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Always found it jarring when playing Nyx and it's special sprint just stops you mid sprint but I guess it can be good.
Thanks for the video and hope you're doing well : )
Fun runs yay. A run idea I've been labbing but haven't gotten to work due to bad rng is a vengeance boons with brave face and fixed gain for a tanky vengeance run
Did a spirit surge+thunder spirit+double strike, and kings ransom to level everything up. 24 fear pretty chill. Didn't even get any defensive boons like mint condition and divine dash
I think specifically thunder sprint runs work best in underworld runs, because getting pom pom pom from Echo after getting Kings ransom is crazy. I got a level 44 thunder sprint that way.
yeah i feel like u should be able to use hexes. the magick use is an innate of the sprint and should be used as such. you would still have had the focus on the sprint and having a cheeky little hex on the side just helps the build shine imo
9:45 Could you have been thinking of binding of Isaac when you called it a trinket?
get runned at idiot
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but to answer some questions asked during Video, yeah hexes are fine lmao and tbh i prefer these new spins on old builds that are at least Not Something That Could Be Played as it was last patch, its fun seeing what Becomes Possible with the new update, especially with sctuff like sprint builds :3
also also also i saLUTE you for using nyx aspect i find that whole dash gimmick the Most unwieldy and hard to use, whenever i attempt stuff like sprint builds or coat stuff in general i just stick to mel aspect because the schmove speed just feels so comfy lmao
dragon is WAAAYY harder than Talos imo, Talos plays like a normal bossfight whose patterns can be learned, dragon encounter is weird and janky in a way that makes it way harder to master. ESPECIALLY if you play with the miniboss shadows vow on, two dragons at once is harder than any other boss not named Chronos or Prometheus, and frankly double dragon might even be harder than Chronos if I'm being real
You can get double kings ransom, but I think you need to sell it in a pool of purging before you can get it again.
I prefer the Sprint runs to be 'pure' Sprint boons and not Selene boons, personally. I'm all for the gimmick being as gimmicky as possible.
Trivia time!
The Ancient Greeks had five major types of races during the days of the Olympics. The most common was the 'stadion', which was extremely simple–it was a run from one side of the stadium to the other. Stadiums were constructed around the 'stade' (which is where they get their name), a unit of measurement that was 192 meters long. There were longer versions of this simple footrace called the dialous (double-pipe) where the runners ran the length of the stadium and then back and an endurance race measuring 20-24 stades called the dolichos (long race).
The modern idea of a footrace even longer than this, the famous 'marathon', ironically does not date back to the Greek Olympics despite having a Greek name. Instead, it was based on the famous Battle of Marathon (a location in Greece) where the Athenian military decisively defeated the invading Persian Army under the orders of King Darius I. After the battle, the Persians retreated to waiting ships, so the Athenians sprinted an incredible 42 kilometers back to Athens to repel them by sea. This is why the modern day marathon race is 42km specifically.
Part of how they were able to do this is that competitive racing in full body armour was in fact a competitive sport in Ancient Greece so popular that it was hosted at the Olympics alongside the more conventional footraces. This was called the hoplitodromos ('hoplite's race'), and required that the user wear greaves, a helmet and a shield, totaling to around 6 kilograms (12 pounds) of weight. The hoplitodromos would run the same distance as the dialous, about 400m. Historians have been quick to note that's also about the range of Persian bowman during this era, and indeed abruptly sprinting into enemy archer lines was one of the ways the Athenians surprised the Persians and routed them during Marathon, becoming a staple tactic in subsequent wars between the Greeks and the Persians.
Besides the armour worn during the hoplitodromos, the runners in all race types would (famously) perform entirely in the nude, which was typical of Greek competitive sports during this time period. Training for these sprints (and other games) was performed by gymnasts (yes, the term originally referred to sports coaches), who were often either philosophers specializing in athletic study or former athletes who were retired. The typical Greek training regimen was a day of stretches, muscle toning and high-intensity workouts focused on building muscle, a day of endurance training involving long-form exercises, a day of rest where athletes would perform mild top-up workouts and recover and a concluding day of medium-intensity activity such as wrestling that focused on developing tactics and analyzing their abilities. This model was founded on observations by Hippocrates and Aristotle that the body recovered better if it was given non-strenuous workouts after high-intensity workouts rather than moving directly to rest periods, advice that personal trainers use to this day to ensure the body retains muscle mass and doesn't burn out after intensive workouts.
Greek athletes also incorporated music into their athletic routines, just as modern gyms do. There was at least one dedicated aolus player at each gymnasium that set the rhythm to which the athletes would train. The aolus is a kind of two-pronged flute that would have sounded similar to a modern oboe. Music was thought to be important in helping the athletes build coordination and maintain the structure of their training regimen. Diet was considered important to athlete health, but just as today, nobody could properly agree on which nutrition profile was the best. Athletes often received prizes and tokens of favour from rich patrons, which they used to supply themselves with meats and vegetables that helped build up their protein, iron and vitamin intake, all essential for building muscle and replenishing lost energy.
Footracing featured prominently in several famous Greek myths. Odysseus watched a series of footraces by the Phaeacian nobility while staying in their care just before his return to Ithaca, during which time he narrates the events of his voyage. More famously, the heroine Atalanta refused to marry unless her would-be suitor could defeat her in a footrace. She was the fastest person alive at that point by a wide margin, such that even if she was sprinting a hoplitodromos she could still beat her unencumbered competitor. Failing suitors were put to death by her father, per the terms of the competition. One day a particularly determined suitor named Hippodemes prayed to Aphrodite for aid, and Aphrodite bestowed upon him three golden apples from the Hesperides (the same kind Eris drops in this game). She instructed Hippodemes to use them to distract Atalanta by throwing them off the race path so Atalanta would chase them to obtain the precious fruits. Sure enough, by using the golden apples Hippodemes was able to win the race, thereby winning Atalanta's hand in marriage.
It's a shame that Aphrodite keeps Passion Dash from the first game since a little easter egg to her role in Greece's most famous mythical footrace would be nice, but regardless Mel's Sprint ability is very in-keeping with the expectations of Greek heroes and soldiers of the day. Her sprinting even while coated in armour and lugging a gigantic labrys behind her is especially fitting, and considering how often people speedrun Hades 2 and Hades 1 both, the spirit of Greek stadions is alive and well in the video games based on their mythical legacy.
I won’t lie when I see someone on zero fear skip gold it makes me upset
i liked the part where we saw prometheus
It’s impressive seeing a boat sprint, they don’t usually have legs
I keep thinking booms that increase spring speed should also scale sprint linked booms. If Hermes gives you 15% more spring speed, than poseidons splash sprint should get 15% more dmaahe
that was an awesome fun run! but to me the main surprise was how significant projectile slowdown speed really is 🤯🤯🤯