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Easily one of the fastest ways to clear the game and it hardly matters what type of cast you get.
I like Aphrodite shotgun cast the most.
Poseidon Aspect Stygian Blade using Cast as your main damage source.
Pretty much one of the BEST ways to make a cast build and also one of the fastest ways to clear the game.
https://hades.gamepedia.com/Stygian_Blade
If you haven't unlocked aspects yet, and have the base blade it becomes a lot tougher...
In that situation I would go with doom special, aphrodite attack, and athena deflect dodge.
For hammers,
Priority = Supernova (wider special)
Secondary Options =
* Armor Slayer
* Cruel Thrust
* World Splitter (but only if you are good at using it, if you are having trouble dodging attacks currently then you most definitely do NOT want world splitter)
As for the Temple of Styx poison. You can cure it with the water pools. Also the spear keepsake from Patroclus will save you ABSOLUTELY INSANE AMOUNTS of damage in the temple.
So that way you can focus more on defense than strategy. Long as you get in SOMETIMES, you can get out some big damage while you hide like a scared child... just how Hades expects you to act, but a very deadly hidey baby! He won't be expecting that!
I'm still very early on, but that's the combo that got me my first win, along with other skills that really synergized with that build
Special - Aphrodite
Attack - Artemis
Dash - Athena
Duos - Spent Spirit + Heart Rend
Nemesis Aspect gives up to 35% crit chance on your attack when you special. Crit Chance is one of the strongest damage steroids in the game, since crits deal triple damage and are multiplicative with your other damage buffs. (Normally, % buffs are additive, so if you have for instance a +100% damage from one boon and another +100% damage on another, you end up with +200% damage for triple total damage, rather than 4x damage. +100% damage plus a crit results in 6x base damage.) Your choices after that depend on what hammers you pick up. With Flurry Strike, it's prudent to focus on boons that trigger for flat damage on every hit, like Zeus or Dionysus. With World Breaker, it's prudent to focus on boons that grant the largest % bonus, since your attacks are slower and higher base damage, so Athena, Aphrodite, or Artemis. Double Edge is a hugely powerful boon that makes your dash attack hit twice (which is also a multiplicative bonus). If you get that, you can grab Artemis Dash for +100% damage, plus whatever your normal Attack Boon is (I'd recommend Artemis here as well for even more increased Crit Chance), and stack bonuses from Chaos as well for truly massive damage. For your special, focus on either utility (Weak from Aphrodite or Deflect from Artemis are good) or maybe Doom from Ares, since you're only throwing out your special infrequently to refresh your crit chance.
Poseidon Aspect is also very strong. It gives up to a 50% boost to cast damage (and % boosts to Cast are very powerful because most normal boons buff base damage), and your special dislodges ammo. Grab just about any Cast boon except Ares or Dionysus (those ones don't lodge in the enemy, so you can't take advantage of the dislodge, and it takes longer between when you can burst). I like Poseidon for the massive ranged AOE, but both Zeus and Aphrodite offer good AOE as well, and Artemis has crit chance for potential massive damage. Artemis overall is your #1 choice for boons, look for Exit Wounds (extra damage on dislodge), Burst Shot (second shot with each cast at reduced damage), and Fully Loaded (+3 ammo) as your priorities, but Pressure Points (global crit chance) and Support Fire (seeking projectile when you hit with attacks) are good damage boosters too. Hermes also has some very powerful boons, like Rapid Cast (faster and automatic casting) and Greater Recall (pick up dropped ammo automatically). The build is not dependent on Hammers at all, though if you can grab the greater area for your special it helps.
It's normal that playing a pure melee weapon getting hit, but Nemesis blade's damage can let you dps race every room, every boss in the game, even with 50% speed + 100% damage foes.
I just record a 32 heat run with Nemesis blade