I'm not a fan of the mechanic in general but I care less in roguelikes where death is part of the cycle.

Tempy wrote:

I think one of my favourite additions to the game as you go through Heat is Extreme Measures 1-4. Some genuinely brilliant moments mastering that particular challenge.

The additional music you get for Extreme Measures 4 is hype. Thinking back, I ended up not using it that much, as EM4 becomes extremely difficult on top of all the other heat when trying to beat heat 32 (and a total no go for speed runs). I could probably count on a single hand the number of times I've beaten it, despite having c150 clears total.

Took down Hades the other day (3rd attempt), can consistently reach him now, but usually only with the spear, and even then I keep getting twatted. My big stumbling block now is clearing that total dick Theseus without any deaths and killing those Satyrs without taking much damage.

The point I am at is that everything up to about half way through Elysium is a cake walk.
Then its making sure I have a balanced build that can do everything else after that.

Wiping the floor with the Heroes and walking away with all DD intact doesn't mean I'm getting through Styx fine.
I think that is where the game shines. The last 3 or 4 trials are varied enough to mean basic builds with single tactics often fail.

I 100% always pick one of the elites first because they are almost always easier and give better rewards. If I don't pick an elite second it's because I'm crossing my fingers for a 2 room Styx and really want the particular reward (i.e. fishing for a legendary or duo boon my build relies on). 

I started taking elite rooms when I realised it was faster for speedruns, and never looked back.

had my 18th attempt last night, got to the elysium bosses again.
it's funny, first time i got to them, on my only run to get to Hades, I absolutely mullered them. Just went toe-to-toe and killed them both straight away, it felt like no challenge at all.
since then it's been much more of a struggle with different weapons and builds.
obviously i stumbled on something magical on that first run, but i'm not sure what. i wish i had a memory for these things but the names of the boons (and even which god) just wash over me as i play

Paul the sparky wrote:

Syph79 wrote:

He's down. Solid game.

Was very much like this, with added swearing.

Redownloaded this so I can complain it's not fair and I hate roguelikes and blah blah blah. But ultimately there is part of me that just wants to sit and play this game for hours and unlock everything. It's absolutely lovely looking and plays very well.

hylian_elf wrote:

I've currently playing with a build where both cast and dassh give me Ares's blade rifts.  Let's see how this goes.  Not really using my weapon much.

I'm a fan of that build. I beat the Elysium boss using the bow, along with a deflect/damage dash that makes you practically invulnerable.

How the fuck do you beat Meg? I reach her nearly every time but just cannot get her

If you have a dash Boon dash into her dash timing it right to avoid her. This will hit her with whatever Boon it is. Having the extra dash from the mirror massively helps and is one of the first things to unlock imo.

Orbs, if you don't have a Boon with deflect then stand back and avoiding them is quite easy. If you have deflect use it because it will tear through her health.

If she goes into the air to do her flailing thing generally just avoid her but if you have a Boon like Ares dash or Dionysius Cast then you can place one below her and damage her while she is flailing.

The minions are good to off if they are causing a problem but don't get too hung up on them. Its easy to end up spending ages on them then realise you have barely hit Meg.
Depending on build I tend to go out of my way kill off the Witches but find the Thugs tend to get caught up in whatever else I am doing and don't really cause a problem.

Be careful of traps because they will fuck you. Your footing is important throughout and that Meg fight does a good job of teaching such.

Wow, I loved Exagryph before. But just now I got rapid fire upgrade and chain lightning boon and it’s decimating the popcorn enemies.

(Died on Hades with my blade rift build. Unfortunately I never got a Call to help and changing options didn’t help.)

Rapid gun, extra damage on manual reloads, chain lightning, Poseidon dash plus barrier damage and damage when enemy walks, and Athena call. Those were my main boons and abilities.

Na. But at the same time, you're not doing it wrong if you only use cast. Lean into what works