Finding out Haelian died his first 32H attempt makes me feel better about my first attempt.

15:51 My guy out here on tight deadline 3 and still had time for the supportive shade.

I started with the trap damage and kept getting cucked on hades by the green jars as my first heat punishment yikes. Took me a while to figure out why it was one shotting me lmao

After watching you play, I gave a Chiron build a shot for my first attempt at 16 heat (previous high was 9), and I absolutely obliterated the run. Full death defiance at the end. Gonna give 32 heat a shot tonight. Thanks for the tips!

I think my most ran keepsake by far is Lambent Plume. +1.2% dodge and movement speed for every fast room clear is like a blessing by the time I reach the final boss, as I usually have over 25% dodge chance. This is made even more useful when combined with Greater Evasion, and even more so with Gloves. Of course one could say I just love RNG dictating whether I get hit or not.

Used your pact reccomendations to finally clear 32H on Eris zeus/poseidon build. Literally couldnt have done it without you Haelian.

Me putting Extreme Measures lvl 3 and time limit just to get lvl 8 Heat lmao and that worked fine for me

I'm still trying out lower Heat levels, but I feel like EM1 is a good choice for 1 Heat. It only affects one fight, and it's not that much harder than normal. Damage Control is also pretty trivial for builds with fast attacks. For 2 Heat, I found Benefits Package easier than Middle Management. Even if BP affects many more encounters, I don't feel like they're much more difficult, while MM can easily cost you a Death Defiance. (Although you can argue it's best to learn these fight faster.) For 3 Heat, I didn't find Forced Overtime 1 that tough, but I imagine combining that with Jury Summons and Hard Labor can be real scary.

you look so happy

This was actually awesome, I like how you explained how certain pacts are affected by your weapon and aspect choice. Thanks damp dad!

I know this video is 11 months old, but thank you for making this. Started playing this game over the end of summer and this guide helped me get my first clear on 32 heat with my favourite weapon. So thanks for the great content!

I find that Forced Overtime is by far the most difficult of the optional pacts. My first attempts at 32 heat I had it on, and it's so much worse than any of the others, particularly in Elysium. Some chambers with Benefits Package+Jury Summons become much more difficult with that extra speed, and the minotaur is a lot harder if you don't have 3+ dashes. Take Hard Labor over it any day. Sure if you get hit with maxed Hard it hurts more, but you will get hit way more often when enemies are faster.

Thanks for the guide. I just started grinding 32 heat. I'm also going to try to scam the final fight by timing this run with one time in the story that you get to skip the fight.

I think I've spent more hours watching your videos than actually playing the game. Learned a lot from you. Thanks!

This guide helped a lot for selecting the best pacts! I did 32 heat on my second try because of this. Got really lucky with a doom build Chiron aspect bow run!

Great guide! I will say, once you get used to the extreme measures, they are not much harder than their non-extreme counterparts, aside from Hades, of course. I maxed out all the bounties of the weapons before I did my 32 heat run and, no joke, did it on the first try with aspect of Chiron Dionysus special with curse of nausea. I had a lot of practice in the game and the Chiron bow in specific, over 200 hours in the game. Practice is really key. A tip to everyone, that 5 minute timer is really difficult, had like 10 seconds left at the end with 7 minute timer in the game, wouldn't recommend using it, 7 minutes is just about the right time for me.

I've been spamming EM3-4 on every weapon as a new player and find it way easier than the options you mentioned for starting out.

best heat guide i’ve seen. haven’t been focusing on higher heat since i’m mostly trying to finish minor prophecies first but only prophecy left is Chaos Defiance (sigh, rng) so i’m ready to start pushing. solid explanations and alts make this guide very valuable for intermediate ppl like myself. ty

Just completed bringing persephone back and im just now realizing you can talk to the Boulder

I've gotten 32 on Demeter Fists, Nemesis Sword, Arthur and Zagreus Spear (Painful run, would not recommend). A pretty good setup for melee if you can play fast is Hermes trinket and Ruthless Reflex on max tight deadline. Don't take EM 4, Calisthenics or Jury Summons. Damage Control is whack too. You might get cheesed by Styx on the time limit but it's worth the risk to be a nonstop offensive beast with (up to) 100% dodge chance, provided you get the rare or epic Hermes dodge boon and can dash with precision. Seeing a lot of ranged weapon comments so figured I'd drop some melee tips

I almost never comment on KZfaq but these guides have been a lifesaver man. Appreciate it

I started doing the pact runs recently and this guide is very helpful! I'm still in the first heat levels, but this is going to help me a lot in avoiding pacts that are going to make the game too hard.

