Cavalcadence plays Hades 43 - Darkness-Free: Heat 5 (HM), Twin Fists, Aspect 4 (Hidden)
0Hades (PC(W,M)/Steam) (Supergiant Games)
Darkness-Free run (no Darkness in Mirror of Night)
Heat 5 (Hell Mode), Twin Fists (Malphon), Aspect 4 (Hidden Aspect)
So, after my 0-Darkness Rail win, Darker Thirst landed on the Fists. A Flood Shot strat seemed to work fairly well for my previous (non-HM) 0-Darkness Twin Fists run... so I decided to try that strat again. =)
Anyway... not everything went as smoothly as I was hoping (e.g. Zag never did get Auto Reload, and also went through most of the run without a Call, Special, or Attack boon), but getting Flood Shot, Divine Dash, and an extra bloodstone relatively early definitely helped out a lot!
Long story short, there were definitely some scary moments along the way, but somehow, Zag managed to persevere through it all, so... ^^
So, here it is, my first ever Hell Mode "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, Athena's Aid
* 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 Darkness in Mirror - Mirror is already empty (previous run was 0-Darkness rail win))
- [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.]
0:11 Keepsakes - Companion Shady, Conch Shell (Poseidon)
0:16 Twin Fists (Malphon), Aspect 4: Aspect of Gilgamesh
0:23 Pact of Punishment - Heat 5
- HM restrictions: 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
- Addl.Conditions: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
- Total Heat cost: 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0:26 Begin Escape
0:30 Tartarus
0:35 Flood Shot (Rare)
1:23 Flood Shot: Lv.2
3:28 Divine Dash (Common)
4:14 Lightning Reflexes (Epic)
4:45 Charon's Obol (S) (+115 coins)
5:22 Flood Shot: Lv.3
6:11 +1 Reroll (Fated Persuasion) (1)
6:45 Reroll -1 (0), Chaos - Enshrouded Grasp (Common) (5: previews hidden, +1 bloodstone)
- Nice, got it! =)
7:13 Flood Shot: Lv.4
7:24 Boss Battle - Fury: Alecto
9:59 Fury Vanquished
10:28 Overflowing Cup (Dionysus)
- Since we've already encountered Athena...
10:41 Asphodel
10:57 Chaos Boon (Enshrouded Grasp) transformed
12:45 Flood Shot: Lv.5
14:12 +1 Reroll (1)
14:24 Eye of Lamia
15:22 After Party (Epic)
16:48 Explosive Upper
17:54 Reroll -1 (0), Side Hustle
- Was hoping for Auto Reload, but... ^^
18:35 Flood Shot: Lv.6
18:41 Boss Battle - Lernie, the Bone Hydra (Lernaean Hydra)
22:25 Lernie Vanquished
22:49 Pom Blossom (Persephone); Life Essence (+40 life)
23:04 Elysium
24:49 Draining Cutter
26:39 Greater Evasion (Common)
27:13 Flood Shot: Lv.7, Strong Drink (Common)
28:50 Brilliant Riposte (Rare)
- Mostly getting this to make Athena's Legendary a possibility...
31:05 Lightning Reflexes: Lv.2 (P)
37:20 Centaur Heart, Static Discharge (Common)
37:34 Boss Battle - Theseus & Asterius
39:45 Theseus defeated
41:45 Heroes Vanquished
- Oof! That could've gone better... but we do have Strong Drink, so... =)
41:53 Static Discharge: Lv.2 (P)
42:05 Lucky Tooth (Skelly)
42:18 The Temple of Styx
46:04 Sunken Treasure (Common)
- Was hoping for Razor Shoals or Poseidon's Aid, but... the extra money could definitely help at the shop! ^^
48:35 Swift Strike (Rare)
- Was hoping for Auto Reload, but...
50:22 Satyr Sack, Thunder Flourish (Rare)
50:55 Athena's Aid (Common), Wave Pounding (Epic), Positive Outlook (Rare)
- Didn't get Athena's Legendary, but definitely got some useful Boons here! ^_^
51:34 Cerberus Abandoned (his post in order to eat)
51:47 Boss Battle - Hades, God of the Dead
53:53 (Ow, and ow again. =p)
56:51 Boss Battle - Hades (Phase 2)
- Oof, only 30 health + Skelly left... have to be more careful in Phase 2... =p
57:29 Death Defied!
- Ack, only 100 health left...
59:54 (Ow. =p)
- Down to 70... I think that's only one or two hits from Hades, so... definitely have to be careful...
1:01:14 Hades Vanquished
- Whew, that was a lot closer than I was hoping it'd be, but... we made it! ^^
1:01:34 Victory! * 100% Darkness-Free *
1:01:47 Rather Good - Taken by the Styx
1:02:09 The House of Hades
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/