to devise six different ways to escape your inescapable realm in under 10 minutes.

[echo arch]

I reached hades 3 damn times around 9:00 only to run out of time cuz of his stupid (insert much worse insults here) moves

too bad there's no achievement for that, I expected one

[lunar peak]

Feels better than beating EM4 on 32 Heat.

[echo arch]

I also lowkey expected to get more hp from the heart but nope

thanatos is just bitter

[lime bane]

@echo arch congratulations! Now do the other 18.

[echo arch]

I'm not as good or patient as you

I don't think I will

[woeful wraith]

I managed to beat Hades yesterday and now I've beaten him 3 more times today, I am on a roll

[lime bane]

Nice!

[gentle folio]

Congratulations!

[woeful wraith]

and out all weapons I expected to beat him with the first time with was the Bow

but chaos decided to bless that run a few times

[ruby widget]

Oh boy, two legendaries and one duo boon and Afrodite Special.

I'm so happy with this build.

[echo arch]

baby's first 40

[gentle folio]

Congratulations!!

[echo arch]

thanks

[night heron]

First dub in run 62.

Probably should've put on God mode a long time ago, lol

[vale sierra]

h-hoow did you get blackout??

you have no hangover unless you sold it

[lunar peak]

Call.

[vale sierra]

thats a Poseidon call

its blue

[lunar peak]

I am colorblind, but there aren't any other Poseidon boons up there.

[vale sierra]

oh damn but yea i mean its a core so it has no pre reqs

and im sure we've all had those moments where a god only shows up once

[ebon glacier]

Fiiuuu at least, my first win, the previous one Hades got me with his second life bar 😋

[muted jackal]

laser goes brr

[lunar peak]

Love Glacial Glare with Stygian Soul.

[night heron]

Congrats @ebon glacier
#FirstWinClub

[muted jackal]

I usually only go infernal soul if it's a cast build from the beginning

[night heron]

How in the F are you supposed to use eternal drowning?

[lunar peak]

Curse of Drowning?

Also we should go to Discussion or Builds and Combat for this.

[night heron]

Yes, that's what I meant

Thanks. Sorry I'm new here

[muted jackal]

you just use it when you're dash-striking around people

[night heron]

Thx all

[muted jackal]

sometimes I feel like zag bow is a lot easier to use than chiron or hera

totally forgot about my special

[lunar peak]

It is easier to use.

Just point and shoot.

Love Dash-Strike chaining with it, though.

[solemn pine]

was a farming run but my god the DPS was huge

cant believe i've been sleeping on eris so much

[novel dragon]

lol

you didnt even have nearly the best eris build

though i guess you did have sea storm, so its almost like zeus attack

[solemn pine]

zeus attack for rich people

i got pos just for the darkness and gemstone boost

which i didnt get 😔

at least i got 2 chaos boosts tho that totaled +200% ish?

[fair gate]

so turns out ya'll were right about turning off aim at cursor

got sub 10 and smashed my PB by almost 30 seconds as soon as i tried it lmao

[rain ruin]

Damn didnt think that would make a big difference

Well done

[shut ruin]

got some decent enough boons, this would have been a sub 12 if i didn't get a 4 sack. didn't help that aphrodite appeared twice in styx and didn't give me smouldering

this is a new pb and i couldn't be anymore pissed about how much better it could've been 😤

[muted jackal]

got everything but the laser beam duos/upgrades I was looking for

[spice swallow]

first sub 20 run tho heat lvl is very low

[harsh agate]

first attempt at pierced buttefly

[wintry meteor]

aye that's pretty good considering that's not a maxed butterfly

you woulda got 30 percent

[harsh agate]

does that really help I don't know how that would help man

[rain ruin]

If you have aim assist on and aim at cursor off, since you're playing Eris at melee range, that makes it so whenever you press your attack it auto aims to your enemies right away, you dont have to aim or anything almost, much easier than having control of your aim with your cursor, this could be really inaccurate sometimes

[harsh agate]

ah

so basically it's better at melee

[rain ruin]

Yea, both methods have their advantages Id say, id much rather aim at cursor with bow for example or say Hestia, for rapid fire style like Eris Lucifer this is surely more comfortable, just my opinion

