@@LegacyGamingUS Another little known fact. The Lucky Tooth benefits from all Death Defiance tech (like the Ares boon that increases damage in an encounter when you use Death Defiance). Also, if you spend it, it can be replenished with Kiss of Styx (including the Greater Kiss of Styx from Patroclus) or with an Athena boon. And when replenished that way, it acts like a normal Death Defiance (50% health) instead of flat healing like the tooth offers.
While I appreciate the time it took to make the video, this isn't really "everything you need to know." Most of the video is just you reading out/explaining what each of the Keepsakes do, however it misses a lot of important information. Boons no longer keep the effect after being switched out, so if you're using Thanatos' keepsake, you need it on for the full run to get it's full effect. (Why build an extra 30% damage just to lose it before the final fight?) Likewise, Lucky Tooth is great but it becomes the last Death Defiance to be used, so unless you're out of Death Defiance, it really shouldn't be switched on until you're running low on 'lives.' From the title I was expecting more info regarding how the Keepsakes work well with different boons, companions, which ones are worthwhile switching out for Biomes and which are better for full runs. Recently I've been using the Pom Blossom until the final biome before switching out for extra health/extra death defiance. Nyx's Keepsake is fantastic when you stack up other backstab/exposed boons, for example. Patrocles' Keepsake is brilliant with Revenge and dodge-chance boons, as the Revenge triggers when you get hit, not when you take damage. I would've liked to see more info like this. Also worthwhile mentioning the stats when they're fully levelled up, as it seemed you were comparing level 1 keepsakes to level 3. Great summary of the basic functions of each of the keepsakes, but nothing I didn't already know just by reading each of the descriptions.
I'd like to offer a few critiques to this video and add a few tips myself. 1.) *This video under-estimates the value of skull earring quite a bit.* Sure, you aren't going to benefit from the keepsake constantly. But if you aren't hit often, you'll be hitting bosses hard while you're within that 30% range. Keep in mind, you have 3 Death Defiance, which means you'll have 4 opportunities to be within that range. And considering you only recover 50% of your health per DD (usually), you'll often find yourself staying within that range quite a bit when fighting Hades. Skull earring is great for players who want a hefty damage boost for the Hades boss fight, and haven't been using Pierced Butterfly. It's true that you won't consistently benefit from the earrings - but why "force" yourself into the lower 30% when you can simply use the keepsake as a backup for when you do fall into the red? It's not a very good keepsake for players who find themselves getting hit often - but it's great for players who are only occasionally hit. 2.) *The bonuses gained from Pierced Butterfly is lost when the item is unequipped, and equipping the item later means you benefit less from it.* In other words, you want to equip this keepsake from either the very start of the game or the second level - keeping in mind that it's easiest to dodge attacks and boost the keepsake in the 1st level. It's a great keepsake, but you're at the mercy of the game when it comes to boons. This is not a good keepsake for people who want specific builds. Same goes for Lambent Plume. 3.) *The God keepsakes are even better than what this video makes them out to be.* If all these keepsakes did was what their description read, I would agree with Legacy Gaming. Guaranteeing a specific god shows up once for a chance of the boon you need wouldn't be all that great. *However, equipping their keepsake guarantees they'll show up throughout the rest of the run.* As you play through Hades, you will see boons appear for 4 different gods (with the exception of Hermes and Chaos). Once you obtain boons from those 4 different gods, you will not see boons from any other gods unless you force them to appear using a keepsake. This is to allow players to work off of their pre-existing boons. Without this mechanic, it would be far too difficult to create powerful builds. When you use a God keepsake and the god appears, then they become a part of the god pool! Want to make a Poseidon build? Equip his keepsake to guarantee he'll be one of the 4 gods in the god pool! I used to ignore god boons because I didn't realize there was a god pool that naturally stopped after 4 different gods gave you there boons (again, exceptions with Hermes and Chaos). Using God keepsakes allowed me to create incredibly fun builds - some of them insanely broken. When he says there are better keepsakes - that's only true if you aren't going for specific builds. If you're going for specific builds, these keepsakes are practically necessary. 4.) *When to use Lucky Tooth, Spiked Collar, Myrmidon Bracer, or Lucky Acorn?* Legacy Gaming didn't elaborate, but he was right to say Lucky Tooth is great when players do not have 3 Death Defiance. When players do have 3 Death defiance, they'll usually benefit more from Spiked Collar. This is because Lucky tooth revives you once with 50 HP, whereas Spiked Collar will give you an additional 50 HP, then an additional 25 HP per Death Defiance use. Also, keep in mind that fountains restore health based off a percentage of your total - so Spiked Collar will also help you heal more at fountains! Myrmidon Bracer is great if you find yourself with a lot of HP - because it can easily reduce more damage than what HP you'd gain from the aforementioned keepsakes. I'd estimate that you'd benefit more from Myrmidon bracer if you find yourself with more than 200/225 HP. Evergreen Acorn is specifically for bosses, which is great because Bosses are generally the ones to kill players (namely Hades). Hades can hit for 60 damage with his spear. With a fully upgraded Acorn blocking 5 hits, assuming the first 5 attacks to strike you are from his spear, that's 300 damage prevented! And if you're playing on a higher heat where his attacks do more damage.... woah boy, this keepsake is AMAZING. Sure, it's not doing anything for you "most of the time", but it does A LOT for you when you (generally) need it most! I'm still trying to think of a way in which Broken Spearpoint is of much use. I find that getting hit multiple times in a row doesn't happen all that often - though I believe it may be much better in Hell mode where you have a pact (that can not be toggled off) that removes your invincibility frames. I also read comments where it can be useful for "revenge" attacks as well as mitigate a lot of magma damage. It's still a bit too niche for me, but all of that is definitely worth mentioning.
Me when I first started: "Lucky Tooth is AMAZING! One extra death defiance?!" Me when I (generally) no longer rely on defensive items: "Oh wait... mathematically it makes more sense to use Spiked Collar when using 3 Death Defiance..."
@@NoNameNoWhere actually it doesn’t. Three death defies gets you back half of the 50 you get from the collar which is only 75. Lucky tooth restores 100 so if you’re going for health lucky tooth is better.
