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I've given up on pursuing Dark Thirst and am just grinding a single weapon down now. The variance is too much and I really need to get to grips with some broken combos with specific aspects if I want to try 32 I think.
got friendzoned by Dusa twice. I thought I already had this cutscene before 1.0!
I've given up on pursuing Dark Thirst and am just grinding a single weapon down now. The variance is too much and I really need to get to grips with some broken combos with specific aspects if I want to try 32 I think.
Haven't escaped with this one, but I have felt its power. It's such a good combo for battlefield control. I find something about placing it then playing around it pretty awesome in this kind of game. Makes me feel like even more of a god, esp with Hermes boons.
Edit: grats!
Especially for boss fights it's just godly. You set them and then just chill behind a pillar until you need to move or collect your gems back. You get chill stacking to 10 immediately so the boss slows to a crawl right away.
And thanks!
My favorite boss killer so far has been the gauntlets with the hammer upgrade that makes each consecutive hit to an enemy do +5 extra damage. I paired that with Artemis's crit attack boon and several other crit bonuses. Hades went down so fast I couldn't believe it.
Bone Hydra V2 is impossible on the Switch's small screen. Waaaaay too much going on with the extra goons and limited ground to traverse. I can get past it but I keep wasting a death defiance. pretty much the only part in the game making me upset.
At which point I'll face V2?
Watched a stream and I was liked, wait I never faced Hydra at that place.
Nice - almost identical for me earlier tonight - it was my eighteenth run for my first escape! Those crystal beams/chill did some serious work on the final boss. Still cut it pretty close, and only had 45 HP at the end (with no defiances left).
Evolution of my thoughts on casting:
Casting sucks -> Castings is okay with some good power ups -> No you fool, casting really stacks damage on bosses even in its base form -> CASTING IS AWESOME
I still rarely use casting outside of boss fights, but my first loss to the final boss taught me that I really had to start using it.
Specific dialogues, amount of hearts, gift giving. Just keep talking to people after runs.
The Extreme Measures modifier in the pact of punishment changes the bosses up.
If you've beaten the game, you unlock hard mode where you can apply debuffs on yourself. One of them is Extreme Measures which makes the bosses harder (e.g. more moves, more health, etc...)
Just hit the credits. Love the way it justifies continued runs lol. This is such an incredible game and I'm definitely planning to keep going until every character is at 10 hearts (I've only got one so far) and I've seen the epilogue at least.
Anyone else 20 attempts in, maybe 15 hours, and never ever use cast?
I feel like maybe that's why I'm now at a wall in the fourth area. Someone give me tips on casting and why I should use it more, please. I like... never click A in this game.
I feel like maybe that's why I'm now at a wall in the fourth area. Someone give me tips on casting and why I should use it more, please. I like... never click A in this game.
30th attempt. Got to Hades. I got him down to 1/3rd health but missed a dash and died.
Had a really sick Athena Dash, Hades Doom and Aphrodite Weak build going on with the Shield.
I honestly think my biggest mistake was buying the Forge of the Fates. After doing that I had no idea what my weapon did anymore.
Had a really sick Athena Dash, Hades Doom and Aphrodite Weak build going on with the Shield.
I honestly think my biggest mistake was buying the Forge of the Fates. After doing that I had no idea what my weapon did anymore.
Supplemental damage/utility that is ranged, quick, and an inexhaustible resource the majority of the time.
You are strongly limiting your damage potential by not using it, especially the +40% lodged gem damage enemies take when the mirror is upgraded.
Just try to start every encounter with it at least. Even the basic cast with no boons at all is incredibly useful if you take the mirror talent that gives you 50% bonus damage against enemies with a bloodstone stuck in them. It's totally free damage. There are a lot of cast boons with excellent utility and damage potential themselves, but it's best to just play around with those yourself and see what you like. But always, always try to make sure the enemy you're targeting (unless it's something wimpy like the skulls or witches) has a bloodstone in them at all times, especially a boss.
I switched b to be action and right bumper to be dash. I did a similar thing for dead cells.
i just don't like hydra cos he has an invincibility period. bosses with invincibility periods are lame af. i don't mind a 'get off me' invul or spot dodge sometimes but just being like 'hey you need to go kill these other 5 mobs first' stuff sucks
You beat the game yet?
Casts are powerful supplementary skills that can cover the skills that your weapon lacks. You are also missing a lot of dps potential.
Without casts, it will be very2 difficult to run a high heat runs.
Should try Poseidon's, Demeter's, Ares/Artemis hunting blades duo. Those are my fave casts.
i'm a fucking idiot, i replaced an athena deflect attack boon with a poseidan pushback atk boon... on my fucking fists. Now I can't hit anything without shoving it far away from me which is exactly what I don't want to do. this run is borked
I was going to come in here and make an excited post about rolling the credits, and it would have looked... almost exactly like this, lol. How do you unlock the epilogue, though? Fulfill Persephone's plan to reconcile with the Olympians?
