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.

I'm a former top 10 speedrunner for regular any%, and fresh file is definitely no joke. Nice job on beating it

hades has got to be the most rewarding and the most harsh game all rolled into a single pretty package

you didn’t thank your only Shade fan after the Theseus fight! love this game and this speed run blew my mind!

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.

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

Clicked on this video quicker than my first death in Hades

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

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.

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)

it's so wholesome that an effective strat to help beat the game is hugging your dad. :)

It’s my favorite video game. I KNOW it’s difficult as hell to speedrun.(pun not initially intended but now it is)

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

gotta admit, I saw the art alot before, never knew it was a game though, pretty sick

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

Fresh file is very challenging. Huge congrats on the clear + thanks for plugging the guide I wrote!

gamedev: Makes a compelling story driven gameplay with many ways to experience the game from the players pov EazySpeezy: SO TODAY WE ARE-

He didn't thank the Shade....run invalid

This is one of the most entertaining games I’ve ever played. Came for the difficulty and incredible art, stayed for the wonderful story.

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

I never realized that Theseus had different specials for the solo phase, I always got the Zeus attacks

Love seeing you play this. It's one of my favorite video games.

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

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!

LOVE THIS GAME!!! So glad your speed-running it!

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.

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.

An EazySpeezy video AND my favourite game of all time? I must be getting real lucky today!

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

The luck is insane.

I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR PLAYING PLEASE SPEEDRUN THE SEQUEL WHEN IT COMES OUT

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.

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).

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

IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS😭😭❤️❤️!! Hades is my favorite movie as soon as I saw the game trailer!!

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

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

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.

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 .

I would love to see a speed run of manual Samual, that game seems right up your alley

Amazing run, nice how lucky you got as well. Great job

YES IVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

Love this game so much. One of my favs all time

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-

Great videos man!

artemis for elysium mid boss was the right choice, rare or epic pressure points really elevates your dps, especially with merciful end

the way you also speedrun ending the video

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

finally a game i actually play/speedrun

Whoa when did you millions of subs?! I remember this channel at like 30k. Congrats 🎉

I LOVE HADES FINALLY YOU PLAYED IT I’VE BEEN RECOMMENDING IT TO EVERY YTER 😭😭😭

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

One of my first roguelite game. What a trial by fire this shit was hard

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!

Try speedruning The Binding Of Isaac. Its also a fun roguelike!!

I've played got hundreds of hours on hades but for some strange reason i actually can't remember ever getting athenas legendary, weird

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?

This game is a very good roguelike

Hades is so good, would highly recommend it.

Yessssss hades speedrun

This games so fucking good, I can't wait for the next one to come out, I'm way hyped

HES FINALLY DID IT. HE FINALLY DID IT

I love the game and knew what combo he wanted the instant kill one which is really good.

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 figured out that’s if you get a Dionysus greater call boon you can stack it with damage and it deals a crazy amount of damage, like it would maybe half the time of bosses or even better.

ya gotta love the classic "today were speedrunning ______" really the best phrase you can hear

“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)

LETS GO HADES SPEEDRUN!!!!

I never reached Hades on my FF run, and only beat Theseus twice. Great job!

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 feel proud that I got all achievements for this game

"You're grounded!" Ugh...how long? " . . . *indefinitely* "

My favorite gaming youtuber and my favorite video game. YES

Nice video, I hope you do a 100% speedrun of Hades

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.

This is insane

I really have no idea what is happening on my screen

Cool speedrun !

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.

yoooo EasySpeezy speedruning my favorite game?

this channel reminds me so much of Bordeaux with the commentary and editing

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).

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

Speedrunning a fresh file is madness

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.

You should try to do all heat speedrun

'Athena is one of my favorite gods' -EazySpeezy talking about a Godess🤣

Absolutely Love this Game and Definitely Am Craving Hades 2 plz give use some Info!!!

Props for not spoiling the ending

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

Dang i played this game so much when it first came literally got every achievement good runs

Yesss such a good game

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!

my high school marching band played 2 songs written from Hades that have never been played before. in the blood and lament of orpheus

the all weapons runs are pretty nutty

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

I'm very glad one of my favorite games got this attention. And how did he do it in one run? God Gamer.