Just finished my first 32 Heat run thanks to this video! Great content, I'm learning a lot of things I was blind about the game so thank you so much!

This was so fucking well planned and articulated - my mind is blown

perfect timing lmao i jus beat hades for the first two times earlier after watching ur weapon guides, so i was lookin at heat now :'D

I know I’m super late to the party but I just beat 32 Heat on my first try using the Aspect of Chiron. I got blessed with Aphrodite Heartbreak Strike, Ares Curse of Pain, Relentless Volley, Piercing Volley, Curse of Longing Duo Boon, and +3 dashes from Hermes. Used Thanatos Keepsake for the first Underworld, then switched to Athena’s Keepsake to get the Divine Dash, then used the Evergreen Acorn Keepsake for the last two (technically three) bosses. Finished with almost max HP with 2 Death Defiances (lost one against a cluster of shield enemies in Elysium). Thank you for the guide! It was helpful knowing which heat conditions to take!

Completed my first 32 heat run yesterday, thanks for the tips man 👍🏽

Just cleared 32H on my first ever try after being scared of it for weeks (hadn't tried anything above 16 before that, and mostly stuck below 10), and I couldn't have done it without this guide! Thank you so much! (Hestia + Heartbreak Strike w/ Athena Dash and Call, got super lucky with Ricochet AND Piercing Fire)

It's crazy how normal he seems in his KZfaq videos

I've been fooling around until beating Hades V2 with every weapon. Now it's time to get serious. Already beat 16 heat, now on to 32. Very helpful guide, ty!

Great guide, Haelian! This is super helpful to my current quest to do 32 heat on every aspect (I struggle the most with sword and spear, if you have any pointers on that). And coincidentally, your recommended 32 heat builds are the builds I recommended to beginners in a recent video of mine, lol.

Just beat 32 heat for the first time today! I used chaos shield with Dio special, Ares attack, and curse of nausea. This guide really helped and I wanted to pop in and say thanks :)

Appreciate the video. Would really like a video on above 32 heat please and also a general video on a handful of the most powerful builds out there!

I've been trying to clear 32 Heat with every aspect and this echoes my thoughts pretty closely. I have found the most success with max Tight Deadline, EM3, and no Jury Summons, Calisthenics, Approval or Routine Inspection- very close to what you show at 14:14 in the video. I do use Heightened Security as I'm pretty good at avoiding traps, and I'll switch between 2 Damage Control or an extra point in Hard Labor and Lasting Consequences based on what weapon I'm using. I find aspects where you can use that 2 DC a lot easier.

Damn your mindset is opposite of mind. Overtime by far feels like the hardest aside from the loss of boon choices. I ain’t touching that, currently at 17 heat and I’ve had the game for two weeks. I’m grindingggg

I somehow just won my 1st try at 32 heat with Rama bow (9 health remaining!), highest I'd played before was 16, mostly EM! I accidentally had stubborn defiance still on from a previous build, and it ended up being the only reason I could hang, I was dieing so much. Thank you so much for your heat tips!

Why avoid EM until later on? I might have missed the part where you talked about it, but EM isn't nearly as bad compared to getting stonewalled by, say, the soldiers in Elysium. I genuinely think that they can be more burdensome and hard to deal with than EM3 Theseus/Asterius. I might just suck, but it's what I think nonetheless.

Really needed this, nearing my first 8 heat run and this makes it easier to think about pacts i should go for! Love your content man!

Very comprehensive guide; thanks for putting it together! I'm still trying to work up the gumption to tackle EM3, though. I also feel even better now about my decision to prioritize maxing out Hestia and Chiron; love those weapons. Chaos Shield is next!

I think it's smart to get used to EM, Forced Overtime, MM, BP, and Tight Deadline on low heat runs when you're farming early titan's blood. I've been running EM3 by itself for a while now and it helped a lot to know the fights well when I finally started attempting 32 heat. And maxed tight deadline by itself feels about the same as a weaker TD on higher heat.

Haelian leading the charge with that Dad smacking strats

Thanks for the tip. I pretty much stopped upping the heat after getting the achievement for Skelly's second statue, but I might start it again now. Maybe on stream, who knows.

Just beat 32 yesterday with chiron and after 20ish attempt and after that run with fist for the first time .... But used tottaly hardcore 32 heat set up with purge and -2 boon choice . This game is so much fun with a wide range of difficulty.

I used your recommended pacts for Hestia and barely made it on 32H. Thanks for saving me the headache of figuring it out!

Thanks for the clear and easy to follow guide. Also, thanks for the edited visuals!

