h1-victory-boasting

[halcyon hull]

i want a room with skelly and all boons available for experimentation

^ with that build for science

[fallen frost]

First 20 heat down. Thirty-two next, I guess.

Close, though.

[shut ruin]

ap2 moment

[dusty tangle]

i find dc2 and fo1 an easy 5 heat therefore that's what i'm doing.

[vocal sundial]

+229% Area of effect on my bolts. That was a great meme run lol

[rain ruin]

Damn lol

[cedar tiger]

didnt play for 3 weeks and then beat it again first try, eating up

the shield is just so ridiculously op ive beaten 3 heat with it before i cleared elysiumwith any other weapon lmao

[dawn egret]

don't even have Beo yet

[red bramble]

shhh

they don't even have aspects unlocked look at right side on weapons

[cedar tiger]

how does one aspect

[red bramble]

Use all weapons

[cedar tiger]

like beat the game with every weapon or just unlock all of them?

[red bramble]

Just play with all of them

Actually

It's one of 3 requirements that I'm not sure which one it is

-unlocking all 6
-using all 6 at least once
-beating the furies once with each

[median geyser]

@red bramble

[red bramble]

Neat, good job

[median geyser]

4 heat

[red bramble]

Oh, you played with an unmaxed guan yu

That explains the pain and suffering inflicted upon you

[median geyser]

Yeah

I just wanted to get the achievement for beating it so I could get the ambrosia to exchange for tt.blood

[red bramble]

Well I mean

The prophecy is just reaching surface

So you were already accounted for that

[median geyser]

Yeah

[red bramble]

Well if you don't like it, you don't have more reason to keep on using it

So that is nice

[median geyser]

I did actually like it

Just

The health

[red bramble]

Maxed out should helpfully help you a but

Bit*

Maybe try it out with stubborn defiance

Anyways! Back to #hades discussion

[tacit narwhal]

ok maybe i do like rail

ngl if i didn't waste time on some troves i most likely would've beaten my time on sword hehe

[dawn egret]

cluster rocket go zoom

[vocal sundial]

Cluster rocket is like the most fun I can have in this game. So sick

[muted jackal]

first lambent plume run - it was 1.1% the entire time

[main frost]

if only you had splitting bolt and ds too 💀

[vocal sundial]

Yeah, that would’ve made the build better, for sure, but my goal was to Pom the high voltage as much as possible, which meant keeping only the necessary boons

[main frost]

I mean yeah you did say it was a meme run lol

[vocal sundial]

Absolutely. I was not going for a good build, I just wanted to see how thick the bolts could get

[blazing finch]

ngl thought this run was going way faster than it did...god build tho

[zinc lintel]

It's definitely not the last one, might be the second one

[weak hawk]

if only i got this kind of RNG with an actual build :p, sorely regret not pomming my cast

was doing 700 backstab with only lv3 cast

[dawn egret]

best part about heart rend build is that you don't really feel bad if you dont get heart rend

[muted jackal]

4 duos + legendaries from hermes + dio, also saw poseidon's aid crit for 21xx I think lol

[dawn egret]

just beo things

[shut ruin]

flood flare moment

[muted jackal]

not really sure how to read the dps chart - I'm guessing top dps is just poseidon's aid?

with or without sea storm?

[tacit narwhal]

battie + aphro call lasered him to half health 2nd phase... sheeeeeeesh

[umbral forge]

call > jolted > splash dash > zeus attack > special > sea storm > basic attack > doom > dash attack > cast > wall slam

I think

jolted good

[muted jackal]

thank you!

[umbral forge]

no problem! I love this mod for figuring out how much damage things really do

it's a big surprise sometimes

though the names can be a bit weird -- it just uses the code's internal name for them

[muted jackal]

yeah I wish there's a place to look em up

[umbral forge]

you could technically check your game files, but that's a bit of work. (just checked, and I was right about the attacks there)

well I checked jolted

[muted jackal]

splash dash doing more damage than zeus attack is pretty funny - it also doesn't include sea storm right?

[umbral forge]

it does not

splash dash is huge damage

[tacit narwhal]

you should probably move to #h1-builds-and-combat or #h1-discussion to avoid spam

[muted jackal]

my bad

[tacit narwhal]

just looking out

[trim escarp]

too easy..

[novel dragon]

zeus on zeus is always so fun

plus you had zeus call and his legendary

[rain ruin]

Really fun to play

[novel dragon]

skull earring carry???

[plain wave]

might be doing achievements

[fallen frost]

Oh Rocket Bomb, I am sorry for ever having doubted thee...

(using Eris. Couldn’t get the clusters, though)

Also, had Zeus attack and Jolted.

And Aphro Legendary. Wish we could fit more into those screenshots.

[uneven elm]

https://imgur.com/a/TAzo8NQ
first try on EM4!

[lunar peak]

very nicely done!

[lunar peak]

I know this ain’t good to y’all but getting below twenty minutes for me is a huge pog and big step towards improvement!

if it's good to you, that's all that matters :) well done!

[rain ruin]

Yup, good job

[tranquil sun]

32 heat Lucifer, could be sub-10 if tiny vermin didn't show

[violet bloom]

BRUH I WAS SO CLOSE TO A SUB 10

spread fire zag rail speed run

[lunar peak]

nooooo

still a very good time

[violet bloom]

the transition from hades 1st phase to 2nd phase ruined my time

he was walking around with 0 health

[lunar peak]

better luck next time

[hollow jacinth]

Sub 8 for the first time. Splits were 2:07, 3:41, 5:55 and 7:53. Didn't get any hammers untill the middle of Elysium, was really lucky with fountains and chaos.

[hollow jacinth]

If you'd used high confidence instead of thick skin you might have got sub 10 😉

[past hatch]

IMMA CRY

MY FIRST VICTORY RUN 😭😭

[hollow jacinth]

The game has just begun for you

[rain ruin]

Congrats

[violet bloom]

yeah

[lunar peak]

Nice work!!!

