Athenas keepsake is for death defiances not for health. So it is really strong late into a run you're struggling with but it also synergizes with the new strength arcana card
Perhaps you could turn off your death defiance card and equip gorgon amulet for Athena boons? Risky, but you hardly use them anyways, especially for Underworld runs. You could also try trigger the death defiance arcana card later in-run through that other arcana card or by the Crystal Figurine keepsake, although that isn't reliable.
You mentioned having fun with this build. Well let me tell you a fun melting build with the new Hera x Hestia duo boon. As a reminder the Duo you deal 500 dmg every 0.2sec when you recover Magick. Well guess how much dmg that is when you have Hestia Warmth Gain. You know that boon recover Magick with every normal attack you make...it's disgusting with the Knives.
build worked so well , that chronos only hit you twice, and only because it could be noted you got bored and relaxed at the end. gigantic damage on hits will always be fun, in every game.
I'm sorta new to watching you play hades II so I don't know if you have tried this already, but if you want to get some use out of Athena's keepsake you can use the strength arcana card instead of death defiances. Sometimes I think that a full upgraded strength card is even better than a full upgraded death defiance card, and in case you haven't yet you should really try a strength run and ditch the death defiances for a little. Apologies if you have done this already
Heya Retro! Have you tried doing the strength arcana card instead of the death defiance one? I've found that it adds a pretty fun challenge to the runs :) No pressure of course! You play how you want! But I've been really enjoying that lately. Plus if you run with the strength card it makes Athena's keepsake a lot better since you don't have any DD's left. Also Fig Leaf is 1000% for speedrunners! I haven't leveled it up yet so unsure how it scales.
Also in the fields of mourning if you follow the golden leaves on the ground you can usually find the tree a little easier :) (I'm commenting as I watch the video don't mind me)
Hi retro i was playing the new update and saw a really cool combo you need demeter hestia and aphrodite. So you need a couple duo boons called "freezerburn" and "burning desire" it makes an infinite burn build that you can also end for big dmg it was a super fun run that let me basically cheese prometheus.
It seems they changed that. Patch notes said he lets you pause now. It's a shame, because he had a bunch of fun voice lines that are presumably cut. Also, earning the ability to pause was a fun way to spite him.
How many others can play like this and hardly ever get hit? Some of the time I just happen to dash into damage that wasn't even coming at me before I dashed or there are so many things going on that it's really really hard to avoid damage. I have to play with Godmode on (80% dmg reduction) or else I can't make it very far. I usually die once or twice on each boss. I can't get past Ares/Strife. She kills me every time. I don't understand how you can avoid her. Retro makes her look like a joke. I die to the cyclopes and he doesn't get hit once. There is damage coming at me out of nowhere very quickly and fires all over the place and he jumps at me and I try to just avoid him and hit from far away but even then I always die 1 or 2 times without Godmode on. Even with Godmode on I have a hard time beating the last bosses. I guess I'm just really bad at the game.
Athenas keepsake is for death defiances not for health. So it is really strong late into a run you're struggling with but it also synergizes with the new strength arcana card
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The second phase of that Chronos fight really showcased the sheer stupidity of the damage you were doing. His health bar MELTED.
The final hit on Chronos was a crit for a wopping 23 damage. A perfect insult to injury for today's run lol
Perhaps you could turn off your death defiance card and equip gorgon amulet for Athena boons? Risky, but you hardly use them anyways, especially for Underworld runs. You could also try trigger the death defiance arcana card later in-run through that other arcana card or by the Crystal Figurine keepsake, although that isn't reliable.
3:55 Oof, that burn against Eris...😂
Eris: RETURN TO SHADOW, NOW! >:(
Now, you've go *all* of the Keepsakes.
You mentioned having fun with this build. Well let me tell you a fun melting build with the new Hera x Hestia duo boon. As a reminder the Duo you deal 500 dmg every 0.2sec when you recover Magick. Well guess how much dmg that is when you have Hestia Warmth Gain. You know that boon recover Magick with every normal attack you make...it's disgusting with the Knives.
Superintendent are just masters of their craft.
45:00 super giant games making super giant enemies
something cool i realized was the if you got the sprint boon from Hestia it would also delete Eris bullets except for the rocket's and such
build worked so well , that chronos only hit you twice, and only because it could be noted you got bored and relaxed at the end.
gigantic damage on hits will always be fun, in every game.
I'm sorta new to watching you play hades II so I don't know if you have tried this already, but if you want to get some use out of Athena's keepsake you can use the strength arcana card instead of death defiances. Sometimes I think that a full upgraded strength card is even better than a full upgraded death defiance card, and in case you haven't yet you should really try a strength run and ditch the death defiances for a little. Apologies if you have done this already
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Heya Retro! Have you tried doing the strength arcana card instead of the death defiance one? I've found that it adds a pretty fun challenge to the runs :) No pressure of course! You play how you want! But I've been really enjoying that lately. Plus if you run with the strength card it makes Athena's keepsake a lot better since you don't have any DD's left.
Also Fig Leaf is 1000% for speedrunners! I haven't leveled it up yet so unsure how it scales.
Also in the fields of mourning if you follow the golden leaves on the ground you can usually find the tree a little easier :) (I'm commenting as I watch the video don't mind me)
This is the way. Strength + no DDs and Athena's keepsake is incredibly strong and really fun.
Hi retro i was playing the new update and saw a really cool combo you need demeter hestia and aphrodite. So you need a couple duo boons called "freezerburn" and "burning desire" it makes an infinite burn build that you can also end for big dmg it was a super fun run that let me basically cheese prometheus.
I am begging you reto, use Hera and Zeus together, their duo boon is really weird and super funny
Oops, all damage. Truly the greatest build in any game. What if... beeg number funny?
I think this was one of my favourite "most damage suffered" screens
Love this keep it up🎉
THE DAMAGE!!!!!!!
And we still want more 🫰🫰
most damage suffered:
HECATE 30
chrono 28
Holy DAMAGE!!!!
Wanna play this but haven't even gotten the first yet
Also, pause during the chronos fight, if he controls time will he just not let you?
It seems they changed that. Patch notes said he lets you pause now. It's a shame, because he had a bunch of fun voice lines that are presumably cut. Also, earning the ability to pause was a fun way to spite him.
How many others can play like this and hardly ever get hit? Some of the time I just happen to dash into damage that wasn't even coming at me before I dashed or there are so many things going on that it's really really hard to avoid damage. I have to play with Godmode on (80% dmg reduction) or else I can't make it very far. I usually die once or twice on each boss. I can't get past Ares/Strife. She kills me every time. I don't understand how you can avoid her. Retro makes her look like a joke. I die to the cyclopes and he doesn't get hit once. There is damage coming at me out of nowhere very quickly and fires all over the place and he jumps at me and I try to just avoid him and hit from far away but even then I always die 1 or 2 times without Godmode on. Even with Godmode on I have a hard time beating the last bosses. I guess I'm just really bad at the game.
One punch!!!!
I just heard the vape 7:39
There is no vape, that was my chair lol
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