[fair gate]

yeah exactly it makes it better for melee, and when speedrunning eris you want to be melee anyway so you can maximise the damage from splash dash

[novel dragon]

without even a second hermes boon?
nice dude

congrats

epic breaking wave 👌

[oblique pecan]

The universe aligned just for this one run lmao

[novel dragon]

repulse shot lol

did you anvil into it or did you have it naturally

though that chaos dash strike is spicy

[oblique pecan]

I anvil'd that

Was hoping for twin shot but oh well

[novel dragon]

you cant get twin with triple

unless you got triple from anvil

triple is better than twin anyway, especially if you know how to use it right

[oblique pecan]

yeah. I anvil'd to triple and repulse shot

But triple synergizes better with point blank I think?

[novel dragon]

yeah

[oblique pecan]

basically melee rama. such a fun aspect lmao

[solemn pine]

beat EM4 for the first time

braindead build lmao

all i did was raging rush and cast then he was gone

wish i got arty legendary too tho 😔

[rain ruin]

Phase 2 no hit, that 4 hp made me anxious asf lol

[violet bloom]

woah

how did you not die

[rain ruin]

Thanks to @novel dragon for the tips while I was lurking

[rain ruin]

idk lol

[novel dragon]

Lol yw

[solemn pine]

pro gamer move

[novel dragon]

Hl5 at 32 heat is questionable, but you do you

Eris can easily handle a few js and cf

[rain ruin]

Its my third time using this aspect lol will take note for later

I was going for Hestia instead but thought im totally sleeping on Eris so wanted to try and I was right, this thing is so damn strong

[solemn pine]

yea eris is stronk

[dawn egret]

First time putting this Chiron build together, so much fun. Beat the crap out of EM4 dad.

kind of frustrating that I didn't get offered a pom for my Special at all ever

but can't complain, the rest of the build is nuts

[violet bloom]

nice

[scarlet elm]

beat game for the first time. Took almost 20 hours

[brave fulcrum]

ooooo

you beat dad with the dad spear

so meta

[lunar peak]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/624635342116618243/824280899927408720/unknown.png

[solemn pine]

nice spin

congrats!

[plain wave]

cant complain about my luck in my first ever rail run, prob my fastest hades fight ever

[lime bane]

Congratulations! 💕

[lunar peak]

thanks

[cloud ruin]

see, there's the reason why you were so fast during your hades fight:

you were using eris rail 🙃

[plain wave]

tbh i find rail lame but seeing hades health just get deleted was fun

[red bramble]

rail isn't too lame it's kinda hard to pull off but when you do it pops off

[plain wave]

in general im not a big fan of the ranged weapons, but i prefer bow since reloading is annoying

[molten zealot]

my first clear :)

[solemn pine]

bruh you were using hell mode the entire time

great job

[flat cave]

A well earned victory @molten zealot !

[rain ruin]

oh damn lol didnt even notice

[molten zealot]

wait what

[flat cave]

Compared to the standard game you had

1. enemies dealing bonus damage 2) debuff reducing your healing 3) extra health on all enemies (especially bosses) and 4) extra enemies in every encounter

[rain ruin]

3 and 4 are swapped

[violet bloom]

200 win streak complete

[brave nebula]

wow!

[novel dragon]

my respect will never end for the people who manage to keep up insane streaks like this

i barely managed a 7 run streak before getting bored lol

[violet bloom]

now that you have said that i will kill myself next run

[novel dragon]

lol no dont

[violet bloom]

i will

and i will show you

[formal gyro]

wait, how u got 12 min with rail?

[novel dragon]

why must you hurt me in this way

[novel dragon]

they actually got 17 mins in this run

[violet bloom]

SPEED

nah

[formal gyro]

my best is 18 with chiron bow

[violet bloom]

my fastest run

[novel dragon]

the speedrunning wr is 5:57 lol

dont be sad if you cant get out of tart even that fast, it comes with a lot of practice

[violet bloom]

yeah

it happens when you hit 200 win streak

[formal gyro]

Im already happy to be able to get 7 heat

REACHING FIRST SKELLY TODAY

[drifting saddle]

Got bored at 64 winstreak once I felt I farmed enough the story 👀

[formal gyro]

Im going all achievements, cuz... whatever

[drifting saddle]

@violet bloom what's your next goal?

