While I'm not trying to speedrun the Fresh File category, I've been wanting to do a Fresh File clear on the 1st run for a while now, and I've been wondering about 1) what is actually available to you on the first run in terms of what appears within the run itself, and 2) what would be some best practices in terms of a build?

Probably my most successful build was one with Dionysus on Attack, Ares on Special, Duo Boon which buffed Hangover rate, and Divine Dash (I think I also had True Shot, but that was pretty much nothing compared to whatever else I had). Could've stood to have Impending Doom, and I really didn't get any Poms that run, but I made it to Lernie before beefing it. The aim I had with that build was to be able to play as defensively as possible, getting in enough hits to put on decent Hangover and then proc Doom, basically trying to get in most of my damage offscreen while I divided my focus. Could've stood to use Cast more, but I had barely any Poms at all let alone any Poms on it, and the 10% Crit chance wasn't showing dividends.

I'd never actually seen how any of the quick kills or wombo combos worked for the Sword until looking at one of the FAQs, so I'd probably stand to try and incorporate those, if less for the speedgame and more so I can just get enemies over with without risking getting hit.

I know for certain Hammers don't appear until Run 3, and the only gods I've seen in Run 1 are Athena (naturally), Artemis, Ares, and Dionysus. No Survival rooms in Tartarus, though also no Story rooms either from what I've seen; no Chaos Gates either, which I think is to be expected. I'm also wondering if maybe there's some behind-the-scenes work in terms of enemy stats or number, but that could just be me being antsy about these runs.