h1-victory-boasting

[viral elm]

is there any difference to the bosses on EM1 other than furies

oh also new PB very nice

[chilly silo]

Kinda, it varies whether a duo or trio of furies everytime

[echo belfry]

alecto EM1 prolly is the hardest

[grave compass]

Absolutely pummeled dad, he never got the laser off even once. Hope I get a build this dope for higher heat.

[spare elbow]

Chironnact kinda busted, even basic rarity level 3 zeus special melted him. Got hit twice or smthn.

[austere gate]

[brave fulcrum]

cold embrace hera

[severe jungle]

Oh that wasn’t the Zeus special, that was relentless + concentrated. Having both of those hammers more than doubles your base damage.

It’s a crazy good combo

[rain ruin]

Imagine losing Acorn

[primal crown]

nice

wait can explosive launcher backstab?

[brave fulcrum]

I don't think so

I didn't see any backstab word

[rain ruin]

Mirror

[brave fulcrum]

I just get it cause I attack sometime

[rain ruin]

And Athena's thing I guess

[chilly silo]

My new PB in speed…if not for my common boons, may have gotten a sub-10. Next time dad!

Also completed the Legend of Persephone…after almost 30 deaths/restarts. Got half the master sword and turned off EM-anything. Def will try the hard version again sometime. But twice is enough for now 😅

Thanks for believing in me @lime bane !

[lime bane]

Congratulations!

[primal crown]

that common lvl 2 doom hurts to see, still congrats!

[chilly silo]

YEah, everytime I wanted to pom it, a necessary boon or something to cut down on my time came up...the stars will eventually align, so I will keep trying!

[lunar peak]

the Hazard Bomb is too op

It hits different when you dont even struggle in a boss fight that is suppose to be very very hard

[primal crown]

hazard delta comfy

[viral elm]

merciful end build where i got merciful end in charons shop before hades

[steep jackal]

id switch your mirror to add dark foresight

the 3rd last one

[viral elm]

im poor

not enough darkness

[severe jungle]

Then take darkness from somewhere else

Dark Foresight is the second best perk on the mirror tbh

[warm notch]

you can spend a key to refund your mirror

[viral elm]

yeah but i already have it invested in mostly important stuff

[severe jungle]

No

[warm notch]

well refunding just gods favor still will get you halfway through maxing darkforesight. also wait is that 5k darkness you have saved up? whats it for?

[severe jungle]

The most important stuff is Dark Foresight (after DDs)

[viral elm]

its not 5k saved

its 5k in total

so like 5000 in the mirror and 100 in my pocket

[warm notch]

oh

[severe jungle]

Well Dark Foresight is a better investment than literally anything else you have darkness in beside DDs and maybe Greater Reflex

And maybe Infernal Soul if you’re playing Beowulf

[viral elm]

idk i definitely think that the one which gives 3health per room is better, and gods pride too

[severe jungle]

God no

Not close

[chilly silo]

Maybe just try it @viral elm and then if you don't think it helps after a run or two, recalibrate with a key? Worth a shot if the "pros" endorse it...

[severe jungle]

That’s actually a great point, it only costs 1-2 keys after all

[primal crown]

High rolling time (no blackout, sad)

[severe jungle]

1024 damage per cast (1,792 with rush delivery)

Beautiful

What

[ebon berry]

closer to 50 fists

[rain ruin]

Ap2 time

[zinc lintel]

RI1 JS3 time*

I'm a firm believer that AP1 is free and AP2 is hell

[primal crown]

Not bad, i just need every possible boost to make it work

[rain ruin]

That works too but AP2 is for real gamers

[rain ruin]

Nice

[ebon berry]

Cant do either

I need rolls for jolted, athena boons, special etc, was already kinda close to timing out in ely so JS3 will make that worse

[timid wraith]

AP2 feels very adventurous

[ebon berry]

It really is

[timid wraith]

Makes me feel like Yami Yugi, trusting in the heart of the boons

[severe jungle]

“Free”?

[severe jungle]

And then they give you nourished soul and you no longer trust the heart of the boons

Or worse, flurry/cursed slash

[timid wraith]

That’s called channeling Kaiba energy

[warm notch]

flurry plus cursed slash though

until you get oneshot because you have no max health

[severe jungle]

That’s still bad at any heat high enough to warrant AP2

[warm notch]

just dont get hit

wait...

[chilly silo]

Between Dem/Zeus/Dio scratching each other’s backs…the fists didn’t really have to do much 😎

[rain ruin]

Another 40

[severe jungle]

The best way to play zag fists is to not play zag fists

[past sedge]

Most duos/legendaries I've gotten in a run

[primal crown]

god's legacy doing heavy work , nice

[past sedge]

I've been having a ton of fun with assorted Aspect of Demeter builds, this one is probably my favorite

[severe jungle]

SMOLDERING AIR

Yeah that’s a beautiful build

[past sedge]

its SO fun

[severe jungle]

Oh man and it’s fists? That gives you so much more safety too!

[past sedge]

My first 32 heat clear

[rain ruin]

Congrats

[severe jungle]

Charged Shot Best Hammer

[wintry dagger]

it blind sme

[primal crown]

in game is not as blinding

[fair phoenix]

First 4 heat run complete

[primal crown]

Nice

[burnt sky]

Wow thanks @lime bane got it 32 /w Chiron on my 3rd try with SD…new to SD thank you so much everyone for the help and wisdom in high heat discussion ch! I

[primal crown]

congrats!

[severe jungle]

Congrats! That’s a very nice build you have there, damn

Damn that must have been insane damage

[burnt sky]

@severe jungle facemelting it was insane 2 shot most things lol 😂

[severe jungle]

Yeah that’s sick

[ocean atlas]

First run with the Achilles aspect spear! I got very lucky with flurry and lightning!

[primal crown]

Nice

[twin karma]

Congrats on the 32!

[lime bane]

Congratulations!

[burnt sky]

Zomg my hand is killing me 35!!!

[brave fulcrum]

AP2 run

[brave fulcrum]

nice

[severe jungle]

Damn a second heart rend conc-relentless run in one day? Spectacular

[severe jungle]

Icy flare

[frail pilot]

151 escapes attempted!
100 deaths
50 escapes
|| 1 riverboat ride ||

My ratio is improving!

[severe jungle]

I was about to say “only one barge?” And then I understood what you meant

[random oriole]

Icy Flare pog

[near glade]

Random Loadout Challenge #2 (just noticed I set HL1 instead of CF1… I’ll pretend I did, what with purchases like Nourished Soul at full health before Hades ) https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/os7q17/random_loadout_challenge_2_chiron_doesnt_get_to/

[twin karma]

Cursed lol. Dashes and ice wine carried

[warm notch]

lol wut

why tf is my first sub 12 run on lvl 1 zag rail

didn't even have any helpful duos/legendaries or clockets

nor hyperdelivery

[viral elm]

wait what

how did that perform better than the classic eris lol

[warm notch]

rng

lol

It's literally just 100% worse eris

[lunar peak]

Absolutely unreal luck. Used the speedrunning modpack because sack rng sucks.