@@starmada105 You're forgetting to add the +50 health that you start off with, which means you gain +125 extra health as opposed to +100. It's also important to note that having +25 health per death Defiance is arguably better than +1 tooth with 100 HP because you can take more hits against powerful attacks. Suppose Hades hits for 20 damage (I can't remember how much damage his attacks deal, but 20 will work for my demonstration). Supposed you have 100 health and 3 death Defiance. With lucky tooth, you can take 5 hits (100 starting health) + 5 (100 lucky tooth) + 3 (50 HP 1st DD) + 3 (50 HP 2nd DD) + 2 (50 HP 3rd DD) = 18 hits. With spiked collar you can take 8 hits (150 starting health) + 4 (75 HP 1st DD) + 4 (75 HP 2nd DD) + 3 (74 HP 3rd DD) = 19 hits. Admittedly, we're talking about absorbing 1 extra large hit plus a handful of extra small hits. So Spiked Collar is only marginally better than Lucky Tooth, and only when players have 3 DD. But considering how many people think Spiked Collar is useless compared to Lucky Tooth, it's worth pointing out that it's actually better, even if by a small margin.
Skull earrings is actually pretty easy to utilize. Dionysius has a boon which allows you to take less damage when at low HP and if you use the "1 death defy per encounter" instead of the "3 death defies", then you can easily keep your health low, as the 1 per encounter restores you to 30% instead of the 50% you get otherwise.
If you can beat Hades without death defiances then you don't even need to worry what to take because you are just pro. The other defiance seems shit to me because I almost never die in a run then at Hades bossfight after he goes super saiyan I lose 2 death defiances every time
Pierced Butterfly is usually ranked pretty low by most good players because 1. if you unequip it, all of the bonus you earned will disappear and 2. if you're good enough to not get hit throughout the game, then you don't need the pitiful attack increase
In my opinion the best keepsake is the Lambent Plume, especially effective used along with the twin fists of Aspect of Zagreus, you can easly get 35/40% evasion rate that is huge, also if you are lucky and get a epic greater evasion from hermes you can reach a crazy 60% evasion along with other damage reductions boons will make you almost untouchable on the latest and harder bosses of the game.
It's a decent option for players, I'll give you that, and may be more beneficial long term, but I would rather do more damage and get better at dodging, than have to rely on less damage and more dodging/avoidance. Just a personal opinion though.
@@LegacyGamingUS Of course other keepsakes may let do more damage, for that purpose my favorite keepsake is the plom bossom that give you Persephone, cause it's effective with every weapon. But damage mostly depends on luck, until now my fastest run is with this evasive configuration cause you don't care much about avoiding taking damage, you smash everything and passives do the job for you.
When we reach the max affection with someone, the keepsake mention it with a "icon" of the character on it. Does it really do nothing else? Is it purely cosmethic and for the lore?
I think you're are undervaluing the black shawl. I've found it really easy to get some sort of increase to damage radius. Most the time, I'm not even trying for the back, but my AOE will hit and give me the bonus. Though weapons without the AOE are a little harder to use with it
Maybe I am, I think the Black Shawl is fine, but it requires a change in mindset and play style to use right. That’s not a bad thing, just not the most accessible.
Black Shawl I found very useful for the Spear because you are gauranteed a backstab either from the initial throw or when calling the spear back. You can dish out some insane damage with Backstab + Crit boosts to the Spear special + the Darkness boosts to backstab damage.
Black shawl + achilles spear is incredible! Stack that with Athena’s exposed debuff and you have a solid build. Just dash behind the enemy with achilles’ special and stab from behind
@@SeraphsWitness I was just about to say this. spam special and you always get a backstab on the return. I like putting weaken or hangover on the spear special too so it backstabs and adds DoT and debuffs in higher levels. If you pick up one of the limited use accessories that also boost damage against unharmed enemies/backstab, you will 1 break through armor in1 or 2 hits most times. Spear is easy mode for me
the acorn is my fav cuz its just that good. five free hits when fighting bosses when max upgraded. if you've played for long enough its easy to see the patterns in monster and boss attacks and most of the time you take the biggest hits on boss fights, especially if you have the extreme measures condition which changes up boss patters and adds newer patterns to their attacks.
So: heres a very late comment and specific use for a keepsake, but i found it VERY helpful: Partoculus' Broken Spearpoint is very useful in Asphodel: the magma there will hit you ONCE for 1 damage, and you'll be invincible for the next 1.75 secs. Handy if you like using shortrange weapons. It also makes the Pact that makes you take 2x more damage from traps & magma more doable: take 2 damage, and be invincible for a good time.
Spoiler coming: Don’t mind what he says about the skull earring, the spear’s 4th aspect gives you a life rip on its spin attack giving you 1 health each time it hits an enemy therefore giving an amazing way to keep your health where you want it, as long as you deal damage doesn’t matter if it’s armored or not you heal
Oh, it does? Lol. I completed a run with Guan Yu without utilizing the spin attack at all. Easy survival with the Broken Spearpoint. I only need about 60 HP more or less.
@@SUSHI4lyf yeah the game doesn’t make it clear you have to read about the aspect in the boon menu, it’s actually a really good aspect if you get good with using the spin attack
Shattered Shackle - You CAN use boons with this. It works for each slot. Meaning u can still stack up on Dash, Call, etc. boons and u still get 100% more damage for your attack, special & cast from Shattered Shackle. If i'd want to use a Boon for let's say Cast, it only looses it's effectiveness for that specific slot. U can still also use enhancements for attacks etc, as long as it doesn't go in the attack slot. For example; Chaos, Hermes, Hammers or any other misc. This one can actually make for pretty fun runs.
Its actually a rly Fun one, and i used it to get My first wins with nearly every weapon, very interesting to start out super strong and taking generic boons like evasion Or crit is decent enough, at least if you are not using heat
@@LegacyGamingUS kinda decreases the value then. Sure, definitely works well and you can get a nice damage boost, but if you stall, best to switch off it early since chambers don't really get easier.
I don’t have the keepsake change imbetween areas yet but if I had to do a combo I’d say owl pendant in Tartarus then old spiked collar the rest of the time
I agree the last two keepsakes are pretty incredible, but by that point they don’t get much use. They’re valuable, but you’re totally right about their validity
@@LegacyGamingUS I wouldn't say they're not that useful, especially Persephone's one. I got through some of my toughest runs with Persephone's keepsake, especially those with higher heat than I'm used to and a weapon that I don't really vibe with. At this point I'm trying to get to the epilogue & I think it'll help? I really don't know, tbh.
