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"Didnt kill hades in undere ten runs so i figured out what i was doing wrong" thats pretty depressing. im on 25 runs and just now got past the hydra thingy

Getting a reflect dash almost always makes the run significantly easier

Pierced butterfly is good, but to the ones who usually take a lot of damage the broken spearpoint is the best option.

On one of my absolute best runs Hades just let me pass. I was like, wtf? Hades just Rick Rolled me.

> spear is slow and not good enougth for Dionysis boons > shows literally that its fast for stack all five hangover with it

The pierced butterfly is... Okay. It definitely has an effect, but unless you're really good at the game, other keepsakes like the hourglass (from Charon) and the cthonic coin purse (from hypno) are excellent for getting a head start and providing a huge amount of survivability, while also giving the player the option to switch off of those keepsakes. Though I will have to say the pierced butterfly is a decent way to practice a more deliberate, careful play style

Being too aggresive and not taking advantage of your Cast are the only "big mistakes" I see here. The rest are just tips.

Ares and Demeter is dmg, and Aphrodite and Poseidon is utility? Wtf? Aphrodite has the highest % damage boons in the game, and Poseidon basically allows you to trivialize every single enemy in the game that isn’t a boss with massive wallsplat damages. Ares’ doom is very safe but low dps unless you can get stacking doom or merciful end on it, while Demeter’s slow is etremely useful utility.

Use the butterfly, shows a clip of taking damage. Hm.

In regards to chain lightning, i find that it makes Hades an easier fight. It allows you to focus him and still clear his minions. On top of that, hades uses those skulls that send a wave of damage out if you do not destroy them fast enough and the chain lightning foes help clear clusters of those quickly. Not ideal for raw damage. But to help clear annoying backup in that last encounter, i find it helpful (but only for certain weapons)

The moment I started to actually slow down, I did so much better

I really prefer the ploom. It’s bonus comes from just clearing floors quickly and it buffs your move speed and gives you a chance to dodge attacks. I got it to 25% and had some upgraded gloves so I wasn’t taking damage from 30% of attacks landed on me, and I was fast. Not to mention, I don’t have to have flawless encounters, just quick ones.

You can be aggressive, aggressive as hell, if you build right. Depending on what boons you get early on you might want to focus some over others. I had a Dio/Zeus build on the Satan version of the Rail that absolutely chewed through everything, nabbing the the three in a row special from a Daedalus hammer just made it ten times meaner. I favor reflect dash over attack so getting that as soon as possible really helps too.

To me, the Pierced Butterfly is a training tool, not a serious tool for heated runs. The 20-30% damage it's worth... isn't actually that much since it's additive, not multiplicative. If you've already stacked +200% damage on your primary damage source (not even a little bit hard to do), then that 30% is really only 10% more damage than you would have had otherwise. That said, using it early on to _learn_ how to play without getting hit is a critical part of learning the game and getting better at it. Still, later on... **ahem** _much_ later on, which I won't go into because spoilers... there's another keepsake that gives much, much bigger permanent (per run) benefits that _don't_ go away when you take it off in Styx in favor of a defensive keepsake. The keepsake in question can pretty reliably more than double your total damage output and give serious defensive boons as well... so don't just hear "butterfly = good" and never use anything else. There are times when it's absolutely _not_ the best keepsake to take, plus it limits you from seeking specific builds by taking god keepsakes to guarantee shots at the boons you want (and to ease prophecy clearing, which gives much faster progress than grinding!) There's also something to be said for taking the Plume to train yourself how to clear quickly, which can sometimes be a better strategy in certain battles with tons of damage flying around and not that much ability to avoid it. Most of Styx falls into that category for me, especially the tiny rooms, where it's often much better to just ignore damage, even ongoing poison damage, and finish the room in a second or two, than to make three or four runs to the antidote fountain.

