Will Zeus become our strongest solo god YET? | Hades

[@robertgronewold3326]

I think a good boss idea for Hades 2 would be Scylla. She could make for a great multiheaded monster boss in a very similar vibe to Lerny, plus I imagine that if you're playing on a higher heat, you could also face Charybdis at the same time, perhaps having to avoid the middle of the arena as a whirlpool starts sucking in water.

[@fishermancy7719]

This is actually an amazing idea, as the presumably second biome seems like a water temple with fish-like enemies. That difficulty option seems sick too

[@stylishraptor5768]

hell yeah

[@sergioalvarez5193]

Well would you look at that

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@sergioalvarez5193 Rock band Scylla, I gladly take it! haha

[@sergioalvarez5193]

@@robertgronewold3326 yup hahahahaha

[@axllow3914]

I love this One God series for no reason at all

[@Kufunninapuh]

I have dreamt about this run forever

[@DanielVCOliveira]

Imagine if Zag gives Melinoe a keepsake in hades 2, or a summon

[@jawnney]

Mod idea: "The Equalizer": Everything has equal chance of showing up as room rewards throughout the whole run. Nothing is kept track of, nothing has limits, no God pool. Get 7 hammers one run, 20 shops and no gold the next, etc...

[@Haelian]

Kinda love this idea

[@celithien4177]

They would ring the church bells for a funeral, so that deep bell chime would be associated with a burial... For whom the bell tolls is about who has passed away.

[@papplejuicetv]

Favorite j cole song

[@hellohihahahahhaldufuduai]

@@papplejuicetv favourite metallica song

[@RokuHanmar]

It's called a death knell. It's mentioned briefly in Macbeth

[@ordinaryshiba]

It's interesting Haelian thought of the Metallica song and not the novel. I've always thought of the poem and the novel first.

[@Ghostmnm]

I just remember it as a motif in Macbeth

[@calebbaker7452]

The retroactive part of the Unity thing is absolutely mind-boggling to me. It sounds like it should be illegal. If anything, I see all the Unity changes as driving devs away from Unity as a whole, either to better/cheaper engines, or to develop their own

[@gardian06_85]

@@finesseandstylebruh you even watch the video?

[@gardian06_85]

@@finesseandstyle yeah and the context comes from "Watching the video"..... the only people who wouldn't have context to this post are those that jump to the comments before even watching the video....

[@Haelian]

I wonder if it's a case of, announce something terrible, get backlash, retract a tiny bit of the terribleness, look like a hero for listening to the community.

[@ByrneBaby]

that's a level of corporate greed that skims on "outright evil," like the domino effect in this economy rn is absolutely abhorrent. I seriously hope the backlash is harsh beyond belief, because attempting this in itself is beyond belief.

[@pumbaa667]

@Haelian ​ They did retract ! Good call

[@depressoespresso9748]

Thanatos’s bell is most likely supposed to represent a church’s bells ringing during a funeral.

[@TheBT]

I did chuckle at the 'Zeus boon only gives us money' when Clouded Judgement was still in the pool.

[@LordDarkCookie]

Also Billowing Strength right?

[@natakuu13]

​@LordDarkCookie billowing strength is by far the most powerful boon lololol all damage increases by a large chunk after using your call is so good

[@Duva_]

fun story about the unity thing: the ceo as well as most of the higher ups have sold their shares of the company a week or two before they made these changes :)

[@Andytron5000]

I'll admit, I was sitting here talking to the video, "Dan, Dan, there are more boons Dan, don't miss them!"

[@hugoboncar]

I can't help but notice that in every video : why is Persephone's keepsake the only keepsake without that little doodle at the top ?? 🥺 You decided she didn't deserve that last bottle of Ambrosia ?

[@Aj-py8en]

After you get all the 1 god runs done (and maybe 1 god runs for the modded gods like Apollo and hestia) i would like to see a hammer only run where your non chaos/hermes boons are replaced with hammers or anvils.

[@sspearss9112]

LightningPerfect is probably the Reflex boon, and the lower percent lightning strikes were probably Vengeance and maybe Lightning Flourish? Also I waited to see if you’d skip Zeus at the end before mentioning the call boons haha

[@dariussonofjazzlin7433]

This run is basically Zagreus: *exists* Zeus: THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR A LIGHTNING BOLT And yes, you got me a little worried about Clouded Judgment and Billowing Strength.

