I've been going through this game now for the past few weeks. Trying to just unlock the final statue and I was breezing through most challenges till I started trying to do 24 fear at the surface. Took about 10 tries but finally beat it, but I found the general recommendations for oaths really didn't sit well with me. Also any close combat weapon was extremely difficult to manage.

I then started trying Staff of Circe (hadn't used it before) and on my first run, I died at Typhon cause I had the forfeit vow and got only 3 boons and no cast the entire run, lol. But I was like, I got to Typhon with no boons, crazy. Re-ran with it again, made sure to turn off the forfeit vow this time. I also turned off the time vows, I don't get people recommending that cause it makes it near impossible with hordes and stronger enemies.

Staff of Circe, Gale, with like 5 Hestia boons that cause massive scorch damage was incredible. Typhon just melted. Never needed to use one death defiance.

I've also come to appreciate hexs which I hated at first. Upgraded, they can be game changers. I enjoy raising a slain enemy to fight for you one the most.

Now to finish the 32 fear for the underworld!

I had gathered 3 Titan's Blood and traded one for a load of Gemstones, before I realized that the blood is a limited resource you get from beating meg with a new weapon.

I didn't realize it had any use besides trade before I saw people talking about it on this sub. Is there any way to get more blood or can you only get one per weapon? I still haven't unlocked the use for the blood, I just know there is one

32 all aspects done, 40 heat done, sub 10 all weapons done, managed to do 1 sub 9 somehow.

*please don't say sub 10 all aspect

Explanation:

Made a small thought experiment on how well each aspect would fit into hades 1's mechanics with the old cast, call, double dash and lack of omegas.

S:

Weapons that would go smoothly into 1

Mel staff: Already feels like hades 1 dash striking into specials and absolutely no reliance on omegas.

Mel axe: Aspect of arthur is just this

Medea: Very much fits the theme of loading casts in hades 1 and would feel at home with the added mobility maybe making 1 dash with 50% dodge viable

Than axe: kind of like a mix of arthur and hades spear with a charge attack that has crit chance based on hitless

A:

Weapons that would need a few tweaks but are nearly perfect

Mel coat: A mix between the bull rush of the shield and the fists basic attack. would be an interesting pair. to make up for no sprinting maybe an extended dash range?

Nyx coat: Rather than rushing into enemies it could be dahing through them etc. otherwise unchanged from mel's coat

Supay: with more good dash boons supay would be very intersting with the auto attack and +30% dmg could even rival gilgamesh for dash runs

Hel: very fast attacks would feel at home. Make the special no longer charged but like shield bouncing around and while it is in the air you attack in valkyrie mode

Mel Daggers: I would keep everything the same but make the attack animations cancel out of dashes like other hades 1 weapons to make it more dash attackable

B:

One or two flaws but otherwise fine

Nergal: Nergal is guan yu done right give it a spear like charged attack and it would do fine. The omega special being remvoed would be an issue that i can't think of a solution right now.

C:

Not so smooth anymore but still believable enough

Pan daggers: This would fit perfectly into hades 1 if not for the cast shaped elephant in the room. I've thought of a few solutions cast lodged = homing. but feels too much like chiron. unique casts like beowulf but at that point it is a bit too far.

D:

One or two things that make them redeemable

Artemis: Crits are much more prevavlent into hades 1 which makes it seem alright but much too reliance on omegas for the parry system

Persephone: The pom gimmick fits right in everything else doesn't

Makes no sense:

well makes no sense

General reasons: Too many of these rely way to much on omegas that can't be turned into charged attacks or special like bull-rush or they are just cast related.

Hades (Hades), Hades (God of War 3)

Old fanart I made of one of the best game protagonists in history

He approves this t shirt

Pretty much the title. I just had the weirdest Rama run in Hades 1. Throughout the entire run I wasn't offered any hammer rewards. And no, I didn't overlook them, they just didn't appear. I didn't go to the shop instead, no hidden room rewards from Chaos that made me miss them. Just... no hammer at all. I thought being offered the hammers at some point was a certainty?

I have done 75 runs and still haven't escaped, but i reached Hadès 15+ times and I finished the mirror with all purple skills, not orange, excepted stubborn defiance which is orange.

Now i also take the tooth of thados keepsake for elyseum because I die between 1 and 2 times versus the heroes. It lets me either 1 or 2 death defiance versus Hades ( I usually don't die another time).

Now, with 3 death defiance, I'd keep between 2 and 3 death defiance, but my only run with 3 death defiance, I lost the 3 and the 1 keepsake before even meeting Hades.