[violet bloom]

32 heat

probably

i havent done it because i was scared of losing my streak

[formal gyro]

do u use 4 extreme?

[violet bloom]

probably not

[drifting saddle]

You don't have to for 32, same for 40 & 50 most of the time

[violet bloom]

i just want to tho

because there is not much to do once you finish the story

[formal gyro]

I just gonna do 4 extreme to say I did it. LoL

[drifting saddle]

EM4 is tough

[violet bloom]

you said that your highest heat was 7 so i dont recommend it

[red bramble]

I mean em4 is 10 heat lol

By itself

[formal gyro]

yea, at least im training

[pale dune]

Yeah i've tried to do em4 by itself

Barely got him past his 2DDs

[lime bane]

Probably better suited for #h1-builds-and-combat.

[pale dune]

True

or high heat lmao

Is there a easy way to upload a switch picture to the computer?

[lime bane]

Apparently there's a "send to smartphone" option in the gallery after you took a screenshot where you can scan the QR code.

I don't have a Switch, but that's what I've heard.

[fair gate]

annnnd sword sub 10

idk why i tried to do this with nem so much

cast build good

now its just spear, which is giving me trouble 😛

[still quarry]

MY FIRST WIN LETS GOOOOOO

[fair gate]

congratulations!

[drifting saddle]

This isn't hades-death-boasting

[fair gate]

this is objectively hades-death-boasting

we boast here when hades dies

[solemn pine]

man really broke his streak just to spite paper lmao

[solemn pine]

congrats!

[drifting saddle]

Then it should be zagreus-death-boasting

[lime bane]

Did I start a trend?

[drifting saddle]

Which means hades-victory-boasting is accurate in a way

[lime bane]

Congratulations!

[fair gate]

i think you started a trend

i didn't use smoldering that time tho

[echo arch]

well I did my sub10s cuz of you honestly

got inspired

[solemn pine]

i would attempt sub 10 but i havent even gotten sub 20 lmao

[fair gate]

just do sub 30 three times

or something

that's how speedrunning works, right?

[echo arch]

yes

[solemn pine]

ah yes

spend more time to have less time

[fair gate]

makes sense to me

[novel dragon]

How do i know this isnt you just dying after the Victory screen smh

[violet bloom]

"there is no escape"

"taken by the styx"

[novel dragon]

photoshopped

[violet bloom]

bruh

[grave totem]

Throwing a massive winstreak out of pure spite

Nice

[violet bloom]

its not photoshoped my guy

[fair gate]

lmao

i wanna believe you photoshopped that so bad

the first person ever to photoshop a loss

[solemn pine]

what if he made a new file

just to get the death shot

[zinc lintel]

Finally beat EM4 and it was with the worst Beo build I've ever had

Could have put on TD3 too and avoided LC all together

oh well

[fair gate]

yeah beo goes fast

[solemn pine]

beo pog

[fair gate]

that's honestly a decent beo build

shame you missed mirage but it happens

[solemn pine]

tbh i dont think you need a super good build with beo

what you have is already pretty good yea

[zinc lintel]

Missed Mirage but got offered Sweet Nectar and Seastorm

[fair gate]

oof

i feel that

[zinc lintel]

Rolled past both of them and ended with common Shoals

😔

[fair gate]

i got offered seastorm once and lightning rod twice instead of mirage last run

i would've taken the sea storm

[zinc lintel]

Would have sold for more yea

[fair gate]

it still procs off your attack and bull rush, and it takes it out of the duo pool so you're more likely to get mirage later

in a pinch you can sell it, sure, but its actually decent

[zinc lintel]

I thought it didn't proc off the cast shot

[fair gate]

it doesn't

still free damage on your dragon rush

[zinc lintel]

Oh right it's not just poseidon boons

forgot it's all knockback effects

[fair gate]

yeah

[zinc lintel]

Yea probably would have taken that if I remembered that

but w/e still won so obviously my planning was flawless

[fair gate]

yeah all's well that ends well

congrats on the win btw

[zinc lintel]

danke

[violet bloom]

LETS GO 32 HEAT FIRST TRY

@novel dragon

[molten zealot]

victory number 2

thats two in a row :)

and sub 30

[violet bloom]

two in a row

"current streak: 1"

unless there is something that i am missing

[solemn pine]

oh god he actually broke the streak

[violet bloom]

yes

i did

[solemn pine]

insane smh

[violet bloom]

you underestimate the power of my brain

[molten zealot]

I gave up once

that must've reset it

[solemn pine]

your brain doing spiteful chess

[solemn pine]

giving up doesnt affect streak

[solar wind]

First Win = Streak 0, Second Win = Streak 1, what's so hard to understand?