Question: If you start off the run with the +50 health and then after clearing the first area and changing it to another, would you keep the benefits of the first one? Thanks for the detailed video it was very helpfull
i have 40 hours and i still missing patroclus' keepsake. This is probably one of my favorite games but after 50 escape attempts and finishing the main story, its getting a little repetitious
Can someone help me? I can’t give nectar to hades, even though I have unlocked the second half of the hearts and completed the game so many times. The option just never comes
it's been 27 hours but I couldn't figure out how to use ambrosia. I gave the nacters till the locked hearts came up but after that there's nothing. please help
progress the story. talk to Meg/Thanatos/Achilles/Orpheus/Eurydice/Patroclus, unlock the records room, buy Lounge stuff at the contractor, max level the sword for Skelly, and maybe make sure you've gotten every boon a god has to offer (not sure what the unlock is for Gods)
Alright video. I am annoyed though that when talking about the keepsakes that you referenced stats at difference star ratings. Example lucky tooth at 1 star and myrmidon bracer at 3 star. If someone watched this just starting the game the advice is a bit misleading. Sticking with lucky tooth, at 3 star it refills health to 100%. This is the same as 2 death defiance.
It doesn't heal to 100% it heals 100 hp flat, the health you have doesn't matter, It will always heal you up to 100 at 3 stars as long as you have 100 max hp or more
if you use the butterfly for the first few encounters and then switch the keepsake to the collar for the next levels.. will you loose that damage % increase you had with the butterfly keepsake equipped ?
Seriously, that Broken Spearpoint should be top tier. You just have to know how to use it. And no, I disagree with what you said about it only for people who are "prone to getting hit". Being a good dodger + this = practically invincible/invulnerable
Kind of. If you switch God keepsakes in between Biomes, it gives you that God's boon at the earliest possible point, but it's not always the very first room. For example, if you have the Thunder Signet on when leaving the House of Hades, you'll usually get a Zeus boon right at the start of the run, but there is a chance you'll get a Daedalus hammer instead.
Wait does the effects of these Keepsakes stay after you take them off? like if I get the butterfly one in my first underworld clear then take it off do I still have the bonus damage?
I agree. I will say however, that one upside to it is that if you really enjoy playing the game with a certain god's boons, it does set you up nicely. For instance, the god that makes your attacks reflect is very powerful and I've noticed that I almost never have a bad run when using her boons. Since the game narrows your boon selection in on the first 4 or so gods that you pick up, you are sure to get a lot of your keepsake god's boons.
Now that I've played the game more, I rescind my original comment 😂 I like how the God-specific boons allow me to set up a build. I use them very often.
@@samanderson1650 They're also super useful to fulfill certain prophecies (good luck obtaining these last duo/legendary boons through sheer luck) and to meet specific gods when it is required to progress the story. It certainly would be doable without the keepsakes, but how long would it take?
This is missing crucial information and gets so many things completely wrong. Also, it's comparing rank 1 keepsakes with fully ranked keepsakes. It's an unfair comparison. This is mad unfortunate.
this isnt a guide, its just a dude reading the description of the keepsakes for 11 minutes. wish you said more on how to utilize them and their interactions with other things
This video is actually really good and well put together. But I'm really annoyed by one crucial bit of inconsistency. You describe the Olympian keepsakes at their max level, the Evergreen Acorn at it's base level, the Harpy Feather Duster at it's second level (despite showing it on max level), and only mention Keepsake ranks mattering when you get to the Bone Hourglass. Keepsake ranks very much affect every keepsake, including the ones you brushed over as situational. With the Evergreen Acorn specifically, 3 hits not taken per boss is not enough to justify it's use, but 5 free hits has been more than enough to get me past the Bone Hydra consistently.
I use Charon bow and here are mine for builds Tartarus: Artemis, get deadly flourish Asphodel: if you don’t have divine dash use Athena to get That. If you have it already put on Dionysus and Get strong drink, and the other way around, then for the rest acorn because of obvious reasons
One thing I haven't noticed people bringing up is that the Bone Hourglass keepsake has a nice loophole. If you have it on and get to the next biome, spend your Obels in the fountain room to utilise the bonus and then you can switch out your keepsake and the bonus still applies. It doesn't have to be equipped to keep the extra perk. And another tip I found out at the same time is that you can buy all three Well of Charon bonuses and then reroll to get another three to buy as well.
I usually equip the owl to get some sort of deflect on either my dash or main attack and then use the the one from persephone. It can really ramp up your build in the end area.
Here I am trying to save 500 darkness for a another second life, and I can use skelly's lucky tooth instead whilst levelling up other stats. Going to try that next, it seems very handy
Just go in with Chiron bow and farm Meg for darkness ( Chiron bow is a weapon aspect legacy gaming made a guide on those) I think lucky tooth is really good but only if you are planning to make a run after Tartarus, personally, if I’m making real runs, I use the God’s keepsake of which my build is around, for example, dash build with Athena, cast with Demeter, etc. Lucky tooth is worse then cythonic coin purse is the best for early game, gives so much before you can get the coin upgrades in mirror, I personally think the best is the acorn because it makes the Theseus fight a breeze!
I have all keepsakes fully leveled and also feel like the bracer is probably the most OP as far as a defensive build is concerned. The amount of damage most people will mitigate with it outweighs the 50 hp from an extra death defiance of the tooth.
Choosing achiles keepsake over the tooth kinda depends on how much health you have. If you're fighting hades with 150 health you're reducing each 30 damage hit by 6. That'll reduce 30 damage going in at full health. The tooths death defiance gives you more than that.
Honestly, lucky tooth is my favorite. My second favorite is the collar which increases health. Dash is your best bet in this game. So, if you dash and have thos equipped your health bar will stay up. My tops to equip are the feather duster, the tooth, the shackle, the helmet, and hermes keepsake. That's it. Haha Sometimes the egg. When I wanna get whatever chaos has. Sometimes Hypnos keepsake.
Question for the Gods Keepsake, So I'm doing a run with Ares keepsake but I keep running into other boons such as Artemis or Demeter etc etc... My question: Does the Keepsake from any olympian God make it so that you run into that boon 100% of the time or does it just increase the chance of it showing up?
