How to NOT SUCK at Hades | Top 6 Tips

Overall tips for when you're new to the game

TIPS
[00:00] Top 6 Tips
[00:45] Specialize
[02:50] Hammer Time
[04:46] Wait for it...
[06:53] Divine Dash
[08:48] Save your Money
[09:39] Check your Codex

How to NOT SUCK at Hades Playlist:

I know that if you ask anyone their tips are going to differ, but these are the strategies that helped me progress deep into the game and into the Heat runs.

If you have tips that you think I should consider, please let me know in the comments! I love to talk about Hades, and welcome the input.

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[madeliner]

"at no point should you be mashing your attack buttons"

I feel personally called out

[ZeroStas]

all you need to know is:
1. There is no escape
2. Pet Cerberus
3. Blood and Darkness

[canadadry]

Last tip. Get shield. Charge your attack. Never let go. Become invincible immovable. You won't progress at all, but you won't die either. If you can get a stalemate against an opponent that's better than you, it's just as good as winning. Trust me for no reason.

[hazeltree]

"Never mash your attack"
*My first Hades clear being malphon dash-strike spamming*

[zerphangames]

You lacked the most important tip to not suck, "if you are new, focus on getting darkness and keys for the mirror, not winning", without the mirror bonus, its almost impossible to beat

[rockbsaul]

I notice the players i watch rarely use doom or hangover, but they have gotten me thru plenty of rooms and bosses where I felt like I just couldn’t do enough damage fast enough

[baka_ja_nai]

"don't spam attack" - can't hear you over my athena charge and attack imbued twin fists Zag running around and spamming dash attack.
It was the fastest way I got to Hades, but totally didn't work against him (((

[GeezyLoves]

I knew this game was a masterpiece when I went into the Hydra battle with 2HP and beat it for the first time.
Just like old school shooters or fighting games, you can get in the zone and its so good.

[OccupiedMuffins]

Another tip is if you get really bad RNG make the run about getting as much stuff that can be used for upgrades as possible. If you know you’re gonna die at the boss then go for drops and not power ups

[luluviana]

Let's be clear: divine dash is THE BEST boon of them all (for me). I just love it.

[GeaForce]

Give a nectar to Skelly for an extra death defiance or Cerberus for a Max HP trinket. It helps a lot on those first runs

[LithningWolf]

Divine dash is so great because you don't have to pom it and common rarity is just as good for it to be broken

[starmada]

Step one: Use doom
Step two: Upgrade doom
Step three: Upgrade doom more
Step four: Beat Hades’
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit

[noahmiller]

don't mash you're attack... mash your DASH-attack!

[michaelbootes]

My favorite combo was one that healed me when I hit the enemy+one that made me attack obscenely rapidly. Enemies couldn’t hurt me fast enough to cover my regeneration

[CidGuerreiro]

How not to suck at Hades: keep playing it. I got destroyed by Meg the first few times I played it, now I can consistently reach and beat Daddy even with Heat points to make it harder. I wouldn't even call myself "good" at Hades, but I'm getting there.

[Jestokost]

#7: dashing gives you i-frames. Dash _attacking_ does not. It took me 11 failed runs to figure that out. Once I did realize it, run 12 was an ezpz full clear.

[connorparmelee]

I reached the butterfly mini boss, I’m so glad I officially don’t suck

[JK-gmkk]

Athena's divine attack and dash boones, cannot stress this enough. Especially for the first stage. Meg is so much easier when you're deflecting her own munitions back to her

[semidecent]

I needed a video like this lmao, I love the game but I’m lowkey awful