Got the game a weak ago and finished my 1st 16h run yesterday. Now working to get the last prize, thanks for your input as in a lot of videos, for inspiration of builds and helping me understand what i need to go for.

For 32 Heat I picked all the packs that didn't make the average enemy harder to kill. I got the 15% dodge fists, got the golden plume that increases dodge if you finish encounters fast, and then just punched everyone blindly with like 60% dodge by the end and beat 32 heat on my first try, albeit barley. My timer ran out during Hades and I thought I was just going to instantly die but it's just damage over time.

I've beaten 32 heat on my first try, after what you said I feel really good about myself now lol.

Heightened security is awful and only counts as one heat. many great runs have been destroyed from the spike cogs in styx and the beam things. They hit for like 100+!. youd think to yourself, how hard can it be, just avoid the traps. That is until you realize just how often you do get hit by traps during runs.

Love these guides! I personally hate Convenience Fee, would honestly rather get a little better at the game and add that heat somewhere else. Hestia being a good one is surprising to me, gonna have to try that out. I've only managed 32 with Chiron and Eris so far and thought both of them worked pretty great. Eris makes short work of every room and it's so easy to get the build going. Rama and Hera seem very doable too although I didn't have much luck there yet. And I'm never completing 32 with Sword/Spear/Fists, that's just a whole another level of difficulty.

My policy thus far has been to let the game mechanics guide my run planning as much as possible: I always choose the weapon with Dark(er) Thirst, and I always go for options that complete prophecies as a priority. Most importantly, I only increase Heat once I clear out all the Bounties. I also buy the artifact at the Temple of Styx every single run, which is quite easy if you avoid Charon and take Golden Touch. I even avoid Dark Foresight. I’ve found that handicapping myself in favor of long-term progression makes it much easier to overcome obstacles, as I can make things easier if I fail a run.

Getting lightning rod works pretty well for me when i get overwhelmed and just have to focus on dodging

Thanks dude! Best hades content creator out there.

This is a good guide, but I honestly think Extreme Measures should always be the first thing to chose, even EM4. You'll eventually get used to the adjusted movesets and be fine

I know this was posted 3y ago but I only recently got into Hades (been playing 115 hrs now) and I really wanna beat 32 heat!! So thank you for this. So far I've beaten Hades w extreme measures and 16 heat with Zeus Shield. I love this game! So so so fun!

Thanks for the tips, I'm slowly working my way up in heat, just using whatever weapon has dark thirst. I'm almost up to 16 heat, but 32 seems a long way off

I’m way late but I just first tried 32 heat (hundreds of hours I’ve just been bounty grinding before), using the aspect of Rama bow. This is the exact heat setup I used; way different from his Max jury summons Extreme measures 3 Max calisthenics program 2 benefits package (caused me a TON of trouble in one Elysium archer room but not that bad otherwise) Middle management Underworld customs 1 forced overtime Heightened security 2 routine inspection 2 damage control 1 approval process The entire point was to play as slow as I can, kite around. Wound up with festive fog and ares cast for quick ranged damage, and ultimately took HP whenever I could with persephone’s keepsake to keep boons competitive (took dionysius to tartarus for the cast). Was a very slow, safe process but I cleared Hades with a death defiance remaining, also got very lucky with an early strong drink. If you’re ok with a 45 minute run and feel confident dodging around while waiting for windows feel free to use that!

Super good info, thank you for all of your videos and hard work. It has made a great companion to playing through Hades without spoiling anything.

Tremendously helpful, thank you Haelian.

Wonderful video, thanks for this. I literally started trying for the 32 heat yesterday so this is perfect timing. I am an unfortunately extremely slow player (I have 40 clears and now average 25-30 minutes a clear for

Thank you! Just beat heat level 32 with the hessian build and pacts that you mentioned.

personally i find i take a lot of damage in individual rooms than in boss fights, so i usually go for middle management & extreme measures. (but yeah mega gorgonxskullcrusher is still the worst) Damage Control is great if using high attack rate like fists/rail but probably don't use it with things like hestia or hera bow ayye! this video looks real good btw, the cuts of zag walking through the rooms to show where to find the mirror and punishment pacts and wells are very well placed :D