[violet bloom]

oh cool

[molten zealot]

oh

I knew I didnt lose in between runs

[lunar peak]

That's now how Hades keeps track.

You'll get a streak of 1 for a victory after a loss.

[solar wind]

I've actually never bothered with streaking so tbh i have no clue

[solemn pine]

wait doesnt first victory count?

lemme check

[solar wind]

but you can check your record in the admin chambers maybe?

[solemn pine]

my first

its counted there

[fair gate]

yeah one win gives you a streak of one

i should know; that's the number my streak is at 90% of the time

[solemn pine]

lmao same

best streak is 4 cuz i stopped caring after a bit

[gentle folio]

First em4 win in ages

[woeful wraith]

nice

[shut ruin]

mastery of arms? that's lame, i'll just use smouldering air and crush shot

[steady hatch]

My first perfect clear

[lime bane]

I think I only did Crush Shot builds for Excalibur and the Cast aspects, actually.

[pulsar crow]

hey how are yall gettin these special win screen effects?

apologies, ive been playing this game for some time just never quite good at it

[lime bane]

That's something you can purchase from the House Contractor eventually.

[pulsar crow]

OHH

[rain ruin]

Such a fun run

[elfin dust]

First win on Pact of Punishment after maybe 70 tries I am so exited😍

[red bramble]

neat, hell mode player

[lavish ibex]

Won 32 heat mirrorless!

[plain wave]

cool run, would have been even cooler if the game didnt give me a 4sac

[torpid pelican]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/607147421507649540/823825355764531250/unknown.png

First victory, 12th run

[steady hatch]

A smooth run

[pure maple]

After 161 runs on my post-launch save file, i finally completed all the prophecies, got all the achievement and house decorations. Only thing remaining is to fully upgrade all the weapons and im done.

[swift chasm]

I think I only got twice chaos legendary boon - I wonder if egg increases the chance for it

[untold grove]

Finally beat EM4. Man, it feels good.

[swift chasm]

I wonder - is Aphrodite attack on Nemesis Sword better than Artemis one? I always done Arte attack, Aphro special but maybe reversing it gives better results?

[untold grove]

It probably depends on the build. I didn't see Artemis at all that run, so I made do with what I had. Privileged Status did certainly help me out. I'd assume that something like Artemis attack, Aphrodite special and Dionysus/Demeter dash is a solid build to aim for.

[torpid pelican]

bow-shotgun to the back works quite well when you have a million boons buffing your special

[spark wigeon]

nice

[lunar peak]

@swift chasm I've always run Heartbreak Strike, 30% crit is already very high.

I haven't ever crunched the numbers, though, so the increased crit rate could push Deadly Strike higher.

[versed ginkgo]

started with athena attack and artemis special, got accidentally heart rend because of the aphro cast that I got to sell to customs, got deadly reversal, changed artemis special to athena, changed athena attack to aphro, melted hades with 6 special uses each phase

[pure maple]

only 2 void fish to complete the codex, and im not sure what is the resource director

holy crap no im not done with the game yet lol

[glossy terrace]

another run, another win!

[woeful wraith]

I beat a run with Claws of Enkidu

[glossy terrace]

also, why aren't I on the Isle of the blessed yet!?

and before you ask, I don't know if it's in the game

[shut ruin]

what's next, zag shield mirrorless boonless 32 heat?

[lime bane]

Boonless is kinda bland.

[shut ruin]

mirrorless boonless 32 heat all aspects

[woeful wraith]

How do you go boonless?