[lime bane]

Congratulations!

Life Affirmation carry. Lady Aphrodite is the best.

[brave fulcrum]

I feel like you can get away with a mod pack at that heat level tbh

congrats

[lunar peak]

Yeah

That's why 64 heat is next

I can actually expect runs to make it with enough time on a regular basis

that's huge

[random oriole]

how much soul did you sell to the AP2 RNG

[lunar peak]

I should check it honestly

Might have had mis-read the terms of the deal

I did not expect it, that's for sure. I was contempt with just the special itself.

[viral elm]

what does the speedrunning modpack do?

[hollow jacinth]

Check #h1-builds-and-combat

[lunar peak]

#h1-builds-and-combat message

^ explained here

[viral elm]

thanks

[grave compass]

Zeus is like the devs went "What if...big dmg?"

[chilly silo]

Crossed over into the 20’s…and the real MVP? Patty…I had 0 DD’s and 4 HP.

[ebon berry]

Saved

[rain ruin]

Nice

[grave compass]

SAVED
How fast was your heart rate when you finally beat Dades?

I so dearly wish I got hunting blades but the god of random numbers didn't offer me any boons.

[ebon berry]

@grave compass arti dash doesn't open hunting blades

Check your pre reqs

[chilly silo]

Lol, my heart rate was worse at 4 HP against shield shades, just about to throw in the towel and then to see Patty?!? Wow, it was all gravy from there…Dad was stunlocked from my Patty-high alone

[hollow jacinth]

Damn nice build

Quick too

[rain ruin]

Ty

[zinc lintel]

Straight zoomin nice job

[distant leaf]

EM4 beat for the first time.

With such a crutch build that it could skip me a line in a hospital.

[past sedge]

nice rush delivery, hermes hasn't given it to me in the last few hours

[distant leaf]

(its a second time i got rush delivery total, across 100+ runs )

[mystic yew]

Plume dummy

I missed a few rooms and still got 63.8% dodge chance! I love Malphon-Plume runs!

[primal crown]

Ruthless reflex gaming

[past sedge]

dodg

[lunar peak]

god i love rama

no heart rend tho :(((

[past sedge]

no heart rend

[timid wraith]

I love seeing everybody’s different weapon prefs on here

[exotic oxide]

https://twitter.com/IntoTheIllusion/status/1434905447522131968

Jun 🏳️‍⚧️ (@IntoTheIllusion)

Uhhhhhhh what #Hades #HadesGame #XboxShare https://t.co/FFJP8zV9PO

▶ Play video

Twitter · Sep 6, 2021, 3:44 PM

I've just realized I can post this here lol

https://twitter.com/IntoTheIllusion/status/1434906841507516424

[rain ruin]

No jolts big rip

[past sedge]

no jolts, big sad

[ebon berry]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/771815559410876446/895023334528544868/182.png

[past sedge]

athena legendary pog

[rain ruin]

Thought that was ap2 for a sec lol

Nice

[ebon berry]

Was forced into riposte

Riposte is crazy amounts of damage at a high rarity

Very underrated

[past sedge]

deflect only run

[severe jungle]

Yeah riposte is pretty good

[warm notch]

I like how I kept managing to almost kill myself

[primal crown]

You paid for the entire hp bar, so you need to use it all

[subtle adder]

Was gonna take the week off but Demeter is the speedrun aspect of the week and I love Demeter so here we are

[rain ruin]

ap2 rd quality gaming

[primal crown]

Ap2 is free if you just get the boons, huh?

[subtle adder]

Do enough runs and you’ll get them eventually. Maybe.

[past sedge]

God's Legacy is overpowered might buy a lottery ticket, all of this was found in asphodel, rng was insane

[subtle adder]

That is a wild build yeesh

[chilly silo]

RNG-sus def had your back

[past sedge]

rngsus

[stable kestrel]

No one I know will care, so here's my first >20 heat run. I got idiotically good luck on every damn thing ever. It was a cakewalk. I've had harder runs at half this heat.

[past sedge]

Just learned Demeter is the speed run aspect of the week, here's an ME Demeter run

[past sedge]

Nice!

[chilly silo]

I def care…just crossed into 20 heats this week and have around 100 clears like you 😊

[stable kestrel]

related, out of 9 runs where I've gotten Smoldering Air, I've cleared 8 of them. it is stupid good

[exotic oxide]

Ahhhhh screen only

My b

[grave compass]

Whoops D:

[livid radish]

Lmao, I understand this doesn't really prove anything, it's mostly just me being petty. Most the damage still came from Doom and Hangover though (made it a point to not use the Point Blank Shot much). Seeded for Curse of Agony. https://imgur.com/a/PTUJZFD

This took... more attempts than I'd like (4?). I'm grotesquely out of practice.

@severe jungle

[severe jungle]

LMAO

Alright

Well done

[rain ruin]

Td2 Rama relatable

[livid radish]

The timer is bad because player is bad, also player decided to not use hammers on a point of principle LOL

(Chain shot didn't count lol, more doom procs!)

[fair phoenix]

First 5 heat run

[past sedge]

Nice!

[twin karma]

where ME

[livid radish]

Athena was being stingy

[twin karma]

also whats the context lol

[livid radish]

Stupid argument in #h1-discussion about Doom on Rama. I maintained that it's not that bad of an option and @severe jungle maintained its unplayable garbage, even worse than Tempest Strike. This was my extremely definitely scientifically sound rebuttal

[severe jungle]

Not unplayable garbage, just very bad

Also trying to do ME with that would be worse than just using it normally tbh. Well actually triggering it with special could be kinda alright, but as you said the doom cooldown isn’t really an issue because the bow is pretty slow

So ME would really just end up being 40 extra doom damage and that’s about it

Which isn’t the worst thing I guess

[twin karma]

Don't let Astaos hear this slander pancake

[near glade]

Random Loadout Challenge #3: RR and no dashes from Hermes https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/own28u/random_loadout_challenge_3_lots_of_damage/

[near glade]

Random Loadout Challenge #4: Can confirm that JS, CP and DC are slow pacts https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/p19ij3/random_loadout_challenge_4_demeter_doesnt_have/

[random oriole]

man I remember that one being a slog

[near glade]

Thankfully I got a natural Athena and Athena-Ares trial in Tartarus, and ME in Asphodel

[brave fulcrum]

pseudo zeus build

[warm notch]

when no heart rend

[grave compass]

The damage actually felt kinda crap. I am really really bad at fists though.

[agile blaze]

Doesn't look too bad, think it just took long lol. Made it w 2 dd's tho!

