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Hades II

Part 20

Learn the best boons and upgrades for the Aspect of Guan Yu in Hades II, including its significant health penalty and how to mitigate it.

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Learn the best boons and upgrades for the Aspect of Guan Yu in Hades II, including its significant health penalty and how to mitigate it.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    The Aspect of Guan Yu's primary drawback is the significant health reduction, starting at -70% health at Aspect level 1 and reaching -50% health at max Aspect level.
  2. 2
    Your dash attack is not functionally changed, but your standard jab combo is too slow and lacks the breadth for reliable use in large groups unless Triple Jab is acquired.
  3. 3
    The Special charges too slowly to be spammable, and the charge attack charges too slowly and creates too small of a vortex to reliably restore health.
  4. 4
    If you choose to use the Frost Fair Blade (Aspect of Guan Yu), you must find a way to fix its narrow attack pattern and maintain stagger, especially given your reduced health.
  5. 5
    Obvious remedies include Triple Jab and spin attack upgrades.
  6. 6
    A riskier, gimmicky approach involves using Serrated Point, which triples dash-strike hits but reduces dash distance by -25%. This necessitates movement-based Hermes boons (like Greatest Reflex, Quick Recovery, Greater Evasion, Hyper Sprint, Greater Haste) to compensate for the reduced dash range.
  7. 7
    Without sufficient movement buffs, using Serrated Point makes avoiding attacks difficult, especially against bosses like Hades.
  8. 8
    With enough movement boons, your dash-strike becomes more reliably spammable than your standard attack, offering a broader pattern and quick debuff stacking via Serrated Point's triple hits.
  9. 9
    Consider using Frost Strike with Serrated Point for Chill effects.
  10. 10
    Defensive Hermes boons are crucial for avoiding damage with this Aspect.
  11. 11
    Securing the Life Affirmation (Aphrodite) boon early can help mitigate longevity issues, though it doesn't restore the lost max health.
  12. 12
    Heartbreak Flourish can spread Weak effects, further increasing survivability, and still leaves your Attack slot open for boons like Frost Flourish.
  13. 13
    The easiest way to avoid the Aspect of Guan Yu's problems is to not use it.

Complementary Upgrades:

  • Quick Spin
  • Massive Spin
  • Winged Serpent
  • Triple Jab
  • Serrated Point (risky)

Complementary Boons:

  • Life Affirmation (Aphrodite)
  • High-frequency percentage-based Attack boons (Demeter preferred; Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis are feasible)
  • Defensive/status boons (Athena/Aphrodite), ideally Divine Dash and Heartbreak Flourish with supplementary boons enhancing Weak effects
  • Defensive Hermes boons (Greatest Reflex, Quick Recovery, Greater Evasion, Hyper Sprint, Greater Haste)

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