On the topic of the "use pierced butterfly" tip, it's not a particularly good keepsake to use if you're new or bad. I would recommend the Evergreen Acorn keepsake over pierced butterfly if you're having trouble on any of the bosses, especially Hades. Even at rank 1, the evergreen acorn will block 3 hits from bosses, that's about 120 damage from Hades (give or take).

i always use the teeth i got from skelly in my runs! it gives you death defiance and if you get it to 3 stars it fulls your health completely for one death.

I know this post is long but it's got some really good tips this video fails to mention. I disagree completely with the butterfly charm advice, sure it's nice to have that bonus before you get all the other charms. but changing out your charm at the end of every section is key to obtaining legendary and duo boons which are some of the best attacks in the game. If you also have the ability to re-roll the exits to each encounter you can ensure you get more boons in a run. At first I recommend starting with coin purse seeing what boons you get through the first section then picking the second boon based off of what duo boon or legendary boon you are trying to obtain. the codex can be quite helpful in this if you have the upgrade that tells you what boons each god has available and the prerequisite boons needed to get them. For instance you can't get the boon that causes jolted before you have an attack that does lightning damage. Can't have a boon that spreads hangover before you have an attack that causes it. ect. Like for instance I had a run once where I was favoring Zeus and Dionisius but also Demeter, I ended up with combo runes from Demeter/Zeus that made it so the jolt effect of my lightning never wears off which ended up being a ton of passive damage. I also ended up with my festive fog clouds causing lightning strikes and my bloodstones sitting after the fog ends also had lightning strikes. Demeter also has an upgrade where not having blood stones in your inventory increases your damage and reduces the damage you take. So I would just throw them out at the start of every encounter and let them do all the work. Artemis is also really good at improving other boons. her combo with Demeter is especially good, if you can also get the combo with Poseidon that does mirror copies of your casts...that becomes insane boss damage very quickly. I've had up to 10 crystals all firing at the same time. it becomes obvious why almost every boss has invulnerable states when you do like 6000 damage in 4 seconds. Also pressure points is a good choice in any build as it lets you critical any damage you do. It should be noted that darkness, gems and keys are terrible rewards for an encounter and should be avoided or re-rolled when possible. Money is ok if you are low but often if I have a re-roll I re-roll the money too. If possible you want every encounter to result in a boon, pom of power, the yellow potion (once you have the upgrade that makes them give you a random +1 to boon) or Charon's shop (so long as you have 150 gold minimum). Also the first demi-god the guy with the rock, should be skipped unless you are low on money. He gives a fine amount of darkness so at the beginning it is fine but once your mirror is full, darkness becomes nearly worthless in a lot of ways. It is also very easy to farm later on in the game by just turning the heat down to 0 and using the hidden aspects of whatever weapon has extra darkness collection. As every boss will drop a lot of darkness as a reward and you should have the mirror upgrade that heals you based on collected darkness these runs should be exceptionally easy once you have the hidden aspects of a weapon unlocked. also worth mentioning a Charon's well run can be quite nice. when you equip the charm that gives you more encounters before the upgrades wear off you can end up chaining multiples together though it can be a little on the random side it's a great way for beginners to get through hades at some point. There are certain sections of the game where the weapon upgrade boons (hammer) appears quite frequently. When it does not appear if you have the mirror ability that lets you re-roll the rewards you can often force it to be the weapon upgrade, one such area is the start of the 3rd section "Elysium". Sometimes you won't get to choose the weapon upgrade as the reward for the first encounter of this section. but if you re-roll one of the exits it comes up quite often. The final shop Charon has (right before hades) will many times have an anvil that upgrades your weapon a 3rd time...this should ONLY be bought if you don't like the weapon upgrades you have gotten before that point as you will lose one and gain two. one final tip, if you want to have a really good run start with either a Dionisius boon or a Poseidon boon and then get the other as soon as you can. (the boons you pick need to be main attacks like drunken flourish and flood shot ect) they have a combo boon that makes all boons you find from there on epic or better.