It just guarantees that the next boon you find will be from that god. Additionally with each level of the keepsake it increases the chance to get a higher rarity boon option. This applies every time you find that god’s boon.
If you equip a god keepsake after tartarus, you can actually get offered the wrong god sometimes, especially Hermies, but he will say something like, I know you are waiting for X but I'm faster, then the desired god appears in next room.
@@Kletian999 ok so here's a situation from my understanding: From the beginning say I have Ares keepsake 100% I get Ares from the start, along the way in Tartarus I come across a Zues boon. Will the next boon after that be an Ares boon?
@@GhostWalk530 if you equip the Zeus's keepsake at the start of a run, the run begins with Zeus or a hammer with zeus as the next boon room that pops. If you equip zeus after meg, the next boon room is sometimes not zeus, but he will appear shortly afterward.
It only works for the first time a boon is available. Other than that, you'll get a random boon. You may just happen upon a random boon from that god. However, if another boon from that God does show up after the initial one received, it still has the rarity chance increase.
I don't know if I necessarily agree with this. I've been pushing myself to keep Pierced Butterfly through the end of Elysium, but I realize that's not practical for everyone.
Any Intelligent Player either Runs Lambent Plume the Entire Run, OR ( Depending on Weapon ) , you either Run Athena Or Chaos for Tartarus because it usually gives you useless Gems or Darkness and you can skip it for a good cost benefit boost before it becomes slightly harder . Deflect is the best by far. The acorn Is a Meme. Lucky Tooth Is nice if you're a noob for a last swap. I ALWAYS get the Elysium (!) To restock D.D. because you have to smash yourself into the Bosses Early, then bet technical for the last one . ZEUS is best to stack with Himself. ATHENA is best for Attack or Dash. POSIDEN And ATHENA are best Calls . APHRODITE Is best Cast for both Burst and Item Synergy, but Zeus is best for Coear .
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lucky tooth is actually activated AFTER all death defiances are used
Thanks for clarifying. I probably should have just said it's another death defiance lol!
Lucky tooth is the best for hades I always take it at the end, the extra revive to 100 hp in the final battle saved many runs for me
@@LegacyGamingUS Another little known fact. The Lucky Tooth benefits from all Death Defiance tech (like the Ares boon that increases damage in an encounter when you use Death Defiance). Also, if you spend it, it can be replenished with Kiss of Styx (including the Greater Kiss of Styx from Patroclus) or with an Athena boon. And when replenished that way, it acts like a normal Death Defiance (50% health) instead of flat healing like the tooth offers.
Aye, it would've been so much better if it was consumed first.
@@DzinkyDzink I disagree as you can get deatch defiance back but not tooth. If you missing them can even try to aim for boons that replenish them.
While I appreciate the time it took to make the video, this isn't really "everything you need to know."
Most of the video is just you reading out/explaining what each of the Keepsakes do, however it misses a lot of important information. Boons no longer keep the effect after being switched out, so if you're using Thanatos' keepsake, you need it on for the full run to get it's full effect. (Why build an extra 30% damage just to lose it before the final fight?)
Likewise, Lucky Tooth is great but it becomes the last Death Defiance to be used, so unless you're out of Death Defiance, it really shouldn't be switched on until you're running low on 'lives.'
From the title I was expecting more info regarding how the Keepsakes work well with different boons, companions, which ones are worthwhile switching out for Biomes and which are better for full runs. Recently I've been using the Pom Blossom until the final biome before switching out for extra health/extra death defiance.
Nyx's Keepsake is fantastic when you stack up other backstab/exposed boons, for example. Patrocles' Keepsake is brilliant with Revenge and dodge-chance boons, as the Revenge triggers when you get hit, not when you take damage. I would've liked to see more info like this. Also worthwhile mentioning the stats when they're fully levelled up, as it seemed you were comparing level 1 keepsakes to level 3.
Great summary of the basic functions of each of the keepsakes, but nothing I didn't already know just by reading each of the descriptions.
fully agreed
Why is this comment better than the video ?
Typical RUclips video 🙄
Lol the comment is better than the video, yikes 😂
I was looking for the final keepsake but this was pointless
I'd like to offer a few critiques to this video and add a few tips myself.
1.) *This video under-estimates the value of skull earring quite a bit.*
Sure, you aren't going to benefit from the keepsake constantly. But if you aren't hit often, you'll be hitting bosses hard while you're within that 30% range. Keep in mind, you have 3 Death Defiance, which means you'll have 4 opportunities to be within that range. And considering you only recover 50% of your health per DD (usually), you'll often find yourself staying within that range quite a bit when fighting Hades.
Skull earring is great for players who want a hefty damage boost for the Hades boss fight, and haven't been using Pierced Butterfly.
It's true that you won't consistently benefit from the earrings - but why "force" yourself into the lower 30% when you can simply use the keepsake as a backup for when you do fall into the red? It's not a very good keepsake for players who find themselves getting hit often - but it's great for players who are only occasionally hit.
2.) *The bonuses gained from Pierced Butterfly is lost when the item is unequipped, and equipping the item later means you benefit less from it.*
In other words, you want to equip this keepsake from either the very start of the game or the second level - keeping in mind that it's easiest to dodge attacks and boost the keepsake in the 1st level. It's a great keepsake, but you're at the mercy of the game when it comes to boons. This is not a good keepsake for people who want specific builds.
Same goes for Lambent Plume.
3.) *The God keepsakes are even better than what this video makes them out to be.*
If all these keepsakes did was what their description read, I would agree with Legacy Gaming. Guaranteeing a specific god shows up once for a chance of the boon you need wouldn't be all that great. *However, equipping their keepsake guarantees they'll show up throughout the rest of the run.*
As you play through Hades, you will see boons appear for 4 different gods (with the exception of Hermes and Chaos). Once you obtain boons from those 4 different gods, you will not see boons from any other gods unless you force them to appear using a keepsake. This is to allow players to work off of their pre-existing boons. Without this mechanic, it would be far too difficult to create powerful builds. When you use a God keepsake and the god appears, then they become a part of the god pool! Want to make a Poseidon build? Equip his keepsake to guarantee he'll be one of the 4 gods in the god pool!
