Don't know if you've done this yet, but it's super easy to use the surface to level up keepsakes at low fear, because of all the side rooms in Ephyra and the large numbers of smaller fights in Thessally.
Idk if you need to upgrade the bird. I got the bird and brought it to Erebus. At Hecate boss fight, she discussed the bird. This allowed me to feed the dog in mourning fields.
@@skone_aseema She has to address the bird during the boss fight. But you are correct that she grants permission to recruit the dog when you speak with her at the cauldron. Then you can feed said dog at the Echo room.
@@l.n.3372 I did not even bring the bird to a boss fight. Once you have all three companions eventually Hecate will give you permission to recruit hers at the crossroads. I am fairly certain you don't need to either upgrade it or bring it. Just get the frog/bird/cat and keep talking to Hecate.
I think it just requires to fully upgrade one familiar bond,for old players who have fully upgraded already it might be that you need to upgrade Raki cause you already have the rest upgraded to get the conversation w hecate
The fact that the devs are making it viable to play without DD's is really cool. It seems so much scarier, but probably makes health gain much more valuable so its a nice tradeoff. Also, the fact that Snow Queen is still downgraded from higher rarity with Hubris is maybe something that should be changed at some point haha. No idea how though cause 3 barriers at epic sounds kinda crazy (though depends on primed amount maybe??)
It looks like breath of eros still does heal, by the way. It was just a really small amount, so you didn't notice at the time (probably because suffering isn't in the game anymore to give the mega heals)
I mean, it makes sense since most players are gonna be doing surface runs after they have already done a lot of runs in the underworld, and probably even have cleared chronos a couple times. If the surface was just as hard as the underworld, players would just clear it first try after beating chronos, and I can imagine that would feel a bit underwhelming
@malikhittam1440 But you CAN beat surface before Chronos. There was a time in like June when I was struggling to beat Chronos and Eris. If surface path had been fully completed then, I could, in theory, have focused all my effort onto surface BEFORE beating Chronos once. If you started a new file now, you could also beat Prometheus before beating Chronos too.
You always seem to know which Hecate is real when she splits in three. Is there some tell to it I never noticed, or have I just watched a couple videos where you guess right and jump to conclusions? Idk. Either way, really sick run, Strength on 50 fear looks super fun to play!
I just hit whatever Hecate is closest or which one is "safest" to hit right away to find the real one asap so yeah just got lucky on the videos you've seen
I think boon boon boon from echo could actually be an interesting way to think about 5 god pooling bc I think you got Zeus in shop bc of static shock from Echo. honestly very interesting idea but i dont have the capacity to think between nights for that lol. all around crazy run tho
9:06 How do you tell if Artemis is going to appear in this room immediately? Also, what weapon would you recommend for a Hephaestus Blast build? I like his secondary boons, but I feel like no one ever talks/uses Volcanic Strike/Flourish.
lol no way are we playing the same game. Whenever I attempt 50 fear there is just a whole bunch of absolutely broken enemy combinations. Servants and Perks that continuously just chip away at you. You got extremely lucky with your rooms here. Still insane gameplay but ong I just want half of that room luck lol
@@Boat3d 1: Yea man, there's an element of luck. Don't worry and try again, you can do it! 2: Git gud Nice choice there mate. It's easy when you're getting glazed innit
@@aveage-brush-player I still think DDs are a lot safer in the end, but I do love Strength. It's a lot of fun to play, and for sure not just outright worse.
Prometheus' lines are "only" 150 base damage if I remember right, so they're kinda survivable, sometimes! (They should do 120 on 50 fear after Strength's damage reduction.)
@@Boat3d Literally my first run back. I got further than I had before beating Cerberus and even getting to chronos himself only dying when his bar was half health in the first phase.
Don't know if you've done this yet, but it's super easy to use the surface to level up keepsakes at low fear, because of all the side rooms in Ephyra and the large numbers of smaller fights in Thessally.
oh wait you’re a genius I didn’t even think of this, thank you
To get the dog you gotta get the bird and upgrade it until Hecate tells you you can have the dog in the hub world
Idk if you need to upgrade the bird. I got the bird and brought it to Erebus. At Hecate boss fight, she discussed the bird. This allowed me to feed the dog in mourning fields.
@@l.n.3372 I think for me I had to upgrade it and she talked to me at the Crossroads but you might be right
@@skone_aseema
She has to address the bird during the boss fight. But you are correct that she grants permission to recruit the dog when you speak with her at the cauldron. Then you can feed said dog at the Echo room.
@@l.n.3372 I did not even bring the bird to a boss fight. Once you have all three companions eventually Hecate will give you permission to recruit hers at the crossroads. I am fairly certain you don't need to either upgrade it or bring it. Just get the frog/bird/cat and keep talking to Hecate.
I think it just requires to fully upgrade one familiar bond,for old players who have fully upgraded already it might be that you need to upgrade Raki cause you already have the rest upgraded to get the conversation w hecate
The fact that the devs are making it viable to play without DD's is really cool. It seems so much scarier, but probably makes health gain much more valuable so its a nice tradeoff.
Also, the fact that Snow Queen is still downgraded from higher rarity with Hubris is maybe something that should be changed at some point haha. No idea how though cause 3 barriers at epic sounds kinda crazy (though depends on primed amount maybe??)
