God of War 3 trophies

Alright, so I'm a little confused. I'm on my second playthrough, on titan mode (hard), my first being on God mode (normal).

With the trophies with a counter, for example, the 100 Helios Head illuminations, 100 Bow of Apollo flames, and 50 hound kicks, is the count persistent? Meaning, do I have to kick fifty friggin hounds in one game and so on, or will it carry over? just curious, because I have yet to pull of any of these.

Next, how about that 1000-hit combo achievement? I pulled it off in combat arena by filling it with respawning guys and giving myself infinite magic and health, but it didn't count. Did anyone get this, and how so? Where do you recommend doing it?

Finally, the aMAZEd achievement, or getting through the labyrinth without dying. Where does it consider the start and endpoint to be? Any strategies for this, besides obviously playing on easy mode? Does it count if i save before the labyrinth and reload and start over if I die?

I would appreciate any help you guys could give me, thanks!

Alright, so I'm a little confused. I'm on my second playthrough, on titan mode (hard), my first being on God mode (normal).

With the trophies with a counter, for example, the 100 Helios Head illuminations, 100 Bow of Apollo flames, and 50 hound kicks, is the count persistent? Meaning, do I have to kick fifty friggin hounds in one game and so on, or will it carry over? just curious, because I have yet to pull of any of these.

Next, how about that 1000-hit combo achievement? I pulled it off in combat arena by filling it with respawning guys and giving myself infinite magic and health, but it didn't count. Did anyone get this, and how so? Where do you recommend doing it?

Finally, the aMAZEd achievement, or getting through the labyrinth without dying. Where does it consider the start and endpoint to be? Any strategies for this, besides obviously playing on easy mode? Does it count if i save before the labyrinth and reload and start over if I die?

I would appreciate any help you guys could give me, thanks!

Woot_Sauce

For the hounds, it's multiple playthroughs. For the 1000-hit combo, you use the weapon you get from Hades. I forget the combo, but it's one of the first ones you know with the weapon, the one where you rip out souls and they attack enemies. The first fight after you get those weapons just spam that move until you get the achievement. As for aMAZEd, the start is the first room and the end is when you get ontop of the maze (haven't played in awhile so I'm not 100%, but it's around there). If you die in the maze, you can restart from an earlier save so long as A: It was before the maze or B:You saved in the maze and didn't die up to that point. You don't have to beat the thing in one sitting, but you can't die anywhere inside of it.

As for the tips, if you get past the spike room you're pretty much in the clear, since there's a save point after that. The other rooms are no where near as hard as that one is. Just watch out for the floor and get on the harpy that appears as soon as you can.

best spot to try to get the 1000 hit combo is at the beginning of the pit of tartarus. You'll know when a centaur shows up (only 3 in the entire game). Look to the right and you should see a ledge/boulder/rock face that you can hang out on. The enemies cant reach you from there so spam the soul attack.(L1 + 0) until you reach the 1000 hits you need. As for aMAZEd just play that part like your trying not to die. If you do, instead of continuing from your last checkpoint choose to exit and load the game. When you are loading, select the autosave one, not the one you have save to and continue playing