Shield and Bow Aspects Guide & Tier Ranking | Hades Tips and Tricks

Here it is! Let's look at the Shield and Bow this time. What do I think of each aspect, what would I rank it in terms of power level, and what are some good build ideas? Thanks for tuning in!

Shields:
Zag: 0:38
Cha: 1:54
Zeu: 3:47
Beo: 5:43

Bows:
Zag: 8:53
Chi: 10:26
Her: 12:03
Ram: 14:04

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ABOUT THIS GAME

Hades is a god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler that combines the best aspects of Supergiant's critically acclaimed titles, including the fast-paced action of Bastion, the rich atmosphere and depth of Transistor, and the character-driven storytelling of Pyre.
BATTLE OUT OF HELL
As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, you'll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus to break free from the clutches of the god of the dead himself, while growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt.
UNLEASH THE FURY OF OLYMPUS
The Olympians have your back! Meet Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, and many more, and choose from their dozens of powerful Boons that enhance your abilities. There are thousands of viable character builds to discover as you go.

BEFRIEND GODS, GHOSTS, AND MONSTERS
A fully-voiced cast of colorful, larger-than-life characters is waiting to meet you! Grow your relationships with them, and experience thousands of unique story events as you learn about what's really at stake for this big, dysfunctional family.
BUILT FOR REPLAYABILITY
New surprises await each time you delve into the ever-shifting Underworld, whose guardian bosses will remember you. Use the powerful Mirror of Night to grow permanently stronger, and give yourself a leg up the next time you run away from home.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Permanent upgrades mean you don't have to be a god yourself to experience the exciting combat and gripping story. Though, if you happen to be one, crank up the challenge and get ready for some white-knuckle action that will put your well-practiced skills to the test.

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The rich, atmospheric presentation and unique melding of gameplay and narrative that's been core to Supergiant's games is here in full force: spectacular hand-painted environments and a blood-pumping original score bring the Underworld to life.

[GeekChicGoth]

Not me playing 70 hours with just the defaults

[ccproductionsify]

When this is the first time you’re hearing of aspects 😅

[chimera]

Your videos really are a great resource for this game man, speaking as someone who just got the game recently, your videos have been not only hella enjoyable to watch, but super helpful for information. Keep it up man!

[batmabel]

The Aspect of Chiron is probably my favorite weapon in the game. It's so fun to go with it + Dionysus special, and my favorite one is with Ares special + the boon that makes curse deal more damage when applied multiple times + the boon that makes the curse take longer to go off, it's just so good to see the huge bursts of damage. Very cool video!

[kelpia]

One thing i like with blitz disc, and in fact it was one of my helping hands in my first ever clear was the blitz disk with the athena special. sometimes you can follow your disk around for alot of survivability in the bullet hell kind of scenarios.

[thanith]

Thank you so much for your videos! I've finally beat the end boss after a little over 100 attempts (I refuse to turn on god mode and I definitely was not looking at the mirror or making builds correctly for so long). Your videos are incredibly helpful and offer fantastic insight into how to approach the game, and you do it all with such a positive attitude! Thank you so much. Cant wait for the next weapon video to come out and hopefully more in depth guides soon.

[Damo]

Best channel for Hades stuff. Great videos, super informative and you have a really cool voice. You deserve a lot more subs!

[FretlessTree]

Literally just lost to Hades with the shield, come to youtube and see this upload! Only been playing since 1.0 release but clocked 60 hours already. This game is crack! Also loving these guides. Not unlocked aspects yet. Could you do one on the best boon and weapon combinations?

[tsanyio]

Good list!
I would disagree on the Chiron bow ranking. I think Chiron + 4 extra arrow hammer is easily one of the S tier weapons and clears me high heat EM4 dad consistently. A chaos amped up Heartbreak Flourish hits for like 800-1000 easily and is incredibly safe as its ranged and target seeking, spammable while kiting.
Compared to Rama, which does feel clunky and at times immobile to me, I definitely feel like Chiron is much more beastly, and on my personal list I'd exchange their rankings.

[FlyngHawaiian]

Yes! Looking forward to the next pair!

[adamn]

Just wanna thank you for doing this guide. Thanks to this I tried out the bow Hera aspect with Dionysys's cast + Frozen Wine and with Poseidon's cast with the Poseidon + Artemis duo boon in successive runs and both did great. I didn't understand what the aspect did before and now it's my favorite bow build

[TheLordDracula]

It's nice to be able to see what to get at max level. Having only a few bloods at this point means I have to be strategic. Chaos shield looks like a solid investment and that second bow looks nice too

[AndrewChalk]

The Poseidon Cast with Hera Bow is amazing, too. Add the Mirage shot Duo from Poseidon / Artemis and it turns into a single-shot roomsweeper that can do 2000+ in a shot.

[ambersandboyland]

Using aspect of Zeus with thunder flourish is really strong in the beginning of the game when you don't have a lot of titan blood to go around. The speed at which the lightning bolts hit deals massive damage.

[calthar]

Your vids are clean, straight forward and very well informative. Big fan of roguelikes/roguelites and been looking for a good channel for Hades. Cover more games, your content is exactly what I wanted when I hit search.

[SunBleachedGhost]

I LOVE Zeus shield aspect, it pairs SUPER well with athena's boon that causes it to deflect, it melts the furies when they use their waves of projectiles, great for witches circle, and during the Thesius and Asterius fight you can toss the shield in between yourself and Thesius and he'll damage himself by throwing his spear at it, so it removes that threat while fighting the bull, also when your getting chased by the exploding chariots, just throw that out and lead them into it, easy clear

[sealabtucker]

I've only recently started runs with Zeus shield. I jokingly tried a run with all Zeus boons, including Jolted, and Cold Fusion. The only problem was I wasn't able to upgrade my boons a whole lot, even by the time I equipped my pom. It's a fun build, but I don't know yet if it will do well in high heat (especially not for cleaning rooms quickly).

And for the bow, even today I cleared my highest heat (8) and almost beat my fastest clear with my usual Aphro attack/Artemis special; but the RNG makes it difficult to get the added shot on your special and tacking on +3 damage to consecutive hits to a foe. If you can make that happen, you can definitely get around 20 minutes clears without trying very hard.

Your videos are helpful and super informative. Thanks man!

Edit: as for this video also, I'm going to be trying all the bow aspects today to see how well I do. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to make the Guan Yu aspect for the spear to work lol

[ArinTv]

You NEED to branch off to other games once you have covered more of this game. You are too good of a creator.

[tangmcgame]

Zeus shield is my jam. I like to get Zeus or Dio on the special and then focus on melee boons/hammers. Throw out the special and then melee everything. Worth noting that, playing this way, Zeus doesn’t need to be fully upgraded. Just unlock it and you’re good to go.

[Freezecr]

Great video as aways. Also, I just noticed you reached 10k subs, congratulations man you definitely deserve it.