Oh, I was thinking it was more like a cutscene I'd get after doing that for some reason, but this makes sense.
Hermes gave me two whole extra dashes. Between that and an athena deflector I was basically completely dancing around dad with my double volley rapid fire bow, occasionally shotgunning blasting him in the face with Aphrodite casts. Second run down, on to the next one...
It felt like that for me too and I thought I might only click and be able to escape with specific weapons. But I think once you've got enough permanent upgrades and you're experienced with the game you can make pretty much every run work.Got him just now, on my 20th run.
It was actually kind of a breeze somehow, only died once during the entire run lol. I guess this game is all about having the right build, and I lucked into some good shit.
I won for the first time on my 19th run wondering how frequently I'd start marking it, well now I'm on 28 runs with a current 7 win streak and I'm rotating through all the weapons. There's been a moment pretty much every time where something clicks and I think "okay now this is an awesome build". Some builds are better than others but right now it feels like I always get powerful enough for a decent chance at winning, even if I couldn't make a perfect build that all works together super well.
I think they really perfected the balance here.
I think I have completed 4 or maybe 5 runs so far. I'm getting alot more consistent but still.. 10 is quite alot.
29 runs, made it into Hades twice, still haven't beat him.
But I guess it's mostly because I try to fill up the prophecy list instead of actually trying to having competitive builds :)
Having a blast with the game so far. Absolute gem balance and mechanics wise and the art and story are amazing.
But I guess it's mostly because I try to fill up the prophecy list instead of actually trying to having competitive builds :)
Having a blast with the game so far. Absolute gem balance and mechanics wise and the art and story are amazing.
I moved dash to L1, to give me thumb a bit of a break. I did get a stutter when dodging really late I don't know if it was a bug or what though.
I just read in the Polygon Guide about God Mode.
Man, I thought it's something like hard mode or iron man, or something ... :D
You can still get achievements when you activate god mode, right?
Man, I thought it's something like hard mode or iron man, or something ... :D
You can still get achievements when you activate god mode, right?
Went into Hades with a pretty naff fists build and no DD after rat nonsense, but did get the Demeter health regen boon so decided to take it steady and try to kite and heal up. Hades first stage is actually pretty basic if you stay on top of the adds, until he gets to about 20% and starts spamming the bombs too quick to deal with them all, then you kinda need something to burst him down.
Unlocked the Guan Yu aspect last night but it looks kinda nuts, how much does the debuff reduce health ups?
Unlocked the Guan Yu aspect last night but it looks kinda nuts, how much does the debuff reduce health ups?
I was going to hold off and wait for a PlayStation version but I couldn't wait any longer to play this with the great word of mouth, so I picked it up on the Switch. So far the game is living up to the hype! It has really fun combat, extremely good voice acting, and the story is great so far. I'm really happy I decided to get it now, definitely worth it.
They are crazy strong, simple as that. Even more once you unlock their secondary effects (Jolt, Chill, Doom modifiers, Rapture, etc) .Demeter's crystal, which I think is the best, allows you to keep dealing damage while you hide (super useful on last boss).
Demeters Crystal also makes the second boss die so fast you basically spend the entire fight in the adds phase. Because it doesn't move much it's health just vanishes.
I've yet to manage to get the Demeter Artemis duo combo going though which is a shame as that looks really fun and strong.
I've yet to manage to get the Demeter Artemis duo combo going though which is a shame as that looks really fun and strong.
They released a patch just a little while ago that was supposed to address this. See below. Maybe check (manually) if there are any updates available.
The same percentage as it cuts total health
lvl 1 - 70 percent
lvl 2 - 65 percent
lvl 3 - 60 percent
lvl 4 - 55 percent
max - 50 percent
Yeah I know. I was just so excited by how far I got I forgot to check.
Well 40 hours in and still no better at the game. I just don't understand how in every single match against hades I get hit by every single thing, how is it possible to not even get slightly better, I guess my reflexes are just that terrible. I might have to stop playing this just for my own health I really hate these sort of these games.
i get hit a bunch as well so here's some boons to shoot for to make it a little easier
- hermes multi dash
- athena deflectors (preferably on dash)
these two save my bacon every time
if you're talking about stage 1 (or stage 2) they're not harder... just different. The stage 1 varients have different attack patterns (and probably use projectiles more than Meg) but you can do basically the same avoid, dash in, attack, dash out strats and get pretty far.
Never died on the Stage 2 Boss before but died in his third form. Much harder for me, couldn't just dodge the shockwave and spam Y like before, because everything was on fire.