I hope the modding community pops off for hades 2. cuz while the art is gorgeous and I'm sure the narcissus art is gonna look fantastic, he will not look right without nick cage's likeness at this point
Maxed it out today and fumbled a +74% chaos attacks buff run on only 4 fear. Pro tip; never take big chop hammer if your build is a spin to win one. You will have to dash attack every time you want to omega attack ; _ ;
that killed my run yesterday xD it wasn't a great one to be fair but i was still upset that the omega attack was altered. if they fix that then i feel like it could make a spin to win build pretty disgusting
I tried a low health build with related arcana atk buff and artemis keepsake. The big chop with Aphrodite boons hit for 3661 dmg(20% crit from Thanatos Aspects as well). It's was crazy nuking bosses but risky as well cause you always want to keep health below 30 hp -.-
@@joshuaberkstresser7730The punch guys aren't too bad, kite them into a cast and they're sitting ducks. Landmine guys have earned their eternity in hell.
@@joshuaberkstresser7730 eh... the boxers are big and obvious and can easily be handled with a cast puddle. But the mine guy's pump out so many mines and they blend into the fields color palette. Now where is safe.
Got my first Chronos kill running the scythe aspect, aphro attack, and the hammer for the omega attack (the one that lets you use your other attacks during the whirlwind). Being able to dash while the whirlwind is active makes all the difference. Absolutely insane damage. Spin to win is back baby
@@eloelo6944You have to have all weapons and then speak with Hecate during a run to get the incantation to unlock it. Her dialogue seems to rotate so it may take a few tries.
If you guys want a free win just put on storm drain (Zeus cast) and preferably glowing coal with this Thanatos aspect it is a free win. Each lightning adds a percent of crit chance and also each lightning has that chance to crit
Healthy Rebound is a lot better than it looks when ya remember that fountains give 40% health, and that surge will almost certainly push you to 100% health paired with that boon
Best use of Ash after unlocking all Arcana that I've found so far is using it to craft Shadow, which can then be used with a Cinder to craft 8 Moon Dust
Insane Combo for Whirlwind is being able to use attacks / move while whirling + shooting your whirlwind out. Combine this with Aphrodite + Poseidon. Dual boon makes it so it doesnt matter if you are in melee range. You can basically constantly shoot (with slow time) your whirl and reposition and right away shoot another. I almost got chronos 20 with it but got killed at 30 % /cry
The one complaint I have up until now is that I feel there should be some crazier Hammers. In Hades 1 there were some hammers that really changed how the weapons work, like the Rocket Launcher and the shotgun for the Railgun, or the explosive arrows and multishot for the bow. The closest I've seen to something like that is the big chop hammer for the axe.
@@VideoKingist cant say for certain but usually not, likewise you can have say an attack boon and your attack wont get the 200% but the special still will
Godpool is three, plus Selene and Hermes, plus random Artemis and Chaos. Additional boons are also offered by surface friends, but Chaos is unavailable. Hades also is available 95% of the time in Tartarus.
Everyone: "what apsect is this? what boon is that? what keepsake you use?" Me, noticing the theme of Into The Blood when papa Hades meeting goes full family: "well, time to bawl my eyes out again boys" Lest we forget, yesterday *was* international mothers day. Give your mom a hug.
7:14 two of my friends started playing Hades 1 recently. One of them has been playing for a week, another one is starting today (now that he's got a new Xbox controller that isn't broken) I'm very excited to be able to sit in a discord call with them and see what weapons they like using and what boons they think are good and wondering if I was as bad when I was new as they are now LMFAOOOO ♥️😋 Told them both to hold off on Hades 2 until there's a sale going on simply because the games are different enough, they're still super new to #1, and I don't want them to have the story spoiled lol
@@bobbobby475 it'll take them months before they're done with the H1 story and worst comes to worst they'll still be able to buy it for $30, not like they'll ever have to pay *more* than anyone right? What wrong with telling them to wait? Besides, lots of games go on sale on launch and then sales maybe happen after that, so they can just wait for 1.0
Idk about you guys, but I found it way harder to get going in this game when I first bought it than Hades 1. Then I got through 10 or so runs, and it’s become a little too easy. I feel like Elysium used to buffer builds that were bad but I can basically walk to Chronos every run now lol
Need this at max so I can use it with 20% crit chance Honestly maybe a good thing that Artemis isn't usually in the game, otherwise PP + Hunter's Mark would be too powerful with some of these builds xD --------------- Stupid/silly build setup idea: Disable all except 3 of your cards to get the 0 grasp card in the bottom right corner Don't increase your max HP Artemis's Antler keepsake the whole run Kitty DDs that only gives you 10 HP Simply do not get hit 4Head
I just got an accidental build on the staff that is pretty stupid as a melee weapon. Faster than the daggers too. I believe its apollo that has a boon that gives a chance to hit twice, one hammer that guarantees that you hit twice, and one more hammer that makes you attack rapidly at the cost of your omega attack. Was going for the hammer that shoots 2 specials and ended with that monstrosity. Was mad at first until i realized i was dishing out 1k damage quick with the Aphrodite common attack boons at LEVEL 1. Imagine the damage you could get if you get a rare version at level 3. Overall, staff is gonna be my go to weapon from now on.
