Can anyone give me some tips or help so I can get through 16 heat bars??

[𝓖𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓿𝓸]

I'm trying to platinum Hades, there are only 3 achievements left, but of the 3 that are missing, the one with 16 heat bars is the worst of all, I've tried with all the weapons, all the gods and I just can't do it, I'm almost giving up, that's why I came Here I ask for help, can anyone help me??

[Jalir]

Use Aspect of Arthur, combined with the Shattered Shackle (rank 3 of course) and don't take any Attack boons. You will do tremendous damage per swing, and no RNG needed to make it work, as you have everything you really need from the start. Just go for boons to make yourself more tanky, and you're golden. This strat works even for 32+ heat runs, as well, if you're interested in getting the 32 heat statue after you get all the achievements.

[Unimarobj]

I played on Switch, up to 32 heat, and always found that folks do different heat combinations based on what they find easier or not. Even "meta" suggestions of what people say are easier/harder options aren't strictly true for different people, so find what options are easier or harder for you.

I think one of the easiest sets to work with are the alternative boss options. They're hard at first, but just like you had to learn all the bosses the first X times you fought them, the same holds true. So they get easier by just fighting them. The Elysium one specifically seems to make it much easier, imo. The one for Hades is certainly a step up in difficulty.

Heat aside, your other main point of influence is yes, the weapon / boons / mirror buffs you go for. You can use the trinket for a certain god to force them to be the first boon you get and have a much higher chance of showing up through a run. My 32 heat run was done this way with Zeus, using the Adamant Rail, because I found the combination to help the most with clearing out rooms quickly. That was always what killed me, rarely the bosses once I learned to fight them.

The Aspect of Arthur bit Jalir mentioned it also effective and easy to get used to after a few runs. Slow but strong.

Last suggestion is to not be afraid to use God Mode. The developers made a very specific point about including it as well as the in game message about why it's ok to use. You can always turn it on/off during the middle of any room.

[GiantOctopodes]

I tried Shattered Shackle with Arthur for 32 heat but personally found it weaker than just playing normally. It's nice and all, in that it's a good chunk of damage, but it doesn't have those secondary effects. The first 32 heat run I cleared I had Athena on the attack, Pom'd up to +5, and it had like +118% damage, "exposed" enemies so I could trigger Priviledged Status for another +40%, and deflected in a massive area with every attack.

So I'm just saying, while that *can* work I don't think it's necessarily the strongest option. In order to help most effectively, I'd love to know the following:
1) What's the aspect you have the most clears with? Why, and what other aspects do you use a lot?
2) What's the aspect you have the highest heat with? Why, and what did you get on that run which let you clear it?
3) When you've been trying, what's the furthest you've gotten, and where do your runs typically fall apart?

Armed with that info it's far more likely I'll be able to provide useful, relevant advice. Good luck!

[Jalir]

The reason Shackle + Arthur is so good for trying to go for the high heat level statues/achievements isn't because it's strongest overall, it's mainly because it's strong from the very start, and requires no luck to get a good run started. You can definitely have a better/easier time with other combos, especially with a bit of starting luck snowballing your progress. I just like to recommend the shackle + Arthur combo to people just trying to get the achievement done, as generally it can get done within 2 - 5 run attempts just from going room to room and spamming dodge attacks while abusing the special's damage reduction property.

E- Found an old screenshot I took of my first 32 heat run a long time ago, using just this method. There's pretty much nothing of actual note in the build besides Arthur + Shackle + Athena Dash (okay so the Hermes boons and premium vintage were super nice too, but my point is the base of the build is there from the start!). You can also see my pact/mirror choices as well. Smashed this run with 6 mins left on the clock, even though my previous highest heat level cleared up to this point was 12 or so. This didn't take very many attempts, if I recall, this was maybe the 2nd or 3rd try at 32.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3037283583

[dynatierchen]

u gotta practice my dude and improve
all those build tips help nothing if u cant dodge the attacks from bosses etc