[fiery talon]

Me: "It's my first run in a while, so I'll be rusty"
The game: "Gotcha fam"

[zinc lintel]

speed zoomin

[rain ruin]

Acorn ftw

[quartz fractal]

Dam how

[rain ruin]

Practice

And well, the build gives me an edge through Calculated Risk and Divine Dash, and a lot of mobility through Greatest Reflex

[quartz fractal]

Fastest run so far

Was trying to beat em3

[red bramble]

I've been trying to finish off my last Fists Bounties with something fun i never did before and really wanted to, either Deadly Reversal or Winter Harvest which I never managed to get for the love of god
I reached Hades 2-3 times on 20 Heat without being able to get either

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/459790522706558976/828351358573740072/unknown.png

so i guess today i got both

ft some other strong boons

[quartz fractal]

Dam nice

[red bramble]

wrong link

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/459790522706558976/828351388617539634/unknown.png

[shy leaf]

woohooooooooooo caught my last fish

[blazing finch]

lfg 😤 😤

[shy leaf]

What's lfg mean

[blazing finch]

lets ****ing go

[shy leaf]

Sure, why not.

Only took 217 runs to get all fish

[muted ore]

Was really only looking for ME. But this was fun

[quartz fractal]

holy god

[red bramble]

the only duo missing here is lightning phalanx, hot damn

[torpid pivot]

Save scummed before the last Boss (toughest part by far), but did it

[scenic nymph]

This was probably my most successful build with Hera. I was so torn what to put as featured boons lol

I had lower health in some areas of Aspho lol

[tranquil sun]

32 heat Lucifer sub 10 ! Video coming soon !

[violet bloom]

Epic

[dawn egret]

that's all Heroic, actually

[brittle heart]

wow

[blazing finch]

sad that i didnt get sub 20 :( pretty fun run though got the 40% damage boost from dio/aphro and slammed crits in

[lunar peak]

2 heroics nice!

[blazing finch]

yeah i got pretty good rng there i got both starting at epic then eurydice hit them both

[lunar peak]

wow you rly scored lol

[blazing finch]

for sure, made up for my trash boon rng in the beginning

[dawn egret]

Priv Stat master race

[lunar peak]

omg I just noticed heart rend too, thats a nutty build, thats literally my dream nemesis build

deadly strike, heartbreak flourish and heart rend on nemesis is nut

[blazing finch]

yeah i was super happy when i got both the duos and the dio call so i was disappointed when i couldnt get sub 20 lmao i'm just really slow at clearing rooms

i guess i didnt have a damaging dash but still

flurry shot shouldve made up for it

[lunar peak]

you'll get sub 20 eventually I believe in you!

[blazing finch]

ty ty i'm still trying to experiment with what is best for damage rn cause even though i got the insane double heroic artemis/aphro attack/special i still felt like i wasnt doing nearly as much damage as videos i see

[dawn egret]

Flurry Chiron is pretty awkward, to me at least.
Makes it harder to tag what you want for the heat seeking

[blazing finch]

i guess my boons outside of the main attack/special/duos werent ideal? i couldve got poseidon dash or zeus call or smth idk

[dawn egret]

personally, I prefer Aphro Strike and Artemis Special for Chiron HR.
Or just Aphro Attack any other special. Aphro Attack is so good on Chiron.

[blazing finch]

i mean in a perfect world artemis would be better on special and aphro on attack

yeah that's what i was thinking, sadly i didnt get that order this run

flurry shot helped with that a lot though made it easier to spam attacks

oh i got "made friends along the way" nice

i feel like the day i can finally save up for even one of those reroll coins guaranteed per run is the day my run quality goes way up

my nw is only like 5k though so uhhh

[muted jackal]

not bad for a "farming run" with RI and AP

actually it was pretty bad for the actual farming part other than lucking into eclipse in tart

[azure salmon]

too many beams

[lunar peak]

:o I've had that combo before, rly good

[novel dragon]

congrats! i wouldnt recommend you to take Routine Inspection at 32 heat though

it has pretty bad effects, id only take it at 45 heat or more

[median mirage]

0/10 not using the beam aspect

[rain ruin]

4 Sack was a huge time drain, managed to finish nonetheless after a lot of panicking

[lunar peak]

well done!

[brazen mango]

God‘s legacy feels worth it, I sometimes cannot find a duo boon without it. When I take it I get insanely lucky a lot

[odd python]

I'm starting to hit sub 20 pretty consistently now. Still shooting the walls from wall-hugging and angles, but I feel like I can hit sub 18 soon.

[rain ruin]

Eris doing Eris things

[lunar peak]

another 40, nice!

[median mirage]

40 Heat on the best spear

[lunar peak]

omg that theme is sexy

[median mirage]

Only 25000 darkness

[lunar peak]

only

[median mirage]

I only had to take out all the darkness from the mirror to get it

[lunar peak]

lol

sac the mirror to get the theme

[shut ruin]

first fo2 run. aside from not getting rush delivery and a 3-sack i had some really good rng here, also no dds used

[fallen frost]

Twenty Heat weapon #3. When it rains, it POURS.

[worldly tundra]

Spear hidden aspect build came together

[dawn egret]

I accidentally took the wrong keepsake to Asphodel, but it worked out

[wind swallow]

my clear with shield

[timid olive]

First win. 4 duos between Athena, Demeter, Dionysus and Zeus. Would recommend Demeter+Dionysus with Dionysus+Zeus. Instant-cast Trippy Shot that inflicts chill and BLASTS EVERYTHING WITH LIGHTNING.

[past hatch]

WOOOOO! congrats!

[wind swallow]

wow 4 duo boons ? :c max i got was 2

[timid olive]

I actively seek them out for the sake of completing prophecies, so I look for the prerequisites on purpose

[wind swallow]

i see

I just go with the flow

[fallen frost]

I GOT IT! First 32 Heat clear!

[rain ruin]

Congrats

[fallen frost]

It was looking pretty grim after I purged Divine Dash at Asphodel, then got hit with two trap arrows (Heightened Security on) in the first room in Elysium.

[lunar peak]

Theme?

Where?

look closely

??

Huh??

How do I get theme

[gentle folio]

Ft. 1:30 sec dad fight, lvl 6 billow, and hyper delivery

Mom pom just kept hitting billow

Also proof that legacy is a scam

[quartz fractal]

Fastest run yet

[lunar peak]

Nice

[violet bloom]

happened again, transitions from 1st phase to 2nd phase always ruins my time

[gentle folio]

Make sure you pom jolted

Not your attack

[median mirage]

Wait, you know that the deadline disables survival rooms right?

