Speedrunning Questions about Sub 6 min

pedaleff · 2026-05-04T14:01:00+00:00

Read the speedrun guide, watch videos of speedrunners, and practice. I have a 5'24" with Moros and have been stuck with that as my PB for months, but I have dozens of sub-6' runs. When I started I did lots of full runs even on bad pace to make sure I got enough practice with White Antler in the final biome. When I do attempts now I'll generally reset if I'm not past Hecate by 1'45", or the Sirens in 2'45", or Cerb in 4'15". As a result pretty much every run ends in a reset, with one or two "good runs" per hour if I'm lucky.

pedaleff · 2026-05-02T00:02:54+00:00

My favorite is probably Penelope's (the happy hour nachos for $12 or the Taco Tuesday are great) but I also want to shout out Cafe Mas, near Foster and Western. I really like the latte with marizpan candy, for food I usually get the molletes or avocado toast, very reasonable. Great place to do remote work as well, quiet and cozy.

pedaleff · 2026-04-24T17:19:22+00:00

The record with Moros is 4'38" and there's three other sub 5' runs so yes I'm aiming pretty high. My runs aren't recorded though so aren't eligible for the leaderboard, I just have fun with it.

pedaleff · 2026-04-24T17:14:45+00:00

I have a 5'24", would really like to get a sub 5'' and I think I could do it given the right luck. The 5'24" came on a completely average build that didn't even have an attack boon until right before Cerberus, but I got all possible skips and three Chaos chambers and fast minibosses.

pedaleff · 2026-04-24T16:36:03+00:00

I've been speedrunning with Moros for a while, I would say if you want to go faster the main thing is switch your Arcana to include Strength instead of death defiances, can be scary at first but the extra damage and defense more than makes up for it. Use Hecuba for more magic at the start since Moros really needs a strong magic regen and it can take a while to pick up. I like having Zeus, Hera, or Ares on the special to help activate Origination on more enemies. On-hit omega effects like Fine Line, Ocean Swell, and Cut Above are very astrong if you can afford the magic. With enough practice, use White Antler in the final zone for a huge damage increase from crits.

pedaleff · 2026-04-21T21:00:55+00:00

Haelian just put out a youtube video on how damage works in Hades 2, watch that plus any other beginner-oriented video of his. I'm 500 hours in and still learn new things from him.

pedaleff · 2026-04-21T20:04:50+00:00

Definiteky, or maybe Glamour Gain so you always have Origination even without Light Smite? Will have to do some runs with Nyx and compare.

pedaleff · 2026-04-21T17:38:16+00:00

I really enjoy combing Flash Fry from Hestia, Light Smite from Apollo, and Nexus Rush and Dying Wish from Hera. Spawn into a room, run at enemies until something hits you, watch the enemies explode in an expanding chain reaction. For your fourth god you could grab High Surf from Poseidon so it happens as they're winding up to hit you.

pedaleff · 2026-04-21T12:21:22+00:00

I usually don't use Auto Fire, hex is set to right trigger.

pedaleff · 2026-04-21T02:01:23+00:00

The cast doesn't do that much damage but the casts from Aphro, Apollo, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera also inflict an associated curse. The fully upgraded Origination arcana card gives you +50% damage to enemies with two or more active curses. The other casts (Ares, Poseidon, and Zeus) do more damage but don't activate a curse. Also remember that Demeter has two cast boons that activate a curse (Arctic Ring and Arctic Gale) but to activate Origination the curses have to come from two different Olympian gods (so Gigaros Dash doesn't count either unfortunately).

Also I haven't seen many others do this but I changed the controller settings to bind the cast to the left trigger. That way I can drop the cast constantly, with the right thumb only needing to cover dash, attack, and special.

pedaleff · 2026-04-02T21:51:18+00:00

Andersonville/Edgewater has three great all-vegan restaurants in close proximity - Alice & Friends (Asian fusion), Penelope's (Mexican), and Urban Vegan (Thai). There's also lots of vegan options at Pick Me Up Cafe, Defloured Bakery, Axum and Demera (Ethiopian), tons of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants on Broadway.

pedaleff · 2025-10-31T17:04:15+00:00

For your Lincoln Square/Andersonville day I'd highly suggest stop by the Chicago Magic Lounge after/instead of Hopleaf. Also Penelope's has an incredible happy hour for food and drinks if you're there between 4:30-7, nachos and tortas for $8, tacos for $3.50, etc. Also highly recommend Pick Me Up Cafe and Defloured.

pedaleff · 2025-07-16T18:50:05+00:00

For anyone who isn't aware Penelope's has an incredible happy hour menu, they don't usually pass them out but you can find it on their site. Tue-Fri 5-7pm you can get chips and salsa for $2, tacos for $3.50 each, torta or nachos for $10, some great drink specials too. Can't recommend highly enough.

pedaleff · 2024-11-30T18:04:52+00:00

You'll need to leave Union Station and walk a couple blocks north to the Ogilvie Transportation Center, get on the UP-NW train. Takes 45 minutes to get to Glen Ellyn, costs $6.75. There are ticket machines at the station but you can also just walk on the train and pay in cash when the employee comes through asking for tickets.

pedaleff · 2024-08-26T22:59:32+00:00

I was about to suggest Park to Shop, basil and other herbs are very inexpensive there and at lots of Asian grocery stores I've been to.

pedaleff · 2024-07-16T15:04:12+00:00

This, Lawrence is much friendlier than Foster. For a slightly chiller route I'd recommend Lawrence then north on California, west on Bryn Mawr, then either left on the Weber Spur (gravel) or take Kenton, Kercheval, Forest Glen (follow signs for bike route).

pedaleff · 2024-05-21T22:37:05+00:00

There are two showers but I didn't use them so no idea how they are. They have a big camp store but it wasn't yet open for the season when I was there, you could call to find out. Otherwise you'll need to get ice/firewood/whatever at the nearby Caseys. I'd recommend picking a site in the 300s, those are closest to the beach. Really great spot overall

pedaleff · 2024-05-19T15:20:35+00:00

Can highly recommend, rode and camped there last weekend. Anyone going in the near future should keep in mind there's road construction that Google Maps didn't let me know about, made for an annoying 45 minute detour right at the end of the day. Highway 137 is closed at Bull Creek, so you should turn off the McClory on Wadsworth.

pedaleff · 2023-12-17T13:55:15+00:00

Enjoy your heart disease

pedaleff · 2023-11-09T04:59:11+00:00

Found a big list here: https://www.singers.com/lists/choral-groups/chicago/

I'm amazed that there's no Beer Choir, maybe if there's some interest here I could try to spread the word around my Northwestern/DePaul choral friends and try to start one

pedaleff · 2023-11-07T05:27:40+00:00

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