[brave fulcrum]

when you didn't get what you want but got a somewhat OP build anyway

[ebon berry]

4/6 at 50 heat

[rain ruin]

Nice rod carry

[ebon berry]

Was very fortunate to get hunter dash and rod without rolls

rush delivery crossed out at the sack boon unfortunately

Good dad fight but almost chocked at the end

[severe jungle]

Yeah the attack damage probably wasn’t very good but that special

[rain ruin]

Big fail, went in the wrong first tunnel

Smh

[ebon berry]

Oops

That's hella build

[rain ruin]

Quality gaming

no rd tho

[severe jungle]

Oooh speedy

[ebon berry]

nyoomies

[ebon berry]

woops timed out in tart

[warm notch]

ME nemesis ft. no ME

[ocean atlas]

I don't have a screenshot yet

But I just got on the boat with mother

WE'RE GOING HOME, LADS

I DID IT

That shield run was actually my best ever too. Not a single death defiance used

Super aggressive hangover special extravaganza

[near glade]

Found this 41 second Dad fight using Nemesis, while clearing out old recordings (was practice for 32 heat speedruns) https://youtu.be/szqw9DsH25U

[ebon berry]

https://youtu.be/dKFfMDJZZrI also this was pretty cool, also on nem

[near glade]

Nice! I could definitely be cleaner and have a Meg available 🙂

[severe jungle]

What’s the fastest dad fight you’ve ever had (at any heat)?

[near glade]

Not something I go for - just happened to record this when I wanted a “baseline” time for higher heat runs

[severe jungle]

I got a 32 second Hades fight in my Beo PB the other day and it blew my mind

[near glade]

Nice, Beo is the way to go for fastest dad fight. Just keep insta-phasing if you have the damage

[severe jungle]

Yeah

[grave compass]

So much DPS.

[primal crown]

nice

[primal crown]

Nice

[past sedge]

First 40 heat!

[primal crown]

stubborn roots gaming

[past sedge]

yes

[near glade]

Random Loadout Challenge #5: Most straightforward so far https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/p5tp74/random_loadout_challenge_5_ramathena/

[severe jungle]

Classic 5x Divine Dashes

SECOND 50 HEAT LETS GO!!

[primal crown]

rama gaming

[vast sparrow]

Nice AP2 hammers

[severe jungle]

That would be a very hype screenshot if I didn’t have any DDs

[severe jungle]

Full transparency, Twin Shot was seeded (seeded meaning I had a seed with C1 twin shot and I died so I replayed the seed a few times)

[vast sparrow]

Nice attack boon

[severe jungle]

Also, the passion dash replaced divine dash in chamber 35

[vast sparrow]

Clearly didn't need it!

[severe jungle]

Guess not

[livid radish]

You put doom and weak on the wrong slots smh rookie mistake

[severe jungle]

[zinc lintel]

AP2 is a lie lmao

Nice one

[near glade]

Random Loadout Challenge #6: LC3 DDs: Do not recommend. RR on Zeus is fine though. https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/padmnu/random_loadout_challenge_6_zeus_and_hades_team_up/

[snow condor]

Should i be concerned about cheesing EM4 with the Aspect of Chrion

[grave compass]

nooooooo

Finally made Curse of Nausea useful only to render the Hades aspect totally useless. I was counting on chain skewer for AOE the whole time but never got it xD

[warm notch]

bleh. i kinda suck with zeus aspect

[near glade]

Looks like a clear to me!

[zinc lintel]

Clears 40 heat

"I kinda suck"

pick one

Sometimes we all just need to remind ourselves that the devs didn't add an achievement for 32 heat because they thought it was "unreasonable for most people"

[severe jungle]

Devs are bad confirmed

[vast sparrow]

I too kinda suck

[warm notch]

i feel like i could improve with zeus aspect shield management quite a bit**

[severe jungle]

Me too!

I’m not very good with Zeus, luckily it’s Zeus and it’s really good and also it’s a shield so when in doubt you can just block

[zinc lintel]

The sick part about Hades the Video Game is the skill ceiling is immeasurably high so there's always room for improvement and always ways you can clean up your gameplay but that shouldn't be a deterrent it should be an incentive and a motivator

[severe jungle]

Yeah that’s what kept me playing this game for 655 hours. There’s always more to do.

[agile blaze]

always nice to have death defiances over stubborn def

[past sedge]

but stubborn roots and TOSD

[severe jungle]

Does stubborn roots even do anything?

[past sedge]

yes

[severe jungle]

If you have TD3 at least

It’s basically worthless

Probably the worst duo in the game

[past sedge]

probably continue this in #h1-builds-and-combat to not summon the mods

[random oriole]

It's LC3 DD and FO2

[near glade]

I think HL2 raised the difficulty more since it was hard to heal - I might be used to FO2 now though

[random oriole]

Mmm

[near glade]

Random Loadout Challenge #7: I thoroughly enjoyed spamming Guan Yu’s spin (I had almost never used it before) https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/pnpzbr/unofficial_random_loadout_challenge_7_guan_yolo/

[polar star]

Ares DM+Zeus Shield+doom on both attacks, epic level 5 on normal and normal level 2 on special+epic hyper sprint+deflect dash+Blue Greatest Reflex+ice wine=flattening the entire damn run. That’s heat 3 on shield down the drain

[random oriole]

How was the High Conf HS Tart

[near glade]

In my first attempt I opened a trove to heal and lost a DD instead, lol. 2nd time I got the spin hammer and the rest is history 🙂

I did step on a pot at full health and instantly lose a DD at Hades tho

[random oriole]

ah. Fun times
that's the first week I took over the randos iirc

[near glade]

Thank you for keeping it going!

[gentle iron]

This was probably one of my most stacked games so far, and he just lets me go. I was prepared for nothing

[warm notch]

LMAO

image the power but with smouldering air and an epic greatest reflex or evasion

[rain ruin]

And wave pounding

[warm notch]

actually where was most of my damage coming from anyways lol

hmm yeah, mostly seastorm

i like how it took till styx to get it

[lime bane]

Tidal Dash and Static Discharge.

[tardy idol]

Oh my god, I love Demeter's cast

I didn't even need to actually use Attack or Special (I didn't even take a boon for it). The final boss was slayed in under two minutes.

When the lasers came in, I was staying right under them, laughing in his face as my lasers cut through his armor.

Artemis' help dealt a great deal (no pun intended) of damage, helped to force the timing a lot.

[primal crown]

Cold embrace gaming

[viral elm]

lv9 crystal meme

[tardy idol]

Thanks to my mom, it is pretty easy to level them up now :D.

[tardy idol]

Demeter get quite fond of me this run, along with Aphrodite.

[velvet silo]

[rain ruin]

50 Beo

[primal crown]

Nice

[velvet silo]

Quite a lucky run, boon wise then. Had to do all rooms for the stupid satyr sack

[outer totem]

That was fun

[warm notch]

hs guan yu is a mood

[random oriole]

HS HC Guan Yu is another mood

[velvet silo]

I dont like spears at all tbh.

