I am in full support

I'll take it if it's occasionally, I imagine if it's constant it's not very fun.

I played a little bit a while ago, was fun!

@@Haelian - Thanks for replying! Trying to piece together supply chains has been fun for my CompSci-brain.. As a fellow Bostonian, do you have any date-night restaurant recommendations? Either fun-and-cheap, or expensive-and-fancy? Also, something-something commiserating about trucks being "Storrowed" and horrible traffic. P.S. - I sent you a tip because you're lovely, and deserve it!

I don't live very close to Boston in reality and I avoid it so I'm afraid I don't have any recommendations haha. Been there with Storrow Drive, had some trucks get stuck there for the company I used to work for, no matter how many warnings we gave.

Hey! You should use whatever you like, but the “best” that most people use in speedruns and such is Battie (the one he has equipped). Dusa and Skelly aren’t used much. The most action outside of Battie is Achilles and Than’s. Sisyphus is fun, but obviously lacks the fire power the others have. Than’s proc time takes too long too. That’s a very general census on them! Hope it helps!

@@LeeSCM as you said its based on preference but than’s ability on the final boss that is firing lasers while staying stationsry is what i tend to do and does a good chunk of damage

@@Coratlan I totally know what you mean, and I encourage y'all to do what feels right and fun! The reason people tend to use Meg's is because Than's is fun and does more damage (also a backstab glitch w/ exposed tmk), but using it and its damage uptime keep it below her's. Aiming Meg's on other bosses and mini-bosses is quicker and better time-wise, and most people tend to use Meg on the first stage of hades for speedrunning because he can disappear and add a ton of time to your run. Plus, a lot of people feel the first stage is harder (i definitely think so; especially at EM4). Regardless, both are fun and good, just enjoy it :P

I'm a month late, and I doubt you're still stuck, but I'll comment anyway--maybe it'll still help someone! If you're stuck that early on, I think the biggest thing is to just get really comfy using your dashes wisely--you are invulnerable for a good chunk of the animation unless you input an attack during it, which is where the majority of the safety in this game comes from (that and the more obvious thing about dash, which is that it literally moves you out of the way). If you can get Athena's dash, it's extra good about this because of deflect, but the principle works on any dash. Armored enemies are hard to burst down and don't stagger from taking damage, which means your best bet against them is usually just to dodge their attacks. I'm guessing you've had more luck on bow because the range makes it easier to be safe without reliably avoiding damage with dash. (At least that's where I got the impression that struggling with dash was your issue; maybe that's a misread on my part?) The thing he has in this video that causes the special shots to home in is very good for letting you stay mobile and deal damage reliably from range, so it's popular, but you won't have it unlocked immediately. On the other hand, it's kinda hard to kill things quickly on fresh-file bow (the only real source of burst damage is point-blank special, which defeats the purpose), so I often found myself overwhelmed. The main thing that made early game Hades hard for me was attrition--you don't start out with much health and there are few ways to recover it. Spending darkness on Chthonic Vitality and especially Stubborn Defiance at the mirror were breakthroughs for me, as Chthonic Vitality made it less likely small mistakes would whittle me down and Stubborn Defiance basically puts a hard minimum on the amount of health you have entering a room. The other thing was just observing enemy behavior so I could bait them into doing what I want, which comes with time.

Thanks so much!!

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