Today we're speedrunning Hades from a fresh file, and this makes a hard game even more painful...
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I'm a former top 10 speedrunner for regular any%, and fresh file is definitely no joke. Nice job on beating it
I've posted an okay time for any% but I haven't even attempted fresh file lol I make way too many mistakes for that
I've played a good amount of hades. But anytime I play I never go for merciful end cause that duo is just really annoying to get
How just how do u connect spedrunning with Jesus fucking Christ the Jesus just how man
@General_C you did not just call hades a Greek Satan they are completely different beings. Just cause modern media shows hades to be like Satan doesn't mean he was
close enough@@zackmione5524
Little correction for the Styx area. Normally in a speedrun you would take the paths with minibosses (marked with little skulls) first, since they are faster in comparison to the normal ones. The normal paths have a habit of spawning multiple waves of small enemies, which can take ages.
Is this the case with fresh file as well? I know in a typical speedrun they can be fast because you blow them up w/ Meg but you don’t have tht in fresh file
@@shmooters5599 as far as i know its usually faster in fresh file as well. i could see it being somewhat faster if you get great spawns and good enemies but the rng isnt worth
@@shmooters5599 Since in fresh file you always go for ME it should still be faster. Also in fresh file you dont have any of the heat options, you cant turn on the faster spawns, so the normal rooms are even slower than in any%. In miniboss rooms enemies stop spawning the instant the miniboss is killed. Well there is always the chance to run into little vermin but i think even that fight should be faster.
What about that bastard tiny vermin
yea it broke my heart a little bit. he could get +2lvl pom and save time at the same time but he missed it.
hades has got to be the most rewarding and the most harsh game all rolled into a single pretty package
It's because multiple elements are directly outside of your control. Roguelikes and Roguelites are skill based, but not as skill based as other genres. Most of the time you're fighting the RNG the game gave you more then you are practicing being better. There is skill expression, but you need a lot of time investment to overcome bad RNG no matter how good you are. Versus speedruns of old games where it's almost like a fighting game where you know the technique, or you don't, and if you don't execute it's a skill issue.
@@CajunGator that's my issue with Elisiyum. For most of the rooms, it feels like you have to spam your attacks and pray for the best, or god forbid, spend the whole time dodging those exploding chariots of hell. The rest of the game feels more skill-based that you can actually learn and improve on. I wish they didn't just clump herds of the same enemies for the majority of the Elisyium rooms.
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@@aspenisthebest First time going through I assumed I was just bad but yeah, you're right. That's why Elysium is always my least favorite area alongside Styx.
What about hotline miami or cuphead
You shouldve mentioned that taking shops is almost always the best option in a speedrun. They arent a bonus room, they replace a room that wouldve had enemies, so not having to fight makes the shop the faster choice. You would only not take it if the other option was a fountain room or something.
But there's no fountains in a Fresh File speedrun besides the 4 at the ends of the area. You only unlock a fountain in the first 3 areas after purchasing that at home (and those rooms aren't marked anyway, if memory serves).
When they said "a fountain room" they meant "a free room reward" which is what you get if you don't take the shop right before the boss of any area. So if you were running low on coins, the other door was something you wanted, and based on the number of rooms you'd done you knew you were about to be at the boss, you might decide to skip the shop.
how do i know if its a fountain room?
@@clamlover599 You don't, unless you're using a mod that displays fountain room doors differently. That wasn't a very good example, probably an NPC or Chaos are the only things where you know it might be as fast as the shop.
you didn’t thank your only Shade fan after the Theseus fight! love this game and this speed run blew my mind!
In an any% run (it's called Any Heat for this game) where you start with all your mirror and weapon upgrades, you get to use the in-game timer for the run, which stops temporarily after Theseus. So there wouldn't be any timeloss for thanking the shade in that category, but Fresh File uses real time (since a run is still valid if you die, keep going, and do it on the second or third try), so it's valid to skip the shade in the name of the speedrun.
The Doom effect is a reference to the "Sword of Damocles" story. The TL;DR is that Damocles told his king he was very fortunate to have all that he does, to which his king offered to trade places with him for one day. He gave him everything he wanted, but hung a sword by a single horse hair over the throne, to simulate the looming threat from all the enemies he's made during his reign. Eventually the thought of the impending doom of the sword falling on his head was too much for Damocles to bear, and he switched back to being a servant
That's why I don't want to be a billionaire. Nobody gets killed in their mansions and yachts like the wealthy elite like musk, bezos and Zuckerberg.