I used to ignore god boons because I didn't realize there was a god pool that naturally stopped after 4 different gods gave you there boons (again, exceptions with Hermes and Chaos). Using God keepsakes allowed me to create incredibly fun builds - some of them insanely broken.
When he says there are better keepsakes - that's only true if you aren't going for specific builds. If you're going for specific builds, these keepsakes are practically necessary.
4.) *When to use Lucky Tooth, Spiked Collar, Myrmidon Bracer, or Lucky Acorn?*
Legacy Gaming didn't elaborate, but he was right to say Lucky Tooth is great when players do not have 3 Death Defiance. When players do have 3 Death defiance, they'll usually benefit more from Spiked Collar. This is because Lucky tooth revives you once with 50 HP, whereas Spiked Collar will give you an additional 50 HP, then an additional 25 HP per Death Defiance use.
Also, keep in mind that fountains restore health based off a percentage of your total - so Spiked Collar will also help you heal more at fountains!
Myrmidon Bracer is great if you find yourself with a lot of HP - because it can easily reduce more damage than what HP you'd gain from the aforementioned keepsakes. I'd estimate that you'd benefit more from Myrmidon bracer if you find yourself with more than 200/225 HP.
Evergreen Acorn is specifically for bosses, which is great because Bosses are generally the ones to kill players (namely Hades). Hades can hit for 60 damage with his spear. With a fully upgraded Acorn blocking 5 hits, assuming the first 5 attacks to strike you are from his spear, that's 300 damage prevented! And if you're playing on a higher heat where his attacks do more damage.... woah boy, this keepsake is AMAZING. Sure, it's not doing anything for you "most of the time", but it does A LOT for you when you (generally) need it most!
I'm still trying to think of a way in which Broken Spearpoint is of much use. I find that getting hit multiple times in a row doesn't happen all that often - though I believe it may be much better in Hell mode where you have a pact (that can not be toggled off) that removes your invincibility frames. I also read comments where it can be useful for "revenge" attacks as well as mitigate a lot of magma damage. It's still a bit too niche for me, but all of that is definitely worth mentioning.
If you switch Keepsakes and unequip the Pierced Butterfly, you will lose the bonus...
Yepppp, didn’t realize this honestly. Pretty rattled about it 😋
Same for Hermes Keepsake, which I sadly learned today.
@@LegacyGamingUS Did you do any actual research for this video? This whole thing is full of stuff that is just completely incorrect.
@@jackfate6806 this dude doesnt even have all the keepsakes to make this video and half the ones he does have are 1 star lmao
Yeah i didnt realize it it either after 36 hours but ty. This makes my run more sense guess. Gotta go beast mode
Me, to every other keepsake: This is brilliant
Me to Lucky Tooth: But I like this
Me when I first started: "Lucky Tooth is AMAZING! One extra death defiance?!"
Me when I (generally) no longer rely on defensive items: "Oh wait... mathematically it makes more sense to use Spiked Collar when using 3 Death Defiance..."
@@NoNameNoWhere actually it doesn’t. Three death defies gets you back half of the 50 you get from the collar which is only 75. Lucky tooth restores 100 so if you’re going for health lucky tooth is better.
@@starmada105 You're forgetting to add the +50 health that you start off with, which means you gain +125 extra health as opposed to +100.
It's also important to note that having +25 health per death Defiance is arguably better than +1 tooth with 100 HP because you can take more hits against powerful attacks.
Suppose Hades hits for 20 damage (I can't remember how much damage his attacks deal, but 20 will work for my demonstration).
Supposed you have 100 health and 3 death Defiance.
With lucky tooth, you can take 5 hits (100 starting health) + 5 (100 lucky tooth) + 3 (50 HP 1st DD) + 3 (50 HP 2nd DD) + 2 (50 HP 3rd DD) = 18 hits.
With spiked collar you can take 8 hits (150 starting health) + 4 (75 HP 1st DD) + 4 (75 HP 2nd DD) + 3 (74 HP 3rd DD) = 19 hits.
Admittedly, we're talking about absorbing 1 extra large hit plus a handful of extra small hits. So Spiked Collar is only marginally better than Lucky Tooth, and only when players have 3 DD.
But considering how many people think Spiked Collar is useless compared to Lucky Tooth, it's worth pointing out that it's actually better, even if by a small margin.
i got spiked collar first and used it through the entire game and never changed
Skull earrings is actually pretty easy to utilize.
Dionysius has a boon which allows you to take less damage when at low HP and if you use the "1 death defy per encounter" instead of the "3 death defies", then you can easily keep your health low, as the 1 per encounter restores you to 30% instead of the 50% you get otherwise.
I too like to live on the edge.
If you can beat Hades without death defiances then you don't even need to worry what to take because you are just pro. The other defiance seems shit to me because I almost never die in a run then at Hades bossfight after he goes super saiyan I lose 2 death defiances every time
Pierced Butterfly is usually ranked pretty low by most good players because 1. if you unequip it, all of the bonus you earned will disappear and 2. if you're good enough to not get hit throughout the game, then you don't need the pitiful attack increase
You compare your 1 star keepsakes to your 3 stars ones
Most irritating part of the video
Just a reminder that all the boost keepsakes’ buffs only last until you switch keepsakes. You can’t buff up and switch keepsakes unfortunately.
If you take off the butterfly one I believe your damage buff will also be off
You’re correct. A few people have mentioned that in the comments, but it’s worth pointing out again so new players don’t forget.
In my opinion the best keepsake is the Lambent Plume, especially effective used along with the twin fists of Aspect of Zagreus, you can easly get 35/40% evasion rate that is huge, also if you are lucky and get a epic greater evasion from hermes you can reach a crazy 60% evasion along with other damage reductions boons will make you almost untouchable on the latest and harder bosses of the game.
It's a decent option for players, I'll give you that, and may be more beneficial long term, but I would rather do more damage and get better at dodging, than have to rely on less damage and more dodging/avoidance. Just a personal opinion though.
@@LegacyGamingUS Of course other keepsakes may let do more damage, for that purpose my favorite keepsake is the plom bossom that give you Persephone, cause it's effective with every weapon. But damage mostly depends on luck, until now my fastest run is with this evasive configuration cause you don't care much about avoiding taking damage, you smash everything and passives do the job for you.
When we reach the max affection with someone, the keepsake mention it with a "icon" of the character on it.
