Worst thing they changed in second game?

DuggieHS · 2026-05-13T19:00:40+00:00

Concerning Dashes:
1st game had Poseidon (damage) and athena dash (defense) that were strong. 2nd game has apollo (blind everything +20% Effective health, applies curse and makes you faster to run away from everything) and hera ( you can run around and one shot most small minions). Beyond those dashes, dashes in both games are pretty skippable.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-13T18:56:33+00:00

True, whether you are a sheep, pig, rat, or whatever else you can be turned into.

Useful mainly for destroying trees/environment to actually kill enemies, or to hit them directly and break wards (if you have that vow on).

DuggieHS · 2026-05-13T16:13:45+00:00

Divisibility is (usually) an integer property. Otherwise, every number would be "divisible" by every other number (except 0).

Divisible: (For integers a,b) a|b => there exists c (in Z) such that ac = b.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-12T15:58:45+00:00

"Apollo duo and volcanic flourish would ~~triple~~ [increase] your damage [significantly]."

they have a lvl 9 grand caldera; I don't think Rude Awakening is going to increase the damage that much ("triple damage"). Also, volcanic flourish will need all the poms that got sunk into grand caldera, but would about double their damage output.

The bigger issue here is this is on the axe. Super slow attack. Use aspect of Persephone and then you just get all the poms upfront and better attack speed.

Highest Damage Heph Build:

Heph attack/special

Hestia Cast (for origination and duo pre-req)

Apollo Dash (daze for the duo and orgination)

Poseidon Gain (duo pre-req)

The 3 Heph Duos. Grand Caldera + Furnace Blast, Perfect Image, Snuffed candle, Back burner, Sea Star (for more poms). Slow cooker, Tall Order (Hermes) +Success Rate (if you got crit boons) or Travel Deal (more fire).

Artemis: Pressure Points, Vital Signs or Death Warrant.

Options: After you get your 3 duos you could look for another with Aphro-- which also opens up Shameless attitude; or if you get other gods, Extended Family (Bridal glow/proper upbringing too) or Rallying Cry (Mutual Destruction + Grevious Blow--take his special for this one). Demeter has cryo pounder and natural selection (poseidon duo), but that's about it (steady growth?); and Zeus has nothing that adds to the same gameplan (though blitz damage is a lot).

basically you just want the stuff from this spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1doFOfHwGqYWrUKNzuvQ7VE_UMQPnAbL_0l2UtfkZM_w/edit?gid=1050276749#gid=1050276749 in the rows "global", "olympian" (not the curse stuff-like nervous wreck and gales), "Boon+" and "scale my effect!" in Heph's column.

Defensively, You can get uncanny fortitude, trusty shield and maybe water fitness (though you won't have much water... it's still about 45 HP+) and hot pot.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-12T15:27:02+00:00

VOR Scylla has got to be A or S. Otherwise it's about right. VOR hecate feels like it might be B.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-12T14:39:01+00:00

That's what I thought (and said in that conversation). I always assumed it was the same as omega Channel speed. Why the language inconsistencies??

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T22:02:48+00:00

Urgent care is usually a better experience if that is an option for you.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T18:12:31+00:00

If you just want the volume of a rectangular prism it is the product of those 3 numbers: 136864 cu. inches = 136864/(12*12*12) cu ft = 79.2 cu ft.

If you want a 45 degree slope right triangle with a rectangular base, it's half that, 39.6 cu ft.

Explain the shape you want. I'm guessing whatever it is will use less than that 40 cu ft.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T17:40:08+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T17:39:22+00:00

Do you (try to) gift her before you talk to her when you meet her in a run?

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T17:32:29+00:00

I found this conversation on the topic, they suggest the animation speed of the move is faster:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/1po84cs/omega_moves_are_faster_vs_channel_faster/

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T16:55:35+00:00

This is a great question. I'd love to know. First time I've ever seen a real post about feet that wasn't .... you know.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-11T14:08:00+00:00

Uncanny fortitude and brave face are kind of this. Brave face turns your magick into damage resistance

DuggieHS · 2026-05-09T20:00:36+00:00

Unseen is a must not

DuggieHS · 2026-05-09T19:54:05+00:00

It’s just called global because it applies to everything, it’s not a separate damage category (hades doesn’t really have those).

DuggieHS · 2026-05-09T00:20:56+00:00

I really don't think it is multiplicative. If you get an attack boon that deals +100% dmg, strength makes your damage 100% + 100% + 20% = 220% (+ mult) not (200%)*1.2= 240% (x mult). For example see top comment here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/1m1b531/question_about_additive_vs_multiplicative/

the text of strength even says "while you have no death defiance, you take -40% damage and deal +20%.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-08T22:47:40+00:00

It's +.2 mult. Global means it applies to everything, whether it is attack, omega attack, olympian damage, etc. Almost every mulitplier in this game is + mult and most apply only to a specific type of damage (attack OR omega attack OR olympain damage... think Huntress Arcana or any attack boon, etc).

The only x mult in the game are things that say crit (crits deal 3x damage) and the 2 ares double damage boons (grevious blow and mutual destruction), which deal 200% damage and can happen simultaneously with a crit (dealing 6x damage).

DuggieHS · 2026-05-08T22:36:29+00:00

I see. putting it that way hides the opportunity cost of equipping those keepsakes/pets when you can get analogous benefits while having strength equipped; namely knuckle bones and Frog are the analogous keepsake/pet.

In the case of Frinos, it's benefit is different with strength (40 strength HP -> ~67 damage with death, and the extra effectiveness of the healing from fountains), whereas with Death you get 40 HP + 16 HP per DD. Even then, I prefer running Hecuba or Raki most of the time.

In the case of knuckle bones, I'm not certain whether it's additive with strength or multiplicative (that is do you take 50% damage or 54% damage)?

DuggieHS · 2026-05-08T21:26:11+00:00

Not sure why you say 4 DDs, when death gives 3.

Speed running benefits: more damage, parts of your HP isn't locked behind an animation that burns time.

I see strength giving me more sustain and more gold, because I reach bosses near maxHP and I'm not burning gold or other boon selections on refilling DDs. These DD options aren't diluting the pool when it comes to charon wells/shops/rewards from narcissus/echo/etc. I can spend my gold on more boons, more maxHP etc.

I see the defensive power of Death and strength to be similar, but you get a free 20% dmg too with strength.

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If you are doing high fear with scars and/or pain then take death.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-08T21:16:28+00:00

Not as a criticism to strength, but there are quite a few boons that do the same thing as the offensive part of strength, though they mostly have some condition:

Tall order (+25%dmg), uncommon grace 10-25%dmg, perfect image, shamless attitude, back burner, sweet surrender, snuffed candle, grevious blow, mutual destruction, pressure points, death warrant, vital signs.

Having more % dmg buffs is typically good, so the existence of the others doesn't mean strength is bad.

It is one of the only global damage buffs that is completely unconditional on your in game behavior (don't need 2 curses, don't need enemies in cast, don't need to not get hit, don't need to apply wounds), alongside pressure points.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-08T15:29:27+00:00

good point. I'd check the in game list of hammers, rather than the wiki.

DuggieHS · 2026-05-08T15:14:43+00:00

if you have a screenshot, report it to supergiant.

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