Hi,

I want to try to upgrade my time in Fresh file by doing a 1 run Hades kill instead of 4 runs. I understood the route that you have to gain Ares/Athena boons and tried to practice and keep going even though I sometimes didn't get the boons. And I kept dying and got frustrated.

I want to try again soon so here's my question : at which point/how many boons that you didn't get would you reset because it's useless to continue ?

Thank you for the answer ^^

Hey Lyrdinn, i'm gonna answer both in french and English so that everybody is gonna be able to read the answer.

FR : Tu l'as bien compris, le plus optimisé pour faire un one shot sur le fresh file, c'est d'avoir Arès en attaque et Athéna en technique pour ensuite obtenir le duo miséricorde. Le reset dépend particulièrement du temps que tu veux obtenir ! A mon humble avis, et si tu connais déjà les pattern des boss/mobs, tu peux aller jusqu'aux champions sans avoir le duo arès/athéna. Mais effectuer le combat contre les champions sans ce bienfait devient très compliqué car tu auras très peu de dégâts. Dans l'idéal, tu évites le plus possible les bienfaits Athena/Dionysos car dès que tu rencontres un Dieu, il devient accessible dans les shop de Charon et donc réduisent tes chances d'avoir Ares/Athena dans le shop. Après c'est quand même réalisable, mais plus tu vas être rapide, plus tu vas vouloir avoir ce duo vite, et donc éviter Artémis et Dionysos.

N'hésite pas à venir sur le discord de speedrun Hadès si tu as d'autres questions, nous nous ferons tous un plaisir de te répondre.

EN : You got it, the best combo you can have to complete a first run in fres file is Ares on attack and Athena on Special to get their Duo "Merciful End". Resetting relies on the time you wanna get. In my opinion, and you already know the boss/mobs patterns, you can go until champions fight (Asterius, Theseus) without the Duo. However, fighting them without the duo is very difficult because you won't proc a lot of damages. For a very good run, you wanna avoid Artemis/Dionysos boons as mush as you can because when encounter a god, he becomes available in midshop and reduce your chances of getting an Ares or Athena boon. You can still do it with them, but the faster you'll get, the more you'll wanna to have ares/athena duo and avoid Artemis et Dionysos.

Don't hesitate to come on the Hades Speedrun Discord if you have more questions, it would be a pleasure for us to help you.

Have a good day !

Nitrostarch

FR : Okay, ouais je mourrais souvent au champions en général, merci beaucoup pour la réponse !

EN : Yeah, I used to die a lot to champions, thank you for your answer !