I analyzed player data to determine how to beat 32 Heat | Hades

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[Haelian]

Tell me the story of how you beat 32 heat or tried to! Check the description for how to submit your 32 heat victory screen to add to the data.

[benjaminwood]

The person using No Aspect Rail is undeniably a gigachad

[thoraven]

As someone who does analytics for a living I'm estimating the time you spent both gathering, but also formatting this data in a way (much harder than it looks with so many variables) to tell a compelling story as "significant", so thank you, and great work . Also, very nice job on telling a compelling story with all of these choices.

[aikenlau]

I got RIDICULOUSLY lucky on my first attempt- went with plume Zag fists and somehow managed to stumble across ME. Managed to get 60% dodge (thanks to an extra 10% from Hermes) which pretty much made the final fight a joke even when walking in with 1DD left which I didn't lose.

[bananas]

Can confirm all pacts and guides mentioned in this video work well

Source: I used Haelian's first one for ideas years ago when starting out and I wrote one of them lol

[fay]

I've attempted 32 heats multiple times before, but I always end up dying by Asterius or Hades. Even though I can comfortably clear 20+ heat, I thought 32 heat would still be far away dream from me.

After this video I got motivated again to try 32 heat with Heart Rend Chiron and voila, 1st attempt of the day and I finally beat it! I'm still shaking from excitement like holy shit.

Thank you Haelian for words of encouragement and your helpful videos. I've found some of my fav builds thanks to your videos!

[NorthernDruid]

I can actually see Zeus attack on Arthur working as a dash-attack build, since you can sort of double poke with a dask attack into a single normal attack. Letting you get a pretty nice hit&run build if you can find Static Discharge.

Also, I figure one of the reasons why Aspect of Chiron is so good for this kind of challenge, is because positioning matters a lot less for your damage output than with any other aspect, once the enemy is tagged you can just focus on dodging and use your special in between.

[davidthompson]

The best thing I ever did to consistently increase clears at 32 heat was to reduce forced overtime. 40% is ok for some weapons like Beowulf, but I just couldn't manage it with Rama or Arthur and other slow weapons. I swapped it for routine inspection at 6.

[JeremyEssen]

Hi Haelian, long time watcher here. I first cleared with the popular Chiron bow setup, but that felt quite easy. At such a distance from the enemies, you don’t really need to know the mechanics in much depth - just move and shoot. But I was super proud when I managed zag fists, somehow without getting Athena’s dash, which I always thought I would need. Now I’m working on Nemesis sword for a real challenge. Thanks for all your great work.

[descendency]

Chiron feels like the easiest weapon to get a strong and safe build going with minimal "I have to have boons/hammers". Relentless volley with a good attack and special is all you really need.

My strategy was to just burst everything from a distance and dash away if I was able... Chiron bow with Aphro attack, Artemis special, and Athena dash. The idea was to full glass cannon the run and I only wanted to engage if I had to for the deadline. It took quite a few tries, but eventually I got a clean enough run and won. The biggest help came from Haelian's guide (I'm pretty sure I didn't follow it 100%, but the changes I made were based on his suggestions).

Pacts: 100% hard labor, 0% lasting consequences, 80% con fee, 40% jury summons, EM3, 30% calisthenics program, 2 benefits packages, middle management on, underworld customs on, 0 forced overtime, heightened security on, 0 routine inspection, 2 damage control, 0 approval process, and 7:00 tight deadline.

Mirror options: Death defiance, greater reflex, and Family favorite because I was having issues getting privilege status to trigger without getting to close. (not sure if anything else matters)

Everything else was chosen based on "does this help me burst down enemies faster?" The reason I avoided forced overtime was because I felt everyone just got on top of me too quick. The only two "anti-synergy" pacts I took were 30% calisthenics program and 2 damage control. I had to hit 32 heat somehow.

[isabellesmith]

ok getting your first 32 heat clear with the rail before ever unlocking any of its aspects is probably the biggest power move I've ever heard of. almost certainly not actually a new player because... why, but still definitely chad.
really showing the titans who's boss.

[FlyingPenguin]

I used Chiron and shackle with ap2 so that I could still do damage without needing boons. In Elysium I ended up pivoting to a dio attack build with triple shot, and that worked in the end. No deadline because I was more focused on staying further away from enemies to keep health with 75% lasting consequences on.

[soraearth]

Your videos and analyses have continuously been amazingly helpful and detailed. Also a complete joy to watch! You've helped my gameplay by a ton. Really appreciate the time and dedication you have to the game and to the community!

[brennanrodriguez]

Just finished my 32 heat all aspects today, gotta say that I agree with what was found here. Bits and pieces change per weapon but this is spot on.

[dodger]

I did 32 heat literally like 3 days ago. Nice video it was interesting to see that amount of info just about 32 heat first clears.

[fishermancy]

The video quality has been insane recently man, great job. Counting down to Q2 2024!

[pollyrowtree]

So I didn’t actually have the confidence to do 32 heat until starting a second save file when I got back into the game recently. I used the Eris rail and stubborn defiance with a bit of help from Achilles and his lover giving me an 80 percent heal on every room. I personally found it fulfilling but I think I’ll be sticking to a lower heat for the average run cause I just find that more relaxing. Just pushing up the heat level on each weapon to 32 heat and then I’ll see from there 😊

[rodrigonarvaes]

Got my first 32 heat with Artemis special build on the Aspect of Lucifer. It took me many attempts, but I was SO HAPPY when I finally did it <3

[niyalune]

That data is very interesting, thanks for taking the time to collect it! My first attempts were with Zeus shield but I failed miserably. I ended up succeeding with Eris. Looking back at my victory screen 1 year later, I'm surprised that I went with both EM4 and FO2. I didn't even have the Acorn on in Styx (apparently I went with Mom Pom of all things??). Now I've beat 32h at least once with each weapon, and I noticed that the SD/LC3 or LC4 set up was especially helpful on melee weapons (fists/sword) as I tended to lose my DDs in regular chambers. For the other weapons, DDs were better.

[thecountbassy_]

Fun video, thanks for the data dad. I got my first 32 heat clear on my first try after finally getting up the courage to try it, which took 170 hours and 72 clears. Eris rail with Zeus attack Aphrodite special, as it was what I was most confident with. First chamber got delta chamber, which I know most consider pretty mid but is honestly my favorite hammer for letting me focus more on positioning and keeping the pressure on without thinking about ammo. Got triple bomb in Elysium too which was goated, made me realize I actually had a chance of finishing the run. Ran EM4 which was super risky but I love the three phase dad fight, although it nearly cost me the clear, finishing with no death defiances and 40 health left. Never felt more elite gamer status than that moment; Hades is such an incredible game.
Edit: submitted my victory screen to add to the data!