The 5 EASIEST Builds to Beat Hades 2 With | Haelian

6/4 UPDATE! A balance patch has changed some of the potential builds here, namely the Staff. It's still technically plausible but I am uncertain it's the best option currently, an Omega Attack based build may be easier.

Let me know what builds worked best for you when you first started out!

00:00 Intro
00:40 Arcana Cards
01:27 Keepsakes
02:20 Hexes
03:06 Witch's Staff
04:14 Sister Blades
05:57 Umbral Flames
06:51 Moonshot Axe
08:04 Revaal

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[maverickoen]

I think one of the safest runs you can do is an omega cast build using Zeus/Apollo cast and the Zeus/Hestia boon that makes the cast a ranged projectile. You just plop it down and run very far away. I also think Apollo's sprint is very good, because on top of the daze effect, the sprint speed allows you to get out of the enemies' attack range completely instead of needing to time your dodge. Also worth noting is that a cast build will work on any weapon and you don't even have to commit to it early on. If your attack/special aren't great and you have Zeus/Apollo/Hestia in your god pool, you can just pivot into it in the middle of the run.

[Roezaea]

Storm Ring (Zeus's cast) is absurdly strong and can be used with any setup regardless of weapon, hammers, or aspect. When you combine it with his Lighting Lance, it's essentially a win condition on its own. Very easy and very safe, great for new players.

[iaxacs]

As an Axe main my most consistent build is:

Aphrodite/Apollo on Attack, Demeter/Apollo on Special, Demeter/Hestia on Cast, Apollo on Sprint. Any of the Gods works for Mana, yes even Demeter if you have Apollo sprint to make space and if you can crit bonus on cast from Artemis.

Literally any hammer goes with this build setup and I've gotten to the final boss every time with it. Either run in and place cast to freeze or use special to freeze then sprint in for some hefty damage with from the attack boon. When thawed back out, you'll clear rooms with ease. Apollo Sprint makes it a cake walk to get out of ranged danger and axe special blocks most attacks that aren't wave based. Boss damage will be a struggle though just be patient

[ScorpionGod]

Just wanted to say I wasn't part of the original Hades early access and your coverage of it, so am super excited to be able to play Hades 2 this time in EA and see the game grow/ evolve along side you.

[rafakitu-kitu]

One major thing to note about Advancing Whirlwind for the Axe - this upgrade does have the unfortunate downside of making it impossible to interrupt the spin with a dash, thus making you vulnerable to damage. Learned this the hard way...

[Probs_Asleep]

For anyone who's not aware, heras born gain boon is absolutely busted. I'd be shocked if it doesn't get nerfed, you can just spam omegas at will

[Saracen]

I find Apollo’s sprint really useful to apply curses fast without getting hit, with the additional speed also helpful to avoid damage overall (especially final boss second phase, if you’re still working on your reflexes.) It’s not as busted as Athena’s dash but still a nice crutch lol.

[Dinklechad]

Beat my first Chronos fight with an aspect of pan Hook/Spiral Knives build- definitely the most OP but I had to take advantage of it! Loving the builds videos, been a fan of the channel for a long time, the Hades 2 content is peak! 💪

[zecuse]

Interestingly, I got my first win with the Lunar Ray. The Prominence upgrade turned it into Demeter's beam from Hades 1. I also got 3 Readiness upgrades which reduced its cost by 30 after the first use. It was important to get the Hex with the Full Moon buff (+2 Path of Stars). A level 4 Lucid Gain (Pom slices) and the Double Cataclysm hammer let me spam my magic away slower than I could regen it which meant I could spam the Ray as well! I also had the Night arcana card which charges your Hex by (not upgraded) 2 magic per second. Zeus's attack (Heaven Strike) was also a guaranteed proc with each Ω attack thanks to the hammer.

