My first win!!! And to make you guys who thought you’re bad at this game feel better, I did it after…
… 38 attempts! I didn’t activate God mode and wasn’t realized about what it does until like 20+ of sessions. It’s one of those few games that I didn’t feel bad about losing badly nor I felt my time was wasted. All the enemies have recognizable attack patterns and you just need to learn it while patient in timing your attack. I think I could have finished off Hades way earlier if it wasn’t for the latest update that varied the boss fights attacking patterns and new enemy types that I haven’t learned to deal before.
Tips if you’re struggling: You’ll always do better and better. The best boon for you is always from Athena. Heck, I dare say Athena’s Divine Dash is The Best of All Boons in the entire game. It works against all boss fights so what I always do in the game is to equip Athena’s trinket to ensure I’ll always get her boon before starting the climb. With 2+ Dashes and Divine Dash, you’ll find yourself reaching Elysium 100% of the time.
Pick a weapon that suits your play style. For me, spear may be the worst weapon for others but it’s good for defensive player like me. It’s great in crowd control and decent in range attack. It may not be a fast weapon but it doesn’t matter to me since I don’t have the dexterity to play fast weapons anyway.
Don’t forget to get boons for every mode of attack: Attack, Special, Cast, and please make sure to get a Call before the boss fight in Elysium.
Other notable boons are ones that give you Impervious. Ares and Poseidon’s Calls are the best calls in the game for noobs as they deal heavy damages while giving you decent period of invincibility. Best Cast boon IMO is Dionysus’ by which the hangover effect is great in disorienting the mobs and bosses while dealing 100 DMG to all enemies within a good range of blast radius.
I’m eager to play this again by using different weapons and boons. It’s still in EA but safe to say it’s my GOTY of 2020 easily.