I think the harpy feather duster is kind of underrated. Yeah, 5% doesn’t sound like that high of a chance but consider the sheer amount of pots and vases in each room. I guarantee you’ll find at least ONE health item in every room which can come in clutch during a rougher run.

The other thing about Pierced Butterfly is that it does make you play WAY safer when you’re learning the game. It’s more concrete incentive to not take damage, something that’s also very helpful for your runs haha

Thinking about it as someone who has defeated Hades a few times at this point the Pierced Butterfly tip is really nice. It could definitely allow me to take on harder runs as I have learned a lot more. And thinking about it I do agree with the thought that you generally don't get hit too much early on so it's just a benefit.

Small correction, Hades isn’t the god of death, he is the god of the dead. Thanatos in Greek mythology is the god of death and the one that comes for you at death. Hades is the one who makes sure you’re going where your soul needs to go, basically Hades is the CEO of the underworld

I think the spiked collar is good for when your getting used to enemies since it let's you take some extra hits but once you get used to enemies butterfly better

I prefer the lambent plume. With the Hermes boon upgraded from the musician in Tartarus I can get 50% dodge by just tanking the damage. I focus on damage with the twin fists and it's a really good bonus to dodge 50% of Hades attacks and having Athena's blocking dash for the rest. If you manage to get the regen after you use defiance boon. Hades is real easy to beat

Beginner guide yet you instantly spoil the game by saying the last boss

Great video. Beat hades in 31 runs. First time playing the game. Took me 3 days.

The way he said Ares lmao

remember aoe skills are beneficial against hades cause he summons adds, specially if you play +4 measures when hades is putting out minibosses

Duuuuude! Spoilers in the first second of this video!

Pierced butterfly is memes and is not a good recommendation for new players. Beginners (and really anyone) should focus on upgrading Acorn and the olympian keepsakes that let you force boons. Also you forgot the most important noob tip: get merciful end! Get it on everything.

another great thing about the pierced butterfly is that it rewards you for being careful, which makes you play more deliberately, which makes you take less damage. If I'm taking an encounter "don't take ANY DAMAGE" I tend to focus on zoning and that shit wins runs.

I’d adjust the tip “plan your boons for facing Hades” to be more “choose boons with a plan”. You could get a build that is brutal against a single enemy, but leaves you to being overwhelmed by multiple foes in Elysium and the Temple of Styx. Be conscious of whether a boon should go on the attack, special, dash, or whether it should be a supporting boon. This leads me to why I don’t believe the pierced butterfly is the best keepsake. I will often use olympian god keepsakes to set up builds. For instance, when using Zeus’ aspect of the Shield of Chaos, I start with Zeus’ keepsake so I can get Thunder Flourish for my special. From there I’ll snag Demeter or Poseidon for the attack if they pop up, I might also grab Aphrodite. I like these because of they have higher damage boosts, but their secondary effects also help with crowd control. I prefer Demeter and Poseidon because of the Duo boons I can get with them and Zeus. For the dash, I usually prefer Poseidon or Athena, maybe Dionysus. So while there is the bare bones of a plan. Starting with an olympian’s keepsake, I can set the foundation for the build. The build is flexible so I can go different directions depending on the RNG of the run so I don’t screw myself over waiting for the perfect boon, although using another olympian’s keepsake in Asphodel can help if there are two key boons to a build. For instance, using Chiron’s aspect for the bow, I like getting Artemis for the special and Aphrodite for attack. Their Duo boon adds +150% crit damage to weak inflicted foes. Attack sets up weak and the targeting to then unleash a volley of arrows that can crit. I might even use Poseidon’s keepsake at this point because his splash dash or flood shot is great for creating breathing room for the bow. Poseidon isn’t typically useful against bosses, but since the bow is so slow it can be easy to be overwhelmed by large groups of enemies and end your run before making it to Hades. However, the setup on the attack and special will tear through Hades. Also, another comment about the pierced butterfly, there are certain weapons it pairs better with. I would generally suggest avoiding it if you are using the sword or fists, since those are very melee oriented and hard to completely avoid damage unless you are playing very cautiously and slowly. At which point, consider using the olympian keepsakes to set up a build. Keepsakes that work well being swapped in for the final areas are Lucky Tooth/Spiked Collar (depends on your life totals and how many death defiances you have left) or Broken Spearpoint/Evergreen Acorn. Broken Spearpoint is better for quick damage that chips away at your health (ie Champion longbows shooting 3 shots or Snakestone lasers). It’s not super great for the Hades fight because often times his attacks happen too far apart, unless you are still struggling with his laser attack. The Evergreen Acorn is nice because it will (when maxed out) ignore damage from the first five hits you take. I would like to add as another tip for defeating Hades is to learn his attack patterns. Learn when you can attack and when you can dodge. The better you get at this, the more damage you will do and the less you will take.

