Also the rarity of the boon affects the amount of increase per pom as well. The good news is that if you retroactively increase the rarity of a boon, that these increases will also recalculate as though the boon had been that rarity the whole time.

You can also consider the kind of weapon you use as well. I'm happy if I'm running a fist build with an epic boon from like athena, or aphrodite for example who give quite high damage boosts to pump poms into that boon even if it's gone beyond being super effective, purely because of the amount of hits I'm going to be landing with my fists compared to other types of attack. Whereas if I was using something slower like the shield, or the bow, then I'd be more inclined to make sure I was getting the best value out of my boons by spreading the poms around where possible between attack, special, cast and call.

Struggling with this as well, main character movement is hard to follow, I often get stuck behind pillars or on traps, can't remember the door icons for the Gods, and it just all feels messy. Will watch your videos as well Tempy and go back through this thread.

How many boons does each God have? They just have at least 3 normal, and some epic and rare ones? Is there a website for it like for the items in Isaac? I assume they always offer from the same pool, so i should be able to look them up before going into a room.

How does upgrading the underworld work? We've added fountains, but hardly ever get them. Is it worth to focus on this right now, or should I get the darkness to get my mirror stuff up now quickly?

Should I always go for Chaos if I can?

What's the deal with the guy standing before the big boulder? Text is tiny and a bit confusing (I find the description of things quite often a bit unclear)

We've still got some talents to unlock on the mirror, so that plus unlocking keepsakes might be the best thing to focus on? How do you upgrade weapons?

Mainly playing with the sword now, as that's what B chooses (we switch controller after each run, trying to figure it out together but he's losing interest), trying to use my cast more but that flame is one more thing to keep track of, maybe that's a good one to upgrade next time?

How important is health early on in the game? I have a keepsake equipped that gives you a chance to restore health from an urn item drop, and tend to go for the health upgrade when choosing a room. Maybe that doesn't matter that much if my power is not up there?

Sorry, lot of questions but I think B is done with this soon so I have the game to myself. I also assume it has cloud saves on Epic store?

There’s a wiki that lists them all if you need it Nina: https://hades.gamepedia.com/Boons

Rarity goes Normal/Rare/Epic/Heroic.

Legendary Boons are unique boons that require you to have take one or two pre-requisite boons before they are even added to the pool that run. Similarly duo boons are added when you have a certain boons from a god and have another god too - so Demeter/Zeus Cold Fusion can only appear if you have the Jolted Boon for Zeus.

Upgrading the underworld with fountains means those rooms can appear, not that they will.

Chaos is very goo, but if you have low health maybe don’t.

Boulder guy is Sisyphus - you can get health refill, money or darkness from him. A free room, always in Tartarus, always denoted by a question mark door.

Unlocking mirror is great, focus your darkness on that. Weapon upgrades will come when you start getting Titan Blood.

Health is good if you’re early on and still struggling but Dusa’s keep sake is probably less useful than Cerberus if you are dying, cos charon shops and pools nearly always have health in them.

Fountains aren't highlighted, they'll just turn up.

See, like you said, you just spam your powers and the game plays itself. Congrats!

Special mention goes to the ending. Surprisingly affecting. Why can't all the voice talent in videogames be this good FFS??

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See, like you said, you just spam your powers and the game plays itself. Congrats!

I only see this as a negative.

Nice work, Chalice.

Yeah it's about making choices early on and then building on what you get for the rest of the run. I've got 3 clears in a row now and am approaching the "ending" I think. Still great. Love how the different weapon mods make you change up your playstyle again.

I have a policy of not spending more than 2 seconds considering the implication or meaning of Rouj posts.

Roujin should stream this game so we can hear the live bants. Until then I don't believe a word he says.

Burn

It's just the solo in one specific track - The Unseen Ones.

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Credits on this. Noticed the guitar solos are by Masuhiro Aoki. Nice.

Me too! Twinsies!!

Eyyyy

Yes, you can block his attacks with the shield and then attack him with the charged up attack as he walks away. The only things you can't block normally in that fight are the jumping smash from Asterius, the call Theseus uses and also when Theseus recalls his spear if it hits you in the back as it returns to him.

You can also snipe at him with your special as well if you don't want to stand close to him.