[@gardian06_85]

in early Christian/Catholic churches (which originate in the Mediterranean) the bell would only ring to call the parishioners to service, so it would ring on Sundays for Service, Weddings were planned in advance, but they would ring the bell at a higher tempo because "it is a happy day" it would also be rung for funerals at a slower tempo, and you don't plan those along with the loss of someone is a smaller community, all of that together The Reaper for the slow singular chime meaning someone close has been taken.

[@Haelian]

Ooo fun read, thanks!

[@Craeonkie]

So, this is how the money from boons and poms are calculated(I think). By default they're 100, but they'll give you an additional (chamber number) times 5. So if you're in chamber 25 and get money from a boon/pom, you'll get 100+125 which is 225

[@ter9799]

ive been shouting billowing strength until i see clouded judgement. The real forgotten boon🤣

[@dserdsing]

For Aphrodite, might I suggest a Hazard Bomb run? I like seeing big heart-shaped explosions 😆 Also, Love is a Hazard.

[@LoreTunderin]

What about a mod where you start your run with a complete build, but lose boons for completing rooms instead of adding them.

[@Disconnect03]

I feel like that would go too quickly, like you’d be out of boons by the end of asphodel

[@filo471]

Maybe not just lose a boon on every room but lose a boob of your choice between three in every room that has a boon as a room reward? Though maybe you’d just avoid those rooms entirely

[@Mekkkah]

@@filo471 I feel like losing a boob every three rooms puts female players at a disadvantage

[@Haelian]

Well it would certainly be rough LOL it would turn into quite a slog toward the end, unless of course you use the Shackle.

[@NDM100]

Just to answer tour "Funeral Bell" questions - the Death Knell or Funeral Toll usually will date back to 16th Century England - it was literally just churches ringing bells for people who died. There's a lot more to it that i don't remember but i believe there are 3 bells each with different meaning, and they were used to signify someone's end of days.

[@deassssssss]

It could be cool to see a speed run where you have a fully-outfitted custom build from the start. Maybe with some funky conditions to prevent the obvious over-powered builds from being available. Like, what’s the fastest time you can get with Arthur or Hades spear if you get to customize the load out from the get go?

[@Haelian]

Hmmm

[@pgDraxos]

The Bell from Thanatos is supposed to represent funeral bells but also the famous line from John Donne's poem "For Whom the Bell Tolls" which is about how we are all connected in death

[@thefactspherefromportal2740]

And then along came Zeus!

[@justadhdmuzyka3627]

All Chaos boons would be awesome and challenging.

[@1TieDye1]

I saw a suggestion on a previous video to make chaos give duo boons. In terms of other mod ideas, all erebus gates or all trials would be very fun

[@Ziggurat1]

A mod where you break in to the house of Hades, not out

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Ooh. Is this Haelian's Very Special Episode™?

[@Ann-SofiPersson]

I always thought of bells as a signal of change or end of time, as well as a alert for important events, and I think this is a strong association in most cultures. When Death arrives, someones time is at its end, and his presens is a most important event. The absolute greed and absurdity coming from Unity as a company, trying to charge users retroactivly!

[@KelyxTheMage]

Seeing all these one god only runs makes me want to see what an only Hades Boon run would look like if Hades 2 had the big man himself giving out boons.

[@FlyingPenguin196]

For the next one god, I actually had a fun run with Lucifer and Demeter attack. Just go full arctic blast damage for the whole game.

[@84SuperBeast]

The only reference I know about funeral bells is from Kung Fu Hustle. Which is a great movie if haven't seen it. But yeah, I guess that's Hong Kong culture. I also know a bit about people being buried with a bell attached to them on the surface in case they were accidentally buried alive.

[@Haelian]

LOVE Kung Fu Hustle

[@21centdregs]

the bell sound for than is a reference to the "death knell" or "funeral toll" of church bells during funerals in western culture. im sure other cultures throughout history have and still do use bells in their funeral ceremonies. hemingway was a prick but he wrote a pretty decent novel y'all might've heard of that has to do with bells tolling and whatnot.

[@ThePhenomenalEX]

I always kind of associated the bell with signifying that one's time is up.

[@UncleHamsBasedOpinions]

A cool idea for a boss for Hades 2 would be Lycan. He would be quick but not do much damage til you got him to half health, and then he changes into the lycanthrope for the second half.

[@zan4336]

1 month into the game and your content helped me clear my first 32 heat clear today. Thanks a lot for the helpful content and the rather Sus jokes lol

[@Haelian]

Congrats!