[ebon berry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/523774570394681344/871832319156166676/DisapPATmentChampion.gif

[spare elbow]

Kinetic launcher + zeus special + chaos boon increasing special damage, and zeus call to really do dps

[warm notch]

grandma op

bleh had to trim 1st phase a lot to make it fit

[warm notch]

@ionic nest guan ew

[agile blaze]

Guan yu, but make it fun

[warm notch]

them hammers

[primal crown]

who needs poms on attack when you have global dmg shoutouts to eury hitting greatest reflex

[primal crown]

p o m s

[severe jungle]

WHAT A WIN OH MY GOD!! If I had wasted a single second in a single room, or had taken a single addition point of damage anywhere in the Hades fight, I would have lost. What a fantastic way to wrap up my time with Hades. I’ll probably come back to the game from time to time, and maybe in a while I’ll push for more heat, but right now I think I’m ready to move on to new things, especially with Metroid Dread releasing tonight. I’m so glad I could get this final win though, I had unfinished business with 50 heat Hestia.

[lunar peak]

Wow. literally a second longer and i would've lost my 13 steak.

[severe jungle]

Can’t relate. Never had a close run in my life

[primal crown]

talk about close calls you 2 lmao

[lunar peak]

(full pic)

[twin karma]

Congrats!

[twin karma]

Congrats here too!

[severe jungle]

50 heat charged shot gang 🤝

[severe jungle]

Also you technically had two seconds due to how tight deadline works. It will always reduce you to 1, then kill you in the next tick. For my run, watching the replay, I was at 4, took “5” but went to 1, then killed him. But that’s just some fun facts (that I literally just learned). Anyway, congrats on your win! It always feel good to clutch out a run like that

[sinful locust]

Well this is up there in insane cast runs. Got 6 casts with Exit wounds (Poseidon Aspect and Exit Wounds name a more iconic duo) which gave 1200+ dmg on full discharge.

[brave fulcrum]

I almost died in tartarus

the chaos curse was -3 per attack

and my main was dio on attack

so uh

I had to be hitless

which was fun

[primal crown]

hangover zag shield? nice

[brave fulcrum]

artemis aid also carried

I got multiple 1K damage with one arrow

[brave fulcrum]

it proves a lot better with priv stats than try to capitalize the +15 attack with boons like aphro

[crisp ginkgo]

Smoldering makes everything good!

[polar star]

Couldn’t fit it in, but had impending doom+fire misfortune with this as well to create a build I personally nicknamed “hehe, blitz disc go tick tick tick”

[warm notch]

when 5 sack and dash button breaking

[violet bloom]

Nice, not even close

[zinc lintel]

When heroic Eris

[lunar peak]

too op

[elfin quiver]

yep thats right, thats 6 casts with stygian soul

and they regen in 2.2 sec

with beowulf + dio cast

[primal crown]

lvl 2 cast , 6 casts fun tho

[elfin quiver]

twas very fun

couldn't get mirage shot to show up for the 12 trippy flare tho

[rain ruin]

Beo 45, again

[viral elm]

did a lower heat for darkness

[rain ruin]

Another 45 because why not

[primal crown]

god's pride doing work

[warm notch]

when tryna farm darkness but chaos no give boon

[cloud pebble]

I haven’t played since June and took a break from studying to play and I finally made my first victory!!!! I’m suprised I could remeber and make it that far!!!!

[crisp ginkgo]

Gian yu 32 yeeeehaw

[warm notch]

first sub 10 lol

@ LandoCatrissian

[crisp ginkgo]

Based

[rain ruin]

Forgot SD on

[upper locust]

This has gotta be my luckiest run ever. Decided to try HC Guan Yu and was trying to cheese it out with special spam, until Greater Reflex showed up, followed by Artemis attack on Epic, then a lucky Eurydice Ambrosia to bump it up to Heroic. Quickly pivoted to Heart Rend. Never feel so lucky with a build before

[primal crown]

Blessed life affirmation

[upper locust]

Praise Lady Aphrodite

[chilly silo]

Followed my heart on this one

[upper locust]

Hestia Bestia

[random oriole]

fun run as a break from randomizer shenanigans

[high trellis]

My first ever victory after a month playing Hades. Wow!Just, wow. After about 45 attempts of continuous frustration, finally, I can rest,for now

[past sedge]

Well done!

The first of many, I hope

[high trellis]

It will, I hope

[random oriole]

congrats! Enjoy your Greece tour

even AP2 can't block the turbo soaker

Also Blown Kiss can make anything a cast build

[past sedge]

power washing supremacy

[warm notch]

well that was interesting

did a right hand only run

because uh

[past sedge]

flurry shot works w/ triple, did not know that

[warm notch]

saw someone asking if the game can be played one handed lol

[random oriole]

yeah triple flurry is based

so what buttons can you not press

[warm notch]

pretty easy on low heat with these hammers lol

well i can press anything on the right side of the controller

just remapped left stick to right stick inputs

then stuck dash on right bumper

and hit attack, special, and cast using my index finger with claw

summon on right click and call on right trigger

[past sedge]

hades can now be played two player using two joycons, only on the ninte-

[primal crown]

32 heat one hand time

[past sedge]

64 heat one handed!11!!!11

[warm notch]

32 heat gilgadash one handed lol

only need to mash dash so should be fine lol

https://streamable.com/rdkqpw here's onehanded dad fight lol

[viral elm]

first 8 heat run

and ofcourse the game tries to give me all the cast duo boons (lightingrod, mirage) when im just doing an eris build but when i play beowulf mirage shot is nowhere to be found

also damn i just realised it was 16 min even with a 4sack

[agile blaze]

New record time and heat! Congrats

[warm notch]

one handed dad 2.0 lol

[brave fulcrum]

what was your left hand doing? doing taxes?

[rain ruin]

That’s a very sus victory

But a victory nonetheless

[elfin quiver]

we all know

[chilly silo]

Splitting bolt with Zeus attack is just plain stupid…love this build

[violet bloom]

i havent played beo with charged shot in a while

[warm notch]

lol 1 handed 32 heat worked first try because clockets are op

still almost got destroyed near the end because I forgot which button i mapped call to https://streamable.com/e02pux

[rain ruin]

Decent

[past sedge]

no duos based

[violet bloom]

bruh

[past sedge]

bruh

[random oriole]

that's a lot of pink and purp

[ebon berry]

Something something aphro bond emote

[rain ruin]

1 cast op

[rain ruin]

smh

gotta get gud

[zinc lintel]

Phalanx Hera

[random oriole]

it's alright

[rain ruin]

me likey

[warm notch]

no mirage shot moment

[lime bane]

That's good. Mirage Shot is incompatible with PBs. You can't get both in one run.

[warm notch]

lmao

[foggy spruce]

first sub 19

[grave compass]

Too many particle effects, couldn't see Zagreus any more.

