Cavalcadence plays Hades 9 - Heat 32 win (& statue unveiling), Eternal Spear, Aspect 1 (Zagreus)
0Hades (PC(W,M)/Steam) (Supergiant Games)
Heat 32, Eternal Spear (Varatha) run, Aspect 1 (Aspect of Zagreus) win & statue unveiling
So... Heat 32 Spear is something I've tried several times (without much success!) in the past... but after completing all of the Heat 20 bounties, I figured it might be time to revisit it, now that I have a bit more experience with the game at the higher Heat levels. ^.^
Anyway, in some previous attempts, I found that I seemed to do better at Heat 32 when I built around Doom (Ares) or Weak (Aphrodite), instead of building around True Shot... so that's what I did for these attempts. Interestingly(?), I think I tended to play slightly more defensively with Ares... and since getting hit slightly less often can be pretty useful at the higher Heat levels... I decided to start with Doom. =)
Unfortunately, my first run didn't go too well (defeated by Bone Hydra)... and my second run went even worse (defeated by Alecto)... and I started thinking about maybe switching to Aphrodite instead... But then, on my third run... this run happened. ^_^
So anyway, here it is... my first ever Heat 32 win (& Heat 32 statue reveal)! Hope you enjoy!
Some quick notes on the strategy I used:
- I built the strat around Doom (Ares)... though building around Weak (Aphrodite) also seemed to work pretty well for me!
- The basic priority order for Keepsakes I used was: Ares, Athena, Dionysus, Artemis (if one of the previous wasn't necessary), and Patroclus.
- The specific Boons I tended to prioritize were:
* Ares: Curse of Pain, Ares' Aid (if another Call isn't being used)
* Athena: Divine Dash
* Hermes: Greater Evasion, Swift Flourish
* Dionysus: Strong Drink, Positive Outlook, Premium Vintage
* Artemis: True Shot
* Chaos: increased Special damage, increased max life, increased coins obtained
0:01 Mirror of Night
- Talents: a a b a a a a a b - - -
- Using Stubborn Defiance, because IMO it makes getting to the final battle a bit easier, and guarantees one Defiance for that battle.
0:11 Keepsakes - Companion Shady, Blood-Filled Vial (Ares)
0:16 Eternal Spear (Varatha), Aspect 1: Aspect of Zagreus
0:23 "Gotta earn it, pal!"
0:29 Pact of Punishment - Heat 32
- Conditions: 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0
- Heat costs: 2 1 1 3 6 2 5 2 2 3 1 2 2 0 0
- In a couple earlier attempts, I gave enemies a much higher damage bonus... but this turned out to make Elysium a lot harder than I was hoping... so I rebalanced the Heat to this mix instead. ^_^
0:33 Begin Escape
0:36 Heroes
0:53 Tartarus
0:58 Curse of Pain (Common)
2:34 Life Affirmation (Common)
3:46 Curse of Vengeance (Common)
5:03 Chaos - Maimed Flourish (Common) (3: attack -4 life, special +47%)
5:39 Ow. Oops, forgot already. ^^;
8:01 Ocean's Bounty (Rare)
9:26 Chaos Boon (Maimed Flourish) transformed
12:24 Dire Misfortune (Common)
12:44 Boss Battle - Furies: Megaera (+Alecto)
14:12 Death Defied!
14:23 Furies Vanquished
14:45 Owl Pendant (Athena), Purged: Dire Misfortune (+45), Centaur Soul
15:24 Asphodel
16:45 Greatest Reflex (Common)
18:29 Curse of Pain: Lv.2
19:49 Death Defied!
20:02 Exploding Launcher, nice! =)
20:26 Light of Ixion
21:58 Divine Dash (Epic)
22:23 Chaos - Addled Strike (Common) (3: cast -4 life, attack +35%)
24:44 Boss Battle - Lernie, the Bone Hydra (Lernaean Hydra)
27:01 Lernie Vanquished
27:19 Overflowing Cup (Dionysus), Purged: Ocean's Bounty (+80)
27:46 Elysium
29:04 Chaos Boon (Addled Strike) transformed
29:05 Breaching Skewer, nice! =)
30:09 Curse of Pain: Lv.3
31:28 Curse of Pain: Lv.4
31:44 Mid-boss battle: Asterius, Bull of Minos
33:34 Strong Drink (Rare)
34:32 Curse of Pain: Lv.5
35:52 Death Defied!
36:57 Death Defied!
38:26 Touch of Styx Dark
39:14 food (+85 life), Poseidon's Aid (Rare), Curse of Pain: Lv.6
39:38 Boss Battle - Theseus & Asterius
- Interestingly, chariot-Theseus seems to be easier to keep track of peripherally, compared to normal-Theseus. So during my higher-damage-enemies attempts, I found that focusing on Asterius first could end up working out well, given how hard he hits, compared to Theseus... so that's what I did here too. ^_^
41:14 Asterius defeated
42:36 Heroes Vanquished
43:00 Broken Spearpoint (Patroclus), Purged: Curse of Vengeance (+45)
43:33 The Temple of Styx
46:53 Sure Footing (Rare)
50:42 Curse of Agony (Common)
52:51 Satyr Sack, Poseidon's Aid: Lv.2
53:23 Curse of Vengenace (Common), Curse of Agony: Lv.3
54:04 Cerberus Vanquished (he's fine)
54:19 Boss Battle - Hades, God of the Dead
57:57 Boss Battle - Hades (Phase 2)
59:30 Death Defied!
59:47 Hades Vanquished
- Whew, my first ever Heat 32 win! ^_^
1:00:19 Victory fishing! =)
1:00:45 Rather Good - Taken by the Styx
1:01:07 The House of Hades
1:01:37 Unveil!
1:02:24 Statue Erected (Victory, Thy Name is Skelly)
More Hades videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2afLo6IgqBMY1bXMKNsmC8zl
https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/
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