[oblique pecan]

Chonky

[deep elbow]

Is it possible to go 64 heat in all weapons

I’d imagine not

Considering Gilgamesh lol

[umbral forge]

that really depends on what you mean by "possible"

if you don't know, the only 64 heat clear was done by routing (manipulating the rng to follow a preplanned path of great luck) on zeus shield

I don't think there is anything that makes doing the same thing on other weapons impossible but it would be much harder than an already insane challenge, especially with the weaker weapons

[deep elbow]

Damn

So why did they design 64 heats

If it was near impossible

[umbral forge]

the idea is to leave customization even at the hardest levels of play

if max heat was clearable, you would have to take the same challenges every time, instead of tailoring it to your weapon and playstyle which is a big part of the fun of high heat

or at least that's my interpretation

[deep elbow]

Uh I kinda understand that

Buy you can do that regardless

You can always customize the heats

Especially if you’re starting out

Idk

[umbral forge]

for sure. Though whether a max heat clear is possible only really matters to the harder levels of play

how hard 64 heat is has no effect on a player playing 10 heat

also, people do get rather close! the current heat wr unseeded is 60, and it is entirely possible that someone will push that 1-2 heat higher

[deep elbow]

It is possible to reach 64

It’s been done

It’s only a matter of time until someone else gets those rooms naturally

There’s only so many combinations

[umbral forge]

I would take a look at the run in question. I doubt anyone will get that lucky anytime soon

routing can get a bit absurd :p

[deep elbow]

Regardless

This is prolly the funnest game I’ve played

This game and hollow knight

I don’t know how to rank the two

[brittle heart]

haha those are some of my top games also!

[nova sail]

this was... an interesting run

[plain wave]

getting closer to 10 min

[oblique pecan]

All these duos w/ God's Pride on lmao. Dash striked (w/ merciful end) all the way until it made me a bit nauseous 😂

[fair gate]

no its fine zeus i'll do it without lightning phalanx, so there

[grave totem]

Your screen shots are very dark

[fair gate]

yeah my actual screen is brighter, idk why it happens

started a while back when i got a new monitor

[nova sail]

Weird

[novel dragon]

maybe try using some other screenshotting tool?

assuming youre using w+shift+s tool rn

[novel dragon]

god's pride is a scam, it is known

[lime bane]

HDR monitor?

[fair gate]

it is yeah

[lime bane]

That's the answer, then.

[fair gate]

huh

mystery solved

[scarlet elm]

Second success. Cool ricochet cast/ passive lightning build

[violet bloom]

nice

[scarlet elm]

Why does it only show a few of my boons with the symbol next to them? are only those active

[violet bloom]

?

[scarlet elm]

Well there's a lot of boons but the screen is only showing a handful of them with the red cursor next to them on the left

[violet bloom]

you are supposed to highlight the boons that helped you the most during your run

[scarlet elm]

Ah okay

[violet bloom]

if i made a zeus lightning build

then i would highlight zeus lightning boons

[scarlet elm]

Ah okay I would have highlighted the one that gives extra bounces if I'd known

[violet bloom]

you can see the ones that are pinned on the side

with the little brown marker

[scarlet elm]

Gotcha

[fair gate]

beo go speed

sub 8 should have been doable but imma sloppy

[fair gate]

lmao

skelly master of stealth

[formal gyro]

I have 16.666 darkness, can I say its a victory?

[scarlet elm]

A bit slower than my others but fun build. Half cast, Half wall slam

[violet bloom]

this was an epic build

[lucid holly]

I forgot to mention. I don’t have the screenshot sadly but my first victory on hades was with varatha WITH the hades aspect.

[ashen fable]

Just finished a run using 0 death defiance for the first time. My fastest run too

[rain ruin]

Well done

[lime bane]

32 Heat Bow WR. 👸🏽

[grave totem]

Good job nyaa

[lime bane]

Thank you! 💕

[dawn egret]

ft rush delivery and 2x chaos defiance

[solemn pine]

the meme beam strikes again

achilles cast builds are too good lmao

[dawn egret]

rare crop on glacial glare at the last possible second lol

just need to beat EM4 on sword and shield and I've done it with every weapon

[raven oyster]

Lightning phalanx and mirage shot? Must have been sick

[shut ruin]

no rush delivery 😔

[violet bloom]

How to EM4

did a cerb skip with this

[violet pine]

so.. are the devs gonna do a vicory boast here?