[foggy spruce]

even better

[random oriole]

add higher Jury Summons to bake the graphics card even more

[warm notch]

5 sack

I like how I killed myself the other run where I didn't get ME cuz im dumb as heck

[heady path]

finally on my 18th attempt

[random oriole]

got a natural Zeus+Ares Tart

[vital iris]

managed to do a no death defiance run with my least favourite weapon? did not expect to get this far, I was sure I was going to die in tartarus

8 heat as well,, I have never left tartarus with the bow before,, crazy

[random oriole]

base bow based

[vital iris]

it's a lot more fun than I remembered!

[echo belfry]

wait a min, AP2 is off from u? That's a fake!

[random oriole]

I only play it an average amount

@viral elm

stopped bothering with regular attack near the end lol

[viral elm]

damn

but tbf to make merciful end work on rama you have to drastically alter rama playstyle lol

but anyways, gratz on pulling it off

[random oriole]

I'd argue Rama is a better ME than sword because if RNG screws you out of ME, you just play it like regular Rama

[warm notch]

why does everyone keep reminding me of not getting ME on my nemesis run

[random oriole]

Even impending doom doesn't hurt since it takes that long to charge up the Rama regular attack anyway

now this is a more brain damaged ME kit

[grave compass]

Pressure points doom is the biggest hit of dopamine ever

[grave compass]

Why are my boons overlapping the right panel in this screeny but the previous one i posted it didn't?

Anyway this was a boss mimic run. Throw a spear when theseus throws, spin attack when he spins. Likewise for Hades.

[brave fulcrum]

when you got everything for a good sea storm build, but you didn't get the sea storm 🥲

[viral elm]

chunky sword

[brave fulcrum]

Power Mino rush is hard

on the upside

it dealt 1K on crit

[grave compass]

smoldering air is always good tho 😄

This is the B Real / Snoop Dogg build. There was smoke everywhere

[warm notch]

um okay? spd modpack?

[rain ruin]

Is it an older version of the modpack?

[ebon berry]

It is

Its the oldest

[warm notch]

guess so

where's the newer one

[ebon berry]

Resources

On speedrun.com

[warm notch]

k. thx

[rain ruin]

You can also find it in the speedrunning discord #548318455695278123 message

[dull badge]

my first!

[ebon berry]

Poggies

[warm notch]

gz! btw did you notice the ability to swap mirror talents to green versions ?

[dull badge]

yup

but so far i havent tried any

im not sure which ones are must haves

in thinking, boon randomizer maybe?

[brave fulcrum]

it's always good, but I put aphro on something I didn't want.

so uh

oh well

[dull badge]

average festive fog enjoyer

[viral elm]

very impressive time for your first run

[viral elm]

8heat with shield and early rare crop on zeus boons

[lunar peak]

Now that's what I call a [[BIG BOLT]]

[dull badge]

hey thank you still figuring it out

[near glade]

It happens when you open a 6th column of boons

[warm notch]

generally id recommend swapping the third to last to darkforesight. the increase in boons is what really helps make for consistent and powerful runs. thats the main must have but generally id be using fated persuasion over authority as with rerolling doors its usually a lot harder to actually get what you want.

[dull badge]

thank you!

i'll try it out as soon as im done with work

[crisp ginkgo]

Zag bow kinda based

[foggy spruce]

17:36 my best yet

[glass rover]

my 20 heat build, after like 18 attempts i finally cleared. i lost all dd earlier, so i was suprised i actually made it. also i got a new personal best time!

id say i won bcs i got the 900% armor directly after jumping out the window

[random oriole]

Breaching cross good

[glass rover]

ik

[glass rover]

jezus. that time

[lucid hull]

HOLY CRUD THAT WAS CLOSE

[violet bloom]

Huge catch gaming

[lime bane]

No, it was all thanks to Lady Aphrodite. He had nothing to do with it.

[twin karma]

Jesus is my favorite greek god

[lunar peak]

another shnasty hera build (ignore the dd i tried heightened security for the first time)

[ebon berry]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/771815559410876446/896812040721666108/193.png

Helth good me safe

[violet bloom]

nice

[lime bane]

Family Favorite indeed.

That was the last of the Hell mode bounties.

[violet bloom]

nice

[safe eagle]

thats a bit much

[rain ruin]

Not quite

[primal crown]

Reject hestia return to smoldering air

[rain ruin]

Another sub10

Now I gotta redo my Shield 50

[warm notch]

bruh. never ME

[muted jackal]

about as safe as I've ever felt

[warm notch]

thats where my ME went

[muted jackal]

God's Legacy feels like a must

[dull badge]

oh wow, only used one death defiance in the entire run, i think i'm getting better at this

[coral flicker]

got carried by daedalus hammer abilities and it felt good as hell, never spent a single obol.

[warm notch]

a bit too much movement speed

[violet bloom]

Nice

[warm notch]

lol ig i was getting like 105% damage from rush delivery

basically just shackle

[primal crown]

Dad skipped healing and summoned dog as soon he changed phase lmao

[violet bloom]

Nice

[past sedge]

New any heat PB for me, brought to you by Heroic Cluster Rockets

[echo belfry]

EM4 Hades down with 32 Heat 😄

[lunar peak]

hades: h o w

[brave fulcrum]

when you deal enough damage, his heal is negligible

[warm notch]

well that was a bit busted

[past sedge]

"a bit"

[brave fulcrum]

a bit

unlike you, I didn't get what I want

[warm notch]

ill upload the fight lol

[brave fulcrum]

man, seeing normal hades is weird

[twin karma]

This Merciful End build isn’t that great, don’t get what the big deal is. What do you mean I’m using the wrong weapon?

[brave fulcrum]

lol

[wanton fjord]

Ik ik 13 heat is low but it's my highest yet and the boons in this build were rlly good so I thought I'd share it

[brave fulcrum]

I've beaten my 105 streak with gil

[chilly silo]

There are moments when I only feel pity for dad’s face…

Other than the weapon @brave fulcrum we had very similar builds

…and besides my overreliance on Zeus 😬

[viral elm]

i feel like this is just so much worse than eris

[brave fulcrum]

what are the odds

[zealous trellis]

i though cast builds were meh... I was doing 2k nukes every 3 seconds aphrodite cast feels good

[viral elm]

so close to sub 15

[lime bane]

Go for Heartbreak Strike + Thunder Flourish and get Smoldering Air. That'll speed things up.

[violet bloom]

bruh

[random oriole]

big bruh.

[upper locust]

With certain hammers, Lucifer does still have a nice niche in the rail weapon gameplay, otherwise, yeah, it is just like the other rails unfortunately

[zealous trellis]

4 charges left on the acorn, lost 1 to an add still happy

[warm notch]

well here ya go @echo belfry

ofc a slightly op build so I didn't get murdered by dad despite no em4 practice

[echo belfry]

How’s it for 32 heat ?