for your first 12 heat you can just run extreme measures 4 and middle management. For those 12 runs with each weapon you only have to worry about the tougher bosses and don't have to fuss with turning different pacts on and off for each level of heat. With 72 titan blood and ambrosia you can max out your companion keepsakes and upgrade a few choice aspects to max. Furies on extreme measures has a lot of variance as you can get any one of the three sisters and sometimes you only get two sisters instead of three. Tisiphone is generally the hardest because she makes the room smaller which is really bad for a lot of aspects. I find alecto easier because it's easy to just doge around her and bait her to walk into the traps. Lernie is pretty much the same except now there is lava in the middle of the room and the arena is smaller overall. I find extreme measure lernie easier as extreme measures lernie is always the same which makes him easy to plan for while base lernie has a bunch of variants which makes planning for the fight a lot harder. I find extreme measures Theseus and Asterius easier because Theseus in his chariot can't block, most of his attacks don't target zag, and he enters phase 2 at lower health. Asterius' big spin is easy to avoid and leaves him open to long range attacks. Base Theseus is super annoying as he's constantly blocking and throwing his spear at Zag while Asterius chases Zag around the arena. Extreme measures (redacted) is the only fight that is significantly harder. (Redacted) summons mini bosses, gets a summon, and during the extra third stage the edge of the screen gets darkened making it harder to see attacks coming from off screen. Forced overtime is absolutely brutal. Movement speed modifiers in hades are extremely noticeable and have a huge effect. Even just 10% form a common level hermes boon is really noticeable. Hard labor can be mitigated with boons that slow/stun/weaken enemies. It's much easier to just dash away from a slow strong hit then from multiple Heightened security is basically a free level of heat because traps are easy to avoid. Damage control will either have no impact or it will make your build unplayable. Trouble is that sometimes you turn on damage control and all you find are hammers and boons for one shot/first strike builds. benefits package 1 is fine but with rank 2 you can get a lot of perk combinations that are really difficult to deal with. I rather run calisthenics program and jury summons then tight deadline. Underworld customs and approval process can be circumvented a bit by using authority to reroll rooms like darkness and gems into extra boons. If running convince fee then you can also try to reroll money. you can also jump inside a caos gate to get a different set of rooms. Routine inspection basically makes your run a fresh file run except you get to keep your keepsakes and weapons. If you can clear a fresh file run with no mirror upgrades then just turn on routine inspection and keep it maxed out until you've finished your runs with each weapon and then slowly add jurry summons, hard labor, and calisthenics program

KZfaq Haelian: Calm Twitch Haelian: Chaotic stoopid

First 8 Heat run following this guide and I got sub 20! 19:50:99/19:51. Tight Deadline surprisingly helped me go faster.

Man I’ve put hundreds of hours into Hades and I still struggle with it often. However, I read a tip that has helped force me to become better at the game. It’s a bit frustrating at times, but has proved incredibly effective. Instead of going for the easy pact of punishment options, I go for basically the hardest IMO (excluding the one that takes away from the mirror of night perks). In other words, I always leave forced labor maxed out, then go EM max, then go Hard labor maxed. The principle is to make yourself adjust to the less forgiving mechanics before tacking on the easier to deal with ones. This is sort of a long shot/high risk+high reward mentality, but it’s definitely kept things very interesting for me. It does make the game much more frustrating but I’d rather get better at the game with these on now, then will be able to just pile on the less challenging ones like middle management, underworld customs, damage control, convenience fee, jury summons, etc

To practice each weapon now I often just take extreme measure 4 on all weapons. Hades is fine if you don't take forced overtime lv2 and damage 100%. Forced Overtime really makes Hades super scary, and bigger hit is very painful too.

I did my first 8 heat run with just tight deadline 2 and extreme measures 2, as neither really make the run harder. Then i added benefits package to make it the full 8. I got it first try with no struggle what so ever. From my experience tight deadline 2 and extreme measures 2 are just free +6 heat as long as you remember to pause when not actively playing. For my first 16 heat run I did it straight after my first 8 heat run, also with no real difficulties, I just had to beat the extreme measures 4 for the achievement and decided to add forced overtime on top of it to make it the 16 required for the skelly statue. Finished it in just under 15 minutes so with no time pressure, also had all 3 death defiances at the end, haven't tried extreme measures 4 since, but seems very free considering the substantial amount of heat it gives.

For whatever reason, I have never cleared a run with even 1 level of hard labor and yet, I have never removed the two levels of benefits package and I keep forgetting about the 1 level of forced overtime. It's worth noting that forced overtime also increases the speed of enemy projectiles and that is what will kill you much more than the faster attack animations. I cleared 32 once with Zag gloves on the merciful end build. I ran em4 and tight deadline max. This also produced my personal best time for any run, strangely.

Extreme measures makes the boss fights more fun. And first deadline can be achieved without any input.

great guide, definitely utilizing this when taking on the higher heat levels!