[lavish geode]

Hi there, I'm new in this server, nice to meet y'all, and finally beaten it for the first time!!!

[gentle folio]

Hey!

And congrats!

[rain ruin]

Good job c:

[plain wave]

finally got that stupid butterfly to 30

[steady hatch]

Hera Bow - No dmg Hades

[lucid river]

My luck is horrible

I've never been forced to replace boons for all 3 choices

to keep using Killing Freeze, I gotta replace my attack. I could replace my dash...

[vale sierra]

i-

how the hell

[lucid river]

it's the first time it happened to me

and ofc, I have no keys

[shut ruin]

how does that happen

[lucid river]

it might be due to my rarities

[shut ruin]

the odds HAVE to be worse than 3 duo boons

[vale sierra]

dionysus: heeyyyy zag man, i heard you were hanging out with the other gods up here eh? well ive got just the thing to help
zag: oh thanks mate, now lets see... blood and darkness what is this?

[echo arch]

hehehe

[lucid river]

lol, Chiron and Artemis Special are too powerful

[echo arch]

heart rend makes the build

[lucid river]

ya, weak and crit work well

[vale sierra]

oh imagine if you got sweet surrender

that extra 10-20%

[echo arch]

I had it

sold cuz of UC

sold purple rarity ss to keep divine dash

[vale sierra]

ahh understandable :3

[echo arch]

it was either heart rend, ss or dd

[shut ruin]

heart rend of course!

[night heron]

2nd clear

[shut ruin]

is that merciful end i see 😩 👌

[gentle folio]

Oh god they’re finding merciful end this early

[shut ruin]

watch them do a cast build next

[gentle folio]

Congratulations!

[night heron]

I had merciful end by chamber 5

Got really lucky getting it that early

It was really between flood shot/exit wounds and atk/dash doing most of my damage

[ruby widget]

The Perfect Hunting Blades build, it was so fun, i beat Extreme Measures hades so fast.

I can't even count how many times i triggered the Artemis Call in Hades fight.

I feel immense satisfaction

[fading warren]

Not the most next level build but first 16 heat win and 49/49 achievements, such a fun game!!

[brave fulcrum]

This was fun

One of the reason being

Hehehehhehehehe

[fair gate]

could have made the sub 8 on a three sack. it was a four sack.

[barren vessel]

3 casts 😩

[fair gate]

yup

it was beautiful

[scenic nymph]

10 Heat, similar build as my previous ones. However, I think Mirage Shot did a -lot- because I finished off Hades quick. No Fully Loaded this time, but I did have Flurry Cast to deal out casts quicker and Heart Rend to do more crit damage w/ Weak.

[brittle heart]

Just wondering, is stygian better on beo?

[fair gate]

for trippy flare yes

otherwise infernal is better

with trippy its kind of reliant on extra casts from chaos to work, so its very much a highroll build

but when it gets going, boy does it get going

[barren vessel]

^this

[brave fulcrum]

Heh, not even close

[echo arch]

finally

I'm going back to my superior chiron

I mean it wasn't that bad but meh

[brittle heart]

Congrats

[scenic nymph]

@echo arch nice.

might have to try that for coro, I haven't done many runs with it

[echo arch]

back to my comfy heat after getting my butt handed over to me at 50

[plain wave]

hera is so fun

[violet bloom]

damn how did you get aspect of hestia on a arthur build

[harsh agate]

Mods 😉

[violet bloom]

nice

[scarlet elm]

I didn't win with it but this is the best build I've had so far. Clears rooms in seconds with insane damage but I messed up and died trying to get past cerberus

Gonna be hard to find such an OP build again

[scarlet elm]

nevermind found an almost as op doom stack build. Beat my pb by like 10 seconds

also like 50% damage resist when standing in fog and on low hp

[shut ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/761220441049661442/825017704833613854/Hades_182.png

EXTREMELY stressful 32 heat nem

elysium was not fun and i didn't even get heart rend but at least i survived :))

[gentle folio]

Hyper delivery stonks

[scarlet elm]

