Hades - Duo Boons List

This guide lists every Duo Boons that can be found in the game, and their respective required Boons to appear.

The Duo Boons

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Duo Boons are special Boons that combine the effects of two Gods, they are equivalent to Legendary Boons.

There are currently 28 Duo Boons in Hades, with prerequisite "standard" Boons that you need to have on Zagreus to appear.

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Blizzard Shot

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast moves slowly, piercing foes and firing shards around it. Shard Damage: 40	Demeter / Poseidon

Required Boons:

• Demeter: Frost Strike, Frost Flourish, Mistral Dash, or Demeter's Aid
  
• Poseidon: Flood Shot

Calculated Risk

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your foes' ranged-attack projectiles are slower. Foe Projectile Speed Reduction: +50%	Dionysus / Athena

Required Boons:

• Dionysus: Dionysus' Aid, Drunken Dash, Drunken Flourish, or Drunken Strike
  
• Athena: Athena's Aid, Divine Dash, Divine Flourish, or Divine Strike

Cold Embrace

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast crystal fires its beam directly at you for +4 Sec Bonus Cast Damage: +30%	Aphrodite / Demeter

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Hearthbreak Flourish, Passion Dash, Aphrodite's Aid
  
• Demeter: Crystal Beam

Cold Fusion

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Jolted effects do not expire when foes attack. Jolted Duration: 10 Sec	Demeter / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Demeter: Frost Strike, Frost Flourish, Mistral Dash, or Demeter's Aid
  
• Zeus: Static Discharge

Crystal Clarity

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast is stronger and tracks foes more effectively. Beam Damage: +10%	Demeter / Artemis

Required Boons:

• Demeter: Crystal Beam.
  
• Artemis: Deadly Strike, Deadly Flourish, Hunter Dash, or Artemis' Aid.

Curse of Drowning

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast is a pulse that deals damage to foes around you. Pulses per Cast : 3	Ares / Poseidon

Required Boons:

• Ares: Curse of Agony, Curse of Pain, Blade Dash, or Ares' Aid
  
• Poseidon: Flood Shot or Flood Flare
  
  OBS: Cannot be combined with Mirage Shot, Blizzard Shot, or Aspect of Hera.

Curse of Longing

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Doom effects continuously strike Wea k foes. Successive Hit Damage: 50%	Aphrodite / Ares

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Crush Shot, or Passion Dash
  
• Ares: Curse of Agony or Curse of Pain

Curse of Nausea

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Hangover effects deal damage faster. Hangover damage rate: 0.35 Sec.	Dionysus / Ares

Required Boons:

• Dionysus: Drunken Strike, Drunken Flourish or Drunken Dash
  
• Ares: Curse of Agony, Curse of Vengeance or Curse of Pain

Deadly Reversal

Icon	Effect	Gods
	After you Deflect , briefly gain +20% chance to deal Critical damage. Critical Duration: 2 Sec	Artemis / Athena

Required Boons:

• Artemis: Deadly Strike, Deadly Flourish, True Shot, Hunter's Flare or Artemis' Aid
  
• Athena: Divine Strike or Divine Flourish

Exclusive Access

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Any Boons you find have superior effects. Minimum Boon Rarity: Epic	Dionysus / Poseidon

Required Boons:

• Dionysus: Drunken Strike, Drunken Flourish, Trippy Shot, Drunken Dash, or Dionysus' Aid
  
• Poseidon: Tempest Strike, Tempest Flourish, Flood Shot, Flood Flare, Tidal Dash, or Poseidon's Aid

Freezing Vortex

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast inflicts Chill , but is smaller and moves slower. Blade Rift size -15%	Ares / Demeter

Required Boons:

• Ares: Slicing Flare or Slicing Shot
  
• Demeter: Demeter's Aid, Frost Flourish, Frost Strike, or Mistral Dash

OBS: Cannot be combined with Hunting Blades

Heart Rend

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your critical hits do more damage to Weak enemies. Bonus Critical Damage: +150%	Aphrodite / Artemis

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Crush Shot, or Passion Dash
  
• Artemis: Deadly Strike or Deadly Flourish or True Shot or Hunter's Flare

Hunting Blades

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast creates a faster Blade Rift that seeks the nearest foe. Seek Duration: 3.3 Sec	Ares / Artemis

Required Boons:

• Ares: Slicing Shot
  
• Artemis: Deadly Strike, Deadly Flourish, Hunter Dash or Artemis' Aid

OBS: Cannot Be Combined With Freezing Vortex

Ice Wine

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast blasts an area with freezing Festive Fog that inflicts Chill . Blast Damage: +30%	Demeter / Dionysus

Required Boons:

• Demeter: Frost Strike, Frost Flourish, Mistral Dash or Demeter's Aid.
  
• Dionysus: Trippy Shot.

