Highlights

  • Hades 2 players start with the Witch’s Staff and can craft four more weapons with potentially more on the way in the future.
  • Aspects in Hades 2 offer new powers for weapons like bigger flames, faster attacks, and healing bonuses at low health.
  • Upgrade weapons with different Aspects like Aspect of Eos, Aspect of Artemis, and Aspect of Circe to enhance gameplay strategies.

Hades 2 players start with the Witch’s Staff before they can craft four more weapons, including the Moonstone Axe, Argent Skull, Umbral Flames, and Sister Blades. There is a slot in the weapon zone for at least one more, so it would seem Supergiant Games has big plans for the future following the Early Access build.

After crafting these weapons, players can gain several new ones in Hades 2, called Aspects. Aspects will not enhance weapons at their core but instead offer variants with alternative powers, allowing players to use weapons in completely new ways, so let’s go through some of the better ones for each weapon.

Fighting enemies with Moonstone Axe and Witch’s Staff weapons in Hades 2
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8 Aspect Of Eos

Create Bigger Flames To Target More Foes

Aspect Of Eos in Hades 2
  • Umbral Flames Aspect
  • Attacks Gain 40% At Full Scale

Aspect of Eos is an enhancement for the Umbral Flames weapon in Hades 2. The normal attack for it will launch small balls of fire at enemies, but if players keep holding the attack button down, they will channel Magick energy into it, which will make the fireballs grow bigger.

The Eos enhancement will make the flames grow bigger after four seconds and, at their peak height, the damage will increase by 40%. It’s a great upgrade for the Umbral Flames, but it can be tricky to stand still for so long if enemies start attacking from behind.

7 Aspect Of Artemis

Become The Ultimate Impervious Assassin

Aspect Of Artemis in Hades 2
  • Sister Blades Aspect
  • Omega Attacks Are Faster By 20%

The Aspect of Artemis is an upgrade for the Sister Blades weapon. The basic enhancement will increase the speed of charged normal attacks, while the charged attack for the Sister Blades will send Melinoe speeding through enemies like an assassin from the Assassin’s Creed series.

On top of the increased speed, Aspect of Artemis will give players a chance to parry and riposte attacks. In Hades 2, a parry will block damage in the middle of an attack and a riposte will make players impervious to damage for a second and then give them a 50% chance to nail a critical hit with the charged attack.

6 Aspect Of Circe

Enhance Melinoe’s Magick With Ease

Aspect Of Circe in Hades 2
  • Witch’s Staff Aspect
  • Grants Serenity (Omega Moves Are 15% Faster And Magick Charges Quickly)

The Aspect of Circe is a good one to enhance Melinoe’s starting weapon, the Witch’s Staff. This upgrade will give players a chance to find Serenity in the middle of battle, which players can achieve if their attacks land at least 21 times in a row.

Melinoe’s room and fighting enemies in Hades 2
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Once Serenity is achieved, all charged moves will be 15% faster to start. Plus Magick energy will recharge automatically, making it the perfect combo to give this witch of the underworld more magical power in battle.

5 Aspect Of Medea

A Shorter-Range But A Bigger Blast

Aspect Of Medea in Hades 2
  • Argent Skull Aspect
  • Normal And Special Attacks Do 20% More Damage

Aspect of Medea is a modifier for the explosive ranged weapon, Argent Skull. This enhancement shortens the range of the normal attack but makes its explosion form a wider blast radius. Normal and Special attacks also do more damage overall, with 20% at the starting limit.

If players have some Boons equipped in Hades 2 that will draw more enemies together, like Aphrodite’s Rapture Ring, then the Aspect of Medea is a good alternative to the normal build of the Argent Skull. Without that gravitational pull, though, the shorter range can be detrimental to some character builds.

4 Aspect of Persephone

Taking The Skull And Running With It

Aspect of Persephone in Hades 2
  • Argent Skull Aspect
  • Omega Damage +10%

Aspect of Persephone is another upgrade for the Argent Skull that will boost damage for all charged attacks starting at 10%. The other great thing about this enhancement is that it takes advantage of one of the better aspects of the Argent Skull weapon overall.

The normal version of the Special attack will charge players forward, while the charged-up version will leave a greater wake of damage behind. Using the charged attack in the Aspect of Persephone build will generate Glory, which will add five seconds of damage and duration to the dash attack.

3 Aspect Of Momus

Gain A Healing Bonus When Low

Aspect Of Momus in Hades 2
  • Witch’s Staff Aspect
  • Special And Omega Special Damage +10

Aspect of Momus is another enhancement for the Witch’s Staff that will upgrade damage dealt with Special attacks, including the charged-up version. The charged version of it will create a huge line of damage that will last a few seconds before depleting.

The spa and exploring the Field of Mourning in Hades 2
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This can be enhanced in the game with Boons to make this damage last even longer, like by adding fire to the mix via the goddess Hestia in Hades 2. Aspect of Momus has another great buff as Special damage will heal players if they are at or below 50% health. In wild roguelikes akin to Hades 2, healing can make it break a run.

2 Aspect Of Pain

Fan Out The Bladed Into Shotgun Mode

Aspect Of Pain in Hades 2
  • Sister Blades Aspect
  • Add One Blade To Omega Special

Aspect of Pain is another great upgrade for the Sister Blades which will boost the charged Special’s potential. The charged Special for this will create a fan of blades that will shoot at enemies, and the Aspect adds one dagger to this mix which has the potential to hit even more enemies.

This can also be beneficial when paired with the Concentrated Flurry Boon, which Daedalus Hammer’s upgrade tree. This Boon will increase the damage the more times the daggers hit the same target, so players can manipulate their Sister Blades to act like a shotgun in a shooter.

1 Aspect Of Charon

Casting A Wider Trap

Aspect Of Charon in Hades 2
  • Moonstone Axe Aspect
  • Cleave-Cast Size And Damage +10%

Aspect of Charon is the final Aspect players should pay attention to, which will enhance the Moonstone Axe, the best weapon in Hades 2 so far. There is an interesting combo players can do with it and Melinoe’s Cast.

Cast attacks will not change between weapons as it will create a circle around players that will trap enemies. Boons can enhance their power, like one in Hades 2 from Demter that will freeze enemies in place. With Aspect of Charon, the Cast will last longer and if players hit it with their Moonstone Axe, it will create a burst of enhanced area damage.