Damn 32 heat

I'm struggling at like 5

Do you have to increase heat every time to get new rewards or can you do it from just having one single heat option higher than before

[shut ruin]

you have to increase your heat at least one at a time to get more bounties

[scarlet elm]

Damn that's tough

[shut ruin]

if you skip heats like say, jump from 7 heat to 12 heat then the next time you clear with 14 heat you get the bounties you would have gotten at 8 heat, then 9, then all the way up to 14

at which point you have to raise the heat again

[scarlet elm]

I see

[shut ruin]

if you're only in it for the bounties you shouldn't have to go above 20

past 20 there are no more bounties

[scarlet elm]

Yeah pretty much just bounties. That's mad difficult, How am I supposed to be able to buy everything with only 20 bounties

[shut ruin]

20 bounties is a lot

and that's 20 per weapon

going to 20 heat with like only 2 weapons should be enough

[scarlet elm]

Oh yeah lmao I completely forgot there were other weapons. I've just been playing with spear for like 30/35 hours

[novel dragon]

zeus 40 heat first try

it was such a close call, the timer and my health

[agile folio]

i think i'm done with the game now

[violet bloom]

bruh explosive shot

[agile folio]

arty call was like the last boon lmao

[violet bloom]

epic

[brave nebula]

Yup, was very fun

[thorny wraith]

Congrats!

[sharp oracle]

thank you i'm really proud of it cuz i didn't use god mode

[steady hatch]

A beautiful run

[modern basin]

playing on widescreen or something?

[steady hatch]

Yes

[sharp oracle]

ultrawide moment

[steady hatch]

Hades was the easiest part of this run

[shut ruin]

god what is that pact

[true hazel]

worked out fine without keepsake

[rain ruin]

3 sack

[lime bane]

You'll get it!

New PB, either way.

Congrats!

[rain ruin]

ty

[lunar peak]

insane dash strike damage and dodge chance

[red bramble]

ooh the backstab reforge

[steady hatch]

Boonless run - EM4 Boonless next

[red bramble]

boonless em4 or just plain em4

[steady hatch]

This was plain Boonless, now the challenge is EM4 Boonless

[red bramble]

oh i somehow did not read "EM4 Boonless next"

[shut ruin]

why no rl4 though

oh wait no

[gentle folio]

Em4 is hard

I don’t blame you

[rain ruin]

Rip

[steady hatch]

I rached 3rd stage 50% hp, he was healing faster than I could deal dmg haha

[rain ruin]

That hammer also didnt favor you much

Chain shot

[gentle folio]

Ye chain shot bad

[steady hatch]

It was kinda useful, I would have loved more dmg though

I mean, I hit Hades and Skulls at the same time, a bit ramped up

[gentle folio]

Rama + shackle should be enough damage

[steady hatch]

What do you recommend?

Trying out again

[gentle folio]

Hestia

[steady hatch]

Got it

AoE gonna be a pain though haha

[gentle folio]

Get ricochet/piercing + hazard bomb

Hazard bomb + shackle by itself should be able to carry the run

[steady hatch]

Thanks!

Praying to RNGesus

[rain ruin]

Goodluck

[gentle folio]

As long as you get one of the three you’ll be fine

Good luck!

[steady hatch]

Rico right?

[gentle folio]

Ricochet

100%

The widescreen display is interesting

[somber coyote]

ty @dawn egret that was giga fun

[gentle folio]

Lets do it

[dawn egret]

i see boons besides posiden

[somber coyote]

i only saw chaos shield and poseidon

[dawn egret]

looks pretty nice still

[somber coyote]

i doubt much would've changed because i was playing so bad

sea storm was the only big factor in this one i guess

[steady hatch]

@gentle folio Lost at 3rd stage with 20%

[dawn egret]

🙏

super dad is hard

its a fun fight once you get good at it though

[steady hatch]

I'm trying boonless

Not even chaos or hermes

[gentle folio]

F

[gentle folio]

Gottem

[swift chasm]

For some reason fully loaded is trolling me hard - either I got it when I don't need it or in games where I lose 🥲

But netherless victorious 32-heat run 😄

[zinc lintel]

That is a pact

[echo arch]

done with all weapons @ 40 heat

[novel dragon]