Assuming you're speedrunning

[violet bloom]

kinda hard when you run out of rerolls

[gentle folio]

Ah ok

[rain ruin]

Turn off TD

[violet bloom]

why

[rain ruin]

So you have a chance for a Survival room in Tart

Survival rooms stop the timer

free room

[violet bloom]

but i got one

you mean the ones where hades comes in and calls is wretches to come attack me right?

when the screen goes red and hades appears on the left side of your screen

because i got one

[violet bloom]

answer me

[rain ruin]

yes

[rain ruin]

thats the one

[violet bloom]

so im not gonna turn it off

[grave totem]

Not supposed to happen if you have td on

[violet bloom]

because i like pretending i can do high heat

hmm

i got one tho

[grave totem]

Bug probably

[violet bloom]

i guess im gonna turn it off then

sorry

[gentle folio]

First hell mode win! I was expecting to get it soon, but not on my 5th run

This run was carried by charged volley my own skill

[violet bloom]

yeah

[quartz fractal]

What does he'll mode do?

[violet bloom]

he'll mode isnt a thing

hell mode makes you have 5 forced heat

[quartz fractal]

Hell*

[violet bloom]

the ones that pengy used are forced and you cant take them off

[quartz fractal]

Is that from the start?

[violet bloom]

and thats it

[rain ruin]

yes

[quartz fractal]

Like u gotta make a new save to do that?

[violet bloom]

yeah

[quartz fractal]

Oki

[gentle folio]

Yea new save

Started it a few days ago to make 50+ a teeny bit easier

[copper ember]

[violet bloom]

epic

[copper ember]

I don't know why but they just threw boons at me for nearly every opportunity

[violet bloom]

epic 3 sack action

[quartz fractal]

Best rama run yet

[blazing finch]

first sub 20! sadly never got a single duo :(

[blazing finch]

almost full duo boon end screen 😔

[blazing finch]

yikes

[left wren]

what a skrub

[shut ruin]

forced overtime 2 > god luck > go fast > 2 sack > new pb

[white saddle]

hey awesome beowulf speed man >:D

[shut ruin]

if i didn't spend so much time in asphodel thanks to slippery grasp from chaos this coulda been a sub 11

i'm thinking of trying to go for sub 15 spear

[white saddle]

damnit

I just did a speedy that went 13:01 because I made a ton of mistakes
1: didn't turn off "aim at cursor"
2: common attack
3: who the hell speedruns with em4 on??? and middle management?? Apparently, I did

there, message recovered

but it was a spread fire zag rail run

it felt so fast

backstab damage = poggers

[white saddle]

what aspect?

[shut ruin]

thinking of going with achilles

[rain ruin]

EM4 speedruns new meta

[shut ruin]

charged skewer guan yu could be fun though

[rain ruin]

Good job nonetheless

[shut ruin]

???

[gentle folio]

Wat

Did you leave the game on or something

[blazing finch]

took all 5 styx rooms to get cerberus snacks :( couldve been a really fast run (also robbed thanatos lol)

[umbral forge]

38 times?

[pulsar totem]

i just won for the 1rst time ever

[left wren]

[vocal sundial]

In my quest to get sub 10 with all weapons, I managed to get an INSANE fists run!

[shut ruin]

sub 10 with fo1

[vocal sundial]

Yeah. I'm not comfortable running fo2. Except on Eris

[thorny wraith]

Was streaming the game to a friend and managed to get a new PB without realizing it lol

[simple zenith]

FO1 vs FO2 is a microoptimization. all my sub 8s are with FO1

[brittle heart]

my first 32 heat victory ever :D

[shut ruin]

hermes would be jealous!

[shut ruin]

... 😳

[quartz fractal]

Do the companions help with getting faster times?

Like for bosses or minibosses

Idk wut they do

[blazing finch]

long knuckle carry, garbage boon rng

[shut ruin]

not horrendous for a first time real attempt at a "speedrun" with achilles but i should probably watch some real spear enjoyers do it if i wanna get this right, didn't even get splitting bolt or razor shoals smh

[gentle folio]

Did you start splash dash?

[shut ruin]

i got it in asphodel

poseidon was also the 4th god i got so the fact that he just didn't show up again was extra annoying

[gentle folio]

You want to start splash dash

Then force artemis

[shut ruin]

are there better options than lightning strike on flurry jab?

because the dps is really lacking

deadly strike + support fire?

[gentle folio]

Artemis is better

Support fire

The 150% raging rush + hunters mark is enough damage

[shut ruin]

so no flurry jab?

[gentle folio]

We should move to #h1-builds-and-combat

[cosmic atlas]

32 heat achilles run

[ionic rampart]

Frizz-Bee best starter build

[tacit narwhal]

hammer moment 😔

[lunar peak]

bruh

hol up

https://imgur.com/HiXHlg4 this was my first speedrun attempt, I think I did ok

[rain ruin]

Good job

[lunar peak]

thank

[raven oyster]

anyways i did end up winning with this build, despite the awful synergies. took no damage to dad, thanks for whoever recommended acorn styx

[vivid oracle]

1st clear

[novel dragon]

pog flurry jab on your first clear

flurry is a very very good hammer, and artemis attack is also very good with it. congrats!

[fading night]

my first win was so cheesy

[shut ruin]

triple + flurry

[white saddle]

@shut ruin @gentle folio @umbral forge it's a glitch that's been reported, but I'm thinking I'll never speed the blade to preserve that beautiful consistent numerical monstrosity

[umbral forge]

I've also seen the endscreen say "7:60.00" lol

not for me, but someone else's screenshot

[white saddle]

I think it has something to do with super precisely measured times in-game, getting emulated into decimals by computer code (because apparently they can't actually save decimal numbers), then when they're re-translated they're precisely big/small enough to read as something funky like putting a whole 10 into the 1s place or something

Big enough to read as 10 but small enough to round to 9

Crazy

Still crazy

[white saddle]

I notice both 7:60:00 and 18:010:00 are both extremely close to a round/whole minute so it's probably something wrong with that, or not, because 18:010:00 is almost (or exactly???) a whole second after

What did I even say dyno

I didn't say a bad word

Maybe there's a chance that it happens with every run but the chance of it stopping at the right time is such a small window that it never happens

That's what I thought I typed

Smh censorship

[shut ruin]

bot-moderation moment

[white saddle]

Hades: has Zag getting megged*
Hades: sorry can't say f-word on server

[shut ruin]

megged

[white saddle]

Right right, the official terminology

Me and my friend were dying earlier because one of us said after I got the Meg heart encounter again "hey wouldn't it be even funnier if instead of appearing in the bedchambers and saying 'phew' Zag just stumbled out of the pool of Styx after"

No Centaur Hearts can save him there

[shut ruin]

"A bit rough there..."

