Ares boons, opinions and suggestions

[Jörmungandr]

As far as I've noticed from personal experience, Ares boons are really good for Stygius and the spear, forgot what it's called. But is it worth it to try for a full Ares run? His doom boons for special get really op if you combine it with the boon from him that makes you able to stack doom effects. Any other boons/Gods that combine really well with him? Just curious, might actually get a run down at a couple of heat.

[harken23]

I like his revenge boon, and his dash is sometimes worthwhile. I almost always use the bow now, and he's good on the Special for that. I kind of avoid him, for the most part (esp early in a run).

[Jalir]

Ares' Doom and Dio's hangover synergize really well together, and make for some easy boss fights. There are "better" options in terms of speedrunning purposes, but Ares/Dio combo is consistently one of the safer clear methods, as you can pretty much solely focus on movement/dodging while pumping out consistent damage the whole time.

Ares call/greater call is probably the highest burst dps ability in the game, I think. Especially with the buzz-saw boosting boons he offers, as well. It also offers invulnerability during the duration of using it, I will always take Ares call if he's in my pool, it's so useful.

[Cyiel]

Ares Slicing Shot (with Artemis duo) works very well with the Aspect of Hera (Bow). You just need Slicing Shot, Black Metal and/or Engulfing Vortex. Add Hunting Blades (Duo Artemis) and Vicious Cycle (Legendary Ares) and you'll destroy everything.

[Jörmungandr]

Originally posted by Cyiel:

Ares Slicing Shot (with Artemis duo) works very well with the Aspect of Hera (Bow). You just need Slicing Shot, Black Metal and/or Engulfing Vortex. Add Hunting Blades (Duo Artemis) and Vicious Cycle (Legendary Ares) and you'll destroy anything.

Think I've actually had this once. Purely by accident. It blew through redacted at an amazing pace. Still hate the bastard though.

[Tim]

Ares is incredible on the shield's Aspect of Chaos. It applies Doom to the whole room with little effort AND gives you good returns on Dire Misfortune if you pick it up later.

The tricky part of Doom is keeping up Privileged Status. You don't NEED to, but it's great when you can. Demeter and Dionysus pair well for their long-lasting, stacking curses.

The dream is Aspect of Gilgamesh on fist+Merciful End. You get Ares on the attack, Athena on the special, then the dash, and somewhere along the way: the duo boon. You just hold dash and attack and see the damage numbers roll in.

Another dream is pivoting to Hunting Blades. You start out with insane damage and end with insane damage, and you get to stay safe with either source.

[avil]

Bow hidden aspect special and doom + stacking doom win the game by itself. Extra arrows to special aggravate it greatly.