Yeah having other options then eternity is fun
Imagine Fig Leaf 3 as an duo boon upgraded keepsake. Basically just skips Tartarus for you lol.
That would be nutty
It looks like breath of eros still does heal, by the way. It was just a really small amount, so you didn't notice at the time (probably because suffering isn't in the game anymore to give the mega heals)
Ohhhhh right, good shout
But is 50 fear equally free in the Olympus path as the underground path? Surface is only 3 biomes and already feels 2x as hard as the underworld xD
I mean, it makes sense since most players are gonna be doing surface runs after they have already done a lot of runs in the underworld, and probably even have cleared chronos a couple times. If the surface was just as hard as the underworld, players would just clear it first try after beating chronos, and I can imagine that would feel a bit underwhelming
Yeah surface is hard
@malikhittam1440
But you CAN beat surface before Chronos. There was a time in like June when I was struggling to beat Chronos and Eris. If surface path had been fully completed then, I could, in theory, have focused all my effort onto surface BEFORE beating Chronos once.
If you started a new file now, you could also beat Prometheus before beating Chronos too.
Yep bro, I almost exclusively play without DDs, starting Gorgon with Strength arcana, it just works man
It does just work doesn’t it
@@Boat3d dont need frinos when you can deflect that shi with mommy Athena
Nice! Glad to see that 50F has some more options now : )
Me too!
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Thank you so much!
You always seem to know which Hecate is real when she splits in three. Is there some tell to it I never noticed, or have I just watched a couple videos where you guess right and jump to conclusions? Idk.
Either way, really sick run, Strength on 50 fear looks super fun to play!
I just hit whatever Hecate is closest or which one is "safest" to hit right away to find the real one asap so yeah just got lucky on the videos you've seen
Really funny going from Devs made the surface way easier because people were getting upset fair enough I guess to showing his 50 fear run
what
@@Boat3d like immediately after you commented on the surface getting easier you showed all of the oaths you took on this run. It was funny I guess.
Ohhhhhh okay, sorry I just didn’t understand you that is funny
Waiting for the 55 surface :)
You’ll be waiting a while
Strength is so much fun.
Strong but scary
I think boon boon boon from echo could actually be an interesting way to think about 5 god pooling bc I think you got Zeus in shop bc of static shock from Echo. honestly very interesting idea but i dont have the capacity to think between nights for that lol. all around crazy run tho
Thank you 🤠
@@Boat3d of course m8 always enjoy the content
9:06 How do you tell if Artemis is going to appear in this room immediately?
Also, what weapon would you recommend for a Hephaestus Blast build? I like his secondary boons, but I feel like no one ever talks/uses Volcanic Strike/Flourish.
timer stop when artemis is gonna show up
Timer pause , Heph blasts are cool down based so anything works really
If I'm offered a low cooldown on his attack or special, I'll take a Heph boon. But nothing above like 8 second cooldown.
I've never seen that erebus miniboss without the 2 root guys, does that have anything to do with your fear or is this from the update?
I don’t know actually
Really curios if nyx or mel is the better aspect here?
I’m leaning more towards nyx personally but both are fantastic
@@Boat3d Thanks for the insight!
Speak to Hecate now and next time u can get the doggy.
Thank you for letting me know
what’s the point of using shard into fields if you know it’s gonna be onion? I must be missing something
Pretty much guarantees boon room1 to burn onion then I can roll mini boss to Heph and copy reward from echo
lol no way are we playing the same game. Whenever I attempt 50 fear there is just a whole bunch of absolutely broken enemy combinations. Servants and Perks that continuously just chip away at you.
You got extremely lucky with your rooms here. Still insane gameplay but ong I just want half of that room luck lol
Get better I guess
@@Boat3d
1: Yea man, there's an element of luck. Don't worry and try again, you can do it!
2: Git gud
Nice choice there mate.
It's easy when you're getting glazed innit
Unlucky really
who would have seen that coming?
i mean it’s only -50% damage and+25% damage for free it’s perfectly balanced right 🤣🤣🤣
Not only that but allows you to use Athena keepsake for a deflect boon !
Giving up all access to death defiances (especially with engraved pin) is a hefty price to pay though!
But yeah, it's really sick.
@@3012mathias nahhhhh
just get some hp ups and you’ll be fine
@@aveage-brush-player I still think DDs are a lot safer in the end, but I do love Strength. It's a lot of fun to play, and for sure not just outright worse.
@@3012mathias yeah risky for sure but so fun
Just play underworld to unlock Hecuba
Oh sweet thanks
@@Boat3dLook for her after Echo, but it's kinda RNG
Nice! Glad to see more Strength propaganda 😄
It’s very fun, also so sketchy with both final bosses having 1 shots
Prometheus' lines are "only" 150 base damage if I remember right, so they're kinda survivable, sometimes! (They should do 120 on 50 fear after Strength's damage reduction.)
Why do u sound like tik toker
No idea what that means
this makes me want to get back into hades 2 again. I'll admit I stopped playing after other games released. time to relearn everything.
Great time to return
@@Boat3d Literally my first run back. I got further than I had before beating Cerberus and even getting to chronos himself only dying when his bar was half health in the first phase.