[warm notch]

terrible lmao

but not like doing em4 50 heat lol with a better pact distribution

em4 dad is pretty much the main difficulty spike kinda way too high compared to the rest of the run which is pretty chill

[echo belfry]

I suppose ur still very flexible with ur power at that 32 heat vs 50 heat

[warm notch]

yeah, at 50 heat there's a lot of area at and before dad which can ruin your run which is the main problem

[echo belfry]

The same as hell mode fresh file lol

[warm notch]

idk

[warm notch]

and there we go

[echo belfry]

Lol ur first time on phase 3 too

[warm notch]

well on this file lol

[echo belfry]

Yeah ik

[warm notch]

actually idk how many times I've done em4

[echo belfry]

Until the day u do the same and raise the heat to 50 lol

[grand yacht]

good general quality, got a lot of poseidon boons on top of good zeus boons

lucked out on chaos, too

[violet bloom]

bruh

[primal crown]

ME moment

Never trying this again

[past sedge]

but arctic blast is the best boon in the game!

[warm notch]

hmmm

doom is fine without ME smh

double edge was doing like 60% of the damage but common doom does fine smh my head

[crisp ginkgo]

That went decently trying charged shot beo

[foggy spruce]

32 heat clear finnaly

[warm notch]

honestly with a better pact and build you could do 40 heat

[primal crown]

Thats certainly a pact congrats

[foggy spruce]

pain

[warm notch]

yeah ri1 ap1 is kinda usually a no go at 32

[zinc lintel]

Tfw HL1 LC1 but RI1 and AP1

[rain ruin]

RI1 beo

Good run

[foggy spruce]

whats ap1

[zinc lintel]

Well they weren’t using Dark Foresight to begin with so maybe losing it didn’t feel so bad

Approval Process

[foggy spruce]

ah i see

[zinc lintel]

There’s a sheet with all the acronyms in the pins if you wanna look at that

[foggy spruce]

k

[muted jackal]

meme beam

[foggy spruce]

noice

[past sedge]

beems

[foggy spruce]

bem

[warm notch]

hmmm nem without crit chance

[brave fulcrum]

not listed, unhealthy fixation

[twin karma]

Infernal Dio Beo too

Congrats on the run though!

With that pact you could definitely clear higher

[lunar peak]

beat Hades on 2 back-to-back runs yesterday <:

[granite laurel]

Wait what is this chaos banner I’m seeing on some of y’all screenshots?

[brave fulcrum]

it's just cosmetic you can get from the contractor

[warm notch]

wooo

my styx gameplay was so bad

bought lamia by accident, forgot to use sd in last styx room, miss timed a whole lotta beo shots

[twin karma]

Congrats!

[sturdy silo]

lol got the second escape after 38 tries

[random oriole]

congrats!
(if you press the arrow keys on that screen you can select and deselect boons to show)

[ebon berry]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/523774570394681344/875365754671865886/dusavibe.gif

16 second overtime 👀

[lime bane]

Invalid run because the message hides the mod symbols.

[ebon berry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/835377117616668692.gif?v=1

[ebon berry]

doesnt show in the vod

checkmate

[zealous trellis]

first milestone

[crisp ginkgo]

Based

[wintry dagger]

i 100% hades

[lunar peak]

Dang dude congrats I could never

[lime bane]

You could!

[warm notch]

bleh

[lime bane]

You sound excited.

[zinc lintel]

Awesome Jolted

[warm notch]

jolted without zeus

[foggy spruce]

sheesh sub 17

[warm notch]

if you go flood flare start and get an artemis core boon and mirage shot you can prolly go faster

[foggy spruce]

why flood flare

[warm notch]

has the biggest aoe of beo casts also it makes it easy to get mirage shot since its one of the prereqs

[foggy spruce]

o

[warm notch]

mirage shot doubles the danage of your beo cast

because uh beo is funny

trippy shot is actually quite good for damage since it gets double pom scaling but trippy lingers which is a problem until you get stygian soul and a lot of extra bloodstones

[rain ruin]

Also swap to Dark Foresight

[warm notch]

i didnt notice that

also fiery presence is good with beo

[rain ruin]

You can tell by the number of boons

[warm notch]

uh if you wanna ask anything else we should prolly continue in #h1-builds-and-combat

[primal crown]

Sometimes you just get the boons

[twin karma]

if you want to use trippy flare use stygian

bc the fog takes forever to go away

stygian takes half the time

you really need an extra cast from chaos though so its very reset heavy

flood or pash flare you go infernal

also casts don't backstab so shadow is bad

[granite laurel]

Blessed set up to finally beat extreme measures Hades 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[crisp ginkgo]

yeehaw 32

Achilles spear is super based

[grave compass]

Hades RNG was really strange. He stood still shooting lasers and bloodstones at me for the last half of his health bar while standing on top of the blitz disc. I was just chilling under the shield.

[timid wraith]

i guess you can say i am a charming guy

[warm notch]

thats actually quite a few boons without dark foresight

[timid wraith]

it was nuts, probably my luckiest run ever

felt like i got down how to play with achilles spear on it at least

[warm notch]

sped

I like how I just decided to miss that last volley

[timid wraith]

ZAP

[random oriole]

Single dash High Confidence Achilles. Don't do it.
600+ dmg Ice Wine pog tho

[twin karma]

3 sack. Bow heat pb

[timid wraith]

First small milestone, greater heats await!

[random oriole]

16 is a decent sized milestone

[lime bane]

Sometimes the boons get you.

[agile blaze]

Chiron supremacy 😤

[lunar peak]

Gotta re-establish my Zeus acolyte status every once in a while

[ebon berry]

6/6 fellas

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/523774570394681344/871832321362370630/zagGrinPat.gif

[primal crown]

Congrats!

[lime bane]

Congratulations! What was the start?

[ebon berry]

zews

[lime bane]

I like how you naturally got all three gods we were talking about lol.

[ebon berry]

[shadow shoal]

100th escape attempt. I did this today.

[chilly silo]

Good work! Só…not a bow fan? I used to be and then had a string of run fails that made me wish it didn’t exist 😆

[crisp ginkgo]

the bow in general needs a lot of blood to be good

if you get to 5 arrows and throw on dionysus special, w chiron bow, that'll work well for you tho 🙂

[chilly silo]

Ironically that was my only successful run out of 5 with the bow on Saturday...

[crisp ginkgo]

Cat got 32 with zag bow finally yeehaw

No smoldering but made it work

(catless)

[primal crown]

cat pic better smh, congrats!

[ebon berry]

I just wanted to do 1(one) 52 attempt

[crisp ginkgo]

400 hull and a cat what more do ya need

Though the cat is basically 3 heat

[lime bane]

Congratulations!

Your first high heat win.

[ebon berry]

So all the others weren't real?

[lime bane]

High Heat is 52+.

[chilly silo]

No cluster, no rockets, but no problem getting a new PB Rail time!

