r/HadesTheGame

I didn't realize at the end there that I was completely tapped on magic. I blame Cardio Gain, and past me for even taking Cardio Gain.

I recently started playing Hades and when I got on today I couldn't pull my eyes off the game for 12 hours straight... I've played a lot of games through the years but none has ever been this addicting. It might have something to do with the overstimulating combat and my ADHD.

I even have a mild headache now but hell it didn't stop me.

Throwing spoiler tag just in case.

But whenever I’m fighting against Hades (title drop) in the first game, I always forget how wide the jar AOE are and how his laser beams can break them.

I’ve been starting to get into the lower heat runs and always have the “Traps do 400% more damage” modifier active because I always think I’m better at dodging traps than I actually am.

Then BAM - I’m one hit away and end up way too close to a jar without realizing and lose the run.

Anyone else have funny stories about silly deaths?

And I mean use, not build. I can't get the feeling right for this weapon...

I usually use my omega special and use omega attacks then but I don't know if I'm supposed to be close range, long range ?

I've seen people here say how marvelous this weapon is and I want to enjoy it as much as they do !

I’m honestly so bad at deck building. All I’m really doing is maxing the death defiances and then picking anything to do with health but I don’t think that’s very effective. Please help!

Maybe it's just me, and I've not yet clear max fear yet, but is it ever worth it to trade all of Zeus' boons for Hera's? I think Zeus is so laughably busted that I never think of the trade off being worth it. Maybe it's a specific build in mind that would make use of it?

I am new to rogue likes and this is the first. I have been playing for a few hours and have cleared up until the rat boss in Styx, havent won yet. What is the most overpowered weapon in the game? I have tried the bow and I don't like the playstyle.​

post-battle screen grab

build:
the main components for the fast casts anywhere on screen are Apollo's legendary and the Giga Cleaver hammer upgrade. since they don't immediately activate, you can spam your cast button three more times per special. This means that even with a magic-heavy build a common rarity Lucid Gain will be enough to keep your magic at a max level

only occurred to me to record it relatively late, but at least you can see it working for even that little bit

note- i have noticed that it is sometimes possible to cause the cast to go off more than four times per special. just spam it as fast as you can the moment your special pops

my build (the parts that matter):
-Poseidon's cast and Omega cast: damage when placed, giga damage when popped with the special. if you could get demeter into this, instead of my Aphrodite or Hera, try to aim for the climate boon to boost damage from inside the cast even further
-Apollo's special, gain, prominence flare and legendary. the special matters quite a lot, if you want to be able to run around freely inside it's area, plus it opens up the legendary. the gain is optimal since you always pop it. you can't see it in the recording, but i also have a heroic super nova, which is why the casts are so large. this matters more than the hammer, almost, because otherwise you'll have to get too up close and personal to be safe
-Giga Cleaver (two specials, + Apollo's double)

build notes-
Demeter, explained above
Poseidon's cast isn't too necessary. some casts have the potential to leave a damage over time field after you use them, like Heph's and Ares's. Ares allows for a follower cast with Demeter, so the perfect version of this, I'd imagine, uses Dem on attack, Ares on the cast, + their boost duos, instead of my Hera and Aphrodite
Omega casts don't pop fine line and Poseidon's wave. i have these boons in the build above and they barely do anything. they're relatively up on my damage meter, but only because the boon is leveled into quite a lot

Do I need to do this to get the remaining achievements and progress all the relationships? Pretty confused on the point of it and what I’m supposed to use it for

Tried to be as vague as possible. So I’m about to, I think, permanently kill Typhon, but before that, I wondered if I should focus more on side quests or if I can do those in a theoretical post-game. I’d look this up but doubtless they’d spoil something.

The only one I’ve beaten is Dora’s and I’m nearing the end of others (though I won’t lie, I’m stuck on Odysseus’, I know I’m mean to visit Poly, Scylla and Circe (several times in her case), but nothings happening, he’s still locked). And in cases like Arachne and Athena, I’m gonna assume I need to talk to the latter a LOT more, since she still hasn’t talked about the curse.

So yeah, should I hold off on defeating Typhon to do some clean up or will I have time later?