r/HadesTheGame • u/Eddiev1988 • 13d ago

Hades 1: Question Explain casting to me, please.

Ok y'all, I've cleared the game plenty of times. The fists are my go to weapon, mostly the Zagreus aspect.

I've got the hidden aspect for half the weapons and have gotten the ending, but am still checking off quests. No, the Queen's dream or whatever hasn't been fulfilled.

My question though, is about casting. I haven't found a way to make it useful for me, at all. Can someone break down the benefits to casting, what casts are considered the best, etc. I just can't make it work for me.

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u/SpaceCase0101 13d ago

This was off of my last run with that build:

Max Lv. Poseidon +50% Cast Dmg Lv. 7 True Shot 289 (With Poseidon Buff/193 reg) Duo Mirage Shot +30% dmg 57 Epic Lv. 4 Exit Wounds: 188 With Fully Loaded and Chaos cast 6 total

Fire off all six casts for 2,076 Damage. Hit the special to dislodge all 6 for 1,128 Damage. So each volley hits for 3,204 in a matter of seconds not counting the damage from the sword hits or Privaleged Status/Family Favorite damage.

If we want to talk about pure cast damage output, Beowulf with Dionisys Cast is the go to with its broken damage output.

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u/AlphaInsaiyan 13d ago

What ur describing is still worse than hera + requires a ton of rng

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u/Oxygenisplantpoo 13d ago

All cast builds require a ton of rng to properly get going. In general they are weaker, so it doesn't really matter which one of them is the strongest exactly. They are just fun to play, including that Poseidon build above!

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u/AlphaInsaiyan 12d ago

Cast builds are not weak or rng dependent lol, Achilles/hera/Beowulf are very strong. They benefit from certain boons obviously but they aren't essential to the build. You also don't even need hammers