[lunar peak]

Should move to story discussion.

Also,

[lunar peak]

that sounds like a painful cast

[lime bane]

It kinda one-shot and two-shot everything.

[lunar peak]

Zooming around. Nothing to see here

RIP that Heart Rend, though.

Oh, wait, is that Artemis' Aid?

[lime bane]

It is.

[lunar peak]

Oh, very nice, then.

[lime bane]

With Smoldering Air lol.

[lunar peak]

Funny thing is

I sold the Smoldering Air after Lernie

And got it back

LOL

[lime bane]

[summer stump]

First time trying Demeter's Legendary Boon. Man that is OP.

[lunar peak]

well done! you will have many more to come :)

[dawn egret]

What if I just built my own GY, with Blackjack and Hades

[dawn egret]

Just Chiron things

4 Dashes + Blade + Vicious Cycle is fun
LT + CoN + Epic Dio Flourish is also fun

[brittle heart]

second 32 heat clear!

[violet bloom]

nice

[tacit narwhal]

thus concludes my 69th run in honor of aphrodite and my gf

[violet bloom]

epic gamer moment

[lime bane]

@autumn spindle a run in your honor ^ up there, Lady Aphrodite! 💕 💕 💕 💕

[tacit narwhal]

why is this f-ing killing me at 5am

[tacit narwhal]

DONT DO THIS TO ME IM SHY

[lime bane]

[violet bloom]

why are you up at 5am

[tacit narwhal]

gamer moment

[violet bloom]

tru

[lunar peak]

why have a girlfriend when aphrodite can be your girlfriend

[tacit narwhal]

i didn't know she was actually in the server omg pls excuse the nasty hermes and zeus boons lady aphrodite i tried so hard to purge them but ran out of rerolls

[tacit narwhal]

we don't hit on taken women tho 😔

[rain ruin]

lol

[violet bloom]

oh no

[tacit narwhal]

thanazagaera moment

[lunar peak]

She says she's married in the dialogue

[violet bloom]

delete that bro

[lunar peak]

But thanks you for talking to her while husband is busy.

[tacit narwhal]

there's still time bro

[lunar peak]

oh

sorry idk greek mythology all ik is they just do everyone

or is that just zeus

Definitely Zeus.

cos zeus is a hoe

[tacit narwhal]

fyi though, irl greek mythology says she's wife to hephaestus

[violet bloom]

zeus has a ton of experience

[lunar peak]

you could say that

[tacit narwhal]

ok boys off topic lets move lets move

[lunar peak]

Congratulations again 👏

[vocal sundial]

Damn Baj, that's the 40 heat WR by 6 seconds! Are you submitting it?

[lime bane]

Of course he is.

[quartz fractal]

Slow "speedrun" attempt

But I'd say not bad for my first time at 9 heat

[tacit narwhal]

windows key + s boss

for future reference

[quartz fractal]

Ye srry

[tacit narwhal]

also grats :)

[quartz fractal]

I had it saved on steam

But I hate putting it to my phone

[vocal sundial]

lol yeah

[quartz fractal]

Still slower than my 0 heat zag run

Would that be fast enough for td3?

[violet bloom]

td3 is 20 min

[quartz fractal]

Oh so I'm fine then

Maybe

[violet bloom]

is that em3

[quartz fractal]

Yep

[violet bloom]

on a speedrun

take that off

[quartz fractal]

:(

[violet bloom]

gonna ruin your time

[tacit narwhal]

blasphemous

[lime bane]

The game takes a screenshot with F11.

[quartz fractal]

I just needed it to hit 8 heat+

[tacit narwhal]

em2 fo2

[violet bloom]

ok

[quartz fractal]

Most my "speedruns" are probs gonna be td3 em2

[violet bloom]

good

[quartz fractal]

I'ma try a rama run with why to see if I can hit sub 20 first

[zinc lintel]

#h1-victory-boasting moment

[quartz fractal]

Cause I keep getting high times with rama

Since zag feels a bit faster

[violet bloom]

zag is just faster rama

[quartz fractal]

Less dmg tho sometimes

[tacit narwhal]

ever since I found out about aspects

zag's stay at 0

[quartz fractal]

y

+15 cc

[violet bloom]

zag bow, zag shield, and zag rail all cost 5 blood and are good

[tacit narwhal]

idk man

[quartz fractal]

Zag bow isy favorite

[tacit narwhal]

preference ig

[violet bloom]

but have you tried it?

[tacit narwhal]

I like how diff aspects force you to play differently

[violet bloom]

because you said that they are at 0 rn

[quartz fractal]

Ye

Rama feels like a shotgun

With point blank shot

[violet bloom]

it is a shot gun

[tacit narwhal]

haven't bothered leveling any of them up so no

[violet bloom]

bruh

[tacit narwhal]

#h1-builds-and-combat time

[quartz fractal]

Y does chiron take so much to lvl?

Ye

[tacit narwhal]

should be a 5min slowmode on here

[hidden vortex]

Oh hey! First sub 20 minutes run!

[violet bloom]

epic

[hidden vortex]

I haven't got anyone's aid across the whole run 😬

But I guess Dionysus special is enough to melt them all even without aid

[tacit narwhal]

you're just built different

[dawn egret]

zag shield is so nutty.
You just run around and punch stuff really hard

[quartz fractal]

Dam

I lost all my dd in elysium

Then I found patroclus

[dawn egret]

Pat saves lives

[quartz fractal]

Last room before shop before tehseus

[violet bloom]

nice

[quartz fractal]

Excuse me wut y did theseus ride on asterius

[violet bloom]

hold up

what

[quartz fractal]

He just yelled TOGETHER

[violet bloom]

oh

[quartz fractal]

and he rode asterius

[violet bloom]

thats just a thing

[quartz fractal]

WTF

[violet bloom]

asterius ran into his shield

[quartz fractal]

Ahhh

[violet bloom]

made a big blast

[quartz fractal]

It looked like they were together

[violet bloom]

pls stop

[quartz fractal]

Well I'm at 5 mins for stux

So that's not good

Good sack rng plz

[tacit narwhal]

better hope it's a 2sack

[quartz fractal]