Does it really do nothing else? Is it purely cosmethic and for the lore?
Idk if you have completed affection certain ones like charon give a rare thing Charon gives you extra boosts
I think you're are undervaluing the black shawl. I've found it really easy to get some sort of increase to damage radius. Most the time, I'm not even trying for the back, but my AOE will hit and give me the bonus. Though weapons without the AOE are a little harder to use with it
Maybe I am, I think the Black Shawl is fine, but it requires a change in mindset and play style to use right. That’s not a bad thing, just not the most accessible.
Black Shawl I found very useful for the Spear because you are gauranteed a backstab either from the initial throw or when calling the spear back. You can dish out some insane damage with Backstab + Crit boosts to the Spear special + the Darkness boosts to backstab damage.
Watched this video before I knew anything about the game, watching this now after completing heat 13 and this makes a lot more sense now haha
Black shawl + achilles spear is incredible! Stack that with Athena’s exposed debuff and you have a solid build. Just dash behind the enemy with achilles’ special and stab from behind
You don't even need achilles' spear for that. The spear special attack always does backstab damage on the way back.
@@SeraphsWitness I was just about to say this. spam special and you always get a backstab on the return. I like putting weaken or hangover on the spear special too so it backstabs and adds DoT and debuffs in higher levels. If you pick up one of the limited use accessories that also boost damage against unharmed enemies/backstab, you will 1 break through armor in1 or 2 hits most times. Spear is easy mode for me
the acorn is my fav cuz its just that good. five free hits when fighting bosses when max upgraded. if you've played for long enough its easy to see the patterns in monster and boss attacks and most of the time you take the biggest hits on boss fights, especially if you have the extreme measures condition which changes up boss patters and adds newer patterns to their attacks.
So: heres a very late comment and specific use for a keepsake, but i found it VERY helpful:
Partoculus' Broken Spearpoint is very useful in Asphodel: the magma there will hit you ONCE for 1 damage, and you'll be invincible for the next 1.75 secs. Handy if you like using shortrange weapons. It also makes the Pact that makes you take 2x more damage from traps & magma more doable: take 2 damage, and be invincible for a good time.
That is the worst pact there is imo 1 heat for like triple damage from traps? Who even came up with that and thought it was balanced
@@eloelo6944 I love taking it. I almost never hit traps so I take it every time.
@@smilesfordays me too, its one free point... but the green vases on hades hurt so bad, gotta be careful lol
presumably this is quite good for styx too if you find yourself being poisened. 1.75 seconds may just be enough time to get to the well
Hades doesn't even wanna accept my nectar anymore 💀 my guy's really good at denying my affection
Spoiler coming:
Don’t mind what he says about the skull earring, the spear’s 4th aspect gives you a life rip on its spin attack giving you 1 health each time it hits an enemy therefore giving an amazing way to keep your health where you want it, as long as you deal damage doesn’t matter if it’s armored or not you heal
Oh, it does? Lol. I completed a run with Guan Yu without utilizing the spin attack at all. Easy survival with the Broken Spearpoint. I only need about 60 HP more or less.
@@SUSHI4lyf yeah the game doesn’t make it clear you have to read about the aspect in the boon menu, it’s actually a really good aspect if you get good with using the spin attack
Shattered Shackle - You CAN use boons with this. It works for each slot. Meaning u can still stack up on Dash, Call, etc. boons and u still get 100% more damage for your attack, special & cast from Shattered Shackle. If i'd want to use a Boon for let's say Cast, it only looses it's effectiveness for that specific slot. U can still also use enhancements for attacks etc, as long as it doesn't go in the attack slot. For example; Chaos, Hermes, Hammers or any other misc.
This one can actually make for pretty fun runs.
Its actually a rly Fun one, and i used it to get My first wins with nearly every weapon, very interesting to start out super strong and taking generic boons like evasion Or crit is decent enough, at least if you are not using heat
Do you keep the effects of pierced butterfly that you gain after you switch off of the keepsake?
Nope! Just learnt that the other day actually
@@LegacyGamingUS kinda decreases the value then. Sure, definitely works well and you can get a nice damage boost, but if you stall, best to switch off it early since chambers don't really get easier.
@@derekdrake3952 If you're finding that you're just not ramping enough, sometimes its worth replacing around world 3 or 4.
Love this vid, so precise and clear. After 1 year still need to get some tips after picking up the game again. The game is fun but hard lol.
I don’t have the keepsake change imbetween areas yet but if I had to do a combo I’d say owl pendant in Tartarus then old spiked collar the rest of the time
I need help with hades Keepsake. I already give nectar. :(
Is the one missing
need to defeat hades first, then give him nectar
You can switch keepsakes during runs if you have it unlocked.
In my opinion, the best keepsake came from his mom. But you already reach the ending at that point.
I agree the last two keepsakes are pretty incredible, but by that point they don’t get much use. They’re valuable, but you’re totally right about their validity
Oh thats the last keepsake, I was wondering who I forgot...
@@LegacyGamingUS I wouldn't say they're not that useful, especially Persephone's one. I got through some of my toughest runs with Persephone's keepsake, especially those with higher heat than I'm used to and a weapon that I don't really vibe with. At this point I'm trying to get to the epilogue & I think it'll help? I really don't know, tbh.
@@LegacyGamingUS lol imagine thinking the game is over because you killed hades ten times. Yikes
Need to keep bonuses and or have multiple keepsakes and improve the worst ones. I just seem to use my mums lvling keepsake much better than others…
I just use the one from Cerberus. Extra health baby!
i have all keep sakes except for Patroclus one. i still can't offer him nectar? what am i missing here lol
Pierced butterflies effect doesn't stay after you take it off, same with Hermes
Question: If you start off the run with the +50 health and then after clearing the first area and changing it to another, would you keep the benefits of the first one?
Thanks for the detailed video it was very helpfull
I just got Hades on the steam summer sale and I can't get over how good this game is!
Great video dude thank you so much! It's such a giant help!
i have 40 hours and i still missing patroclus' keepsake. This is probably one of my favorite games but after 50 escape attempts and finishing the main story, its getting a little repetitious
I found myself writing sticky notes, as old school as that sounds, because I was the same way!
You need to open patroclus' entry in the codex before you can give him nectar.