I've been a little disappointed by the butterfly even at full stack 30% is not that much considering the "opportunity cost" of having no other trinket for the whole run. I prefer the second to last trinket I think it's one of the most powerful ones because it works for every build and you don't have to worry about performance in every room. You may end up with way for bang for your buck than the butterfly.

I'm loving this game. Most fun I've had in a while. Just started playing Friday. Only on like my 13th run

Thanks for the video! :)

The biggest mistake I made was buying the game. It’s so addicting. I can’t stop playing it.

The scariest most damaging bloodstone is Dionysus cast combined with 3 duo boon between Dio/Demeter/Zeus. It will be 4x damage (cast+chill+lightning+jolted), dual curse (chill+jolted). Totally wipe the floor with bosses just with 2-3 rounds of casting.

The god name pronunciations make me wonder if schools review mythology anymore these days

Totally agree with all of these! Personally though, I really like Achille's gift. -30% taken damage goes a longg way

Just a little correction, no big deal: the metagame buffs like the mirror and keepsakes are "rogue-*lite*" elements, not "rogue-like" elements. The rogue-like elements are things like permadeath, randomly or procedurally generated rooms/rewards, and progression being more related to how good/quickly you can play the game rather than how strong your character gets. The rogue-lite elements are the ones that actually make your character stronger across all your runs and give you a sense of progression because your character gets stronger and you're filling out a list.

For me: - Play more on the distance - Use Athena's and Aphrodite's boons to mitigate damage - Prioritize permanent upgrades at first - The bloodstone is all about what boon you infuse it with - Damage focused boons: Artemis, Ares, Demeter - Use the pierced butterfly playing smart - Synergies 4:14

Super important tip. THere are a lot fo attacks especially late game with bosses where dodging to them is the best option and you get invincibility frames to avoid the damage. It feels really weird since most games heavily punish doing that but it's almost required to avoid pretty much any thing to do with a spear or shield.

Ares Doom dash so far is one of my favorites and easily to exploit against enemies. You can use the room dash to damage them and it can add up. One dash has killed smaller enemies pretty instantly.

Im actually glad that it only took me 4 runs to beat hades. I guess playing dead cells all these years finally payed off

Wow these are so useful, I can't believe I could have used the the mirror to upgrade my abilities! No way!!!

I really like to start my runs with cosmic egg but I thought the damage bonus was lost if you took damage, thanks for the tip

Ultimately it leads down to use your own comfy build. So far I have completed 3 runs and I’ve been using my own comfy build. That is: Strong Drink (Dionysus), Divine Dash (Athena) or other deflect ability, and some critical attack boons from Artemis, the freeze ray from Demeter is also a nice addition. These are my must have boons to complete a run. You have healing, defense, and good damage output. Don’t forget to use the keepsakes in order to meet the gods you want immediately. Good luck!👍

I love Hades!!! Yup, I'm an "aggressive player with janky builds" a full on button masherand I dig all your Hades videos

why you spoiled the last boss

I can’t BELIEVE no ones hyping up Patroclus’ keepsake?? That thing keeps you alive FOREVER.