[primal crown]

Nice! (Btw migh wanna switch to fiery presence)

[chilly silo]

Yeah I have gone back and forth with FP with Eris…I do get a lot of backstab damage but probably since I often lead with bombs, I may need to switch it back…thanks for the suggestion!

[upper tangle]

Ran out of time in phase 1

[warm notch]

personally i wouldnt do bp2 in addition to the forced js and cp lol

[upper tangle]

hm

[primal crown]

P.status 👀, nice

[viral elm]

INSANE hunting blades run, beating my previous PB by over 2 min

[zealous trellis]

does mirage drop 2 blades per cast?

[primal crown]

Ye

[ebon berry]

hunting blades my beloved

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/523774570394681344/871832329419620362/zagWowPat.gif

[warm notch]

after losing the previous close victory to controller breaking now my controls are even more messed up

[grand yacht]

Ice Wined Trippy Shots with Flurry Cast are cast abominably fast and the damage from just three casts was roughly around 2400.

Ended up with decent attacks, too. It just couldn't compare to the burst damage from the casts.

[primal crown]

Plume gaming

[zealous trellis]

woulda been perfect run but i go tagged in the full screen lazor

[random oriole]

last normal spear bounty

[primal crown]

buff carrying

[random oriole]

yes

• Tartarus Life Affirmation

[ebon berry]

helth

[zealous trellis]

sub 15 now we go for sub 14 ^^ love the plume dodge

[chilly silo]

Reaping that Rare Crop to help show some love to Dad is just what you need…

[primal crown]

Game said "spin" and so i spinned

[past sedge]

spin 2 win

[fickle oyster]

jesus christ thats a lot of special damage

[warm notch]

the rng was stupid

ap2 and got literally everything

like its with the speedrun modpack so rocket bomb was guaranteed but cluster bomb and epic chaos flourish and heroic arty special is just brain dead

[fickle oyster]

what is ap2?

[random oriole]

You only get 1 choice for boon, hammer and pom

[warm notch]

only 1 choice when offered boons/poms/hammers

[fickle oyster]

ohhhh

thats crazy

[warm notch]

basically like a 40 heat run with this rng

[random oriole]

it's the most fun heat don't listen to anyone else

[fickle oyster]

i wonder what the stats are to get all three of those is

must be insanely high or smthn

[warm notch]

ap2 was free, cf was free, cp2 was free, js3, uc since easily sold boons were offered, not even like 40 heat

[fickle oyster]

and how does higher heat benefit again?

im kinda new

[grave compass]

Triple bomb and igneus eden was all I needed but the God of Random Numbers decided to be even nicer.

[fickle oyster]

that is one stacked run

[warm notch]

well not really any sort of benefits. just an optional way to make runs more difficult in a whole lot of ways after you get your first clears

[fickle oyster]

ahhh ok, just a way to keep the game fresh

thats smart of devs

[warm notch]

well anyways here's my sloppy dad fight carried by clockets

[random oriole]

Heroic Artemis special excuse me

[warm notch]

ill say it again. this run was braindead

[primal crown]

as the cool kids says "just get the boons"
congrats

[analog spruce]

Artemis special my beloved :D

[ebon berry]

AP2 clockets LMAO

[warm notch]

well modded makes the first half free already

[ebon berry]

True

[warm notch]

but everything else in addition to clockets was just stupid

[ebon berry]

Grats, that looked like a tough run regardless with CP2 JS3

drunke strike

[warm notch]

actually was better than i thought after replacing shackle in tart lol

[ebon berry]

Wait did you get EA this run

[warm notch]

yes

[ebon berry]

lmao

That's busted

[warm notch]

wouldve been hilarious if i got epic greater reflex or rush delivery in styx

[warm notch]

bootleg nemesis

also when no styx hermes for rd

[viral elm]

hestia rail is just boring

[warm notch]

'mechanics' there are none

[viral elm]

ME in tartarus is very nice

[warm notch]

smh imagine getting ME

[chilly silo]

That moment when you feel like the Juggernaut…

[ebon berry]

677 max health LMAO

[rain ruin]

Even bought another cast to meme with

[primal crystal]

I’m gonna try again sometime and try to get the Artemis legendary boom to make it better, but this was one of my favorite runs so far

[viral elm]

first 16 heat

[brave fulcrum]

thanks bouldy

[high trellis]

first bow win

my hand is numb after this

and i need an oxygen tank

[kindred flare]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/862914336594722818.gif?size=96

[warm notch]

tapping into the speedforce

[ebon berry]

nyoomies

[primal crown]

insert that one aphro emote

[rain ruin]

[crisp ginkgo]

[latent ocean]

[lime bane]

You highlighted the wrong boons.

[worn moat]

Hey guys, first time posting here. I'm still new to the game but proud of my fastest time, hera is indeed very fast and fun with crush shot. (PS: forgot to highlight the Hermes boons, had Quick Reload and the legendary)

[warm skiff]

easiest 32 heat of my life, the last stage of hades took literally one second

[warm notch]

dang thats some zeus luck. hyperdelivery too

only thing better wouldve been smouldering air too lol

[warm skiff]

yeah it was kinda nutty. got crit and hunters mark for extra damage too

so the lightning bolts were critting

[chilly silo]

Stair stepping that heat…using and completing my first run with the Zag Rail…it was fine

[primal crown]

Drunken strike gaming

[random oriole]

last normal bounty I can be bothered to get whee

[granite laurel]

Fighting hades again for the first time after taking off EM 😂

[foggy spruce]

3 duo boons noice

[primal crown]

ME in tartarus, deadly reversal + rush delivery in aspho, swapped athena special for drunken to aim to splitting then athena swapped it again at the sack

Poor poms tho

[crisp ginkgo]

Damage control made this from a speedrun to a sweat fest when I nearly ran out of time v em3

Also 200 yay me I forgot to take a pic of that one tho lol

[primal crown]

Anvil gaming

[echo belfry]

WOOO! Hardest Hades run I've ever done!

[random oriole]

Splitting bolt gaming

[agile blaze]

Wow I imagine Elysium was hell

[echo belfry]

not really

since i dun rush, it's a lot easier to wait for opportunity in Elysium

Hades's definitely still the hardest

and... i guess the Styx part

that Pat's DD buff REALLY helps

[brave fulcrum]

EM4 FO2 done

why? I needed to shake off the caffeine

I'm still jittery

[agile blaze]

Merciful Spear🥴

[brave fulcrum]

I was going for Deadly Reversal spear

but athena wouldn't give me attack

[high trellis]

duo boons all the way

[chilly silo]

Not officially a “Disciple of Poseidon” but we still had fun 🧜🏻‍♀️

Also, my first steps into LC4/SD running…

[lunar peak]

another crush shot hera build, with a perfectly timed prometheus stone and actually useful parting shot

seriously, this is the first time i've found a use for parting shot

[zinc lintel]