@@johngestupa5717 oh my god is that what the holdup was, I feel stupid
how do I give someone ambrosia
"...spend obals with K-ron"
Can someone help me? I can’t give nectar to hades, even though I have unlocked the second half of the hearts and completed the game so many times. The option just never comes
You should explain their abilities as if they were all level 3 not just what you have
What is your opinion on taking the gold one first? Idk I tend to do that now then switch to a god or range keepsake
K-Ron? Shar-Ron!
Can you have one keep sale equipped at a time ?
The only keepsake that you can swap out without losing its effect is the coin purse
Came here for the secret keepsakes and found everything except that thank you.
Does the piercing Butterfly Effects go away after you switch it?
It does
it's been 27 hours but I couldn't figure out how to use ambrosia. I gave the nacters till the locked hearts came up but after that there's nothing. please help
You'll have to do character specific tasks. Cerberus for example has to be pet 20 times
@@_mariomz oh, thank you so much
progress the story.
talk to Meg/Thanatos/Achilles/Orpheus/Eurydice/Patroclus, unlock the records room, buy Lounge stuff at the contractor, max level the sword for Skelly, and maybe make sure you've gotten every boon a god has to offer (not sure what the unlock is for Gods)
Alright video. I am annoyed though that when talking about the keepsakes that you referenced stats at difference star ratings. Example lucky tooth at 1 star and myrmidon bracer at 3 star. If someone watched this just starting the game the advice is a bit misleading. Sticking with lucky tooth, at 3 star it refills health to 100%. This is the same as 2 death defiance.
It doesn't heal to 100% it heals 100 hp flat, the health you have doesn't matter, It will always heal you up to 100 at 3 stars as long as you have 100 max hp or more
I need the hades keepsake, but he has the second heart locked, I beated the game and got persephone back, what should I do more?
Bro I still don't know how to unlock Cerberus' last 3 hearts
if you use the butterfly for the first few encounters and then switch the keepsake to the collar for the next levels.. will you loose that damage % increase you had with the butterfly keepsake equipped ?
Yes
Seriously, that Broken Spearpoint should be top tier. You just have to know how to use it.
And no, I disagree with what you said about it only for people who are "prone to getting hit".
Being a good dodger + this = practically invincible/invulnerable
Zag Aspect Fists with one Hermes Dodge Chance or even just a deflect on getting hit makes you really, really hard to kill.
This game pissed me off cause I had the Chaos keepsake and not a single one spawned but as soon as I took it a off my next room had a chaos gate
thats cool and all, but where do i activate my keepsakes -.-
If you switch to anothers god keepsake in between bioms, does it guarantee that god next room? I always try, but I never seem to get the god I want.
I don’t have the game but from gameplay I’ve seen I’m pretty sure there’s no guarantee just the next time you get a boon from that god keepsake.
Kind of. If you switch God keepsakes in between Biomes, it gives you that God's boon at the earliest possible point, but it's not always the very first room. For example, if you have the Thunder Signet on when leaving the House of Hades, you'll usually get a Zeus boon right at the start of the run, but there is a chance you'll get a Daedalus hammer instead.
@@toaster20 Ah, so picked up a god keepsake just increases the chances? It's not a 100% guarantee?
Wait does the effects of these Keepsakes stay after you take them off? like if I get the butterfly one in my first underworld clear then take it off do I still have the bonus damage?
“K-Ron” 😂. Just listen to how the people in the game say it.
Do you keep the extra 20% added damage you talked about from Pierced Butterfly when you switch it for another keepsake ?
No, sadly not
I got nectar about an hour into my total play time
I just started Hades yesterday, and this is all still very confusing to me.
Can you plz tell me how to get Legendary Keepsakes plz
From certain characters after you give them enough nectar and then 1 ambrosia You can look up specifics on the wiki
With pierced butterfly, of you remove the keepsake between biome, do you keep the bonus damage?
No you do not. Use the butterfly and keep it on!
If I rank up my damage with the Achilles keepsake and then switch it out do I still keep that damage advantage or only when it’s equipped?
You lose your buff. Same as other keepsakes like, Thanatos' Pierced Butterfly, and Hermes' Lambent Plume
@@n_aniki cheers mate
@@Drizle1985 No problem
Ok lemme ask this and someone answer. If I have 7% dodge from Hermes does that stay with me if I choose a different boon or do I lose the effect?
You lose the effect
K Ron
Y wont it let me change keepsakes
Switching keepsakes makes you lose the effect. You need to carry the keepsake to maintain the benefits
Kind of wish they had given the God-specific keepsakes more unique qualities, like Hermes. The guaranteed boon is kind of meh.
I agree. I will say however, that one upside to it is that if you really enjoy playing the game with a certain god's boons, it does set you up nicely. For instance, the god that makes your attacks reflect is very powerful and I've noticed that I almost never have a bad run when using her boons. Since the game narrows your boon selection in on the first 4 or so gods that you pick up, you are sure to get a lot of your keepsake god's boons.
Now that I've played the game more, I rescind my original comment 😂 I like how the God-specific boons allow me to set up a build. I use them very often.
@@samanderson1650 They're also super useful to fulfill certain prophecies (good luck obtaining these last duo/legendary boons through sheer luck) and to meet specific gods when it is required to progress the story. It certainly would be doable without the keepsakes, but how long would it take?
You sound like the dude from screen rant
k-ron lol
Kay-Ron????
How do you rank up the keepsakes?
by clearing chambers cumulatively with the keepsake equipped
@@devasya_ ok thank you
K-Ron
AA ron
yo why tf would you put so many spoilers tho
This is missing crucial information and gets so many things completely wrong. Also, it's comparing rank 1 keepsakes with fully ranked keepsakes. It's an unfair comparison. This is mad unfortunate.
I like using Thans butterfly or chaos egg in stage 1, Patroculus' spearpoint for stage 2, medusas Duster for 3 and Skellies tooth for 4
great choice..
Too much grind.
Wow, you read the descriptions, good job.
Give nectar to Hades? Hahahhahhaha, thats not gonna happen.
This is not how you pronounce "sigil".