The mirror of night makes you stronger? Wow, what a great tip! Reminds me of that time I learned that SCVs in StarCraft can collect resources.

Few days of gaming new to this. Over hundert runs in. Haven't killed hades with the sword its so hard! But with shield an now also on heat two. Just keep grinding. Problem is.. The further you go, the harder it's to train the enemies and stuff. So hades won't be as usual as for example Meg hydra etc. I was always fd in elysium but the more often I got there the better I became! Still much fun. Always happy when I come a little further ❤️

Helpful this, cheers.

Pierced Butterfly alternative : focus on Dionysus to get the Strong Drink Boons. It will give you 3-5% damage bonus per fountain you found... so if you lucky enough to get it on Tartarus, then you can have the average of 20% damage bonus while having full health before facing Hades. Then focus on Damage Reduction Boons (Dionysus, Aphrodite). Use the Skull Earring on the last stage for additional 30% dmg bonus while your Hp is below 40%, combine it with alot Centaur Hearts if you prefer that (I once have 430ish of Hp, so the threshold of the Skull Earring can be easily achieved).

Chaos Egg Keepsake really helped me out with awesome Chaos Boon effects 🔥🔥🔥

Instead of the butterfly I use the bone glass at the end plus getting wheel of charon buffs that often give me 60% more damage and some move speed since they'll last long enough to reach the final boss

My favorite build so far involved the shield with doom on the special and an extra ability that made the shield hit 4 enemies instead of one. I got that to be so powerful.

Great video for a Hades beginner!

First clear on attempt 16, that's when I discovered the power of dash attack builds. - spam attack dash with any of the weapons and pray to Athena for a deflect dash - use blood shot (O button) and stack 3+ on the bosses. -always pick the Daedus hammer when faced with the choice. -dash dash dash, and dash more!

Pierced butterfly is a fun but gimmicky play style and probably average to above average. If you are struggling to do full clears you should avoid that one entirely. Pick a boon you want to start, coin purse for act 2 and most importantly throw on the broken spearpoint for act 3 and either that or the extra life for act 4 and it will save you a ton of trouble.

Defeated Hades after 15 runs, I got lucky with 2 hammers for my gun run, infinite 3 shot ammo, and 5 explosives for my special. Stacked with some stuff from Different gods such as special from Dionisius, and Artemis with crit and seeking arrow, I got enough damage to overpower most things at the end.

For each weapon I have a certain build for each and it helped me to get a streak over 20 escapes

ty love you guys game

Your 1st point is super subjective. I, and a lot of other people, learn faster by getting in the action and seeing the mob/boss' patterns. No better way to do that than get in their face and see what they do about it. Will you take damage more at 1st? Of course you will. But if you actively try and learn from these encounters you will progress in skill far more quickly than playing back and "safe."

Tbh the god boons are being slept on. I know they don’t offer much in the way of damage runs but being able to consistently get rarer boons (in conjunction with the late game mirror upgrades) for gods you know synergize with your weapon I feel like is more impactful then most other keepsakes, minus a few

Note to everyone that i highly recommend to play as aggresive as possible. But not as aggresive to the point that you tanked the damages. But be quick and fast. Hit enemy aggresively and when you see the enemy telegraphed their attacks, quickly dodge it. That's why i prefer boons that grant "near miss" evasion bonus like Zeus had. I recommend being aggresive because when you play too passive, it tends to overwhelm you because there are a lot of going on and its best to quickly purge all the threats ahead before they even do any of it to you.

interesting, thanks for the tips

Beat him in 23 runs, 36 runs now and i can get to him but cant beat him

I was proud to clear Tartarus in my 7th run. I can’t believe how damn good this game is! 🤘🏻❤️

I mean the butterfly is nice, but even if you manage to get 20-30% you have to weigh that against the more reliable items like the conch or even chaos egg which almost guarantee better boons. Even the hourglass can be pretty magnificent giving you anything from bounus damage to additional healing for upwards of 10 encounters for relatively cheap

Chain lightning can be great against Hades, it seems to boost Exagryph’s damage by a lot. First run I cleared I had that and Artemis’ supporting fire and I melted him.