Melting EM4 was a cathartic experience

[random oriole]

my "change the language to refresh the RNG" worked for once

(Deadly Flurry Twin)

no

[zealous trellis]

sub 13, next target sub 12 ❤️

[warm notch]

would recommend at least fo1 if not fo2 as it makes enemies come to you faster and theyll spawn faster too saving some time. getting hit also isnt that bad of a thing since itll charge your god gauge faster

also uh fiery presence since the base rail attack isnt doing much damage and rockets dont backstab

[rain ruin]

You could also go for another Keepsake choice but I assume you're just levelling it

[warm notch]

what do you use other than sigil or earring if you have a call already

[severe jungle]

TD does nothing but remove survival rooms where the timer doesn’t advance (aka free rooms)

[agile blaze]

Meg would is the better choice for companion imo

[warm notch]

yeah meg will save a lot of time against mini bosses since she comes out faster and a bit less damage against bosses wont matter

[zealous trellis]

whats td

[severe jungle]

Tight Deadline

You were using TD3 but I advise always using TD0 for IGT speedruns since it does nothing but hurt you

[zealous trellis]

oh

i thought it was a free heat since i already tried to go fast

[warm notch]

stick the heat on forced overtime instead

[mint palm]

Hooray! Today I decided I wanted to get on to the speedruns website just because and hit my new PB! Sure it's nowhere near the top score but this game is just so rewarding beating your own personal best 🙂

@zealous trellis did we really just PB with the same weapon too?!?

[warm notch]

id probably recommend eris rail

[mint palm]

Agreed. I heard and read good things about it. Need to get the titan blood for it though 😦

[severe jungle]

What’s free heat mean for speedruns? If your goal is speed, don’t worry about heat at all, other than FO2 EM2 (those are optimal for speed)

[warm notch]

and uh darkforesight and fated persuasion. with how fast youre going with zag rail youll probably be able to get sub 10 with a better set up lol

[warm notch]

looks like bounties

[zealous trellis]

im not going for a "speed run", just trying to go as fast as possible while still getting blood for more aspects

[warm notch]

tbh i hit half my pbs darkness farming lol

[severe jungle]

Dark Foresight is a must.

[zealous trellis]

whats pb

[warm notch]

personal best (time)

[mint palm]

Damn, didn't realise I swapped Dark Foresight! Usually I have fated persuasion but the run before I literally bumped into darkness, key, darkness for the first three rooms. It was super unlucky.

[severe jungle]

In that case TD is the least harmful heat outside the helpful ones. But I don’t really see the point of doing bounties and speed at the same time

[zealous trellis]

why not? least amount of time spent per blood no?

[mint palm]

It's addictive. Trying to get new heat and do it quick at the same time. I've now eased off that as the heat is getting worse though 🤣

The thing that hurts is dying and then not getting the PB or the bounty.

[warm notch]

well faster bounties means more titan blood

[severe jungle]

I love speedrunning but I only like doing it if I’m gonna do it optimally. That means 9 heat. But that’s just me

Especially if I get an amazing time with suboptimal heat and wonder how good it could have been

[zinc lintel]

This is a certified #h1-victory-boasting moment

[severe jungle]

Very true

[mint palm]

I feel you.

[severe jungle]

like my 15:07 Chiron 40 heat

[warm notch]

damn achilles is good

wasnt even doing td0

[primal crown]

guaranteed flurry jab feels like a dream

[warm notch]

modpack op

[primal crown]

Aphro gave me dying lament then poofed for the rest of the run, no attack until elysium mid boss, 2nd hammer in styx, 4 sack
Overall was a fun run

[timid wraith]

Discord not working on my comp, so here’s my ghetto lunch break boast

[warm notch]

thunder flare moment

[timid wraith]

It did what it needed. I softly whispered to my computer after the run, “at’ll do flare, at’ll do”

AP1 basically locked every other cast away from me lol, it was very rude

[warm notch]

when didnt even bother pomming it because heart break strike was doing better anyways

[warm notch]

thats why you dont do ap1 below 40 heat

just seeing that crossed out boon mocking you ...

[timid wraith]

I let the rage of a boon denied drive me to victory

The Epic Passion Flare locked away with Aphro keepsake at the start of Tartarus made it a spite run

[random oriole]

I honestly think Shackle boonless cast is better than Thunder Flare

[hollow jacinth]

No

Double strike OP

[timid wraith]

Double Strike was why I ended up keeping it, yeah (and Static Discharge)

But once I was in the Hades boss fight it was basically just running around the arena waiting for my Call to charge lol

[zealous trellis]

40% hades is... hard, the first phase with the archer was harder than 2nd tbh

[ebon berry]

zeus shield my new fav

[violet bloom]

nice

[twin karma]

AP who?

[lime bane]

Almost could have tricked me with that faux Lightning Strike and Thunder Dash.

[river dome]

fair build

[warm notch]

imagine with zeus attack

[river dome]

one can only hope

also just found out i criminally underestimated zeus boons

[warm notch]

hs at 5 heat lol guess you like living dangerously

zeus plus zeus plus some more zeus works out pretty well yeah

[river dome]

sure does

also doing 5 heat cuz i always do 1+ more heat for each victory with a weapon

so if i beat hades with 3 heat and sword next time i use sword ill use 4 heat

that way i always get the rewards

basically im broke as hell

[warm notch]

hs = heightened security

usually you avoid it at low heat even though traps arent too hard to avoid just because you can just instantly get a run ended by a pot

[river dome]

oh

OH

THATS WHY I WAS TAKING 100 DAMAGE FROM SAWS

lmao i totally forgot about that

[warm notch]

lmao

dads pots count as traps too

[river dome]

ah

didnt know that either

will def keep in mind for the next time

[warm notch]

looks like youd be fine with at least tight deadline 1

[river dome]

hm

dont really like tight deadline, puts too much stress even tho i always have extra time using it xd

[warm notch]

if you want to do higher heats like 16+ id recommend getting used to it

[river dome]

never really tried going past 5+ heat

ill get there eventually, mostly focusing on finishing all the prophecies atm

[warm notch]

yeah dont need to be in a rush

[river dome]

itll all happen eventually lol

[random oriole]

cough #h1-builds-and-combat

[polar star]

First bow win on switch, feeling good. the following isn’t shown but were a huge help throughout the run:Aspect of Chiron (level 1),triple shot, flurry shot, Slicing Shot, Artemis aid (rare), support fire (epic),thunder flourish, double strike, engulfing vortex, abyssal grasp, and abyssal favor

[primal crown]

Those hammers are for any bow vut chiron , congrats anyways

[polar star]

Eh, flurry shot kinda carried a little, the spam made it easier to spam doom and get the Chiron target up. That’s just me though

[zinc lintel]

With Chiron you usually want special based hammers like Piercing, Relentless, and most importantly , Concentrated Volley

But if it works it works™️

[warm notch]

okay ruthless reflex was a really good idea

why is that picture above sideways

[primal crown]

based yarn of ariadne

[zinc lintel]

Nourished Soul 😔