I sth

If its not I'ma just reset

[tacit narwhal]

nah just die

[quartz fractal]

Wut I mean

[dawn egret]

unless you really want to keep a streak going, its better practice to just take the L and roll with a new seed

[quartz fractal]

HECK IT not a two sack

[tacit narwhal]

pepehands

[dawn egret]

[quartz fractal]

30 seconds left

2 dd

[zinc lintel]

this do be #h1-victory-boasting tho

[quartz fractal]

It was a 3 sack

Well that failed

[modern basin]

rusty, had to turn down heat

been away too long

[nova flint]

welcome to my warcrime machine

i did it with hidden aspect of shield

and i got like 2-3 extra casts from chaos from just tartarus

[rain ruin]

Damn

Nice one

[zinc lintel]

8 casts on Beo

nuts

[nova flint]

its actually wrong to do this

[quartz fractal]

Holy god

8 casts

[nova flint]

i got 6 on my next beo run with aphro

i one hit all of lernie's phases

[quartz fractal]

Wtf

[violet bloom]

nice

[nova flint]

and thesus, asterius and hades all got destroyed too

god i love this game

[zinc lintel]

Beowolf moment

[nova flint]

honestly i didnt like shield much

until i got beo

same with arthur

lucifer and demeter?

never tried that since i dont really like lucifer

is it good

[tranquil sun]

No

[harsh agate]

it's really really bad

[nova flint]

ah

whys that

[harsh agate]

like yes it applies chill quickly

but damage is low

[nova flint]

ig if you get that cold blast thing with 10 chilled?

[cosmic kernel]

^

[harsh agate]

yes but till then you're nothing

[nova flint]

tbh i dont even like demeter
the slower movement messes up my dodges

[nova flint]

god beowolf aspect is so stupidly powerful

that with artemis's carpet bombing call is just unfair

[novel dragon]

you should come join #h1-high-heat-strategies when you attempt high heat

you will like it there i think

[nova flint]

oo okay

i dont think im really doing "high heat" yet since i dont think ive gotten to 10+ heat on anything lol

[blazing finch]

first ever sub 15!

[violet bloom]

epic

[nova flint]

lets goo

i need to do a merciful end build

[thorny wraith]

First time trying TD/heat and got a sub 20 lol

[violet bloom]

wait what

first time trying heat?

[blazing finch]

sweet build, also congrats on sub 20!

[brittle heart]

congrats!

[thorny wraith]

Yep, been holding off on it to try and learn every weapon, finally felt ready to give it a go

[violet bloom]

nice

[thorny wraith]

Also got a new PB with fists too lol, I kinda like the timer

[blazing finch]

so close to sub 15, you've got this 😄

[flint hornet]

a run before sleep

[gentle folio]

I guess we’re doing 6x45 now?

[echo arch]

I hate 50 so here's 45 chiron

[gentle folio]

RI2 at 45

[echo arch]

that's fine

only reason I succeded is cuz AP is zero

[gentle folio]

Ah

[echo arch]

ap bad

[hollow jacinth]

No damage control?

[rain ruin]

It can be a big time drain even tho it doesn’t sound that bad on some aspects, Chiron is already a naturally slow aspect, and this is on TD3 with JS2 and no FF so no DC might’ve felt safer/faster, im not really sure, if it was up to me I’d use RI1 instead of RI2 and DC2 instead of DC0 but to each their own, if it works it works

[lime bane]

DC2 on Chiron sucks.

[vale sierra]

dc2 on chiron feels fine to me tbh :/

[shut ruin]

could've gone a lot faster if i got support fire and razor shoals 😔

[echo arch]

beo 45

[zinc lintel]

Wait a minute

Greater Recall on Beo

Did you take Plume?

[shut ruin]

greater recall on beo is kinda not good

[zinc lintel]

Nah it's pretty good

You don't have to manage cast placements at all

it's just impossible to get without Plume

[shut ruin]

cast placement isn't an issue with beo unless you have charge shot

the stones are always immediately within reach when you use your cast

[echo arch]

yes I took plume

[zinc lintel]

mad lad

[gentle folio]

Wait is that more RI👀

What

On beo of all things

[zinc lintel]

EM4 scary

[shut ruin]

em4 ez

smhsmh

[spare blaze]

RI1 ain't that bad when you only need the one boon lol

[lavish ibex]

Got a 40 heat spear clear!

[echo arch]

massive + quick

[blazing finch]

first sub 13! probably the best i will be able to do until i get meg companion but it felt good

almost died to hades though scared the hell out of me

[echo arch]

arthur 45

[gentle folio]

Wat DC2

On friggin arthur

[echo arch]

[gentle folio]

All that matters is the sweet W

I should post it on the speedrunning discord

Tag it with #hotw14

That should make leaderboard

[echo arch]

lol 18:46 is good ?

[gentle folio]

No there’s a heat leaderboard

For aotw

[echo arch]

oh

iunno how to post it really

[gentle folio]

Just put it in personal bests or something

[strange token]

51 heat arthur aspect! 😄

[lime bane]

Hrm.

[blazing finch]

first sub 15 with new rama bow, not really sure how to build it still so i've just been building zeus and holding down special lol

[lunar peak]

nice work!

[lunar peak]

wait so u ended up getting the secret aspects?

I think that was u that was struggling right?

[blazing finch]

yeah after 36 runs of talking to achilles

[lunar peak]

jesus ok

well glad u got it! :)

[blazing finch]

ty ty

[weak hawk]

deathless dad fight, sea storm op

[nova flint]

hera build makes this game ez lmaoo

also

new pb pog

[blazing finch]

Congrats! Never used hera before but that build looks like it clapped

[nova flint]

yea it did lol
hera bow is quite powerful

imo all the bow aspects are really good

[blazing finch]

agreed, i've been having a lot of fun with the hidden one since i just got it today :)

[nova flint]

thousands of damage per shot

[dawn egret]

Nem is the only sword I seem to have any luck iwth

[harsh agate]

sub 16 let's goo I was literally not even trying to speed run

[dawn egret]

Hermes wouldn't give me the dodge boons
I had to make due with Hyper Delivery instead

[tacit narwhal]

me taking my sweet time trying to get ME only to not get it and replace div flourish w poseidon is 18:29? nb

inb4 ares ks at styx comments yeah i was desperate no i wasnt thinking

[novel dragon]

was about to ask why you had poseidon flourish there

[tacit narwhal]

gottem

[novel dragon]

athena is still just better

even if you dont have ME

tempest flourish knocks enemies back which is annoying

[tacit narwhal]

eh it was 50% more damage plus wall smashing in styx y not

[novel dragon]

also how did you not run start the run with ares keepsake

or take the ares keepsake in aspho

or in elysium

[tacit narwhal]

i started w athena idk man youngspiegel moment i guess

[novel dragon]

what did you take in aspho..?