Clicked on this video quicker than my first death in Hades
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@@Senpaika file?
@@minaashido518 probably a bot also i think that means pedo
@@cloverhunter8083 ik I’m messing with it in case it’s a real guy, no matter how unlikely
@@minaashido518 k
how in the world is this guy so good at every game he plays? genuinely curious because some of the videos he makes is crazy.
He probably does a lot of training outside of his videos first.
Speed runs are SUPER optimized. So even if he's never played the game before he's playing with a super optimized build and perfect pathing (with a lot of "scripted" fights). So with just a little bit of practice, and getting used to that 1 singular play style he can get very good very fast.
@@twixdog3316yeah, but beating hades on a new file is actually really good
I think first and foremost there's something about being good at games in general. I've noticed it with some friends of mine that when we play a game for the first time, I am consistently better at it than they are. And that gives a great boost for getting better later. For example Warzone (the first), I've played more COD-like shooters than my friends and that made me better at the game at first try. We kept playing after that and being good at the basics let me spend more time focusing on more complicated things like map movement, weapon choices, etc. So I think EazySpeezy already having played MANY games, makes his baseline gaming good. And since he's into speedrunning, he knows what things he needs to focus on when practicing, and won't waste time with other things.
new file runs are always extremely challenging, you made it look almost like a walk in the park. huge props to you, i can tell how much you put into learning the game as fast as possible for people who dont know anything about Hades this probably just looks really cool, but for those of us who have played this game for hundreds of hours we can see just how precisely you've dissected the enemy patterns and luck pools. this was an absolutely insane run, congrats
Trully one of the best games there is Also the one where the protag is an absolute chad and a absolute dork at the same time. Achilles, Patroclus and Nyx should be proud of their kid (because Hades did jacksh!t and Persephone.....was busy for spoiler reasons). Specially Achilles since he was the most present one (and Nyx for spoiler reasons)
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Hold up, a PDF like a predator, or like a file format? @@Senpaik
@@Senpaik Liar lol
sorry that hades works 24/7 holding up the underworld with his work alone, lets see zagreus handle a 9-5
I JUST started playing hades and I see this video dropped 😂 Hilarious
It’s my favorite video game. I KNOW it’s difficult as hell to speedrun.(pun not initially intended but now it is)
Second
i underestimated how hard this game is on the trailer 🥲
Yeah this game is amazing. This was the game to get me into roguelikes and know I’m already on my 5th game but still go back this this one every once in a while
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@@Senpaikur not a bot, what kind of shit person are u making shit up on a person?
Fresh file is very challenging. Huge congrats on the clear + thanks for plugging the guide I wrote!
it's so wholesome that an effective strat to help beat the game is hugging your dad. :)
Hades is SOOOO much fun to speed run but it is definitely difficult. Honestly surprised you did fresh file, since it’s not a very popular category. I prefer just the normal speedrun
One of the primary reasons it's not as popular is just due to how different the play style is compared to the max file game play. A lot of people get into it from casual play and then use their files for AnyHeat, whereas Fresh File is different enough in muscle memory to basically be it's own game once you get to the upper ends of speed, since you have to play a razor thin line for DPS and it's a rather brutal grind for the build RNG. Even with that though, I personally have 2k+ attempts in the category and it still is the most rewarding time on the leaderboards that I have. A lot of us that are on the more hard-core fresh file side have played since early access.
ive been on/off doing fresh file runs to practice, so im gonna start one along with you. tell ya how it goes edit: forgot merciful end strats so reset time attempt 2 didnt go too well, got shredded by meg attempt 3 had an ares drought, might just post later attempts here attempt 4: no ares, died at asterius attempt 5: got merciful end for the first time, but got no healing in elysium final chamber, so the champions shredded me
I tried doing single file but honestly the final boss fight with base sword a single dash was just too hard for me. Got to it multiple times, never got into the second phase. And I've done 40 heat so I'd like to think I'm at least half-decent at the game
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@@Senpaik He's a portable document format? That's crazy
@@grubbygeorge2117 Pdf means something else now days it means he diddle lil kids
good luck!! may the rng be with u
gotta admit, I saw the art alot before, never knew it was a game though, pretty sick
Love this game. Fun facts 1 and 2, taking the boss routes in Styx is generally faster, since those areas stop spawning new enemies once you kill the boss, whereas the normal ones will just spawn continuous waves until they’re done. Also, when hades does his first 3 laser version of that attack, you can just dash through him and smack him from the other side. He can turn around, but it’s real slow so you’ll be fine. Also IMO Athena special is not the best in the game in its entirety. Usually it depends on your build, and Athena usually isn’t in the running. Probably the best for this speedrun though. At least the first iterations. The more you play the game, the more you go for big damage numbers rather than safety
On sword, Athena special is typically the correct choice since Merciful End is the defacto speed build in Fresh File, and even in AnyHeat it's one of the primary options. It's also one of the top damage specials in the game, only being eclipsed by Aphro and Demeter for the most part. In Fresh File in particular it offers an absurd level of safety and weaves in to combos to deflect things on timings, which is a primary DPS method alongside the actual damage the special itself provides.
