Hey guys! I hope this helps any one who was struggling with sword. There are probably some topics I could have done better here, let me know in the comments if I missed anything or didn’t explain something well!
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Dash Nova is my favorite for flat Special build. Requires different attack rotation (dash away from the enemy, lunge in, repeat;change direction to confuse enemies even more). It becomes sort of a meditation.
My wife hated it though, so, I guess I'm the strange one here 🙂
I actually did my first Arthur run today, did an awesome Special Build with Super Nova and Double Nova, + Hermes for Special and Aphro that was so funny to smack them in front of their face haha
Cursed Slash works incredibly well with Athena's call. Only call (as I know ?) that makes you invulnerable AND stills permit's you to attack, making you a unkillable braindead lifesteal machine. May sound weak for experimented players, but the first 2 or 3 times I beat Hades was with this build, while I was struggling hard with pretty much everything else 😛
Great video!
Big point with Arthur is it also slows projectiles. Excellent Athena synergy there.
poseiden sword with an artemis/hermes build is really fun: true shot, exit wounds, fully loaded, flurry cast, greater recall with a super nova hammer for some safety
Nemesis includes or NOT includes the dash attack? I can’t hear you you spoke too fast too gurgling
I know this is a very situational anecdote, but I just finished a run with Aspect of Nemesis where I had Shadow Slash, World Splitter, Excruciating Ambush, and Deadly Strike all running together. For fighting mobs you have to rely on your cast a lot, but that setup absolutely melts bosses; I was critting Theseus, Asterius, and Hades from behind for about 1400 damage. Unsafe, maybe, but them numbers POP, and it was a great feeling
Can't wait for your fist and rail guide.
Those 2 weapons are the "weirder weapon" to start off with due to very different playstyle, but oh boy, the unlock aspects on those are super op.
It was neat seeing how much you raved about cast builds with Poseidon. It's become one of my favorite things to do honestly. It's SO fun, and casts are so fast that you don't leave yourself vulnerable to damage for as long.
had my sub after "the amazing clip"
Great video man couldnt like fast enough
I myself discovered very early that you can 'cancel' your special wind-up using your dash (essentially special+dash to do instant damage when your dash ends).
Is there a reason why I've never seen anyone use this trick? Just wondering.
Edit: cause I use this quite heavily myself. Dunno if it's actually as good as it feels though…
Timestamps would be a great addition
I like the sword concepts but man the attack combo is so bad and of all the weapons I feel it has the most useless or niche hammers of them all. Been that way since early access. At least Arthur aspect is a ton of fun to play in comparison
One of my favorite things to do in, like, the entire game, is to take the maxed out Aspect of Zagreus with the +15% speed increase, get Flurry Slash, get Piercing Wave, and also get Lightning Strike for good measure. It's absolutely glorious, all I need to do is hold down the attack button and everything just dies. I've only gotten it once, but god damn that was a lot of fun.
Wow dude, super helpful. Been playing the sword wrong all along, was not using dash strike at all. Thank you.
Nice guide! Totally changed the way I looked at this weapon
Does the special need to connect with an enemy to activate the increased crit% on Aspect of Nemisis?
it's worth noting that Exit Wound from Airtimes is quite good with Poseidon aspect, decent damage
Regarding Flurry Slash:
EM4 Hades will stand still and let you safely hold down the attack button whenever he attempts to heal. Combo this with a strong attack boon and shadow slash and you will out DPS his healing.
I'm a huge fan of Artemis cast dmg up + exit wounds, and even Artemis/Zeus Duo for lightning procs after dislodge. Massive burst dmg on bosses w/ Aspect of Poseidon able to immediately dislodge.
I just bought this game but the download is taking forever, so I'm just going to binge all these ❤️
Question; you mentioned something about hoarding gold and meta currency, i understand that you can spen your gold to unlock stuff outside of that run? So since I'm a new player and i just want to unlock as many upgrades and weapons as possible and i don't really care about finishing a run i should hoard gold? Is that a good strategy?
Very informative stuff here. Sword is definitely my worst weapon but I've been trying to get a win with it lately. I was having a pretty good run with flurry strike, Nemesis, and attack speed from Hermes but staying so close to Hades was difficult and I died really fast.
cursed slash is SSS tier imo. who cares less max hp when you can regenerate 10hp every sec
I combined Flurry Slash with High HP pool and Cursed Blade for my first win, was so easy lmao.
I took Hoarding Slash with Arthur and ended with 2k gold. It was pog.
Lol I'd never be able to attack that fast
I always like using crit Arthur since I like seeing big numbers
I just had the best build in any run since I started playing with Poseidon aspect: Aphro Special, Artemis Cast, Athena Dash, Chaos +1 cast, Chaos +% cast dmg, Hermes fast cast, Hermes legendary auto cast return, Exit wounds, heart rend, I think I also had Demeter attack and snow burst? It was insane, literally dash up, one hit of cold, special for weak + privileged status, then machine gun cast, special again and exit wounds just melting bosses. Fastest I’ve ever killed the last boss.
cursed slash is busted especially at lower heats, maybe not so after heat 20 but before that it is a free win button
Just did one run with Piercing Wave sword, Tidal Dash&TempestStrike alongside Typhoons Fury+Breaking Wave. Felt incredibly good against rooms. Also somehow got Bladerift getting upgraded to Hunting Blades & Mirage shot. Both had very strong attack and very strong cast that made hades fight a joke. Couldnt see shit on screen though lol
Got my first victory with flurry slash + cursed slash + athena attack. Held down attack and healed any damage that got through deflect.
So most hammer are bad lol
I was literally going to say Zag aspect, flurry slash, cursed slash
Have you noticed an attack speed bonus after two normal attacks into a special and follow up with two normals again (these coming faster than you would expect) or am I just crazy. Even some of my friends commented on the attack speed seeming much faster before i mentioned it. I believe the comments were that attack speed PogChamp.
Piercing Wave got buffed to 30 damage and it is pretty great with fast AA.