Staff for me. Playstyle very simlar to spear from hades1 which was my favorite

I’m loving the skull. I’ve seen some people say they don’t like picking them up but that’s part of the play-style. I like how it rewards being very aggressive but you can also play safe from range. It’s versatility is very underrated imo.

For me it's the sister blades. It is the type of play style I love. Reminds me a lot of the gloves in H1. My least favorite atm is the umbral flames. Maybe if I play with them more, but their play style just isn't for me, because I like to be hitting close instead of far away which I think is how they should be played. Like I said, still learning with those.

my personal favourites are the staff and the axe! not sure which is "best" though, i think it very much depends on playstyle and what boons you get

The axe just plays the best for me idk, I despise the torches and the skull is kinda cool just wish it was 4 shots instead of 3

From how hard it was trying to clear 32 / 40 heat I’d say:

1. Shield
2. Bow
3. Rail
4. Spear
5. Fists
6. Sword

They’ll all good it’s just harder to not get hit with melee weapons really.

Gun, shield, bow, fists, spear, sword. I love my pewpew.

1-Adamant rail 2-Fists 3-sword 4-Bow 5-shield 6-spear

My best clear order-greatly affected by hammer mods. 300% damage to mortar attack on adamant rail is OP. With certain buffs-regular adds are one shot kills and bosses are chunks at a time.

i like how all of these rankings are different. seems like anythings viable for enjoyment or results

6: Heart-Seeking Bow

5: Shield of Chaos

4: Adamant Rail

3: Stygian Blade

2: Twin Fists of Malphon

1: Eternal Spear

Each weapon is good in their own way though. That's one of the great things about this game; any weapon is viable if you put the effort in.

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

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

Sister Blades with Aphrodite attack and 200% backstab damage was the core of some of the strongest builds I have so far pulled off.

couldnt get past the second boss, equiped the flames focused on magic/hammers and boom final boss. Maybe not the best for speedrunners but flames are def have the highest potential for power power within a basic non optomized build.

there is 1 more weapon which I'm currently vibing with

I feel like the animations for the axe are too slow and it leaves me open too much. Anything that doesn't die immediately chips away at my HP.

Been enjoying the Sister Blades, their special & attack are very good but require hammer/boon support or they fall off very hard. Second runner up is the axe, I like the special but being unable to hold the block keeps screwing me so I usually focus on whirlwinding.

My least favorite is the Flames. The attacks feel pretty weak, they're hard to aim using a controller of often feel like they're missing enemies that you were aiming at/look like they should have been hit & the special's trajectory is really hard to anticipate if you fire while moving, and they're very reliant on getting good mana Regen and max mana upgrades.

All that being said, Melione's upgrades & weapons overall feel a lot weaker than Zag's. And it seems like the enemies she's facing are stronger. Which, when combined with the fact that a lot of the boons she gets seem weaker than the ones from Hades, gives this game a much more unforgiving feeling. Basically every returning god got nerfed & the new additions are weaker than the ones they replaced. Missing Athena's Deflect & damage reduction is huge, as is the change to prevent you from getting more than 1 Artemis boon.

EDIT: I realized this could come off as complaining, but I actually like most of these changes. Having to relearn a new meta, figure out how to exploit the new upgrade systems, & struggle against enemies is so much more fun & interesting than if I had been able to go in & just beat the final boss after a few runs the way I can when starting a new Hades save.

There is no meta, unless you're interested in speed running, I guess. The best weapons and aspects are whichever ones you personally enjoy using.

i honestly think that the best weapons are the ones that "cheat" damage calculation, so basically the multi hit stuff(Demeter Fist/Chaos Shield/Chiron Bow) because it is a X times boost in a game of additive percentages, but you have to maybe build around it with flat damge boons( Zeus/Ares/Dio) and hope you also get some %boosts to damage with maybe chaos, ares %boost on all attacks, dio %boost on fountains and zeus %boosts on calls. So as you can see that's a lotta work for maybe not very efficient especially because luck is involved.

fuck all that, just put artemis attack on Arthur Sword and crit in the thousands

ALSO speaking of math, artemis special on the multi hit weapons is basically a guaranteed crit (20% chance to crit on 6 attacks[8 on bow])

Best aspects for every weapon

Bow - Hera (speed) or Rama (high heat) Rail - Eris (speed) or Hestia (high heat) Shield - Beowulf Sword - probably Nemesis (I don't play sword idk) Spear - Achilles

hidden aspect of the shield, if u mean overall weapon factoring in all 4 aspects then rail

You want an easy first clear id go with the sheild

I also like axe but my favorite weapon is the Witch's Staff.

I initially refused to use the skull cuz it looked too easy cheesy. Then I tried one run, got the +2 shells hammer and the “shoot all of them” hammer + a heroic aphro attack boon that made point blank omega attacks hit for 3k each. I will never use anything else

The funny thing is that my best and most consistent build with the axe is Charon axe with Apollo's Solar Ring, so it's a cast build. She basically just uses that massive axe as a huge wand to set off her spells.

It's insane how strong they are with Poseidon boons.

I'm a very average player (60 nights and still cannot beat Chronos). How do you manage to play axe? I always end up taking a lot of damage due to the slow attack animation and recover time.

Even without "spin to win", it's just really satisfying to hit enemies with the axe's basic string or quickly block incoming for a hot second with the special and return the favor with a nice big swing.

The axe is just so fun and I love how hefty it feels lol

Skull made Aphrodite go from my least favourite god in Hades 1 to my most favourite god in Hades 2

Nah, I’m with you. I’m basically the same on which weapons I use, order and everything, the only difference being that I don’t have any of the non-Meli aspects unlocked. And I don’t have the coat yet. But I agree that the aspects (and the weapons in general) feel a bit less than Hades I. I can enjoy the skull, but the only serious run that I’ve played with it was a bit of a brawler build, running into enemies and hitting them with skulls from a close range (I had the Hammer upgrade that made them explode on return). It might just be that I prefer melee weapons though; I always have. That’s why I’m on heat 10 with Stygius in Hades I and 7 with the gauntlets and rest are under five.

Also, total side note, I miss the blocking special on the axe :(

One thing i’d keep in mind is we don’t have the hidden aspects yet in 2, and those were the ones that really radically changed how weapons worked in 1.

What is the chance that they add all the weapons from the first game at post game content?

Something that often happens with early vs late designs IMO. you use all the clear, simple concepts early in and have to create new and more specific stuff if you want to be distinct.

I think at this point I would take the H2 weapons, overall. I would take the axe and daggers over anything from H1 except maybe the bow. The skulls feel a lot better with the latest update. The torches, staff, and mech suit all have an aspect or two that I have fun using.

That being said, the hidden aspects will obviously have a big impact on the outlook of each weapon and there is still more balancing to be done. If they can make some aspects feel more impactful and really flesh out the hammer upgrades, then I think this weapon set could easily clear the H1 set in total.

Seems like my opinion is in the minority.

1. Sword
2. Shield
3. Bow
4. Rail
5. Spear

1.Bow

2.Rail

3.Shield

4.Spear

5.Sword

1. Sword
2. Spear
3. Rail
4. Bow
5. Shield

1-bow 2-shield 3-rail 4-sword 5-spear

1. Shield, Sword, Bow, Spear
2. Rail

Chakrams and maybe Staffs. Also Daggers would be cool, but might be too close to Fists.

An axe. So I can just hear him say once, "...and my axe!".

Or a scythe. That'd be okay I guess.

GIVE

ME

MY

SCYTHE

PLEASE

a big fuckin club

Definitely would be so much fun to play

Whip.

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Me.

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Harder.

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Meg.