Congrats dude, that's an amazing feat

I see you had to break your streak

Sad

[echo arch]

it was a fake streak anyway

realistic now

and thanks

I broke my streak at 50 heat at least

died fighting them 50 heat witches in tartarus

an honorable death

[tacit narwhal]

9:29 stygius.... jesus

[solemn pine]

beat my stygius pb

was a fun build

[solid lily]

Mmmmm blender build

Grant me the aspect of kitchenaid

[solemn pine]

lmao

I was going for a dash strike build

got arty dash, attack, clean kill and the dash strike hammer

but then blender

[solid lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802305491933593600/825230848810156062/2021032619154300-C7D8C4153CC9802713604F54C53304E0.jpg

Not every day you beat both your best heat and your best time

[main frost]

Pog

[tacit narwhal]

could've gone sub 20 if it weren't for styx giving me the sack at the last chamber lul, also 3 duo boon and new best pog

[fickle knot]

https://twitter.com/RidiculousHat/status/1375702016152981505

Ridiculous Hat (@RidiculousHat)

fitting that my first 40 is with my one true love- the merciful claws

Twitter · Mar 27, 2021, 6:51 AM

[solemn pine]

thats a lot of duo boons lmao

5 sack 😔

[tacit narwhal]

2 in a row were from Charon's at Styx lol, was like "kinda overkill for redacted but ight"

[solemn pine]

lmao

well more duos cant hurt

[fair gate]

the gilga main is unstoppable

if you get your first 50 with gilga i dunno what i’ll do

probably be confused and impressed

[fickle knot]

We call that reaction "the retrash effect"

[fair gate]

you researched retrash too much, and now he’s corrupted you

[fickle knot]

You warned me specifically

And yet it has come to pass

All I have to do to get this pact to 50 is to add EM4 AP2 and 2 points

EZ 🙃

[fair gate]

ezpz

legit congrats tho

i put some time into gilga 40 and couldn’t manage it

[fickle knot]

Thank you 🙂

I recommend getting ME with dash and athena legendary by tart endshop

Helps a lot

[fair gate]

lol good advice

i could screw that up honestly

[fickle knot]

I almost did a couple times

Slugger speeders made my life flash before my eyes

But we got there

[fair gate]

yeah for sure

even with a good build 40 heat can be dangerous

[fickle knot]

So close

Soon 🙂

They don't call it the aspect of Nyaan Mew for nothing

[lime bane]

I didn't know they call it that.

[fickle knot]

Well they definitely do

[tacit narwhal]

thought i'd get a 30+ but this combo in styx just shredded everything like no one's business... wow

[rain ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/691267298253602816/825300431269265408/unknown.png

[muted jackal]

this build probably could have been a lot better on chaos shield instead of zag

[rain ruin]

Here we go, all 32s

[lunar peak]

It took me a week and about 25 hours to beat the game, I`d say Pog.

[gentle folio]

Very pog

[brave nebula]

dang almost hit sub 15 with rama

[somber coyote]

||9|| more runs until beating the game x)

[lunar peak]

wym 😮

[somber coyote]

you'll find out 😛

[lunar peak]

Ahah

Okay then)

I think it wont take that much time again, I got used to the underworld

[glass mirage]

So I won this fight, but I just got a great chuckle from this...

Stygian soul with 2 chaos stones and artemis legendary

[red bramble]

i love it

i absolutely love it

[median mirage]

Lady Aphrodite granted me a 32 heat sword clear

[ruby widget]

I ended really liking Legendary Demeter boon.

[solemn pine]

beat my exagryph pb lmao

zeus attack is really good damn

[median mirage]

Just combine it with Poseidon dash

[brave nebula]

Second try for em4

Very cool run

[median mirage]

Damn that's a lot of good boons for Hunting Blades

[solemn pine]

noice

hunting blades mirage shot ares legend is a really nice build

[brave nebula]

Was searching for Ares/dmeter duo too, but Mirage shot and hunting blades are much better

[solemn pine]

first sub 20 lets gooooooooooooooooooooooo

[novel dragon]

congrats!

if youre speedrunning though, dont use that pact setup

but im assuming you were just doing a casual run

the ideal pact for speedrunning is em2 with fo1/fo2