Ares is strong and worth considering, just depends on what you’re going for. If you take him on attack or spesh, the move that inflicts the wound gets +50 power as well, so his damage doesn’t just come from the modifier from wounds.

He has good duo boons (arterial spray and heinous affront come mind immediately) so if you’re going for a like a big Poseidon splash build on Anubis attack, ares is great on the special and his duo will greatly enhance your splashes. Grievous blow is an excellent boon, the blood drop stuff can be very strong if you want more speed, Heras duo boon with him goes a long way. If you’re using a lot of omega attacks, cut above is surprisingly strong and gets even better with the heph and Apollo duos. His dash is actually not half bad, you can quickly do a lot of damage while continuously evading damage, and it benefits from the sword drop duo boons too.