[tacit narwhal]

still athena

[novel dragon]

wha

[tacit narwhal]

youngspiegel moment

[novel dragon]

god keepsakes dont have any effect after you've the seen the god theyre from, other than the rarity bonus lol

[tacit narwhal]

i figured, but i didnt really care

[shut ruin]

hmm.. maybe i should go for sub 12 all weapons

this is a real epic rush delivery in first chamber of asphodel moment tho 🤣 👌

i wasn't even honestly expecting for my sub 12 fists to be with lightning strike and not merciful end

[tacit narwhal]

sheeeeesh cmon epic rush delivery

[shut ruin]

might wanna turn off td to increase my chances of sub 12 thanks to survival rooms

also what's up with zeus consistently giving me epic jolted? seems like he's being too nice to me

[novel dragon]

ZAP fists have done sub 8's

its still pretty good

even though ME is higher dmg and higher roll in the end

[novel dragon]

would also recommend you to take fiery presence, high confidence and stygian soul

fiery to one-shot witches in tart with your dash upper, high confidence for dmg, and stygian for better hermes boons

[shut ruin]

yeah i should probably use high confidence

stygian for what, auto reload and bad news?

[novel dragon]

no

stygian has one less cast boon in hermes' pool compared to infernal

which gives you a better chance to see hyper delivery

[shut ruin]

oh yeah

a major problem though is that i'm playing too aggressive and keep getting hit, which a. defeats the purpose of me putting on fo2 in the first place and b. prevents me from having high confidence up ever

[novel dragon]

its fine

its still some dmg, even if you dont have it on 100%

[brave nebula]

Bested my pb with 0 heat and 4 sack tiny rat!

[fluid oar]

I thought I used up all my luck when Hermes finally offered me an Epic Attack speed with flurry shot, but then I took a gamble on the anvil and was gifted Twin shot. The Gods shine upon me

[violet bloom]

bruh twin shot is like the best hammer to get on zag bow

[tacit narwhal]

sheeeeeeeeesh

[novel dragon]

twin+flurry

yeah

[violet bloom]

technically increased crit chance

[tacit narwhal]

nice luck

[novel dragon]

and increased dmg

[median mirage]

Twin shot is also one of the best hammers on Rama

[fluid oar]

One of the best hammers in general tbh. Basically just a free +100% damage increase

[scarlet elm]

I DID IT. EM4 hades for first time. Took me like 10+ hours but this build is the most OP I've ever used

Glad I was recording so I have the evidence to look back on

[violet bloom]

nice

[vocal sundial]

Congrats

[hidden vortex]

Hell Yesssss!!!!! And thanks to everyone here who helped!!

[blazing finch]

Wooo congrats!!! That's the dream

[hidden vortex]

Thanks! I'm so excited!

[echo arch]

demeter 45

[brittle heart]

wow nice :D

[violet bloom]

nice

[echo arch]

thanks

[tranquil sun]

46 heat Arthur, getting a taste of PL

[violet bloom]

nice

[modern basin]

I tried using arcade stick for Hades for the first time and I SURVIVED???

[violet bloom]

arcade stick?

[modern basin]

something like this

[violet bloom]

bruh

lmao

nice

[modern basin]

usually they're for fighting games

when it comes to Hades it has less precise directional input (stick has a 'gate' that locks you into only 8 directions) but you should be able to do dash/attack/special combo faster with it

not recommended for speedrunners though

[blazing finch]

first time completing a run with meg companion, i think i may have messed up though cause i have a charge left over? idk i got really early ME but didnt get the supporting ares stuff until styx

also tried something slick by taking poseidon dash early to help force athena special then sold it for athena dash later but idk if it was good or not

[vocal sundial]

Seems a bit unsafe because it's possible you couldn't sell the dash without using a roll, but if it worked out for you, that's cool!

[blazing finch]

that may or may not have happened and i rolled to get it anyways 😅

i got lucky with ME though otherwise i wouldve been in trouble yeah

[blazing finch]

huge catch mvp

[vale sierra]

join the church

[echo arch]

5x45 1x50 complete

[ionic rain]

Getting that exclusive access in chamber 9 felt

[blazing finch]

i thought for sure this would be my breakthrough sub 10 :( maybe if it was 2 sack

i also got the bad asphodel miniboss

[echo arch]

which 1

[gentle folio]

barge

i assume

[blazing finch]

yeah that one

[echo arch]

yep worst one for speedrun

[brittle heart]

FO2!

[blazing finch]

i'll give it a shot, im a little nervous i'll get rekt on fo2 that's all haha

[echo arch]

fo2 by itself is fine dw

[blazing finch]

lol i picked fo2 and got a 2 sack

sadly i missed bat on snakestone but that still wouldnt have made it sub 10

quad dash with ME op

[wintry meteor]

show usssss

also

this is both my tankiest run and my run with the most backstab damage

here are my backstab stats

and piercing wave

[rain ruin]

Not bad

[scarlet elm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex9kQrlIDRM

[wintry meteor]

damn that's a lot more fps than i'm used to

also jesus those lasers are straight up locking onto things and never letting them go until they die

[rain ruin]

rip fidi didnt get used the whole run

:c

[scarlet elm]

Lol yeah I've never had such a high damage build before, and I keep forgetting to use companion till hades and then I can't use it

[brittle heart]

wow unique dialogue with the "fight me for real, damn you"

[scarlet elm]

Yeah its incredible I've played 75 hours and I've only heard a duplicate line of dialogue once

[lost fossil]

Played after a long time

[gentle folio]

Guan yu shennanigans

[zinc lintel]

ME Guan Yu let’s go

[gentle folio]

Trying to see if I could actually speedrun this thing

[zinc lintel]

Wait ME and DR you’re nuts

[gentle folio]

got pretty lucky with the god pool

[quartz fractal]

This hurt

I was close to getting a 15 finish coming into styx at 11 mins

but 4 sack drop kicked me

[tacit narwhal]

wait this is actually nuts gahdamn

[gentle folio]

Yeah build was amazing

[echo arch]

50 heat beo, em4

[tacit narwhal]

@gentle folio tfw

[gentle folio]

Well ur problem was taking serrated point

[barren vessel]

lol

[tacit narwhal]

i had breaching i just bought hammer at styx and it gave me that and extending jab sadge

i shouldnt have bought hammer but this run was for story advancing so i didnt rlly care

just thought id share that i got ME too hehe

[lethal tiger]

mostly crazy because of the 3 chaos boons & had dealt 2966 dmg on an attack crit

[blazing finch]

first sub 10!!! huge thanks to all the peeps in the speedrunning discord for giving me tips

[hidden vortex]

Wow you did it! That's awesome!