[@pumbaa667]

Great serie, loving it

[@TheB0sss]

I like this series but i gotta say, i prefer the videos when youre playing live. I come for the run premise but i stay for the entertaining conversations with chat lol Maybe a combination if the 2 is the right balance?

[@Haelian]

I prefer doing them live too, we're doing a Souls marathon for the month right now though but we'll be back at it again soon.

[@krondondo9197]

Doing a run like this where it’s only Daedalus hammers and Hermes could be interesting

[@BFedie518]

You didn't take Zeus shield for the all Zeus run? Kidding of course. That would be too easy to be interesting.

[@_-KR-_]

I just had a really nice zues run today with poseidon's cast and the ares pulses with the lightning from knockaway boon and regular zues legendary. I also had poseidon attack and I think double strike and aoe strike. sadly a bad styx put me too low to clear dad, he literally had 1 hit left on him when his backswing on spin got me. I was so sad because I was so exhausted by that point, having 6 dashes using enkidu with a rare greatest reflex. I dont even know if I could have physically dashed out of that last hit.

[@greenbeentm6051]

Beowolf is crazy with zues cast too

[@ekian111]

Imagine a Lernie boss fight with a fully constituted body!

[@vbritez]

Nice was waiting for this

[@flynnwest4574]

I would love to see a guaranteed most powerful build mod. Like, you can seed your rooms ahead of time and guarantee highest rarity. Could be fun

[@Haelian]

Definitely possible to do but more work than I could handle honestly. In the mean time, I highly suggest Vorime's seeded runs that basically accomplish this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ62c5R5aZJ-mtUsi=dMWdx_MsHPE1pf19

[@MisterDTwenty]

Let's go! Been waiting for this one

[@TeaserTravlein]

It’s Gordon freeman

[@nathans9972]

Absolute pipe dream mod would be a randomizer. Entirely random rooms, so you could get a tartarus room in Styx per say. Or random enemies, so room one you fight Tiny or something. I know this would be a really hard ask so this is just a dream for now

[@Haelian]

We do have mods that can randomize enemies anywhere (although not the zone you're in), as well as things like boons, pacts, and such. I've covered the boon one before a few times, not exactly great lol.

[@katharinaneumann9342]

I remember that random run... poison satyres, but no antidode wells... 😅

[@EruditeGayming]

The Unity thing is as if i wrote a book series and Microsoft decided to charge me 10 cents per book sold just because i wrote it on their free software. I'm pretty sure you can't demand a cut of previous earnings if you provided free software for the production.

[@andrewpayne1757]

I recently did a twin fist run using Demeter aspect with the rush kick hammer and Arty on the special and it was a lot of fun! I'd be interested to see how you could take that idea and make it even better! ❤

[@mitchelljohnson6106]

It’s be funny in the sequel if they swapped the roles for theseus and the minotaur and patty and achilles. Theseus helps you out but you have to fight patty and achilles instead.

[@ZDR59]

I almost beat 22 heat with all the options on the heat gauge with Eris with no duo or legendary boons. I just had hazard bombs and a Zeus attack. If I had hit Hades one more time, I would have won.

[@Jexorz86]

storm lightning bounces is not useless...ok it is useless for 90% of everyones experience, but it does do pretty well on god mode with max jury summons... and...thats about it. I do wish they would have it it so things could bounce between two enemies over and over. that would have made it fantstic

[@stupxd]

DPS meter is kinda an eyesore during the dad fight, would've been nice if it only appeared after it

[@Fi4z]

Nice a one god run!

[@ChaosCause3000]

I would love just Chaos boons, I wonder how strong you’d get 😂 Although would the curses then stack?

[@shinpaws1014]

Didn't watch yet, but ill say yes.. definitely top tier🙌

[@everything-narrative]

There's already a bunch of devs porting their projects to other platforms.

[@ThatGuy6T9]

Dan Haelian is the biggest wad in the county. You heard it here first, chat.

[@djolemisic3348]

One god challenge suggestion with Eris and Zeus, but it's sub 12 min and 32 heat

[@CrippledJokerlol]

Hey having some trouble downloading the mod, anyone know what to do? Edit: forgot one of the files lol

[@BFedie518]

I heard Lernie will be romancable in Hades 2.

