Killing Hades on Epic and Legendary

[Remmke]

So up till Hades Epic I only died a couple of times, twice by stupid mistakes and the rest of deaths are divided between Bandari and Hades because Bandari does like 2-3K damage per shot so I just skipped this fight but Hades is another problem. If you read his attacks he shoots a red blob that shatters into more tiny red blobs while you are outside of melee -however- this attack also happens when you are face hugging him. The problem here is that this attack is instantly, no delay so I cannot effectively dodge this attack and when it hits it game-over.. full hp gone in an instant. I don't remember having this problem before AE and this is even with better gear I passed over from my old characters. Am I missing something? My lowest resistance is at 35% but this is just ridiculous, moving around take some potions, dodge some attacks engage, repeat but this stupid one shot attack is just sucking my will to continue. Playing as Runesmith btw. Any tips and how to get past this boss?

[Elgar]

You need to max out Vitality resistance.

http://titanquest.wikia.com/wiki/Hades_-_God_of_the_Dead

[SLK]

That sounds weird. Iirc the insta-death attack has markers, but they may be hard to notice. But they definitly exist. And Hades can only use this attack in his first phase.
If I understand correctly, and you talk about the death orb.

[marLeo]

As Elgar said. Max out Vitality resistance. I've never had problems with Hades after maxing it out.

You basically only need that resistance late in Act 4 from the Tower of Judgement onwards for those Melinoe casters and for Hades himself. Good ways to raise it are Legendary Demon's Blood charms with 85% resistance (with completion bonus) in rings or amulets and the divine artifact Crosier of Osiris (100% vit. resist.). I always have that artifact at the ready whenever I go to Hades.

[Tutuca]

Use a bow till second phase dude, then put your axes on lower your hp, drink a potion and wipe him.

[feel it break]

Before the Anniversary edition Vitality resistance was not lowered with higher difficulty I think... so if it was 0 on normal it stayed 0 on legendary ... now with AE it has changed, it would go from 0 in normal to -100 in legendary, so I guess thats where you suddenly get all those one shots from