Sister blades are useless.

[Fisherman]

Got absolutely no crowd control potential. Doesn't do great single target damage either. Confused why this weapon exists honestly.

[Astronimo]

For crowd control use cast.

They have great stuff for their omega attack, plus work good with hard locked damage, light lightning bolts from Zeus (not blitz though).

[Lahoo Eckbert]

The charge attack build(if done properly has a potential).
I once played with the special only(with the weapon upgrade) and it also has potential.
But I think the problem at this point is, I'm not getting good boons so none of the weapons seem to live up to their potential. Also charged builds require very specific boons as well to function properly so it is a very niche approach.

[Fisherman]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

The charge attack build(if done properly has a potential).
I once played with the special only(with the weapon upgrade) and it also has potential.
But I think the problem at this point is, I'm not getting good boons so none of the weapons seem to live up to their potential. Also charged builds require very specific boons as well to function properly so it is a very niche approach.

This might be it honestly. Boons are a lot rarer in Hades 2. The thing that made the original game so great was finding the best combination after trial and error.

[Madjar]

backstab with returning special with blitz is pretty good, could be god tier if you can also get the one that makes all shots o in straight line

Melee might've been really fun if the fire DOT wasn't ♥♥♥♥

[Astronimo]

Most of the builds have a chance to shine in the third zone, since it throws rewards at you hugely.

[Sandy]

I easily got to Cerberus with them on my 4 run.

[Astronimo]

Originally posted by Madjar:

backstab with returning special with blitz is pretty good, could be god tier if you can also get the one that makes all shots o in straight line

Melee might've been really fun if the fire DOT wasn't ♥♥♥♥

Fire dot stacks and works pretty good with the staff

But for daggers - yeah. Either lightning bolt build, or blitz with backstab

For blitz axe splash only is pretty good too, btw.

[Vex Werewolf]

All of the weapons are useless. I can't tell whether they deal no damage or whether enemies have too much HP, but either way Supergiant needs to fix this.

[Sandy]

I think it's a case of a skill issue.

[karannu16999]

I like the sister blades better, couldn't get a good handle on the staff. with the omega attack hitting multiple enemies and the last bit of the attack sequence also dealing area damage, one can thin the crowd. The special feels a bit underpowered, becomes usable with the returning specials upgrade. I have definitely found myself relying upon a cast boon or one of the armour upgrades to further increase area damage.

[Tomu]

Its really a balancing based around using your niche and abusing the weapon format. I found an issue where daggers had a random sprint that you couldnt dash from but other than that felt really fine
can beat the first boss can't be that bad

Only thing is obviously you cannot interrupt its special, you will likely get yourself hit by something.

[ele]

Originally posted by Fisherman:

Got absolutely no crowd control potential. Doesn't do great single target damage either. Confused why this weapon exists honestly.

Wrong.

[Madjar]

Originally posted by Astronimo:

Originally posted by Madjar:

backstab with returning special with blitz is pretty good, could be god tier if you can also get the one that makes all shots o in straight line

Melee might've been really fun if the fire DOT wasn't ♥♥♥♥

Fire dot stacks and works pretty good with the staff

But for daggers - yeah. Either lightning bolt build, or blitz with backstab

For blitz axe splash only is pretty good too, btw.

fire may stack, but only does 40 per second while it's up
I saw a boon that explodes if you go higher than 300, it struggled to pop the sirens so I never took it again

[KING MAD]

Aphrodite's Attack boon gives them a significant damage boost for basically no requirement at all given you're in the range for it to activate 90% of the time.

[LazyAmerican]

I totally disagree but it's going to depend on boons of course