[@Michaela_ZC]

I wonder if they haven't released the Beta of Hades 2 yet because they know a bunch of people will play it right away. As in, with Hades the beta was mostly enjoyed by people who understand what a beta is, and would be forgiving of unfinished assets or poor balance. But now a bunch of people will try and play right away, thinking it's the full game. So they're polishing it up more than they would for a beta to avoid click baiters & misinformed people to make videos like "Hades 2 is a SCAM" "GREEDY Developers push out UNFINISHED Game" & tank their reputation.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Honestly wouldn't surprise me. Heck, Hades is one of my favorite games, and I am completely cool if I had to wait until the game was totally complete for release.

[@Haelian]

This is pretty much what I'm thinking too. The studio gained a lot of new fans when Hades hit 1.0, standards and expectations are higher now.

[@joeydmaio]

Sub 10 run with achilles and crystal beam. I have sub 10 for all weapons except the spear, as I wanted to make it with the beamies… couldn’t make it happen despite many many tries😢 I even once got out of Tart with both clarity AND mirage and it wasn’t enough

[@antoinedenis3081]

Does this mod work with the Apollo, hestia and hera mod? And if so, will you try them?

[@Haelian]

Yes and maybe!

[@antoinedenis3081]

@@Haelian good to know! Thanks!

[@forest2517]

There a saying when the bell towels death sal rises.

[@troublemonkey1_626]

Please continue doing these one god only runs, I really love them. Also, can you make a tutorial for how to use mods, or link me one please.

[@Haelian]

JP's got you kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCWhpqqmN51mNE

[@LunaK-423]

Zeus was made for this in a way

[@kadebrockhausen]

Zeus is my favorite!

[@iHandleEasily]

In response to the Unity engine fiasco, Cult of the Lamb developers tweeted out that they'll be deleting the game the day before the new pricing model comes out. Better buy it now, even if it's clearly a joke.

[@Haelian]

Yeah I can't tell if they're kidding LOL they're kinda trolly like that. Someone mentioned a work around where as long as you don't update the game after the time limit, you might be good? Not sure though.

[@DingusSquatfordJr.]

How you make sure you only get Zeus?

[@Snacker6]

The biggest thing that I want for Hades 2 is to have more possible bosses at the end of the floors. Instead of always fighting a Fury at the end of floor 1 for instance, you would fight one of half a dozen bosses. I really like that in Binding of Isaac, and would love to see more games do the same

[@kolopotho]

I think you should do a max Dio call run, I've had it tick for 250 on daddy and I think you could get higher

[@ashardolon461]

Hey Danny boy, you're the biggest wad in the county ♡

[@the_tired_shepherd7594]

You should do demeter

[@serrialnounours]

How do you do only one god runs ?

[@Haelian]

Description has the mod I used!

[@baeguevara354]

ZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSS

[@toporosas110]

the unity thing sounds terrible hopefully some one steps up so they have to take steps back

[@the_tired_shepherd7594]

Please do Aphrodite or artemis next!

[@Haelian]

Already done! They're in the playlist in the description.

[@piccolo113]

I almost WANT Unity to try to retroactively charge people for their successful games. The pile of lawsuits thrown at Unity and their scumbag CEO would destroy the company.

[@jawnney]

No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. -John Donne

[@paoloalcantara4077]

No audio???

[@Jexorz86]

making a new policy and then demanding retroactive money is nothing short of criminal and should be shut down by the law and then they themselves should be fined for dumbassery.

[@ByrneBaby]

no aspect of Zeus in the all Zeus run???? Boooooooo... This was so cool though, I think Zeus and Poseidon are the most busted by themselves.

[@joshc1334]

Just so you know the death bell comes from Scottish folk tradition where they would ring the bell to scare away evil spirits and stop them from possessing dead bodies

[@KINGSMELLMYFART2]

Should've used aspect of Zeus :/

[@mean6539]

do a worst build run at 32 heat 😈

[@Haelian]

I've done a few of those and we don't need 32 heat to lose with a bad build LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5StaZx3oNqnarM

[@Stachelbeeerchen]

Run invalid No use of Zeus Shield aspect.

[@KwazyBoba]

About the Reddit "no clear screenshot" thing....once i had a $6967 obel hoarding slash run, and i thought that was interesting enough to share. yet they deleted that post in like 10 mins. that was kinda frustrating... if you cannot share some really interesting runs, then what is the point of this reddit community at the first place?

[@SaintRed009]

I agree. I think people should be able to post win screens of accomplishments. Like your first win, or your first time beating certain heat levels. Or winning a special challenge. I agree that you shouldn’t spam it. But let ppl post accomplishments

[@yuzmanito]

Hi

[@Haelian]

Yo

[@MonitorVonSynthesizer]

Godless run. Let's make Shattered Shackle do some work.