Nice guide, thanks dude! Also, your first name is awesome and such a power name. Would recommend!

"You wont beat 32 heat on your first try" The luckiest Eris Rail run in existence would like to say hi. I got Sea Storm in asphodel and then posieden gave me a replacement attack. Rocket bomb + cluster bomb with aphro special. Divine dash and athena call and billowing.

I know I’m super late to the hades hype but your videos have helped me tremendously! Thanks so much

EM4 is nice to have. Makes hades fight alot more rewarding testing how badass ur damage is

Start playing hades a week ago, finally beat hades in 23 run and finally unlock pact of punishment, thank you for the guide!

I was so glad you mentioned the mega gorgon miniboss being significantly harder with the changes! I thought I was just playing badly lmfaoo

This guide really helped me out to finally beat 32 heat. I breezed through heat 31 when the stars aligned and I got a run with +253% special damage from chaos, lvl 5 deadly flourish and triple bomb but then I hit a brick wall on 32 when I couldn't get that same luck again.

"Git gud with no annoyances" 32 heat: full hard labor, extreme measures, forced overtime, heightened security and benefits package. + 2 points into tight deadline and middle management. And then just break it with base 50% dodge from zag fists + lambent plume, which can go up to 100% total with greater dodge and second wind. Or just some well placed "+50% dodge" dashes, but I couldn't pull it off consistently enough. Still took me a dozen tries or so, but got to Hades fairly consistently.

This was so interesting! EM3 and Calisthenics Program are my go-tos so it's def different for every person and their playstyle.

This video is so helpful, thanks so much!!! I'm currently trying to beat 8 heat

Very solid guide. Definitely plan to use some of these tips moving forward towards 32 heat.

When I first did heat, I added maxed hard labor, jury summons, and forced overtime because I thought "eh, it's the same game just harder". Then I maxed out damage control. I'm current stuck on the 5 minute deadline for Tight Deadline, but I just watched this video and I realized my order is super weird.

Thank you for doing the guides! Love the game and these help me enjoy it even more!

Thanks this is a great guide and really helped me figure out what to do to get to 8 and 16 heat clear. Still working on getting to 32.

Fantastic video. I'm learning so much from your channel at the moment, especially from your overexplained video. Hopefully you'll do some more for the other weapons.

Can't even front, that apple bobbing clip got me to follow you on twitch 😂

Malphon Zagreus aspect with Lambent plume and Hermes greater evasion worked wonders for me.

Thanks for a comprehensive guide bro❤

This was a great video. Very informative without spoiling. Thank you!

this came just in time for me, been running 32 heat all day today with a merciful end build losing to hades most times, or flame wheels. gonna get rid of the 4th extreme measures didnt know about the health thing, thought it was just bigger adds spawned and the heal thing

Once I finally beat Lord Hades for the first time(Just bought the game a few days ago), I tried out the 1 heat run. I went with what got me my first run completion, the bow. Max Zag Aspect(Died to Hades alot previously so I had some Titan Blood to spend) with Jury Summons as my 1 Heat. Beat it and then BARELY completed the very next run using Max Zag Aspect Twin Fists.

Very nice! I am currently struggling for 32 heat, your video arrives at time ! Hope you'll do some video about boons !

Lovely video. Best hades channel.

I enjoy your guides and videos! Been very informative for pushing harder content in the game.

Just goes to show, every player is different. Approval Process is my favorite pact, if you have a specific combination or god in mind you can still get away with very valid builds

It's interesting how there are so many different opinions about the Pact of Punishment. On the subreddit, everyone seems to think Jury Summons, Hard Labor & Calisthenics Program are awful, & they don't mind having fewer boon choice. Personally, I find Jury Summons ok but I want the most boon choices. I like running with Tight Deadline 2 or 3 (unless I have the shield) & Forced Overtime 1 or possibly 2, but 2 is a big jump

Great video! I was just trying out 32 heat and this is really helpful in helping to decide the builds and heat choices. I usually just watch your videos and try to pick up on the builds so having it spelled out for me is very helpful. Don’t worry, I’ll still watch the videos :P

I’m struggling so hard with the 32 heat and I think I’m gonna try the builds you mention here, I’d been trying with my favorite weapons but close range is simply too hard for me at that level of heat I think

Gonna try again tomorrow... I tried going for 32 heat and managed to get to Hades twice with my Chiron setup: 1. Artemis Attack 2. Demeter Special 3. Dionysus Cast 4. Athena Dash 5. Whatever call I can fit. I had two ranks in Forced Overtime and EM4. What killed me in the end wwwwas the 100 damage vases during the Hades fight :(