unpopular opinion: zag shield is best shield. and i like it with poseidon attack for extra pinball

Just my opinion but Zeus's Aegis is my favorite, because when you throw it (the Special), it deals damage per hit as it spins. Paired with Dionysus' Hangover or Zeus's Thunder, it can easily clear a room while you wait safely in a corner.

The standard shield with Poseidon's knock back on Special is also great "stay away from me" usage.

Because I played since Beta Chaos will always be my favorite. Hidden is probably currently the “strongest” in terms of speed running but Zeus is one of the most unique weapons in the game and I really ADORE a lot of the higher skill weird playstyle ones like that. I probably use zag the least but it has some fun builds and I think pre aspect unlock the base shield is a great tool for early game players. There is a reason it’s likely the most popular weapon

Hidden shield for me, cast nuke goes brrrr

The hidden aspect is probably the strongest, but I'd actually say the Zeus aspect is the most enjoyable.

Check out the crazy boons I got, build was so good, perfect for every situation :D

Best shield build is a bit farfetched here. It is a very good cast build for sure, but can be used with any weapon. The shield itself doesn't have much to do with the rifts which I'm assuming were your main source of dps since you showcased it. Nonetheless, good job beating heat 7.

I'm actually more amazed you got the Ares legendary. I thought you needed the Ares dash into either rift pull or rift size pre-requisite to even get a chance to spawn the legendary. Guess not.

You should try this with Achilles Spear

Woulda been nuts with Beowulf

If we are talking about objective consistent strength, it certainly seems to be Zeus Shield, the favored weapon of people who fight the hardest difficulties of the game.

If we are talking about speed running highroll power, last I checked, Beowulf and Hera bow were on top of that world

If we are talking about the easiest weapon for a noob to highroll and win with, my choice would be showing someone how to use the eris rail gun.

If we are talking about my favorite weapon, it's the eris rail (I am the noob who likes high rolling)

Rama Bow was the second aspect to clear max heat, so you're not entirely wrong. It is still extremely strong. The blocking ability of the shield tips it over to being better.

Especially with Epic Zeus on your special. Absolutely MELTS bosses. Then if you can get the boon that causes lightning to strike twice sometimes chefs kiss

Hands down the blade of Arthur

Edit: saw your footnote, in that case zeus shield shreds like fuck all

Dread Flight + Curse of Pain + Impending Doom (not compatible with Aspect of Zeus)

Throw your Special at an enemy or a wall and it will go nuts, flying everywhere and applying Doom to everything. It doesn't have the best DPS against the last boss, but it's such a safe build that you'll rarely get hit, even if the fight takes a bit longer than with other weapons and builds. I've gotten Perfect Clears against EM4 many times. Just Dash away and throw Specials at the enemy or at a wall (it will also take care of the exploding skulls before they go off, that's part of the reason the build is so safe).

Here’s some ideas for all of the shield aspects.. Good luck!

I had a good time with the Chaos aspect (5 extra shields when thrown), Dread Flight, Dashing Flight, Artemis special, Ares attack, Dionysus dash, and all 3 duo Boone between them: Hunting Blades, Curse of Nausea, and Splitting Headache. Everything tracked enemies, every hit could crit, and I had 5 casts. It was really fun.

Beowolf, with trippy flare and scintillating feast, and anything you can get your hands on that boost cast damage for example: mirage shot, parting shot, chaos boon(s) etc. And for a bit of spice high tolerance

Edit: as the bot says, etc

Chaos shield with dio/ares/zeus on special and a % buff on attack is always solid and easy to play. Otherwise hidden aspect running either poseidon cast with infernal soul or dio cast with stygian soul

So uhhhh u/Happygamer18777 posted this a week ago and was cross posted by the same clan that very day.

Happy hunting!

Nice tutorial?

I like Zeus because you can use it as a standing trap of sorts with the special, but Chaos is pretty fun too.

Beowulf only slightly above Chaos. The issue is that lvl 1 or 2 chaos doesn't make a huge difference. It's incredibly strong once you upgrade it a few more times, but then it becomes an expensive investment early on.

10000000% Chaos everytime for me. get Doom or Hangover on the special and it's a winning run

Honestly all of the shield aspects are quite strong. The three non zag aspects are borderline op, so just pick your style.

Going to preface this that you should play what's most fun for you as all aspects are viable. These are more so which aspect is strongest, as "best" can be really subjective.

Hidden shield is pretty insane by all metrics. It's likely the fastest/highest DPS weapon in the game as long as none of it's "bugs" get patched, only needs a few boons to clear, and is one of the best weapons at high heat. Arguably strongest aspect in the game.

Zeus aspect is likely the next best. Has reasonably high damage output with Zeus special, but honestly almost any special boon works on it. Also fantastic at high heat, really safe and versatile, and has a lot of inherent damage built into the aspect.

Chaos is generally considered below average and underwhelming as it really lacks boss damage/damage overall. Its really easy to pilot though and clears rooms pretty quickly with Zeus/Dio/Ares special so it's a good pick up for newer players. I used it for a long time and it was my first 32 heat clear.

Zag shield is.. alright. Base damage is really valuable but it's just hard to build around imo.

Tbh, unlike hades 1 where I liked every weapon âpart from spear, i dont like most weapons in hades 2. I like the axe and the sister blades. Thats all. Tho I started playing recently. Its been 10 hours. (Have beaten chronos 2 times, have encountered typhon 1 time but havent beaten him)

I'm partial to the Melinoe aspect axe. Hit hard, get hit a lot, win anyway.

I'm surprisingly liking the weapons in Hades 2 more than the original. In the original I only really liked the spear and bow. Here I like all the weapons except the skull and torches.

So far my absolute fav has got to be Aspect of Pan sister blades, followed by Melinoe black cloak and Momus staff. Really looking forward to seeing their hidden aspects in action!

I bring the axe out most of the time, Thanatos aspect specifically.

As far as shields, from my experience ally shield and blast shield are the two best shields for a defense build. After that for weapon I’m a fan of chain ray for the extra range but mass batt works well to if you’re in a two to three person defense group (ideally you mix mods/weapons/shields to have multiple options for coverage). For support mods I’m a fan of teleport and barrier (a must on every defense build imo), and some sort of combination of suspend, emp or bond. For drone I like chain ray turret a lot but I’m not sure what would be considered best mod for that slot but with cr/crt being a staple of a lot of builds these days i think it compliments the team well if you have multiple ships/drones that can provide linking coverage. I only have bs5 atm so with my corp when I’m on defense I usually run some variation of that build and mostly successfully.

That being said with an alt account I’m not to sure what you’d be using until bs5 as I can’t recall the last time I saw a bs below that level in a White Star.

This was my first sub 10 run build ever. Add Double Strike, Jolted, Explosive Return hammer and maybe Tidal Dash+Rupture and the bull with his friend goes down in under 10 seconds.

An Aspect of Zues enjoyer? I never thought I'd see the day