In Hades 2, players meet a pantheon of gods who grant unique gifts, mementos, and other power-ups to strengthen their character. The Boons of Zeus, in particular, offer boosts that enhance damage for basic attacks, added hits, sigils, and spells. This guide compiles the most effective builds centered around Zeus, detailing which gifts, souvenirs, and arcana cards best align with this deity, and how to interact with Zeus for optimal rewards.
Best Zeus Builds
Zeus’ buffs focus on boosting damage from standard and enhanced attacks, sigil strikes, and spell effects. A key spell is Blitz, which activates after delivering at least 120 damage to a foe. When triggered, the enemy is struck by lightning, dealing an additional 80–200 damage—this range depends on the rarity of the chosen gift.
Here is a robust Zeus-focused build designed to maximize offensive output against diverse adversaries:
- Weapon: Silver Skull. The main role of this weapon is to create area damage. Charging it by collecting fallen skulls enables Blitz to trigger across all enemies within the skulls’ reach.
- Companion: Tula. While Phrynos is beloved by many, Tula presents another lethal option. She will strike enemies if you or they attack her, which occurs while you gather the silver skulls.
Arcana Cards
- Sorceress – Slows time briefly when Omega’s abilities are charged.
- Lost Son – recovers 2+ HP after each encounter;
- Huntress – damage increases if the maximum magic resource is low;
- Invisible — restores mana every second;
- Titanium – grants 20+ max health and mana;
- Eternity – adds a death challenge;
- Fast Runner — sprint 20% faster;
- Perfection – 30%+ chance to receive rare or higher gifts;
- Queen – a 6%+ chance that the gifts offered are paired;
- Champions – begins each night with a 1+ reroll, allowing gift exchange.
Souvenirs
- Silk Sash (Arachne) — increases armor by 20 and grants 2 armor after each encounter;
- Transcendent Embryo (Chaos) – Chaos provides a free, powerful gift of varying rarity, which refreshes every 8 encounters;
- Tooth of Fortune (Shelemeus) – adds another death challenge (revival after death), with revival health slightly above 100 HP;
- Cloud Bracelet (Zeus) — raises the chance of finding a gift from Zeus and can increase the rarity of one offered gift once per night;
- Black Fleece (Medea) – after taking at least 250 damage, all Omega skills deal 20% more damage.
Gifts
- Static Shock (Zeus) – entering a location reserves 30–50 magic, causing attacks to emit chain lightning. Chain damage ranges from 10 to 20 units.
- Thunder Ring (Zeus) – using Omega makes lightning strike a single enemy repeatedly, dealing 30–50 units per 0.25 seconds.
- Thunderwalk (Zeus) — while moving, lightning damages nearby targets, typically 20–35+ per 0.15 seconds.
- Frying Fork (Zeus) – Blitz effects deal damage even before the curse is activated.
- Heavenly Battle (Zeus) – attacks trigger Blitz, with damage from 80 to 200+ units.
- Lightning Spear (Zeus) – holding the sigil aims where the binding circle appears; targets inside the circle take 50–100 damage.
- Night Bloom (Selena) – for 100 magic, summons a defeated foe to fight by your side for 12 seconds.
- Reinforced Array (Hammer) – this blessing adds two extra skulls, bringing the total to five without reloading.
This setup emphasizes high mobility and constant damage, with blessings that boost attack speed and strengthen other damage sources that synergize with Blitz. Like all builds, luck with perk drops matters, so players should stay persistent in seeking the perfect combination.
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