I just beat HotK on the FIRST RUN OF THE GAME!!!!!!!

[cyberpunk]

Can't believe I actually did it! My hands were shaking!!
So, I've played the game before. I just started playing it a few days ago on a friend's account and I got decently far. I unlocked a bunch of stuff, and furthest I made it was the stage before the throne room with two health potions unlocked. A bug happened, and I ended up losing all of my progress. I was super bummed out, so I downloaded it on my own account, thinking it could've been worse and I hadn't really unlocked THAT much stuff yet.
Then today, I start it up from scratch, using my previous experience and knowledge to plow through the beginning parts and make the right decisions, and a couple levels later, I beat the Hand of the King!!
I guess my build was pretty good, I got really lucky with the freeze thing early on, but in all honesty, I didn't rely on it that much. My favorite strategy is to use turrets (in this case, the razor blade thing?) and the traps. I took my time and tried to clear out as much as I could in each level, using my tactics as much as possible so as not to get hit and conserve life.
I think my mutations were the 30% life, the vampire thing, and the thing that reduces your tactics cooldown. My scrolls were like 5 brutality, 13 tactics, 11 survival, something like that, don't remember exactly.
By the end, I had only unlocked 2 potions, and some other basic stuff, not too many weapons yet.
I think the real game changer was getting the Death Orb before going into the final stage. I'd never even seen it before, but the stats were crazy and it was colorless. Honestly, I wouldn't have made it past the final stage without the Death Orb. That thing is SICK. That, combined with the turret, and stats that made it do extra damage to poisoned and bleeding enemies as well as causing poison and bleed, brought my dps to outrageous levels. It's like it would just instantly melt anything it would get close to.
Wasn't expecting to make it to the Throne Room. Fought the Hand Of The King, had never even seen him before! Used the Death Orb and turrets as much as possible. I rolled around like crazy (also had an item that would drop a grenade whenever I rolled). My main weapons were an electric whip and a really strong shield that specialized in parrying, but I actually didn't really use them too much. I was just focusing on laying down my tactics and surviving. I also had a thing that gave me 2 extra mid air jumps, and so I'd use that to try to avoid his ground attack or get out of the spikes whenever he'd knock me into it. I noticed jumping onto that one single floating ice block to avoid his attacks helped a lot. When he'd summon the elite monsters, I'd just lay down more Death Orb and turrets, and roll around like crazy.
Watching his life go down, I really didn't expect to win. But somehow, I did! It was really really close. I think I must've had only one or two hits left in me, used both my potions and seriously on the verge of death.
Has anyone done this before? I searched in Google but couldn't find anything. Am I the FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO BEAT DEAD CELLS ON THE FIRST RUN???
I hope so! That would be cool! (though it would've been nice to get a super rare achievement for this or something)
What a crazy experience! There's still so much of this game I haven't seen!!! This game is awesome!
I'll try to post some screenshots, though I don't know if this proves anything. (btw, it says 2 runs, but it's cause it started me back at the beginning of the game with a new run).

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/942829293877538446/D943B7088A097D46A8A77171FD24B4C37C13F298/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/942829293877553281/5AC600C4F6AC1CDD5C550B7456331C717ECE3718/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/942829293877548887/76768C94A9DA49887C1D226650520CFD79B06C78/

[Ephemerality]

New game speedruns have been a thing for over a year. Still very impressive though! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTjcgKewYgo