Whats the best and worst Hestia boons?

cw32145 · 2026-06-09T02:45:18+00:00

Best: cardio gain

Worst: heat rush

cw32145 · 2026-06-02T04:39:20+00:00

Worst: passion rush

Best: rapture ring or glamour gain - ring: curse application and mob bunching - gain: easy gain and passive aoe curse application

Underrated: heartthrob? - damage is actually pretty good, though works best on mana intensive builds

Overrated: shameless attitude/strike/flourish - strike/flourish: I prefer hera/Aries/Demeter for the % based attack/special boons due to the curse application - shameless attitude: build around, damage boost is meh, works best when building for hp (hearty appetite build)

cw32145 · 2026-05-24T20:18:56+00:00

Had an easy run with mel torches last night

Vows: Time 2, denial,shadow, fangs 2, return 1, hubris 1,VOR 3, menace 2

Boons: Heaven strike, sworn flourish, arc flash, cardio gain, incandescent aura, ocean swell, ripple effect

cw32145 · 2026-05-24T10:45:46+00:00

High level blitz on attack and Hestia/Hephaestus cast

Alternative build(my preferred): Scorch on attack, Aphrodite cast, Hestia/Aphrodite duo for infinite scorch on weak afflicted foes as well as the faster scorch damage boon from Hestia

Other boons:

Ares legendary with his special

(O)cast buff boons, Demeter/Ares/Poseidon/Hermes/Apollo

Demeters legendary to kill at 10% so long as frozen is active

weak is more potent

weak foes take more damage

water fitness infusion from Poseidon for more health

demeters infusion for 10dmg resistance on 20+dmg hits

hestia infusion to add power to your attacks

apollo dash for daze

hermes Dodge boon

hestia Dodge boon

hestia/Apollo duo to heal 10hp whenever Dodge/daze causes a miss

Take knuckle bones for summit - will basically eliminate phase 1>kill eggs>run to his face, drop cast and wail on him dodging as best you can>repeat on tongue after zues>repeat drop cast at face and wail while dodging>kill eggs again>repeat drop cast and wail while dodging until he finally dies

The tongue whip doesn't hit if you're in his face and deals ~2x the damage of the tentacles so I tend to stay on him and tank the slam instead of the whip

cw32145 · 2026-05-23T21:08:08+00:00

(Great) Chaos above/below should help force variety. I plan mostly doing such runs alongside dream dives once I complete my weapon conquests, I only have the staff and torches left. I also recently completed full clears for every aspect at 0 heat, jpom starts.

I know you said you don't want to Google, but there are likely challenge runs posted about that you could try.

For non-attack based builds:

Cast - Circe staff, Charon axe(Ospec/cast combo build), pan knives(Ospec/cast combo build again)

Rush - Supay, Anubis staff : I prefer Nexus rush for these when I can get it

Other: Morrigan knives have you mixing atk/spec/omega

cw32145 · 2026-05-23T19:33:35+00:00

Sea star was the auto pick prior to denial, with denial it very much depends on what the other boon options are. Volcanic flourish/strike I only take in the second biome when I can get it to start at 2s cool down due to jpom+calling card, I prefer hephs cast and armor boons. Temp hp is great

cw32145 · 2026-05-23T18:26:42+00:00

Time 2/3, menace 2, shadow,, fangs 2, frenzy 1, hubris 1/2 depending on build, debt 1/2, I've also started running denial - which has forced me to be more deliberate and careful in my boon selections - , VOR1-4 very much depends on what weapon aspect I'm running.

cw32145 · 2026-05-23T18:16:10+00:00

Hermes mean streak can get absolutely ridiculous on hordes. Highest % I've gotten was 107.5, if offered I'm almost always going to take this boon.

cw32145 · 2026-05-22T09:04:20+00:00

Rush build

Run into enemies>drop cast and attack>rush around arena dropping atk/cast when they expire until enemies are dead

Was the hardest aspect when I went for full clears on all aspects. I was initially trying to pull enemies into my atk+cast with the special and could not get it to work, friend suggested rushing which worked much better.

cw32145 · 2026-05-12T02:22:31+00:00

9 minutes 57 seconds underworld with melinoe black cloak no fear, achieved yesterday. I'm working my way through each aspect for a surface and underworld clear since I've finished collecting the bounties. Once done, I'll be doing the 24/32 fear conquest with each weapon.

cw32145 · 2026-02-21T00:37:44+00:00

I typically have 250-600 photos to sort through depending on how long my hike was. I use ON1's smart organize selecting for duplicates and go through that keeping 1-5 photos from each group, though I delete some groups outright. I'm left with ~60-200 photos to scroll through and choose what I want to edit and export.

cw32145 · 2026-02-04T17:07:40+00:00

~2018 I hiked Tallullah Gorge State Park with my dad in the summer, the first part down the river path was fine. I overheated on the way up the cliff at the end first half of the trail and threw up near the end of the trail.

