Hades - No Boon Run Unique Dialogues

I uploaded this video for those who are curious about what happens if you do not have any boons when you face Hades. Here you go.

1. Pick as few boons as possible
2. Sell as much boons as possible
3. Get lucky on the Styx Rooms
4. ?
5. Profit

#Hades

[robertsides]

Zagreus approaching Hades without any blessings has the same energy as when a Dark Souls invader comes into your world buck ass naked. You just know you're about to get your ass kicked so hard, you'll still remember it 10 years down the line.

[RexRagerunner]

Hades: Have you come all this way without any boons?
Zagreus: Wouldn't you like to know, office boi.

[humannomore]

For real, Zagreus getting there without Olympian help is the biggest flex on EVERYONE

[grifleep]

I think my favourite interaction in this game is using Hades' call against Hades!
"Father!"
"Son!"

[Nukesnipe]

One of the fun parts of the game being in early access was all the unique dialogue they added in to justify it and make it actually a part of the evolving narrative. For instance, back when the game ended after Asphodel, beating the Bone Hydra for the first time would get you some unique dialogue. The narrator comments that there's nothing else past that point and that we can just assume Zagreus inevitably dies, and you get sent back to the House of Hades. Zag then marches right up to Hades and lays into him about there being nothing past Asphodel, at which point Hades basically just says "alright listen here you little shit, you KNOW my realm is incomplete and under construction."

[TheShadow]

Even such a niche and rare situation still has 2 sets of voicelines addressing it. That's Supergiant quality for you, there.

[marshallr]

As stated by the fates: The son of the god of the dead shall die within 1.57 seconds to a battle with his father.

[projectonyx]

Zagreus: walks up to Hades
Hades: *SNIFF*

[dyingstar]

Interesting that he acknowledged the fact you probably did scum the pool of purging for these dialogues since it takes an enormous amount of luck to not get forced into taking a boon.

[cant-kblm]

Hades in actual mythology: *Wife gone, think about wife... Regret.*

[Ihatethishandle]

Giving hades a "Wouldn't you like to know weather boy" has to be the best zagreus has ever done

[mrcheese]

Hades:
"What are you? An atheist or something?"

[billcipher]

I can't even reliably get past Theseus and Asterius _with_ boons and then there's this guy who made it all the way to the final boss without using a single one.

[Thundenix]

Dude i thought i beat him on my 15th run. I was so proud of myself. But then there's the second phase.
Expectation : Gone
Hope : Crushed

[neverpure]

You just can’t get a compliment from this guy 😀

[CrowFeatherQuill]

Man, I swear, half the fun in the game is feeling like you're actually in the game. Everything feels personal...the fun, the exciment, the anticipation, the annoyance, the relationships themselves. This is character desing done right in every way. Top 5 favorite game for sure.

[rickkcir]

The first time I did this was also the first time I used Excalibur. So the unique dialogue for using Excalibur played over the no boon dialogue. I felt so defeated, even though I did it, without Hades saying it I felt like I hadn’t.

[inkromancer_studios]

I'm currently trying to get up to Hades without investing any darkness in the mirror, the fact that there's dialogue for not having any boons gives me hope that it's doable! xD

[ohno]

Hades: Ew you took the boons

Also Hades: Ew you didn't take the boons

Zagreus every time: 🥲

[thebiolibrary]

Fun fact, it's implied that the Mirror of Darkness doesn't grant Zagreus entirely new power from Nyx, but rather allows Zagreus to focus his own errant power into tangible boosts within himself. So fighting EM4 Hades without Boons with a maxed out mirror is Zag and Hades both fighting at their max power.