Cavalcadence plays Hades 44 - Darkness-Free: Heat 5 (HM), Heart-Seeking Bow, Aspect 2 (Chiron)
1Hades (PC(W,M)/Steam) (Supergiant Games)
Darkness-Free run (no Darkness in Mirror of Night)
Heat 5 (Hell Mode), Heart-Seeking Bow (Coronacht), Aspect 2 (Aspect of Chiron)
So, after the Fists, Darker Thirst landed on the Sword. Unfortunately, that run ended, um, badly. ^^;
But then Darker Thirst landed on the Bow. =)
The last time I tried a 0-Darkness HM Bow run, the run went pretty well... except for the fact that the game sent Zag three Fountain rooms... and chose "Fountain Finder" on the win screen. =p
Long story short... this time, the run went pretty well... and the game did not send Zag three Fountain rooms. =)
So anyway, here it is... my first ever Hell Mode "100% Darkness-Free" Heart-Seeking Bow win (technically my second ever HM 0-Darkness Bow win)... hope you enjoy!
Some quick notes on the strategy I used:
- The basic priority order for Keepsakes I used was: Zeus, Athena, Dionysus, Skelly.
- The specific Boons I tended to prioritize were:
* Zeus: Thunder Flourish, Static Discharge
* Athena: Divine Dash, Bronze Skin, Athena's Aid
* Hermes: Greatest Reflex, Greater Evasion, Side Hustle
* Dionysus: Strong Drink, Positive Outlook, Premium Vintage
* Chaos: special damage, max life, extra coins
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 failed 0-Darkness sword run))
- [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, Thunder Signet (Zeus)
0:16 Heart-Seeking Bow (Coronacht), Aspect 2: Aspect of Chiron
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
0:25 Begin Escape
0:29 Tartarus
0:34 Thunder Flourish (Common)
1:16 Thunder Flourish: Lv.2
1:38 Piercing Volley
2:33 Thunder Flourish: Lv.3
3:27 Chaos - Roiling Eclipse (Rare) (4: +63% enemies, +90% darkness & gems)
- Taking this one not for the advantage, but because the disadvantages of the other two are more likely to endanger the run. =p
4:33 Divine Dash (Rare)
5:41 +1 Reroll (Fated Persuasion) (1)
8:53 Boss Battle - Fury: Tisiphone
10:11 Fury Vanquished
10:33 Overflowing Cup (Dionysus)
- Since we've already encountered Athena...
10:46 Asphodel
12:10 Chaos Boon (Roiling Eclipse) transformed
13:22 Thunder Flourish: Lv.4
14:22 Greater Evasion (Common)
16:05 Strong Drink (Epic)
17:21 Divine Dash: Lv.2
17:57 Static Discharge (Common)
19:00 Phalanx Shot (Common)
19:41 Boss Battle - Lernie, the Bone Hydra (Lernaean Hydra)
21:53 Lernie Vanquished
22:12 Pom Blossom (Persephone)
22:22 Elysium
24:03 Concentrated Volley
25:13 Auto Reload (Rare)
- Probably should've tried for Greatest Reflex, but Phalanx Shot (splash damage & slow-moving deflect-shield) has been useful at times, so...
26:54 Thunder Flourish: Lv.5; Life Essence (+40 life)
27:40 Thunder Flourish: Lv.6 (P)
27:41 Divine Strike (Epic)
29:07 Thunder Flourish: Lv.7
31:28 +1 Reroll (2)
31:46 Centaur Heart, Reroll -1 (1), Poseidon's Aid (Epic)
32:05 "Charon? Unrelated to anything whatsoever..."
32:31 Boss Battle - Theseus & Asterius
34:29 Theseus defeated
35:48 Heroes Vanquished
35:56 Divine Strike: Lv.2 (P)
36:12 Lucky Tooth (Skelly)
36:24 The Temple of Styx
39:40 Binding Flash (Common); HydraLite, Chimaera Jerky
43:10 Centaur Soul, Nail of Talos
45:27 Premium Vintage (Common), Poseidon's Aid: Lv.2
46:34 Eye of Lamia
47:03 Satyr Sack
47:15 Centaur Heart, Reroll -1 (0), Thunder Flourish: Lv.9, Thunder Flourish: Lv.10, Double Strike (Rare)
- Again, probably should've tried for Greatest Reflex here, but I kind of wanted to strengthen Thunder Flourish (which started at Common rarity), since we'd be using it a lot during the final battle... and we'd been doing reasonably well with only one Dash, so...
47:41 Cerberus Ran Away (where could he be)
47:55 Boss Battle - Hades, God of the Dead
51:47 Boss Battle - Hades (Phase 2)
53:24 Death Defied!
53:27 Hades Vanquished
53:47 Victory! * 100% Darkness-Free *
54:00 Victory fishing!
54:22 Confines - Taken by the Styx
54:47 The House of Hades
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