Dont know how many people found it already but in the Hecate fight when she shoots the polymorph orb, you can run it into your familiar to immediately get rid of it.
did this up in greece for some Testament progress against Polyphemus, surprisingly effective honestly more then anything it's that Demeter carries runs so hard, giving Origination on a single cast is so strong, double that with aphro attack those two together can basically carry and you just need a third god for the mana regen boon (since both theirs are kinda doo doo)
I'm surprised they didn't give Than's Aspect an effect similar to the Butterfly in Hades 1, but I'm so glad they went with this instead. I love crit builds
hades 1 never fully clicked for me. i still put a few dozen hours into it but i never persevered and beat the game hades 2 on the other hand, has me *hooked*
It's 100% worth revisiting now that you've gotten the bug. It's still an amazing game and stands alone quite nicely - I don't think one replaces the other, they both excel in different ways. Once you feel like you're full up on what EA Hades2 has to offer I'd really recommend going back and diving in, there's SO much to sink your teeth into, plus all of the character relationships and lore will help enhance your H2 experience when it finally launches.
apollo is good one for the axe special build, there's the one hammer that doubles the projectiles for the omega special, combined with the overlapping enlarged hitbox from apollo, hits like truck from far distances
I love Aphrodite’s new boons. Like I one stacked her up to above 250% damage bonus up close. With the axe. So I was charging up to do 175 per hit in a spin, just in raw damage.
I saw you ask who has only played Hades 2 and that would be me. I have some friends who played the first game coaching me along and they helped me get my first win. Artemis is my favorite character so far.
Soul mate is actually better than it seems at first glance, I'd have to say. while the limited hitch is a downside, it makes PS way way easier to apply and keep up 100% when your main damage comes from a hitch inducing attack, and is essentially a flat 20% damage increase.
They unfortunately broke Thanatos Aspect with the most recent update. I don’t know if it’s a bug or an intended nerf, but now getting Psychic Whirlwind or the upgrade that sends the whirlwind out in front of you makes the crit chance only go up by 1% regardless of how many times you hit with the whirlwind.
There is a strange quark I found that I really don't like with aspect of Thanatos. If you take the hammer that makes it so you can use your normal attack while your omega attack is going, you will only get a 1% increase on your crit chance even if the omega hits an enemy multiple times. I dont really know why that's the case but it's a hammer that is probably worth avoiding with that aspect unless it gets changed (or fixed if it's not intentional)
I don't know if it's a glitch, but while using this aspect if you get the hammer that lets you attack and special while in your whirlwind, only the first hit of the whirlwind counts as a stack. So I'd recommend not taking that hammer with this aspect.
15:13 I don't know if its intentional (i have a feeling its not), but I had a run where I took the well of charon item to guarantee a chaos gate where next possible, and it spawned in asphodel making it impossible to access since you'll get teleported out as soon as you finish the challenge in there
I am a console player and watching these videos has me seriously considering putting my self in debt just so I can get a PC to play this game sooner lol 😆 😅
Im thinking about doing a run with double up from poseidon but maybe turning it into epic or heroic with hera's boon or narcisus keepsake and create a selene curse with it. What you guys think, is it a cool idea?
One thing I'm curious to hear about: why do you not seem to rate the Hermes boon 'Hard Target' at all? The reduced projectile speed seems pretty good when I try it for many of the bosses and also for some enemies in small rooms that love to fill the screen with bullshit.
It was definitely a wall for me when I first started but abusing your cast circle and the trap/environment is paramount until you unlock better upgrades.
have you tried pan aspect with poseidon special? it’s so easy to build, all you need to do is pom the special and get the poseidon legendary and you’re doing 800 - 1k per omega special (with fully upgraded aspect)
shame its bugged with the "attack while using omega attack" and "omega attack flies forwards" hammers, each spin stops giving 1% crit each, and it just becomes 1% for the entire omega attack
Its because Chronos has Terrible Telegraphing and Wonky Hitboxes.... Or maybe they were both Terrible but it's Harder to tell than Hades because Zagreus can Chain dashes Together for Increased Invulnerability. 🤔
Why not hephy on the special? I feelt it was super strong, bucause it can be proced by taping special when point blank and at that point it is free 400 dmg every 20 seconds. It's super quick
wait till you try chronos on 20 fear....in order to get to 20 you have take the fears that power the mobs up AVOID the one that makes them faster cause it makes chronos almost impossible lol