Supergiant Games’ Hades has gained quite some popularity since its official launch last year — after its developers offered early access to the game in 2018. In the game, you play as Zagreus, who is the immortal son of Hades. Your aim is to escape the underworld, fighting your way out as you venture.
Today, we’re going to be going over the best hades spear build and what makes it so good.
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Spear Combat Explained
If you have played Hades for more than a couple of hours, you will know that there are a number of infernal weapons, each with its own merits, and demerits. Now, what makes spear combat different from other infernal weapons? The key difference is that the spear has a wide reach, with the caveat being that its speed is quite slow. As a result, it is quite difficult to stack multiple hits.
The Aspect of Zagreus & its Best-Matched Upgrades
The first Aspect of Varatha that you unlock is the Aspect of Zagreus, and it is also arguably the best one to use. Of course, this is only after you learn to cultivate and extract its true potential. The Aspect of Zagreus strengthens one of the spear’s special moves — it increases the damage caused by the spear throw.
Boons
Now let’s talk about boons. Knockback boons are a fine combination with this aspect since it keeps the foe away from you. You should also incorporate Artemis’ Deadly Flourish and Pressure Points to increase the probability of landing critical hits. With more and more critical hits, you can lay waste to your enemies, and do so faster.
Upgrades
Massive Spin, which is tantamount to a second Aspect of Zagreus, is the ideal upgrade for this setup. With this, your special skill strikes a larger area and causes much more damage. Chain and Breach Skewer are also fantastic. The former bounces the enemy and does an additional 30 damage, while the latter deals 400% armour damage.
The Aspect of Hades & its Best-Matched Upgrades
If you don’t want to deal with all those spin attacks, the third Aspect is a good alternative. The Hades Aspect increases your attack and special damage. It’s not very amazing on its own, but it synergizes with the spear very well. However, an obvious drawback is that it has no effect on the charged spin strike. Apart from that, it is a solid Aspect to use with Varatha.
Boons
Since the main effect applies to both normal and special attacks, boons for this build are quite flexible. Ares’ Blade Dash and Hermes‘ dash-enhancing skills are one such combo, assuming you’re lucky enough to receive it. While getting to a safe location and releasing the special, you’ll weaken adversaries so you can rush back in and deliver more damage before finishing them off with a standard strike.
Upgrades
As far as upgrades are concerned for this build, we would suggest you take up Charged Skewer and Vicious Skewer. These two will increase the power of your special attack, as well as increase the probability of a critical hit.
Alternative Builds
If the two builds mentioned above do not suit your taste, there are two other possibilities which we will discuss briefly. Firstly, there’s the Aspect of Guan Yu. Now, the most obvious con to this Aspect is that it reduces Zagreus’ health, so you need to focus on countering this. This build might intrigue you if your playing style is extremely aggressive and ferocious.
Next, we come to the Aspect of Achilles. With this Aspect, you can essentially retrieve your spear after you use Spear Throw by using Raging Rush. Statistically, it is the least used Aspect in the game, but that doesn’t mean it can’t suit you, so you might want to give it a try before deciding on your main build.
Conclusion
We hope that our Hades Spear Build guide was easy to understand, and helped you in your decision to choose a spear build. Spear combat is fairly unique in this game and can end up being quite entertaining. However, if a spear is not your forte, then maybe look at a few of our other guides where we look at other categories of infernal weapons. There are several combinations possible, and thus, you can surely find the build that suits you best. The true essence of this game is to mix and match different combinations to find out what suits your unique gameplay style.
That’s it for this hades spear build. Hopefully, this helps you in your future Hades runs.