Yes it is. This is definitely the correct pronunciation of "sigil" in English.
this isnt a guide, its just a dude reading the description of the keepsakes for 11 minutes. wish you said more on how to utilize them and their interactions with other things
Bro you have no idea what you are talking about
K
This video is actually really good and well put together. But I'm really annoyed by one crucial bit of inconsistency. You describe the Olympian keepsakes at their max level, the Evergreen Acorn at it's base level, the Harpy Feather Duster at it's second level (despite showing it on max level), and only mention Keepsake ranks mattering when you get to the Bone Hourglass. Keepsake ranks very much affect every keepsake, including the ones you brushed over as situational. With the Evergreen Acorn specifically, 3 hits not taken per boss is not enough to justify it's use, but 5 free hits has been more than enough to get me past the Bone Hydra consistently.
Also spoiler warning next time
these tips suck lol
hello pls say hello
Hey there
You can find nectar from infernal troves very rarely
WHAT? What is the percent thats huge
Oh the farming potential that has
@@W-mans26 chill lol
I feel like I got it pretty often, but it always confused me on how it appeared.
Yea replaying on my ps4 and noticed that too. Pretty great when you need one.
For Tartarus I use the Chaos keepsake... and then after I use Charons keepsake... because those well buffs with a maxed out hourglass are insane.
I use Charon bow and here are mine for builds
Tartarus: Artemis, get deadly flourish
Asphodel: if you don’t have divine dash use Athena to get That. If you have it already put on Dionysus and Get strong drink, and the other way around, then for the rest acorn because of obvious reasons
One thing I haven't noticed people bringing up is that the Bone Hourglass keepsake has a nice loophole. If you have it on and get to the next biome, spend your Obels in the fountain room to utilise the bonus and then you can switch out your keepsake and the bonus still applies. It doesn't have to be equipped to keep the extra perk.
And another tip I found out at the same time is that you can buy all three Well of Charon bonuses and then reroll to get another three to buy as well.
Everything I need to know is: keepsakes hold power
I usually equip the owl to get some sort of deflect on either my dash or main attack and then use the the one from persephone. It can really ramp up your build in the end area.
Divine dash is the best boon in the game in my opinion
@@W-mans26 it really is
Here I am trying to save 500 darkness for a another second life, and I can use skelly's lucky tooth instead whilst levelling up other stats. Going to try that next, it seems very handy
Just go in with Chiron bow and farm Meg for darkness ( Chiron bow is a weapon aspect legacy gaming made a guide on those)
I think lucky tooth is really good but only if you are planning to make a run after Tartarus, personally, if I’m making real runs, I use the God’s keepsake of which my build is around, for example, dash build with Athena, cast with Demeter, etc.
Lucky tooth is worse then cythonic coin purse is the best for early game, gives so much before you can get the coin upgrades in mirror, I personally think the best is the acorn because it makes the Theseus fight a breeze!
please remake the video with all the facts you missed and all the keepsakes maxed
Using the acorn while I work through several playthroughs and collect diamonds, blood, etc. But I love Achilles bracer
I have all keepsakes fully leveled and also feel like the bracer is probably the most OP as far as a defensive build is concerned. The amount of damage most people will mitigate with it outweighs the 50 hp from an extra death defiance of the tooth.
Choosing achiles keepsake over the tooth kinda depends on how much health you have.
If you're fighting hades with 150 health you're reducing each 30 damage hit by 6. That'll reduce 30 damage going in at full health. The tooths death defiance gives you more than that.
And can you make a video on how to properly build in hades
Honestly, lucky tooth is my favorite. My second favorite is the collar which increases health. Dash is your best bet in this game. So, if you dash and have thos equipped your health bar will stay up. My tops to equip are the feather duster, the tooth, the shackle, the helmet, and hermes keepsake. That's it. Haha Sometimes the egg. When I wanna get whatever chaos has. Sometimes Hypnos keepsake.
mf casually spoiled the ending 💀
Question for the Gods Keepsake,
So I'm doing a run with Ares keepsake but I keep running into other boons such as Artemis or Demeter etc etc...
My question:
Does the Keepsake from any olympian God make it so that you run into that boon 100% of the time or does it just increase the chance of it showing up?
It just guarantees that the next boon you find will be from that god. Additionally with each level of the keepsake it increases the chance to get a higher rarity boon option. This applies every time you find that god’s boon.
If you equip a god keepsake after tartarus, you can actually get offered the wrong god sometimes, especially Hermies, but he will say something like, I know you are waiting for X but I'm faster, then the desired god appears in next room.
@@Kletian999 ok so here's a situation from my understanding:
From the beginning say I have Ares keepsake 100% I get Ares from the start, along the way in Tartarus I come across a Zues boon. Will the next boon after that be an Ares boon?
@@GhostWalk530 if you equip the Zeus's keepsake at the start of a run, the run begins with Zeus or a hammer with zeus as the next boon room that pops. If you equip zeus after meg, the next boon room is sometimes not zeus, but he will appear shortly afterward.
It only works for the first time a boon is available. Other than that, you'll get a random boon. You may just happen upon a random boon from that god. However, if another boon from that God does show up after the initial one received, it still has the rarity chance increase.
take the coin purrse when you go to elysium and (if you have midas touch) you get a nice payout at the end
I don't know if I necessarily agree with this. I've been pushing myself to keep Pierced Butterfly through the end of Elysium, but I realize that's not practical for everyone.
@@LegacyGamingUS oh, i know., it's just a nice combo i do to get extra money at the final shop
@@LegacyGamingUS i usually use athenas keepsake first and then switch to either hermes or persephone's keepsake. sometimes artemis'
@@eth_r1 Just take the coin purse in Tartarus where it's the easiest then switch to your actual build after that zone. You'll retain your gold.
Any idea how to unlock secret stashes?
Any Intelligent Player either Runs Lambent Plume the Entire Run, OR ( Depending on Weapon ) , you either Run Athena Or Chaos for Tartarus because it usually gives you useless Gems or Darkness and you can skip it for a good cost benefit boost before it becomes slightly harder .
Deflect is the best by far. The acorn Is a Meme.
Lucky Tooth Is nice if you're a noob for a last swap.
I ALWAYS get the Elysium (!) To restock D.D. because you have to smash yourself into the Bosses Early, then bet technical for the last one .
ZEUS is best to stack with Himself.
ATHENA is best for Attack or Dash.
POSIDEN And ATHENA are best Calls .
APHRODITE Is best Cast for both Burst and Item Synergy, but Zeus is best for Coear .