Listing out the top 5 best boons in Hades the game by Supergiant Games! Plus a few bonuses closer to the end of the video! I ranked the strongest boons in the game, building around them can lead to quick and powerful Hades runs!
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:23 – Number 5
1:31 – Number 4
2:29 – Number 3
3:21 – Number 2
4:28 – Honourable Mentions
5:46 – Number 1
7:52 – Outro
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Nemesis + Deadly Strike + Curse of Agony (or whatever ares special is) + Divine Dash + Double Edge + Greatest Reflex + Merciful End + Impending Doom + Hunter's Mark
easily one of the best builds u could run. nemesis + deadly strike alone is insane
i also think exclusive access is top 5 material
My favorite Boons are Heartbreak Strike/Flourish. Huge percentages and they also make you much harder to kill thanks to Weak. They're huge consistency boosters IMO because you get both damage and tankiness with a single tier 1 Boon, and they can combo with Artemis for Heart Rend.
I would always take HYPER SPRINT, but I didn't think to look for RUSH DELIVERY . . now I feel stupid 🤣🤣🤣
I want to make a case for the aphrodite HP boost boon whose name I forgot. It might not be top 5 but it carried a lot of my runs that were in shambles. Especially the epic one. +11health every time is nothing to scoff at, especially considering this increases your heals and it applies multiple times (halved) per each DD
I never use calls bc it feels like cheating. Maybe thats why I still havent beaten it haha
Good list honorable mention fully loaded but yeah its niche same with mirage
"Hermes can be a bit of a dick when offering the boons that you want. " Truer words were never spoken.
My personal favorite is Sea Storm. Kind of hard to get, but it can result in some insane damage when you start stacking up lots of Poseidon + Zeus boons. I like to grab Poseidon on the attack and get Zeus Aid on the call and go to town with as many other boons from both gods as I can get (Tidal Dash, Breaking Wave, Static Discharge, Double Strike… the dream is to get Splitting Bolt too but that's really rare). More fun than Merciful End even if it's probably weaker overall because blasting enemies around the map feels great.
My personal #1 is Strong Drink. Rarity doesn't matter, it requires no additional boons, and as long as you get it before the last fountain at Styx it does nothing but provide tangible benefit. Being able to square up with Hades having full HP, or being able to recover from a rough patch in a region looking at you, flamewheels and Elysium arrow traps is invaluable especially on high heat runs. And the additional 3-35% damage buff (depending on when you get it, rarity, and if you get the extra fountain in each region) is icing on the cake.
fully agree with the list. I knew rush delivery was good, but I had no idea rush delivery was THAT good. Probably because I so rarely have been able to get it. Time to play some more Hades…
Support fire + any flurry Daedalus upgrade and/or any double or triple strike abilities can be extremely good for dips, sending out many arrows a second with support fire while also doing tons of damage with quick attacks and boons like the hyper delivery and heartbreak strike.
I like snow burst. When you cast, blast. Even if I'm not going for a chill stacking arctic blast type thing id still take it just for the extra damage. It essentially add another attack to your combo as long as your casting often. It's just works and it's reliable. I would've given it an honorable mention but i can understand it not being that hype for some people.
I used the spear. Special was Poseidon’s knock back. Attack was hangover. Cast was phalanx shot. Dash was divine dash. Aphrodite’s aid. Dedalus hammer gave me the option to hit 4+ enemies with special. power poms used. Nectar upgrade with power Pom upgrade. I literally didn’t have to move sometimes. By the end the rooms before hades were so much easier. Andddd doesn’t count for all the extra boons you get. Honorable mentions: artemis support fire if you can get it, ares damage boost for all hits, demeters boon boost every three encounters, anything that significantly raises damage, Hermès god gauge,
The real #1 is ambiguity bonus from Bouldy, it's so powerful that we as mere mortals can't even comprehend what it does.
Lightning Rod. Done deal.
This is more personal preference but I find hangover + the twin fists broken
Now i think about it Zeus call might be my number 1. Incredibly easy to get, fits on every build, high dmg (which is basically free), opens up a few interesting extra boon choices and bonus points for being from the most fun god.
huh honestly slightly surprised to not see sea storm as at least an honorable mention! i think it's by far the best duo boon for any good bow build, but maybe i am fully wrong
Its been only a month since I've been playing this game. Not seeing ares curse I was surprised and I fully agree zeus's aid is top best aid in the game. For newer player like me using dash is not so common, so not everyone picks dash boons at the start but I've been starting to use dash more so I can get dash attack. nice video btw.
Came from the struthless chat. I love this game so much 😩 great video!
Divine Dash has saved my ass so many times!
Oh you said the f word, you’re super edgy! Like omg yeahhhhh 🙄
I do prefer artemis calling simply because it's a "die now" button but zeus is right before
I'm kinda new and don't know what these boons do by name. Seems like there's some expert drift.
sea storm where??
Zeus is one or my least favorite for boons.
Building up your cast with the one that explodes is fantastic. From there you try to get a 4th case from chaos, and build up cast damage with some Pomegranate. It is deadly
Hades is such a fun game, finally got it when I got a Switch with TOTK