What is the point of the gun?

[Jevmen]

I am doing something wrong, it is awfull, it have slightly less damage that any other weapon, You cant attack while moving or move with attack and you also have to reload.
Something i am missing or this weapon is directly trash?

[chris.ferrantegerard]

It's a fast attacking weapon so use Zeus or something that stacks on attack boon. The Rail's special is also excellent so use that a lot. Hammers for the special are also fantastic, something like Rocket Bomb + Triple Bomb / Cluster Bomb can do tons of damage. The Eris aspect is one of the best aspects in the game overall.

[zekitbot]

I have not had a good run with that weapon other than when I've gotten the rocket Daedalus upgrade for the special attack, and then the multi-rocket upgrade if you're lucky. I've cleared the game with it 4 or 5 times by now but it always takes me about twice as long as other weapons because of the low DPS.

You don't need to manually reload to shoot unless you are using the Hestia aspect though.

I find the hidden aspect really fun but wish that the main attack was stronger so it didn't take so long to clear levels with it. I also found that cast builds were stronger than shooting at the special on the hidden aspect, but YMMV.

[zekitbot]

Originally posted by chris.ferrantegerard:

Rocket Bomb + Triple Bomb / Cluster Bomb can do tons of damage.

I am convinced this is the only useful rail build at this point, lol.

[Nibbie]

As chris said, Aspect of Eris is one of if not the strongest weapon in the entire game. I also greatly enjoy popping enemies with Hestia myself. Zeus on attack is extremely strong, if I'm really trying I always start with the Zeus keepsake, and the run goes swimmingly.

[Atari]

Rockets + clusters bombs were some of my favorite runs. You just delete the screen, especially with some +special damage.

[Rogue]

It's all about the special, only weapon i've managed to beat the game with so far. The standard attack is pretty bad, mostly due to it being weak and unable to interrupt enemies. Might be ways to mitigate that with hammer upgrades though.

[meiam]

It's range but let you stay mobile unlike the bow, so it's very safe. DPS is also pretty high with Zeus and if you get the hammer upgrade so you don't have to reload anymore it's DPS is very good. It's exceptionally strong and really not a contender for weakest weapon.

[FancyShark]

other good options are demeter or dionysus for the attack to stack up status effects quickly. support fire means you'll be firing out twice as many shots and half of them will be auto-targeting. the gun's vanilla damage is lackluster, but it's a stat-inflicting beast

[John Helldiver]

high dps so stick critical effects on it and shred. also the cluster special is sick

[Riahi]

The gun is one of the best weapons in the game...

[Befuddled Honey Badger]

I find Lucifer a lot more fun to play than Eris and you can still reach high damage. With Triple Bomb, the Lucifer exclusive Greater Inferno , Artemis' Deadly Flourish and Chaos Special damage upgrades, you destroy bosses.

[Prohxy]

you can use dio hangover boons for the default attack or doom boons from ares. It hits like a truck but is boon dependent. The above comments for special builds are also true, it is very strong.

[Tactical Drongo]

every boon that does either flat damage (zeus) or stacks (dionysos, ares with an additional upgrade) is great with the rail, especially if you have the more ammo and fire rate upgrade
the grenate on the other hand works great with burst damage (ares, zeus) debuffs (aphrodite) or with the right setup crit

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by Seisho:

every boon that does either flat damage (zeus) or stacks (dionysos, ares with an additional upgrade) is great with the rail, especially if you have the more ammo and fire rate upgrade
the grenate on the other hand works great with burst damage (ares, zeus) debuffs (aphrodite) or with the right setup crit

Just go for Zeus. Dionysos is a nice gimmick but the best you're going to get from his stack is around double the DPS (unless you're really bad and seek cover every time you achieve any stacks, then sure he's better). Zeus does way more and also significantly increases clear speed.

Artemis' additional arrow is nice too, but she has no good duo-boons.

[Samaron]

one run i got the hammer upgrade to turn into a 3 shot burst and shoot on sides. plus crit/arrow from artemis and damage enhancer from ares and weak debuffs from aphrodite. so i get in close, 3x3 shot burst in front to chunk away hp fast.