I never realized that Theseus had different specials for the solo phase, I always got the Zeus attacks
You mean the god he calls upon in the second phase? He always picks one you do not have. Iirc he also has a default one if you have all the gods (only possible with mods) and I think that is Artemis.
@@ThePheenixKing. was it a bug that he used Demeter for the first three times I fought him even though I never even met Demeter yet? I beat it super quick since it was a new save where I was obviously a lot better than my first playthrough and I feel like it bugged out a lot of things.
@@aspenisthebest nah I think it chooses one randomly from the ones you do not have in that run. So it was probably just coincidence.
Most of the time I watch you play games I've never played and a lot I've never even heard of. But I love Hades and because I love it and enjoy your content I decided it was going to be the first game I was going to learn to speed run (any percent mostly now, but I've dabbled in fresh file). Knowing what you're doing makes the videos even more stressful and more enjoyable. XP
Love seeing you play this. It's one of my favorite video games.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAME THANK YOU FOR FEATURING IT! I watch your videos all the time my heart just exploded with joy to see this upload!
This is one of the most entertaining games I’ve ever played. Came for the difficulty and incredible art, stayed for the wonderful story.
He didn't thank the Shade....run invalid
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I was super excited when I saw this game. I've been playing this a lot and it's one of my favorites. I love using all of Athena's move, they really help a lot. Still can't believe you did this first try.
In my opinion ares and artemis are the best combo for rushing through boss fights, especially since ares' charge attack makes you invulnerable while dealing damage as well, but his strat for athena and ares makes sense given that you usually recieve more athena boons on your first play through. I also don't speedrun but play the game a ton so Speezy might've gotten the strat from another speedrunner and it might actually have better chances of being a successful run.
LOVE THIS GAME!!! So glad your speed-running it!
The luck is insane.
I think what you've not quite explained (or if so, I missed it) the important part about your dash (and getting a second dash in later runs) is that the only invincibility frames you get are actually during the dash. But that is the only thing that kept me from freshfile runs, it's so damn hard compared to anything else :D
For 13:27 I'd suggest taking sure footing instead since it can't be pommed and that means you have a greater chance of pomming the doom later. Also if I were in your position I wouldn't be bothering with the yarn since you have every boon you could need (I'd also consider selling any useless boons for better pom chances).
God I love Hades and watching Hades Speedruns. This is the game I would most likely consider speedrunning.
Love your content the games you play are so fun and you make them even better
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR PLAYING PLEASE SPEEDRUN THE SEQUEL WHEN IT COMES OUT
An EazySpeezy video AND my favourite game of all time? I must be getting real lucky today!
My best time on a ordinary run (not a new file run) is 22minutes i think and it was definetly with the spear with the legendary aspect
Pretty sure every aspect shows up as legendary once you upgrade it to max. The different aspects for spear are Zagreus (the starting one), Achilles, Hades, and Guan Yu.
artemis for elysium mid boss was the right choice, rare or epic pressure points really elevates your dps, especially with merciful end
I rather like how Zagreus' skills are those which have been mastered by his father. It shows how much there is to learn, while also reaffirming that you can succeed with the gifts that you've been given, especially when they get honed to perfection.
I have over 400 hours in Hades and I have never seen Healing (the "fast food") as a room reward?! Is that a fresh file thing?
Yeah, Hades has a few "ultimate fallbacks". If you cannot be offered anything from boons, you'll get replacements, if you can't get anything from poms, you'll get gold, and if you can't be offered anything as a room reward, you'll get food. From what I remember, there are only two ways you can get food as a room reward, and both of them are in First Run in Asphodel - the room with the stairs, and the room with 3 exits right next to each other. Because you can't get Nectar as a room reward in First Run (you can still get it from Premium Vintage), you can only get Darkness or Key. If you enter a room with blue laurels (meta progression) with 3 exits, the game needs something to provide for the third door, so it falls back to food.
