Hades Gameplay Beginner’s Guide: 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Played (Console)

Just looking at that bow build makes me wanna vomit. Horrific dps

I maxed out all the dark currencies, I even maxed out death defiance, but one thing i wonder is, how do i get more defiles (the circles on the lower left corner)? I currently have 4 so far. It feels very Devil May Cry. In DMC games, 4 blue shards creates a blue orb. What is THAT currency in Hades?

the skills are just visual right? like the ones that are on the left side of the screen I don't need to change or equip anything cause it automatically does it's job right?

I didn't know you could upgrade weapons and unlock aspects until somewhere between heat 2 and 5 xD

This game is addictive.

I hate bow bow sucks

Hyper late, but:

- Early on, don't stress yourself out trying to make deep runs. Instead, focus on collecting Darkness, Keys, and Gems.

- Also focus on collecting Nectar early on -- you're gonna need A LOT of it. Both for unlocking lore and story, and to acquire gameplay-impacting Keepsakes and a powerful summon ability.

- Athena boons with deflection (specifically the dash) are especially valuable in Asphodel. After Asphodel, deflection is less essential (though still useful). There are two mini-bosses in Asphodel that are trivialized by deflection, and it's very useful against the final boss as well if it spawns with certain attack properties for that run.

- Elysium has some extremely frustrating mobs, by design. The rooms in Elysium are always large. This is because the game is specifically encouraging you to use the traps and room layout in a tactical manner to counter the frustrating elements of Elysium mobs.

- Starting with Elysium, you really a Daedalus upgrade which helps you break armor faster. In Styx, the fourth region, it becomes even more important.

- For many players, it's Hermes boons specifically that will finally be the difference in allowing you to breakthrough and beat the fourth and final boss for the first time. Namely, the boon that gives extra dashes, and/or the boon that grants increased speed and damage resistance after a dash. Just trust me on this.

- Try to focus your runs on a specific pairing of gods for which to target boons. Doing this will make you much more likely to find rare and powerful 'Duo' and 'Legendary' boons starting with Elysium. Aside from Hermes boons, Duo boons are also likely to be the difference in helping you start beating the final boss with regularity.

When he took divine attack over divine dash i disliked and exited...

Good video.

But how do you get rerolls?

I played this game till 1 am and still didn’t know there was a bed chamber

Athena's dash is ridiculous good but i'm starting to prefer the dash of poseidon. Especially if the skill is high ranked and leveled a bit.
Makes the spear and gloves even better.

I'm playing it the last 4 months. I have finish it 150 times.

It's great. I can't stop playing it.

Being able to wield what is basically Captain America’s shield has made this my favorite game since Ghost of Tsushima

Good verbal advice, but my goodness the gameplay on the screen is so badly below average

I thought this was a one and done game......boyy was I wrong!!

If this game had a dark gothic dungeon setting it would have been my fav game of all time

so far I hate this game its dull

Is this a joke?
This is the game people talk about? It looks like a free browser game from 10 years ago..

I almost beat this thing with the shield. It's my favorite weapon.

athena dash is the most noob friendly boon ever

The script for this seems like it was written by someone who has never played a video game in their life. “Enemy tells”. It’s called a windup by everyone else in the world

Hades vs dead Cells.



GO!

My favorite rougelike game rn is Risk Of Rain 2 so I’m really keen on seeing if this is worth it

Dlc shud be norse

Great guide and info. Thx. :)

Honestly the spear with the 3 spear attack + doom and upgrade that out of your gourd is what got me to the elysium fight.

I literally just started and stumbled across Ares’ doom on special hits while using the shield…that was significantly more viable for me, personally, than the bow unless I got the +dmg to armor upgrade on its volley fire. I just run around chucking the shield at mobs and the ricochets spread doom ticks like fire lol. 🤷🏽

the constant moving becomes tiring very fast

Useful guide, 5th guide I have watched, only one with real content. Keep up the good work.

"Things I Wish I Knew Before I Played"

proceeds to list things that are explained in game as you unlock them

Fav game out rn

got to fire lv and fire killed me was thinking i could stand on it for some reason ha

I just picked this up for £15 brand new and I hope it’s good but I don’t mind since it was cheap

I would honestly say choose whoch wepon suits you the best.

Just bought the game today.. downloading now.. Can't wait!

been playing 40 hours since i got it yesterday man this is addicting

So you just play the same levels over and over and over again? If this was an rpg or maybe like diablo i would like it.
A game like thus as an rpg would have been awesome.

Addictive game. Just one more run..just one more!!!



10 runs later……

This looks like a very addicting dungeon crawler rouge like action game. The combat and atmosphere looks incredible

idk I beat Hades for the first time in about 8 runs. Just build zeus hermes and youll be fine if you have good reaction time

I am ABSOLUTELY ADDICTED! My favorite weapon is the gauntlets!

The best keepsake you want to get is actually Pierced Butterfly from Thanatos. It gave percentage damage increase for every room you clear without taking damage. Since the earlier room is really easy you should get at least 10-20% damage amplifier when you reach Elysium

For a more advanced level i wanted to know which boons to chose for which weapons, and to put them on the attack or special
With my experience i learned that boons that do alot of damage like athena, aphrodite, and demeter, are very good on slow / powerful attacks (especially on the hidden aspects of the weapons like Arthur sword or the hidden bow aspect)

Get the shield first, get Ares boons = easy game.

This game is perfect for my switch!

Great game,, best combo for me is the Poseidon dash, and the the double dash mirror ability. Upgrade the Poseidon dash as much as possible, and all you have to do is just dash around. Don't even have to use your weapon.

Between the two recent rouglites that have released should I play Returnal first or Hades? I’m having a hard time deciding which one.

You didn’t mention anything about the alternative skills in the mirror of night. Would probably be useful information to new players.