[blazing finch]

zeus cast carry 😩

[hidden vortex]

Ahh yes, Merciful End and Vengeful mood totally didn't help eh?

[icy abyss]

one of the best post-game victories ive ever gotten in terms of mostly doom based

[shut ruin]

0 heat moment

[lethal tiger]

sometimes you just gotta cool down eh

[scenic nymph]

I absolutely love divine dash, would recommend it in almost any build

[raven oyster]

I'm gamer? so it might seem like the MAIM effect is similar to doom, but it's actually more like weak... so i put weak on my special and got the extra damage to weak, and then i got bonus crit damage to weak, and then i got crit atk, and then i started punching 617! so that's cool... shreds the hell out of anything

[harsh agate]

My first sub 15 and PB lets'g ooo

[dawn egret]

I never felt the reduced range on Twin Shot until this run

[novel dragon]

twin shot on chiron is stinky

[fierce spire]

first sub 14!! also it isn't shown here but i robbed thanatos too 😅

i never realised how good eris is

[dawn egret]

3 heroic boons 😳

[scarlet elm]

damn that's crazy. I only tried guan yu once but it felt so slow

[novel dragon]

the attack on guan yu is terrible, just use the special and dash strike

[tacit narwhal]

^

[hidden vortex]

Posting this one because I forgot to take a screenshot right after the run

First Stubborn defiance clear with EM4. It was a triple shot until I bought anvil of fates and it gave me Flurry and Twin shot. Got lucky there

[violet bloom]

nice

[lime bane]

The only semi-decent run from my sub 10 attempts today.

[dawn egret]

when mom says "we have Smoldering Air at home"

[violet bloom]

its not smoldering air unless you get "olympus caller" as your title

[shut ruin]

wouldn't that require you to use greater calls

[violet bloom]

nah i got it with smoldering air

[violet bloom]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/659820450297282585/816289210474037258/Screenshot_45.png

[dawn egret]

maybe i did get it and MMC over wrote it

[wintry meteor]

wait charged shot beowulf works????

i need to try that

[violet bloom]

yeah it works and i have never gotten it with beowulf

epic

[wintry meteor]

mb

[quartz fractal]

Oof

It's op on beo

Cause u can deflect and not move when killing things

[dawn egret]

almost sub 13

8 seconds

[violet bloom]

rip

[nova flint]

pog

my first time trying this build and it worked quite well

[violet bloom]

frick it happened again

i think i might start using high confidence now

[thorny wraith]

Wasn't sure how well Zeus shield with Artemis special would work but getting smoldering air made up for any bad shield throws lol

[nova flint]

is hades' aid good

[nova flint]

are those borders from the rank things orrr

[dawn egret]

Hades aid is pretty stronk
the border styles are unlocked at the contractor when you forge a bond

[nova flint]

oh wtf from where

ive forged many bonds

sorry, when*

when can i unlock those

[dawn egret]

work orders from the contractor.

[zinc lintel]

You get the themes once you complete all the other work orders from the contractor

[dawn egret]

ah, didnt realize that was a requirement too

[violet bloom]

yes

100% damage boost

for i think all damage

[violet bloom]

wait that is how you unlock borders?

man

i thought you just had to unlock everything in the work orders section

[dawn egret]

could be both

i know that maxing a bond is a requirement though

[violet bloom]

ok

[thorny wraith]

Kinda, the ranks are just the small border around your health/that title, the rest is a theme.

[pastel remnant]

u ever get ridiculous rng result in broken builds you weren't even planning for. this was a demeter run and somehow i got to the point where i was getting greater calls every 10-15 seconds or so

between that and the meme beam i was doing the most damage when i wasn't actually attacking lmao

[violet bloom]

nice

if only zeus aid was a higher rarity and level

[pastel remnant]

yea but i only picked it up cuz it was the best option out of three and i didn't want zeus to take up my attack or cast slots

[violet bloom]

#h1-story-discussion message

[nova flint]

LMAOOO

[steady hatch]

A very close all Green mirror run

[rain ruin]

First win on my Hellmode save

[gentle folio]

hey just got mine a few days ago

nice!

[thorny wraith]

Sub 15, let's go!

[quartz fractal]

How do u get those cool themes?

[thorny wraith]

You buy them from the house contractor, they unlock after buying every other work order.

[quartz fractal]

Oh

[quartz fractal]

with and without ME makes a big difference

[echo arch]

kekw

[shut ruin]

sub 12 with spear down, only bow left

blood frenzy carried lol

was gonna go for deadly strike but arty didn't give it to me so i had to settle for zoos strike. something weird that happened is that arty appeared again even though i already had poseidon, ares, zeus and aphro boons

[craggy lance]

a really lucky run

[brisk canyon]

new fastest run, couldn't have been closer

[shut ruin]

no spread fire 😔

[lethal tiger]

first successful em4 run!

[hidden vortex]

🥳 🥳 🥳

[rough cradle]

my last run before i lost my streak

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/680388432601677834/829269114576044042/unknown.png?width=1205&height=676

[eternal gust]

Good run!

[rough cradle]

yeah but the run after it i lost my streak

it was so good

[rain ruin]

10/24 for 32 heat now

[thin flicker]

Double record 💕

[violet bloom]

20 heat chaos

[timid olive]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/71240984997924864/829707118574829610/unknown.png

Early on duo that makes all subsequent boons epic or higher

[violet bloom]

nice

[novel dragon]

all boons* and *epic yeah

[scarlet elm]

16 heat beat with em4. Couldn't get the 10 stack clear damage boon but I had two +33% damage boons for cast so it worked out

[violet bloom]

you cant get the 10 stack explosion boon with glacial glare

for some reason

[scarlet elm]

oh that sucks damn

I don't know which is better than, really long casts or the more damage less duration

I guess if I had multiple casts the blast clear is better

but this run I only had one

[violet bloom]

wait what

more damage less duration?