@@Museus7 Ah okay makes sense. Yeah I knew about the boon reward fallback (thx Haelian) but I did not consider that there is something like that for room rewards.
I have so many hours on this game and never beat it. The fact you did it first run is wild to me. Damn these old man reflexes
Fresh File, is pain, nice job! I recommend to other people to start off with normal any% speedruns because it's easier to start improving your time instead of just practicing beating it, but both can be fun.
Funny enough , Theseus calling on Dionysis is actually the best thing ever ,cuz if u just stand still , those poison clouds will never hit u , just around u .
This is pretty much the first time watching a video like this where I can nod along to all the stuff you're saying because I actually have relevant experience. Hades is such a great game. Personally, I've been on and off attempting Fresh File runs myself, but on Hell Mode, so I've delved pretty deep into the specifics of how this type of challenge goes. Mind you, I've only made it up to the third boss fight in my best run, but it's a very enjoyable challenge. ...so what I'm saying is, you should do it again on Hell Mode-
I've played got hundreds of hours on hades but for some strange reason i actually can't remember ever getting athenas legendary, weird
IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS😭😭❤️❤️!! Hades is my favorite movie as soon as I saw the game trailer!!
Man I love this game, picked it up expecting to play for about two hours instead it pulled me in for an all nighter. Also first game I was really invested in the story of.
nice pfp
I would love to see a speed run of manual Samual, that game seems right up your alley
I love seeing you speedrun roguelikes, as they are very diffcult to master. I suggest that you try speedrunning Slay the Spire next, which is a totally different roguelike, yet it would be interesting to see how you would apporach it
Such a good speedrun. only thing I think could be improved is when Hades uses his big laser beam attack there's actually a small amount of space between him and the spears that shoot the laser and if you can dash close enough to him to be between him and the spears you can get free hits off on him the entre time he's shooting the lasers. Which with your doom and deflect special at almost 300 would be almost 1200 free damage every time he uses the laser throughout the entire fight. Also maybe trying to find an Artemis boon for her critical chance on all damage. Just a suggestion though, so far the fastest I've been able to get out is 14 attempts from a fresh file at around 35 minutes. And a pretty good run at 14:05 after fully upgrading my abilities and weapon of choice (aspect of Demeter) But after watching this I'm definitely heading home after Christmas and trying a first attempt run.
I LOVE HADES FINALLY YOU PLAYED IT I’VE BEEN RECOMMENDING IT TO EVERY YTER 😭😭😭
Great videos man!
Amazing run, nice how lucky you got as well. Great job
My first playthrough of this game, I got all the way to the final Hades phase, and ended up taking a laser to the face and dying. It was heartbreaking :( Buuut then I just beat it next round with the roguelite meta upgrades and it didn't feel as bad (though I admit it feels a lil disappointing to think that I needed the meta upgrades to beat it).
Love this game so much. One of my favs all time
Finally bro been waiting for this vid. Hades is an amazing game I’ve been playing since the early alpha so glad you tried this!
My fav type of buffs for speedrunning Hades is Poseidon+Dionis+Aphrodite/Hermes buffs combined in diff ways that gives Zagreus splash waves for aoe, movement speed for… speed and poison type buffs for killing enemies faster. Unfortunately, I couldn’t speedrun the last floor and I’m no speedrunner whatsoever, but this was fun to play. Also no mouse, only keyboard spamming ground attack with sword on
“Hug your dad” is definitely intentional. When you max out Hades with the pact of punishment, that attack adds a part that repulses you if you try to get close and sends you into the beams (ask how I found out)
One of my first roguelite game. What a trial by fire this shit was hard
Whoa when did you millions of subs?! I remember this channel at like 30k. Congrats 🎉
Great game! Only real gripe is how RNG progressing the story was. I got pretty far but never finished because story beats stopped for me.
YES IVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG
HES FINALLY DID IT. HE FINALLY DID IT
I never reached Hades on my FF run, and only beat Theseus twice. Great job!
A little late to the party but congrats !! Another viable, yet not-as-good option for the first run clear is Drunken attack + Curse of Vengeance (Ares revenge passive) for the Curse of Nausea duo, that way you can still keep the utility of Athena special. I have a screenshot with that combo at 26 min clear IGT.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
ya gotta love the classic "today were speedrunning ______" really the best phrase you can hear
As someone that has been speedrunning this game for a couple of months now, I really enjoyed the video! Fresh file runs are something I've wanted to get into, but just haven't dedicated enough time to. Btw, if you haven't played Hades, do yourself a favor and go download it because this game is amazing.