Lightning Phalanx

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast bounces between enemies. Max Bounces: 3	Athena / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Athena: Phalanx Shot
  
• Zeus: Lightning Strike, Thunder Flourish, Thunder Dash, or Electric Shot

Lightning Rod

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your collectible Bloodstones strike nearby foes every 1.5 seconds. Lightning Damage: 70	Artemis / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Artemis: Deadly Strike, Deadly Flourish, True Shot, Hunter's Flare, Hunter Dash or Artemis' Aid
  
• Zeus: Lightning Strike, Thunder Flourish, Thunder Dash, Thunder Flare, Electric Shot or Zeus' Aid

OBS: Incompatible with Stygian Soul

Low Tolerance

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Hangover effects can stack even more times against Weak foes. Max Stacks vs Weak: +3	Aphrodite / Dionysus

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Crush Shot, or Passion Dash
  
• Dionysus: Drunken Strike, Drunken Flourish, Drunken Dash or Dionysus' Aid

Merciful End

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your attacks that can Deflect immediately activate Doom effects Doom Combo Damage: 40	Ares / Athena

Required Boons:

• Ares: Curse of Agony or Curse of Pain
  
• Athena: Divine Strike or Divine Flourish

Mirage Shot

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast fires a second projectile, though it has reduced damage. Secondary Shot Damage: 30%	Artemis / Poseidon

Required Boons:

• Artemis: Deadly Flourish, Deadly Strike, True Shot, Hunter's Flare or Artemis' Aid
  
• Poseidon: Tempest Strike, Tempest Flourish, Flood Shot, Flood Flare, Tidal Dash, or Poseidons' Aid

Parting Shot

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Cast gains any bonuses you have for striking foes from behind. Bonus Backstab Damage: +25%	Aphrodite / Athena

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Crush Shot, Aphrodite's Aid or Passion Dash
  
• Athena: Divine Strike, Divine Flourish, Phalanx Shot, Divine Dash, or Athena's Aid

Scintillating Feast

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Festive Fog effects also deal lightning damage periodically. Lightning Damage: 60	Dionysus / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Dionysus: Trippy Shot
  
• Zeus: Lightning Strike, Thunder Flourish, Thunder Dash or Zeus' Aid

Sea Storm

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your knock-away effects also cause foes to be struck by lightning. Lightning Damage: 40	Poseidon / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Poseidon: Tempest Strike, Tempest Flourish, Flood Shot, Flood Flare or Poseidon's Aid
  
• Zeus: Lightning Strike, Thunder Flourish, Electric Shot, Thunder Flare, Thunder Dash or Zeus' Aid

Smoldering Air

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your God Gauge charges up automatically, but is capped at 25% Auto Gauge Gain: 1%(every 0.2 Sec)	Aphrodite / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Crush Shot, Passion Dash, Passion Flare, Aphrodite's Aid
  
• Zeus: Lightning Strike, Thunder Flourish, Electric Shot, Thunder Flare, Thunder Dash, Zeus' Aid

Splitting Headache

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Hangover -afflicted foes are more likely to take Critical damage. Bonus Critical Chance per Hangover Stack: +1.5%	Dionysus / Artemis

Required Boons:

• Dionysus: Dionysus' Aid, Drunken Dash, Drunken Flourish, or Drunken Strike
  
• Artemis: Artemis' Aid, Deadly Flourish, Deadly Strike, or True Shot

Stubborn Roots

Icon	Effect	Gods
	While you have no Stubborn Defiance , your Life slowly recovers. Life Regeneration: 1 Life (every 0.8 Sec. )	Athena / Demeter

Required Boons:

• Athena: Divine Strike, Divine Flourish, Phalanx Shot, Phalanx Flare, Divine Dash, or Athena's Aid
  
• Demeter: Frost Strike, Frost Flourish, Crystal Beam, Icy Flare, Mistral Dash, or Demeter's Aid

Sweet Nectar

Icon	Effect	Gods
	All Poms of Power you find are more effective. Pom Level Increase: 1	Aphrodite / Poseidon

Required Boons:

• Aphrodite: Heartbreak Strike, Heartbreak Flourish, Crush Shot, Passion Flare, Passion Dash or Aphrodite's Aid
  
• Poseidon: Tempest Strike, Tempest Flourish, Flood Shot, Flood Flare, Poseidon's Aid

Unshakable Mettle

Icon	Effect	Gods
	You cannot be stunned, and resist some damage from Bosses Boss Damage Reduction: 10%	Athena / Poseidon

Required Boons:

• Athena: Divine Strike, Divine Flourish, Phalanx Shot, Phalanx Flare, or Athena's Aid
  
• Poseidon: Tempest Strike, Tempest Flourish, Flood Shot, Flood Flare, Poseidon's Aid

Vengeful Mood

Icon	Effect	Gods
	Your Revenge effects sometimes occur without taking damage. Auto-Revenge Rate: 3 Sec	Ares / Zeus

Required Boons:

• Ares: Curse of Agony, Curse of Pain, Slicing Shot, Blade Dash, Ares' Aid, or Slicing Flare.
  
• Zeus: Lightning Strike, Thunder Flourish, Electric Shot, Thunder Dash, Zeus' Aid, or Thunder Flare
  
  
• Note: Vengeful Mood requires at least 1 Revenge effect from any god.

Credits

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Here are the sources from where I got some information:

Hades Wiki: click here [hades.gamepedia.com]
Hades Reddit: click here

if you find any wrong information in the sections, put it here in the comments! Thank you! <3

Last Update: 10-06-2021 (Added new required boons for 24 duo boons)

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[Graineag]

For those that don't know. The info for this is also available ingame. (at least it's on the Switch version so i assume it is on Steam as well)
Check the Codex on each Olympian god. it should show on the bottom right of the codex what button to press.

[kaden0823]

exclusive access SS tier boon

[Staloshis]

Where is Dionysus

[ChessChallenger]

This is all available in a more readable format on the Hades wiki, right here https://hades.fandom.com/wiki/Duo_Boons

[Gusteibou 🧁]

Thanks for letting me know, I already updated the Stubborn Roots information and took the opportunity to update the others that were out of date :)

[Zoobnash]

You can get stubborn roots with phalanx shot as an athena boon:
https://imgur.com/a/6KmzNCy

[Lazy Potato]

Thnx

[Nestorix Meown]

much appriciated

[stavas]

Nice!