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veni veni veni posted:Im aware of the poison curing pools. Regardless, you can still end up with some combos in styx that really gently caress you over. This is exactly where I am too right now. I'm about 40 runs in and have pretty much maxed out my chosen mirror bonuses so I'm not sure how much more progression I can squeeze out. I know it's just a case of gitting gud but I'd really love a practice mode so I can not keep almost getting there all day. I'm almost tempted to tick the god mode box but I know that would leave me empty and unfulfilled in the end. Is there any way of getting more titan's blood without killing Hades? Or respeccing? I poured it all into the shield which is fine but I'd like to try some of the others/
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Turned out that as with most video game problems, the trick is to complain on the internet and then get it within the next couple of tries. Not quite an ideal build but it worked well enough. I actually wasn't even really trying, I only went in down a life and low on health and wasn't totally comfortable with my build after a rocky Theseus and The Minotaur, so I figured I'd focus on learning the tells and dodging the attacks rather than trying to apply DPS. I guess the lesson here is that you can keep attacking as long as you want if you keep not dying. Also the hangover call is crazy, no real buffs and it did an immense amount of work.
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Hey the thread title says I can pet the dog, the dog, and the dog, but when I press the pet button I only pet the dog. Is petting the other two dogs an ability I'll get later? Also I ran into what I'm assuming is the secret boss you guys have been talking about an oh boy that's rough. I found him in Tartarus, is it that I shouldn't be trying it so early in a run or is he just meant to be utterly brutal?
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Oct 12, 2020 23:04
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WhiteHowler posted:I'm still new at this, with around 20 runs. I reach the end of Elysium almost every time now, unless I get an exceptionally bad room along the way. Deal with Asterius first. Try and stay behind him, dodging through him while he's attacking is generally pretty safe. The trick to mitigating Theseus is to stay away from him so he's limited to the ranged attack. Learn the timing on the indicator over your head and take shelter behind a pillar or double dash to not get nailed. His extra powers don't unlock until 50% so it's pretty easy not to trigger them until Asterius is down. Once Theseus is alone he's no so bad, just keep avoiding the ranged attack, stay behind him when in melee range and don't stand in the glowy circles. Also others have said it but rule #1 is take your time. You cannot deal any damage when you're dead and you will not win a DPS race. I'd actually suggest spending a run not even trying to fight them properly, just play it conservatively, practice dodging and see how long you can last. My hot boon tip for this and the last boss is to build around "fire and forget" style damage. Blade rifts are ideal, especially if you can snag the homing bonus. If you've got Dionysus the hangover call is really good, it does good work without much other investment. I think rupture also works on bosses even if they don't actually get knocked back, can someone confirm?
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Thanks, I really appreciate this post, I kept getting clotheslined by exactly this fight. Asterius and Theseus actually act as a pretty good trainer for the final boss. A lot of the mechanics are pretty similar. His melee attacks are also easily dodged by doding towards him and going behind, like with Asterius. His spin has a little faint white circle that pops up, like Theseus, and his lasers can be blocked by standing behind a pillar like the spear throw. And when the adds spawn, again it's a good idea to put some distance between you and the boss and focus down the weaker ones first. Beyond that, try and kill the skulls or get across the arena rather than attempting to dodge through them and whatever other attack he's doing. His more powerful attacks work pretty much the same, get behind him when he does a melee chain and block the laser attack. There is a major crinkle when he does the green jar thing, his attacks blow them up so you want to stand back and let him clear some space in the arena before you start getting up close and personal again. It's a little harder, but at the end of the day it's the same basic objective - find a strategy to deal with his poo poo and work on not dying, then fill the gaps with damage. And again, finding a source of damage that keeps hitting when Zagreus stops is going to make it a lot easier.
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I'm not a fan of the rail, but oh my god you can buff up the special to horrifying levels. Bosses do not do well under 3k+ crits that take no effort to put in.
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Oct 15, 2020 13:04
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Yoked posted:Is there a new player post or guide anywhere? The OP gave some high level explanation of the game, but a lot of discussion I've skimmed through seems to be about very advanced parts of the game. Yeah do not try and beat the game in a DPS race. Stand back, learn the encounters, attack when it's safe and don't die. The other bit of advice I'd give for the Hydra specifically that hasn't been fully covered is that most of his attacks cannot get you at all outside the pillars. There's some projectiles to dodge but if you've got a ranged option you'll have huge damage windows and you won't even need to learn half the tells at this point. Same with the small heads, they can only stretch their necks so far. The Titan's Blood isn't really going to be a major upgrade path for a while, the supply is very limited until you can reliably beat the final boss. Of the sword and the fists I'd say the fist's zag aspect is the most bang for your buck with the blood you have. The main meta progression at this stage is going to be the mirror though, so keep looking at that. There's some really cool upgrades in the mid section so make sure to pick up keys and unlock those if you haven't.
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Yoked posted:I have two key unlocks for the mirror so far. Should I be experimenting more with the mirror and sides even if I already have several ranks invested on one side versus the other? Experimenting is a nice thing to do, the alternate mirror buffs are definitely worth trying to see what you like and what works with what. I'd suggest it's worth spending a few keys on darkness refunds to do the experiments though, so you can actually get them up to a comparable power level without spending ages building up a bunch of extra darkness.
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Halfway through the Elysium boss on my guan yu run was NOT the ideal time for my thumb to collapse from all the dash attacking.
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Zeus is Good.
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