Clearing this game in a single fresh file attempt is seriously difficult. Like, I've had a few attempts even after playing for hundreds of hours and the best I think I've done has been in like 5 runs. Not having that extra dash or any death defiances makes things downright nasty. WP!
Try speedruning The Binding Of Isaac. Its also a fun roguelike!!
yeah pretty sure the hug feature is intentional because (endgame spoiler) . . . on EM4 (the upgraded hades fight) he has a shockwave to push you away
18:10 rats do not poison you also I believe choosing miniboss skull room in styx is faster, becasue last rooms are usually faster then wave rooms
Absolutely Love this Game and Definitely Am Craving Hades 2 plz give use some Info!!!
I love the game and knew what combo he wanted the instant kill one which is really good.
I'm very glad one of my favorite games got this attention. And how did he do it in one run? God Gamer.
This games so fucking good, I can't wait for the next one to come out, I'm way hyped
ive never made it past the final boss second phase lol so close but i just couldn't bear to spend 45 minutes just for a chance to practice him
Use the chaos shield. That's how I got my first win. Also, don't neglect upgrading your Mirror. Watch Haelian for strategies and boon combos. I'm by no means an amazing player, yet even I have beaten 32 heat.
spending a run only learning [REDACTED]'s moves can set you up for your entire future playing the game. it's worth it!
Man, had thoughts about trying hades, since it has good reviews and i like rougelikes, but never even checked any gameplay xd But this speedrun was super interesting to watch and now i think that i'll definitely try it and have a good time dying 10000 times at the first floor
Hades is so good, would highly recommend it.
Props for not spoiling the ending
When I first reached the Hades boss, I was low on health and he took my single death defiance, but then I got him down without taking anymore damage. I was grinning thinking I beat him, then to my horror he healed for his second phase, which turned my grin into a frown.
I feel proud that I got all achievements for this game
Hades is a masterpiece! Having so much fun playing the game on PS5, love the art style, gameplay is so polished, truly a classic game 👏👏👏
I would like to see you speedrun Dead Cells, another roguelite that i speedrun myself! Fresh File would probably be the best for a video but I do any% warpless
my high school marching band played 2 songs written from Hades that have never been played before. in the blood and lament of orpheus
I’ve been wanting to play this game for a while now and this video just got uploaded. Maybe it’s a sign
Speed run LA Noire? Been replaying it recently and I think it would be an interesting concept!
This game is a very good roguelike
Nice video, I hope you do a 100% speedrun of Hades
Honestly, dash striking with Athena (Or Artemis, but she's more advanced) is so broken, I've gotten basically all my clears by just spamming the hell out of dash strikes on melee weapons, especially the fists.
this is insane, my man just wasted a what reamins of his luck in a single hades speedrun lol. amazing video btw
As an accomplished Hades speedrunner (pretty sure I can describe myself that way) most people aren't going to realise how difficult a Hades FF run is. The dad fight alone sucks. GG Speezy.
LETS GO HADES SPEEDRUN!!!!
I've been trying to drive down my best time but am stuck at 9 minutes for AnyHeat%, so trust me when I say, the video's title is underselling it.
finally a game i actually play/speedrun
I dont play fresh file but I love trying to do unseeded unmodded runs
Yessssss hades speedrun
two things I didn’t see mentioned that should be mentioned if you’re gonna speedrun this game - it’s OK to reset early (if you don’t have at least the prerequisites for your build by around the end of Tartarus for example) but you need to die to actually reset, since the game preserves the RNG seed if you quit. the second thing is you should try to learn the timings of your enemy waves and aim to be at the door when the last guy dies, instead of spending a few seconds every room to run to the door. also get comfortable pause buffering to read room rewards and have fun throwing away good attempts because of Satyr Sack RNG!
Speedrunning a fresh file is madness
My favorite gaming youtuber and my favorite video game. YES
Hey, there's that new game called Strike Force Heroes. It was released some days ago. Consider speedrunnig its primary set of missions. It's rather challenging, tbh.
dude I love this game i do wonder what your normal record is and if your favored weapon the twin fist (I was able to get a 72.5% chance to dodge and my record was 17:13 with the father if Hermes it was so fun!)
After I watched this, I cleared my first run in Hades. Not sure what that means about my skill but the speedrun is very cool to see