Tips for the Stygian Blade, Please

[Prometheus MA]

Can anyone suggest an effective mixture of boons and keepsakes to finish a nemesis aspect run? I find it hard to control the field, deal with far away enemies and the fact that the last hit of the combo pushes back doesnt help either.

[Asandir]

Originally posted by Prometheus MA:

Can anyone suggest an effective mixture of boons and keepsakes to finish a nemesis aspect run? I find it hard to control the field, deal with far away enemies and the fact that the last hit of the combo pushes back doesnt help either.

* Daedalus Hammer - Double Edge - Your Dash-Strike hits twice and deals +30% damage
* Athena - Divine Dash - Your Dash deals damage and can Deflect.
* Hermes - Greatest Reflex - You can Dash +X more time(s) in a row.

On top of that, take all Chaos Boons that either improve Dash-Strike-damage (preferred) or Attack Damage.

Basic strat is to dash attack enemies by chaining shielded dash attacks together with the dashes, retreat to use the Special for the Crit Chance increase and repeat, basically never using your normal attack at all (hence ignoring the clumsy Thrust). Also useful is the Athena Call, leveled up once or twice.

Keepsake wise I would go with Chaos Egg to have more rare Dash-Strike bonuses and then switch to whatever you like before the final boss (I usally take the Tooth for one more Death defiance).

[Karundo]

I did a run with a few Artemis boons and world splitter Daedalus upgrade. Man, everything melted. I was doing around 700-1000 damage per hit on crits.
I'll try to find the video file to be more specific on which boons I had - had to record it because of how ridiculously fast everything died.

[Coin]

One way is the Dash build mentioned above. Although it works personaly not a fan, and you'll probably get hit more dashing like a madman

Here's a different way.

Always prioritise Daedalus: World Splitter / Flurry Slash > Super Nova. Additionally Piercing wave works very well with Flurry Slash.

For the attack boon obvious best is Artemis for higher crit. Don't take any cast boons that don't get stuck in an enemy. Good ways to increase damage output are from the mirror of night: Boiling Blood and Privileged Status. As such, to use Privileged Status you'll need status curses, easiest choices are: Weak and Chill, and easiest ways to apply them are from the special and dash. Of course there're other ways, you can have Zeus, Athena or Poseidon upgrades that apply status curses on top of their normal boons.

Basically fire you special, apply Status Curses, get behind the enemy and kill em. Dionysus call used to be very strong for killing bosses, didn't pay attention if it was nerfed, that is of course another status effect. You can take Demeter's call as well for the status effect if you don't two already. And finally Athena's call is another strong option because it allows you to just stand there and attack.

[Jacobella]

General tip: default controls bind Special and Cast to Q and RMB, respectively.

Since it's kinda awkward to WASD control and press Q to use the Special, which you will use much more often, it's recommended to swap the Special and Cast bindings (so you Special with RMB and cast with Q)

Edit: while this poster was somewhat rude in the thread, this did help me:

Originally posted by Thrasher:

Sword is hard to get used to and I think after I switched to KB+M i improved dramatically.

Nemesis aspect is the only viable option. Get used to the special + dash maneuver. I bind special to right click and cast to Q(swapping them around). Right click then dash to your destination. The increased crit makes the sword one of the best damage weapons.

Good attack boons: Aphrodite(highest +% damage with weakness debuff giving you more survival), Zeus (good with attack speed buffs) and Demeter (slowing down move and attack speed is like weakness debuff on steroids. You will barely take damage)

Dash attack is really strong and should be spammed way more than just standing still and attacking, which leaves you open. Athena Dash is a must if you suck at dodging.

Ares special lets you apply a strong burst of damage to go with your Nemesis crit buff.

Casting is kind of a trap. Aphrodite cast is best though.

Call should be Dionysus(highest dmg) or Athena(invuln to help with survival).

[Prometheus MA]

Originally posted by Karundo:

I did a run with a few Artemis boons and world splitter Daedalus upgrade. Man, everything melted. I was doing around 700-1000 damage per hit on crits.
I'll try to find the video file to be more specific on which boons I had - had to record it because of how ridiculously fast everything died.

I neeeeeeeed to see that, dude!!!

[Evilsod]

Originally posted by Prometheus MA:

Originally posted by Karundo:

I did a run with a few Artemis boons and world splitter Daedalus upgrade. Man, everything melted. I was doing around 700-1000 damage per hit on crits.
I'll try to find the video file to be more specific on which boons I had - had to record it because of how ridiculously fast everything died.

I neeeeeeeed to see that, dude!!!

My run turned out similarly earlier. Only on 1 or 2 heat atm, but the run kept getting better.
World Splitter, Artemis Attack, Chaos boons to boost attack, extra crit damage against armoured, Aphrodite Special, extra crit damage to weak foes, Demeter Cast, Athena Dash/Call.
I don't think I was doing 700-1000, but it was hitting like a truck.

[Karundo]

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Originally posted by Prometheus MA:

Originally posted by Karundo:

I did a run with a few Artemis boons and world splitter Daedalus upgrade. Man, everything melted. I was doing around 700-1000 damage per hit on crits.
I'll try to find the video file to be more specific on which boons I had - had to record it because of how ridiculously fast everything died.

I neeeeeeeed to see that, dude!!!

Here's the clip of the fight w/ Theseus: https://gfycat.com/thistalkativeblackfly

[WGarrison]

I like the dash nemesis builds with Artemis on dash and some sort of curse on both special and attack. Last time I had Demeter on special and Athena with exposed on Attack. My dash attacks were nuts.

[Prometheus MA]

Originally posted by Karundo:

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Originally posted by Prometheus MA:

I neeeeeeeed to see that, dude!!!

Here's the clip of the fight w/ Theseus: https://gfycat.com/thistalkativeblackfly

That 1312 damage tho😂😂😂 can you screenshot the exact boons please?

[Karundo]

How do I send a picture here?

[Jacobella]

Originally posted by Prometheus MA:

Originally posted by Karundo:

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Here's the clip of the fight w/ Theseus: https://gfycat.com/thistalkativeblackfly

That 1312 damage tho😂😂😂 can you screenshot the exact boons please?

From what I can see

• Attack: Deadly Strike, Epic
  
• Special: Tempest Flourish, Heroic
  
• Dash: Passion Dash, Epic
  
• Call: Artemis' Aid, Epic
  
• General: Heart Rend, Duo
  
• General: Urge to Kill, Epic
  
• General: Battle Rage, Epic
  
• Upgrade: Breaching Slash
  
• Upgrade: Greatest Reflex, Rare
  
• Keepsake: Bone Hourglass
  
• Companion: Rib
  
  There are 7 more that can't be seen
  
  Edit: Aspect of Nemesis, and the World Splitter upgrade