Hades Full Heat Guide [0 to 32 Heat] | Haelian

00:00 Intro
01:06 Pact Overview
02:37 First Pacts
06:15 8 Heat
07:40 16 Heat
09:33 32 Heat
15:07 Build Recommendations
20:41 Outro

[Scrubasteveable]

Finding out Haelian died his first 32H attempt makes me feel better about my first attempt.

[shruikan]

I started with the trap damage and kept getting cucked on hades by the green jars as my first heat punishment yikes. Took me a while to figure out why it was one shotting me lmao

[ichiban]

15:51 My guy out here on tight deadline 3 and still had time for the supportive shade.

[Mochila]

After watching you play, I gave a Chiron build a shot for my first attempt at 16 heat (previous high was 9), and I absolutely obliterated the run. Full death defiance at the end. Gonna give 32 heat a shot tonight. Thanks for the tips!

[pekicodex]

I think my most ran keepsake by far is Lambent Plume.
+1.2% dodge and movement speed for every fast room clear is like a blessing by the time I reach the final boss, as I usually have over 25% dodge chance. This is made even more useful when combined with Greater Evasion, and even more so with Gloves.

Of course one could say I just love RNG dictating whether I get hit or not.

[pgfontana]

Me putting Extreme Measures lvl 3 and time limit just to get lvl 8 Heat lmao and that worked fine for me

[민지홍-pn]

Used your pact reccomendations to finally clear 32H on Eris zeus/poseidon build. Literally couldnt have done it without you Haelian.

[tohrulol]

I'm still trying out lower Heat levels, but I feel like EM1 is a good choice for 1 Heat. It only affects one fight, and it's not that much harder than normal. Damage Control is also pretty trivial for builds with fast attacks.

For 2 Heat, I found Benefits Package easier than Middle Management. Even if BP affects many more encounters, I don't feel like they're much more difficult, while MM can easily cost you a Death Defiance. (Although you can argue it's best to learn these fight faster.)

For 3 Heat, I didn't find Forced Overtime 1 that tough, but I imagine combining that with Jury Summons and Hard Labor can be real scary.

[ajnako]

Thanks for the guide. I just started grinding 32 heat. I'm also going to try to scam the final fight by timing this run with one time in the story that you get to skip the fight.

[deathbypepsi]

I find that Forced Overtime is by far the most difficult of the optional pacts. My first attempts at 32 heat I had it on, and it's so much worse than any of the others, particularly in Elysium. Some chambers with Benefits Package+Jury Summons become much more difficult with that extra speed, and the minotaur is a lot harder if you don't have 3+ dashes. Take Hard Labor over it any day. Sure if you get hit with maxed Hard it hurts more, but you will get hit way more often when enemies are faster.

[uniworkhorse]

This was actually awesome, I like how you explained how certain pacts are affected by your weapon and aspect choice. Thanks damp dad!

[Frzenzne]

This guide helped a lot for selecting the best pacts! I did 32 heat on my second try because of this. Got really lucky with a doom build Chiron aspect bow run!

[fishzapper]

Great guide! I will say, once you get used to the extreme measures, they are not much harder than their non-extreme counterparts, aside from Hades, of course. I maxed out all the bounties of the weapons before I did my 32 heat run and, no joke, did it on the first try with aspect of Chiron Dionysus special with curse of nausea. I had a lot of practice in the game and the Chiron bow in specific, over 200 hours in the game. Practice is really key. A tip to everyone, that 5 minute timer is really difficult, had like 10 seconds left at the end with 7 minute timer in the game, wouldn't recommend using it, 7 minutes is just about the right time for me.

[Goosefactor]

I know this video is 11 months old, but thank you for making this. Started playing this game over the end of summer and this guide helped me get my first clear on 32 heat with my favourite weapon. So thanks for the great content!

[mr.combsey]

best heat guide i’ve seen. haven’t been focusing on higher heat since i’m mostly trying to finish minor prophecies first but only prophecy left is Chaos Defiance (sigh, rng) so i’m ready to start pushing. solid explanations and alts make this guide very valuable for intermediate ppl like myself. ty

[masedrums]

I think I've spent more hours watching your videos than actually playing the game. Learned a lot from you. Thanks!

[esper]

Why avoid EM until later on? I might have missed the part where you talked about it, but EM isn't nearly as bad compared to getting stonewalled by, say, the soldiers in Elysium. I genuinely think that they can be more burdensome and hard to deal with than EM3 Theseus/Asterius. I might just suck, but it's what I think nonetheless.

[earlybird]

I've gotten 32 on Demeter Fists, Nemesis Sword, Arthur and Zagreus Spear (Painful run, would not recommend). A pretty good setup for melee if you can play fast is Hermes trinket and Ruthless Reflex on max tight deadline. Don't take EM 4, Calisthenics or Jury Summons. Damage Control is whack too. You might get cheesed by Styx on the time limit but it's worth the risk to be a nonstop offensive beast with (up to) 100% dodge chance, provided you get the rare or epic Hermes dodge boon and can dash with precision. Seeing a lot of ranged weapon comments so figured I'd drop some melee tips

[DerpyMoa]

I've been spamming EM3-4 on every weapon as a new player and find it way easier than the options you mentioned for starting out.

[crapconnoisseur]

Just completed bringing persephone back and im just now realizing you can talk to the Boulder