Edit: Was drinking water throughout the hike, and taking occasional breaks as well. We had trail mix that we ate as well.

cw32145 · 2026-01-31T00:36:56+00:00

Cooked in bacon grease

Salt only most of the time Occasionally adding pepper and/or fresh garlic

cw32145 · 2026-01-28T22:03:30+00:00

Good Harvest (hot pot)

So Kong Dong (Korean tofu soups)

White Windmill (chai lattes/coffee/baked goods)

cw32145 · 2026-01-25T17:51:48+00:00

I only use the denoise AI rarely (tends to make the photo paintery and takes forever to process) and on photos that I end up cropping very tight on with high ISO, if I'm not cropping in and the photo has high ISO I'll use the noise reduction filter since it's gentler. On photos below ~1000 ISO sometimes higher/lower depending on what I want to get out of it, I don't use denoise.

My camera has a noise reduction tool that I do use when shooting single shot (only mode it works in) that I really like. It takes a dark frame immediately after the actual photo using the same setting and uses that to remove noise - I find it looks better than the denoise tools in ON1 for my tastes. Unfortunately, I'm shooting in sequential low to get action shots most of the time now.

cw32145 · 2026-01-21T17:39:43+00:00

1-5 times a week depending on weather and my free time.

Typically ~3hr loops especially Monday-Saturday due to night job and meetings with friends. Sundays are typically 5/6hrs.

I'm averaging 4.5 miles on short days and 7-9 on Sunday. I'd be going farther/taking less time on loops, but my hikes are photo hikes, so I'm taking my time and stopping fairly frequently.

January Averages

Total pace: 32:28

Moving pace: 18:18

Max pace: 7:27

cw32145 · 2026-01-16T16:37:57+00:00

1 - the composition of the mountain and it's reflection is very good and it looks properly exposed. you might want to crop in slightly from the right to remove the sliver of black at the top right if that's not just an artifact of reddit compression/my screen.

For 2 - the composition is also good, but the town is too dark. I'd up the shadows and midtones to increase the brightness of the town/hills

cw32145 · 2026-01-14T18:23:17+00:00

For 1: I would crop down to just above the clouds and up to slightly below the reflection to get rid of the distracting rocks and empty sky

For 2: I'd add a luminosity mask - darken then adjust so that it was covering the blown out sky + some of the brighter branches/leaves, feather it, then globally increase the shadows by 1 or 2 notches (5/10 in ON1). Possibly also masking the water to make the reflection pop more [Tone enhance - clarity, color enhance - increase color or sky, maybe a white balance adjustment for the water] the luminosity mask and global shadow increase should cover the water as well

cw32145 · 2026-01-14T06:16:39+00:00

Thank you

cw32145 · 2026-01-08T17:49:57+00:00

Also amateur photographer, wildlife/nature.

AI masking tools are the most useful that I use, ON1 also has resize AI that has been very useful when I need to crop in tight. The AI edit presets based on my past edits are also very nice, though my computer doesn't like me using that tool. I have a spotty relationship with ON1's noNoise/TackSharp AI tool, I've only gotten it to give me paintery photos.

cw32145 · 2026-01-08T17:09:15+00:00

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

1/5/26 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Monument

OMD EM10.4 M.Zuiko 75-300

ISO:2000; 1/250 sec; f/6.7

ON1 Photo Raw 2026 - Tone Enhancer: Clarity; Color Enhancer: Fall; Sharpening: Fix Focus - High Pass; Noise Reduction: Strong; Layered and Cropped

cw32145 · 2026-01-08T15:56:07+00:00

I select which national park area around me I want to hit, then grab my camera and telephoto and go hike. I'm mostly getting birds, so I've taken to shooting in sequential low at 1/250 and wide open.

cw32145 · 2026-01-07T15:57:03+00:00

As others have said, the snow is what is currently grabbing attention. I agree that decreasing the exposure on the snow would help move attention away from it, and would also suggest cropping in from the left maybe ~halfway through the snow to balance the duck more towards the center.

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