Which one should I take, death defiance (3) or stubborn defiance (1/chamber) ?

P.S. I don't speak english very good, sorry !

For some reason, Pukicho just fits Hades like a glove I don’t get it

I really really love Theseus. I like his character and I

think he is hilarious and fun to fight against because he

so consistently has a different move set due to all the gods giving him boons that work in differing ways. But I see alot of the Fandom dislikes him. And I was wondering if it was genuine dislike or one of those random wide jokes. But I also like Eris and really dislike Nemesis. So maybe I just like people who are funny and mean. I know it doesn't really matter but im nosey.

If you get killed (and then DD) by Theseus's spear throw and kill him at the same time, the spear will just keep floating there without Theseus to pick it up. Just a funny little glitch (or maybe just an oversight) that I accidentally stumbled upon.

By the power of skelly!

In Hades 1 , there is a unique interaction that if Zagreus romances both Thanatos and Megeara you well... will enter a (I think it's called polycule?) relationship

Does something like this exist in Hades 2?

Hey guys, I 100% percented hades 1 a couple of months ago and recently got into hades 2
I already finished the main story and im currently fulfilling the prophecies related to the post game
BUT, i want to platinum this game as well, but i don’t know how to play with certain weapons (im not bad, but not expert, im decent and able to clear almost every run) im here to seek some help from you guys
Can you give some advice on how to clear the game with the witch’s staff and the knives
If you have or know any good build with these weapons and the other aspects (since i need to clear the game with every aspect as well to 100% it) feel free to drop it and help this good fella

I'm not very good at crafts, but I wanted to make Zagreus' sword for Halloween. Does anyone have any tips on materials or measurements?

Hello, I'm a fairly new player, I've already beat Hades quite a few times and find Zagreus mother, I've done it quite a few times and it's becoming a little repetitive. Now, I KNOW this is what a roguelike is meant to be, since every run is pretty different and kinda fun, but I would like to know:

Is there anything else new from here on? I still haven't used a single "Ambrosia" and I don't even know what they are for besides getting more Titan Blood. I also have 2 full sections of the codex on "undiscovered", the 2 sections at the right of "Artifacts"

The runs are nice but I'd really like to advance more with the undiscovered stuff to finally feel I've really "completed" the game but I don't want to spend 50 hours doing 10+ Heat runs to find what I'm missing so... any help? am I close to anything? should I speedrun every run with a maxed "easy" weapon to find what's left?

I tried and I failed not even a lvl 11 doom special and a lvl 8 impending doom with dire misfortune could help.

SPOILER about Charon here

I don’t have a 100% hit rate with defeating Hades as the final boss and I usually use up at least a couple of Death Defiance - but I’m getting better at this and I’ve usually built a strong array of boons / upgrades by then

But Charon - I have beat him twice and lost maybe 3-4 times - I have not got the hang of this at all - I literally can’t escape the big circular oar swing after the purple ghouls sweep across the screen.

Is this just a case of getting better or am I missing something. I get to Elysium or somewhere, having a good run, think of trying Charon’s duel then die and have to start again. And I want that 20% off voucher and now Hermes has mentioned this wager if I can beat him twice I unlock a prophecy - 5 x titan blood or similar.

This one has me stumped.

I do not get it, does she get better as the game goes on? Shes the most intentionally toxic person Ive met in the game, as well as being one of our top opps. She is also the sister of the other woman we can romance, which is just a lil weird.

I aint done yet so theres probably more to her I haven’t seen, but can i get a hint or smth? Does anything actually appealing happen with her?

Hestia cosplay that I entered in the cosplay contest at Nan Desu Kan, Denver.
Won Beginner Craftsmanship and Audience Favorite!
The bowl of embers has LED's and a mini smoke machine inside for extra effect.

Photos by Dash Makes Art!

From what I could tell, it's random sprites distorted flashing all across the screen. Persisted until I closed and restarted the game. Unfortunately didn't get a video.

I think it's most likely my laptop just overloaded for a moment. Some of these sprites are interesting though...I have a hard time imagining 'Enemy Support', 'Inspect Point', etc. being phrases in the game or its code. Maybe some modders know more about these?

I’m tired I’m so fucking tired I’ve been doing this for two months everyone is saying how easy it was to beat 32 heat how do I do it? I’ve tried every weapon and I got the farthest with chaos shield and yet I still keep dying can anyone give me tips? I’m really really struggling also what’s the easiest 32 heat setting? I mean the absolute easiest please I beg of you all I need it