Arguably The Best Magick Regeneration Boon in Hades 2


Hestia is one of the new gods in Hades 2, and her boons are all themed around Scorch effects, though she does offer a few handy utility and stat improvement options too. The Hearth Gain boon is one of the best Hades 2 boons because it has a relatively small downside but a huge upside.

Magicka is everything in Hades 2, and picking up a high-rarity version of Hearth Gain early is the best way to ensure you can use Ω abilities more often. You sacrifice a bit of Life, but it's not as much of a downside as other Magicka regen boons in Hades 2.

Don't Use Your Hex For Extra Move & Attack Speed



Though Hex abilities are very powerful in Hades 2, there are sometimes benefits to not using your prepared Hex skill, even if it's ready. The Hermes boon Midnight Oil works wonders when players avoid their Hexes.
This boon increases movement and attack speed by up to 40%, depending on rarity, but only when your Hex is ready and hasn't been consumed (which would reset it to 0, anyway).

Attacks Freeze Enemies In Their Tracks – Plus, More Damage


One of the best curses that the player can inflict onto enemies in Hades 2 is the Frozen status effect. A single hit from a Frozen source will Freeze the target for five (or more) seconds. This takes some time to refresh before Frozen can be inflicted again.

Demeter's Frozen Strike boon both grants this power to your normal attacks with every weapon and increases the damage these attacks can deal.

Increase The Rarity Of Your Boons, Over Time




Another powerful boon comes from Demeter as well, in the form of Rare Crop. When selected, Rare Crop selects a random choice of up to four boons and upgrades their Rarity every 3 encounters.
This gets better the earlier you acquire it, though one can be hard-pressed to have a lot of boons early in Hades 2. Don't pick this up too late, though, or you risk accidentally Common-ifying a higher-rarity boon.

Rapid Weapons, Like The Dagger & Sickle, Proc Blitz Constantly



Heaven Strike is not one of the best boons Hades 2 players can pick up for just any build. Zeus' attack-modifying ability puts a thunder cloud above opponents' heads when procced. When that enemy takes a combined 120 damage before the cloud disappears, they take additional Blitz damage.

Use this with weapons like the Witch's Staff and the Sister Blades to proc and trigger the Heaven Strike ability more often, but avoid it on slower weapons like the Axe, which may have trouble triggering the damage threshold in time.

Pull Enemies Towards Your Cast When Summoned



An undersung aspect of Hades 2 is the sheer number of abilities that Melinoë has at her disposal, including a new CC Cast. The Rapture Ring Aphrodite boon improves the CC capability of your cast by drawing in enemies to its center.
It doesn't work on bosses, but when taking on hordes of small and weak enemies, or if you just miss the cast location on a bigger enemy, this boon ensures that they get ensnared anyway. Plus, it inflicts Weak, which reduces the affected targets' damage output, and works amazingly well with other boons that cause extra effects with your Cast, like Zeus' or Apollo's. Nifty!

Instantly Upgrade Several Boons, But Lose Rarity With Time


Arguably the most powerful boon in Hades 2 is the Bridal Glow boon from Hera. Though players will not be able to meet Hera until several hours in their playthrough (after reaching the surface), her boons are some of the game's most decisive.

Bridal Glow is like the opposite version of Rare Crop from Demeter. Instead of setting your boons to Common and upgrading them, this sets your boons to Heroic (the highest level) and downgrades them with time. Taken near the end of a run, Bridal Glow has the capability to increase your build's potential by magnitudes.

Eliminate Projectiles By Sprinting Through Them


One of the most useful boons in the original Hades for any build was Athena's Dash, which not only nullified incoming projectiles during a dodge, but also reflected them back to the enemies that shot them in the first place.

In Hades 2, the Divine Dash gets a kind of spiritual successor in Soot Sprint. This Hestia boon uses the Sprint system, a new feature in Hades 2, to destroy incoming projectiles and inflict the Scorch status effect on the enemy that cast them. This is especially powerful in fights where enemies use a lot of ranged attacks, like Hecate or even the final fight against Chronos.