[justarandomdood]

I think I'm guaranteed that I've watched your videos and VODs more than I've actually played the game myself LMAO, I'mma need all the help in-game that I can get xD

Thanks man :)

[imitdiu]

Revaal, with the aspect where it stays within reach and explode a bit latter or on impact. Hammer is +2 head and/or attack use all head in a spread pattern or substitute either with the one where if you pick up the head it will explode again. As for boon, anything for attack is great, Hestia dash cancel projectile is great. Just press Attack and special (don't do omega special, or do if you plan on using +25hp hex). Attack(x1 or x3 depending on hammer) -> special -> pickup -> repeat. Crazy number

[war_hawkan]

For the sister blades, when you get the 'Fire 16 shots around you' paired with 'Special returns to you and does 50% damage' from Daedalus together, as well with some boons that increase special damage, you will do ludicrous damage for each fully charged special. For example, on Chronos, I practically got inside the boss so that each of the 16 blades hit, and it ended up doing around 2000+ damage for one attack of it.

[possiblybottomlesspit]

I absolutely love ygnium, I got it with Demeter special so the lack of stagger didn’t matter at all as everyone was frozen! It’s the most fun I’ve had with any weapon by a good ways, with hook knives below it.

[wavypavy]

I've had so much fun with builds so far in the early access. Not beaten chronos yet, but had a couple of crazy runs where I made huge leaps in my personal furthest to see new bosses up to chronos. The most successful run I've had barely even used the weapon, because I had a combination of zeus boons based on burning through a small mana pool with the sprint boon to trigger the low mana lighting bolt boon consistently. I had poseidon on either my basic or special attack as filler, but most of the damage came from literally running circles around the bosses.

[edkrassenstein]

If you are running Origination for 2 curses, you should also pickup The Furies to deal 30% to enemies in casts. It's way more consistent to use your cast to put on one of your curses. Demeter is also insane for this because of the Gale Force boon. The Cyclone is its own status debuff and can combine with other gods (or herself) to get 2 curses on 1 cast. Then you can use Aphrodite attack and still get 50% dmg from Origination.

[professorstringbean]

So the wands - I actually LOVE the feel of the attack and kiting around enemies. In a sense, they almost play like the fists where you hold attack and dart around. But just like you said, it feels as though there isn't a way to make the damage happen. Not super sure what I'd tweak but I hope it gets something. It's like a mix of the fists and the devs early "move while fire" concept that eventually became the rail in Hades.

[kjvmsc]

hephaestus attack is very good for umbral flames - you’ll mostly be using your special as you mentioned, so being able to weave one attack in for big burst is nice. pairs perfectly with hephaestus sprint + vent

[Scorpio]

I've increasingly fallen in love with the axe's special. Not the omega (although that can be useful for dealing damage at a distance), but the regular "shield". It's supposed to be a defensive tool, but it also does chip damage if you do it in an opponent's face, and it's INSANELY quick, which makes it a fantastic tool in a build that's otherwise constructed around the omega attack. Once you put some kind of boon on it, you can effectively treat it like a smash-bros Shine. Hephaestus works really well on it, since rarity or poms don't scale the damage, just the downtime (which only matters if you plan on using it frequently). Other special boons that inflict a curse (like Zeus, Demeter, or Hera) are all really good as well. I got a Zeus/Aprhodite duo boon build that took me all the way, where Zeus' special was my only way of applying Blitz.

[little_high]

Just now realizing I can upgrade the card for an additional Death’s Defiance… thanks for the video!

[ShiroPringles]

I finally beat Chronos for the 1st time last night with a build that had VERY high dodge chance. Got the 20% dodge boon from Hermes, and later in Tartarus got the 3% Dodge Chance infusion from Aphrodite for every Air Boon (I hade 8). I had an Aspect of Medea Skull so the build was INCREDIBLY forgiving with me just charging head on a lot of the times.

I also had the 2-curse bonus dmg arcana which got paired with Aphrodite’s legendary boon that randomly places 3 curses on enemies. ALSO what blew my mind most was that I got the death defied replenishment TWICE on Charon’s Well! Which became very useful cause later on I got the Boon from Hades which gives you bonus damage based on how many times death defied was activated. I’m very happy cause it was definitely a “just one more run before i sleep” moment 🤣