[scarlet elm]

as in the 10 stack explosion with less duration vs glacial call which is longer but without that heavy burst

[violet bloom]

no

what i meant is that you can get glacial glare with that boon at the same time

[scarlet elm]

You can or can't? you're confusing me

[violet bloom]

but if you have glacial glare then you literally cant get the boon because you need the demeter dash, attack, call, or special

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/659820450297282585/824992839888666725/Screenshot_106.png

i got the dash to get arctic blast

because you cant get arctic blast with glacial glare

[scarlet elm]

Okay

[timid olive]

Yes, thanks.

[nova flint]

no dds left and 10 hp

i messed up so much lol

[nova flint]

howdo you get that border thing on the right i cant find it

[dawn egret]

funne run

[zinc lintel]

finish all the work orders for the house contractor then you can purchase themes

[nova flint]

okay thanks

[violet bloom]

aphrodite bond

[lethal tiger]

Pulled sub 18 for the first time when I pulled a 4-sack
Dash strike

[echo arch]

pretty much the best aspect tbh

[gentle folio]

[rain ruin]

I agree

[dawn egret]

Hot

With the ebik chaos strike

[violet bloom]

not the best aspect but a good build

[novel dragon]

it is the best aspect tho???

[violet bloom]

uh

yeah

[novel dragon]

im not joking

have you seen the insane dmg put out by gilga dash-strikes

[violet bloom]

?

20 damage per dash strike

what were you using

???

[dawn egret]

its the most fun aspect for sure, but the damage so low

[worldly tundra]

Was going for the Dio legendary and the build came together in Elysium

[violet bloom]

nice

[worldly tundra]

Worked perfect with Chiron

Cast attack special, repeat

[dawn egret]

not even LT

[worldly tundra]

LT?

[dawn egret]

Low Tolerance. Dio/Aphro Duo.
8 stacks of hangover if the target is weak
Aphro Attack/ Dio Special build basically

[worldly tundra]

Oh

[dawn egret]

lego chiron has exactly 8 special shots too

[violet bloom]

you should have went with aphro attack

instead of artemis attack

[worldly tundra]

I also had Hunter's Mark so I just cycled them

[worldly tundra]

Arte is what I got, I was focused on Dio to get his leg

[violet bloom]

"instead"

[dawn egret]

either works. LT is just a fun highroll to go for

LT Curse of Naus tho...
makes everything

[violet bloom]

nah they just die

[quartz fractal]

no divine dash P A I N

[violet bloom]

rip

[thorny wraith]

100 clears!
Oh, and Eris is fun too I guess

[echo arch]

mainstreaming 40

forgot the change to fiery presence for max gaming but w/e

[hybrid ember]

2 sack. and like a 15 second elysium boss fight. fast weapon + zeus attack is so OP

[solar wind]

Monthly Challenge

[rough cradle]

poison beam + deflecting balls go brrrrrrr

[echo arch]

50 heat chiron, em4

[icy abyss]

i call this one the gem grinder

god my runs feel so weak compared to the rest

[shut ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/523766637757726722/830270156365365258/Hades_214.png

i hate elysium

this run was so horrendous that i'm going to put it here so everyone can point and laugh at it

[weak hawk]

shield bois

[shut ruin]

i swear to god i hate strongbows and greatshields

the bows run around so much you can NEVER land a hit and i don't even have to explain the shields. they're horrible

[wheat falcon]

best fist run yet! also most success I've had with merciful end

[zinc lintel]

First try 32 heat Zeus Shield featuring: forgetting to turn on SD, Heroic Dio special replacement, and Rip Current Smoldering Air

[zinc lintel]

Friendship ended with Nemesis now Arthur is my best friend

[brave fulcrum]

I get that reference

[fading night]

When Hades gets pissed that people keep avoiding his lazers by sticking to him 🤛
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HQqtNFwsPmawKs-OzclVmHtUoPb13PRW/view?usp=drivesdk

[shut ruin]

em4 moment

[lilac edge]

My first run with the Gilgamesch fists was a super fun build, each doom was worth around 600 damage

[shut ruin]

merciful end 😩

[fading night]

imagine if merciful end also applied to maim...

[novel dragon]

eh, maim is harder to apply than just dash striking

[weak hawk]

scuffed run was using shotgun half the time

[minor widget]

My first clear, thought you guys might like it

Went for a Jolted heavy build, it getting the Decay and Freeze boon from Demeter was just the literal icing on the cake. Zeus seems to be pretty good with DPS and AoE, what with his ability to chain targets and inflict forced pacifism on mobs.

Sure didn't expect to clear though, since Stygius isn't my best weapon. I personally prefer Dash-Strike spamming with Varatha and heavy specials with Exagryph. Too bad Exagryph isn't mobile enough for me to take on Asterius and Theseus (or I could just get good), and Varatha doesn't have much defensive options for me, spin attack hitting hard but leaving me in the open.

[tranquil sun]

Learning zoos at 42 heat

[wind swallow]

tipsy shot zeus aspect build is so fun , legit it melts everything

[violet bloom]

20 heat chiron

[zinc lintel]

Rare Crop babyee

[violet bloom]

rare crop came in clutch

[thorny wraith]

'Twas a fun Hera run, managed to get both Zeus and Demeter naturally in Tartarus lol

[violet bloom]

nice

[tranquil sun]

42 heat Hades, with a strong build, with 2.7k crits

[dawn egret]

favorite chiron build by a lot, personally

[night hornet]

Closest I've come to beating my personal best. Didn't get the best RNG in Styx, had to go down three corridors, but Splitting Bolt meant that I cleared each chamber in the last corridor in around a second or two.

[violet bloom]

nice

20 heat achilles

[fallen frost]

Twenty Heat with Achilles spear. Thank you, early Rare Crop.

Also, 32% on Strong Drink was nice.

[violet bloom]

twenty heat achilles spear sounds familiar

[fallen frost]

I just noticed that.

[violet bloom]

lmao