Cavalcadence plays Hades 25 - Darkness-Free, Twin Fists, Aspect 4 (Hidden)
0Hades (PC(W,M)/Steam) (Supergiant Games)
Darkness-Free run (no Darkness in Mirror of Night)
Twin Fists (Malphon), Aspect 4 (Hidden Aspect)
So, five runs after the 0-Darkness Stygian Blade run, Darker Thirst landed on the Fists... and since a Flood Shot strat seemed to work fairly well for the Blade, I thought I'd give it a try with the Fists as well. =)
Long story short... though Zag didn't get all of the Boons I was hoping for... and though there were definitely some close calls(!) along the way... overall, the Flood Shot strat seemed to do fairly well, Zagreus persevered through the tough spots, and I ended up with my first ever Darkness-Free Twin Fists win! ^_^
So, here it is... my first ever "100% Darkness-Free" Twin Fists win... hope you enjoy!
Some quick notes on the strategy I used:
- The basic priority order for Keepsakes I used was: Poseidon, Athena, Dionysus, Skelly.
- The specific Boons I tended to prioritize were:
* Poseidon: Flood Shot, Poseidon's Aid, Razor Shoals
* Athena: Divine Dash, Bronze Skin
* Hermes: Auto Reload, Greater Evasion
- (no need for Greatest Reflex, since Gilgamesh already provides extra Dashes)
* Dionysus: Strong Drink, Positive Outlook, Premium Vintage
* Chaos: +1 bloodstone, max life, cast damage, attack/dash-strike
0:01 Mirror of Night
- Talents: a a a a a b a a a a a b
0:03 Reset Talents (35,365 Darkness removed from Mirror)
0:08 (0 Darkness in Mirror)
- [With no Darkness in the Mirror, I think(?) the only Talent selections that can affect the run are Infernal/Stygian Soul and Fated Authority/Persuasion.]
0:20 Keepsakes - Companion Shady, Conch Shell (Poseidon)
- Flood Shot actually worked well for the Blade, so I thought I'd try with the Fists as well. ^_^
0:27 Twin Fists (Malphon), Aspect 4: Aspect of Gilgamesh
0:33 Pact of Punishment - (none)
0:35 Begin Escape
0:40 Tartarus
0:45 Breaching Cross
1:13 +1 Reroll (Fated Persuasion) (1)
1:45 Reroll -1 (1), Ocean's Bounty (Epic)
- Was hoping for Flood Shot, but... hmm, extra coins could be useful. ^_^
3:25 Chaos - Addled Shot (Common) (3: -4 life cast, +37% cast)
- Was hoping for an extra bloodstone, but...
4:01 Flood Shot (Rare)
5:15 Chaos Boon (Addled Shot) transformed
5:47 Flood Shot: Lv.2
6:43 Life Essence (+14 life)
8:02 Flood Shot: Lv.3
8:05 Boss Battle - Fury: Tisiphone
8:44 (picking these up now, because the room shrinking can make them inaccessible later!)
10:27 Fury Vanquished
- Whew, a lot closer than I would've liked, but... we made it! ^_^
10:49 Owl Pendant (Athena), Eye of Lamia
11:04 Asphodel
12:15 Side Hustle (Epic)
12:50 Chaos - Flayed Shot (Rare) (3: -3 life special, +53% cast)
- Again, was hoping for an extra bloodstone, but...
14:36 Divine Strike (Rare)
- Was hoping for Divine Dash, but... extra damage on Attack will definitely be helpful! ^^
15:48 Razor Shoals (Common)
- Definitely should've been using Flood Shot more during that battle! ^^;
17:03 Chaos Boon (Flayed Shot) transformed
17:04 Flood Shot: Lv.4
17:17 Life Essence (+18 life), Night Spindle, Cyclops Jerky
19:10 Boss Battle - Lernie, the Bone Hydra (Lernaean Hydra)
21:16 Lernie Vanquished
21:43 Overflowing Cup (Dionysus), Light of Ixion, Eye of Lamia
22:06 Elysium
22:32 Chaos - Addled Grasp (Common) (3: -4 life cast, +1 bloodstone)
- Yay, +1 bloodstone finally! ^_^
26:13 Auto Reload (Common)
- Nice! ^^
26:34 (Hmm, health is kind of low, and that's probably one of the mini-boss battles...)
27:00 Flood Shot: Lv.5, Drunken Dash (Common), food (+52 life)
- Hmm, I guess Dash could be somewhat useful, with all the Dash-Strikes we're doing...
28:02 Chaos Boon (Addled Grasp) transformed
28:06 After Party (Epic)
- Again, not the Dionysus Boons I was hoping for, but... ^^
30:01 Colossus Knuckle
30:14 Life Essence (+34 life)
31:51 Aphrodite's Aid (Common)
32:21 Flood Shot: Lv.6
32:41 Boss Battle - Theseus & Asterius
35:06 Theseus defeated
35:59 Heroes Vanquished
36:20 Lucky Tooth (Skelly)
36:33 The Temple of Styx
38:08 Eye of Lamia, Cyclops Jerky
40:06 Nail of Talos
40:24 Satyr Sack, Sunken Treasure (Rare)
41:09 Boiling Point (Common), Flood Shot: Lv.8, Flood Shot: Lv.10, Flood Shot: Lv.11
- Was hoping the 2nd or 3rd Pom would offer Razor Shoals, but... even stronger Cast is nice too. ^^
41:59 Cerberus Bribed (it is bribery)
42:11 Boss Battle - Hades, God of the Dead
45:46 Boss Battle - Hades (Phase 2)
46:33 Ow. Oh, didn't see that one there. =p
- [Apparently, it was basically hidden inside the wall. =p]
47:28 Death Defied!
48:22 Hades Vanquished
48:42 Victory! * 100% Darkness-Free *
48:55 Mundanity - Taken by the Styx
49:25 The House of Hades
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