Credits may have rolled, and the prince of the Underworld may have done the impossible to reunite his family, but that doesn’t mean we need to stop. There are still loose threads that remain, and they must be unraveled.
Let us join Zagreus, newly appointed Underworld Security Inspector, as he tries to bridge the gap between his infernal abode and the gods on Olympus.
I have had a number of builds in Hades that felt overpowered, but never before have I had something with the sheer damage output that I generated towards the end of this run.
And while much of that can be explained away with luck, this is the ultimate expression of how Hades allows a knowledgeable player to control for the randomness they were given. If the player knows what each god can offer, they can use that information in conjunction with the build they’ve crafted so far in order to make smart choices on what to gamble on.
When we notice that we’re not using the spin attack on the spear, we don’t mind taking the hammer upgrade for rapid attacks in exchange for giving up a spin attack. And once we’ve chosen to go down that road, we might as well double down on boons and perks that proc off of each hit.
Before we know it, we’re dumping thousands of damage on bosses before we can even blink. I’m still in awe at how quickly Theseus and Asterius both melted under the pressure.
Good times.
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