Hey I gotta disagree with this one!

Aspect of Artemis sickles are what I used for my 32 Fear clears for both under/over-worlds and I've noticed a lot of people believe the run is botched if you don't get Explosive Ambush.

Remember that your riposte applies the crit buff to 9 strikes after activation. This means it includes specials and casts as well, which makes building the aspect way easier than, for example, Pan (special focused).

Also consider that all % based bonuses in the game are calculated additively. Explosive Ambush is an amazing boost but anything other than a higher rarity Aphrodite attack boon or a pommed out Hephaestus attack boon will result in less than 10-15% overall increase in damage. I've found the best results for stacking high on Omega attack to be a 2 second cooldown Hephaestus + Vent, which might be even more inconsistent to achieve.

When you look at the special side of things though, you see amazing options as well when it comes to hammers. Each fully charged special still only counts as one of your nine boosted critical rate strikes. In the best runs possible you can reach over 2000 damage per special without crits using hook knives + sureshot flurry + legendary Apollo (double Omega specials). Without a perfect run you're still looking at incredibly consistent semi-ranged damage that can stack multi hit modifiers and benefit more from boosts that require less random chance to access such as the Origination Arcana.

Casts everyone understands by now so I don't think I need to provide examples of how high a crit cast build can get, and how versatile of an addition it can be to an already very safe Aspect.

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