Any good builds with the Stygian Blade?

[FourMore]

It's my favorite weapon due to it's simplicity. I can melt everything with it be it a critical build or with Ares, Poseidon, anything but I can't avoid getting damaged. Should I aim for a mostly Athena build?

[dustin1280]

Poseidon Cast build all the way.

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.

[FourMore]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Poseidon Cast build all the way.
hardly matters what type of cast you get.

You mean poseidon Call? Tidal call is good but in the end it leaves you vulnerable.

[dustin1280]

Nope.
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)

[FourMore]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Nope.
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)

Aha, now I get it, yes I have the Poseidon aspect. So you basically spam the hell out of cast after specialing out of the enemies I guess.

[Coin]

Nemesis is very good, Poseidon is only good if you put more blood into it. Go for every Daedalus you can, World Splitter is very strong but Flurry Slash + Piercing Wave also work well. For the main attack get either Artemis for higher crit or Aphrodite for higher dmg and Status curse. Utilize mirror of darkness dmg bonuses from Boiling Blood and Privileged Status. Try to get Chaos boons as you can get dmg bonus for your attack. Alternatively you can build for dash attack from Daedalus, Artemis and Chaos.

[Coin]

Oh and for the problem of taking damage. Well you either melting things too slow or playing too reckless. For instance my last run was with Nemesis with Flury Slash + Piercing Wave, weak on attack, deflect on special and some more passive boons (no other main boons). You know when Theseus goes into his second stage and summons god attacks, so i killed him before he was done with the first wave of attacks, just dodging round him while attacking. Try to learn patterns and dodge better, you really shouldn't be dying if you're not running high heat as long as you're playing well. Although i do often die to Hades myself, but hey, never said i was good.

[Prometheus]

Double edge is the strongest hammer upgrade by a long shot. Nemesis aspect, Aphrodite on attack, Athena on dash, Athena expose debuff and double edge is insane damage output and very safe. Not hard to force it with keepsakes too.

[FourMore]

Thanks for the tips. I usually go awry when I lose a life to Theseus and Minos and then I get poisoned in the dungeons. But yes I might be reckless.

[Prometheus]

Originally posted by FeriGoesToHollywood:

Thanks for the tips. I usually go awry when I lose a life to Theseus and Minos and then I get poisoned in the dungeons. But yes I might be reckless.

Those two have very easy to evade attacks. You just need to learn them better. Theseus play keep away until he throws his spear. Then he'll turn his back to you for a bit. Hit him then. I usually kill Astraeus first though. Stay away from Theseus and bait out the axe swing sequence. Dash through it, let him leap slam, then lay into him.

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.

[PsychoDino]

Originally posted by FeriGoesToHollywood:

It's my favorite weapon due to it's simplicity. I can melt everything with it be it a critical build or with Ares, Poseidon, anything but I can't avoid getting damaged. Should I aim for a mostly Athena build?

ares and dio

[Wesk Alber]

Flurry Slash + Dionysis Poison makes for great sustained or hit and run tactics since you can get all 5 stacks in a second then run off. 25 base + 32 dot damage as a base = 57 per hit, at like 3-5 hits per engagement for 171 - 285 damage. Each upgrade fruit is +8 damage per hit, which is basically a 14% damage increase for ONE level. With how many fruit upgrades are in the Styx you can easily get that much higher. Level 4 > 5 is still a ~10% increase in damage so any "diminish returns" are extremely low.

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

[Chorier]

Imbalance Stygian Blade AAA build (Artemis, Aphrodite, Athena)

Special - Aphrodite
Attack - Artemis
Dash - Athena
Duos - Spent Spirit + Heart Rend

[wildfire393]

The first Aspect of the Blade is pretty bad, but both others are strong.

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.

[SaiColors]

If you like simple, Nemesis aspect is what you need.

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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrC_ttPMGkc

[FourMore]

I managed to do it now with just a mishmash of blessings, a combination on Dio, Athena, Ares, Artemis mostly.