So hades just released to Xbox one and this really gives me an idea of how to get gud before I even know the controls so thanks man

For butterfly part Over flowing cup to get early strong drink At least for me that results in more dmg by the time I get to the final boss plus not needing to keep it equipped for the effect I can swap it out for anything I feel I will need, even the butterfly

I like how Zeus is in the tumbnail, fits very well with the title, considering Greek Mythology

I for one often get clumsy on the run, so Pierced Butterfly seems like a no go if you still want to enjoy the variety in the mid 10-60hrs of gameplay. Taking the butterfly will not allow you to take other artifact for the rest of your run. I suggest new players to unlock majority of artifacts to its highest rank first, then you can hit a sweetspot according to your boons and the mirror power.

I enjoy using the pom boon and maxing out my build through the run

"over a dozen" 24 is over a dozen yes it is 2 dozens

Not to be too nitpicky but it's "Roguelike" not "Rougelike" at 2:01 Rouge is a type of makeup or the bat from Sonic Heroes, Rogue is the game

finally picked this game up, did 7 runs and got to the first boss every time and got frustrated so i went to bed. when i came back today, on my 8th run, i used the spear and got reflect dash and the hold down jab hammer skill thing, crusied all the way through to the 3rd boss and killed the minotaur, almost the other guy before dying right at the end. it was so satisfying it got me hooked

Get Chriron aspect bow asap. Take adamant arrowhead for the Artemis boon start. Take Artemis special and crit buffs. GG

Damn was just looking for some tips as I keep failing in Elysium, didn’t know I was going to run into spoilers about the final boss.. ;( Either way, still feel like the video helped, appreciate it!

ahhh....I get it now. I usually never go for buffs for healing/less damage taken. I always went for more aggression/more damage given.....Thanks for this video brother. I'll take what I just learned, and put it in action. Great Video!

I got Hades recently and so far the furthest I'll get is to the boss fight in Elysium, and I'll take out Asterius, but then of course- die to Theseus. I got so close once, he was below half health and then- it was taken from me. Was literally shaking in adrenaline smh

Few more mistakes I can think of: Not taking enough risks: sometimes, you are presented with a harder room with better rewards - it's better to take them. Even if you get substantially damaged for taking the risk, the reward helps to mitigate what you went through over time. Overblowing your cash: sometimes it's way too tempting to buy stuff from charon or his wells, but what you should be prioritizing are boons or upgrades that you need. Especially in styx, some of the stuff there are way valuable compared to the other shops.

Do you keep the butterfly upgrade if you unequip it? Because I change to Patroclus' spearpoint when I get to Styx, every time.

Good video, but as a reminder on Hades boss, he summons numerous minions which pile on can be a nightmare to deal with. Have multiple target attacks isn’t always a bad thing on the final boss.

My favourite build is definitly with Varatha, Aspect of Guan Yu, with almost a full artemis boon buil with Serrated Point from a Daedalus Hammer. There's a chaos boon increasing dash-attack damage which i always want as well. As basic attack boon i like athena, aphrodite or artemis cause i love the crit. Deadly Dash, Support Fire, Hunter's Mark, Pressure Points, Strong Drink and Poseidon's Aid, Aphrodite's Aid, Dionysus's Aid or Artemis's Aid. Since i'm still not that good at the game and somewhat frequently have to use the lifesteal of my swirl to regain some of my hp i use the Pom Blossom instead of Pierced Butterfly

The butterfly is okay, but i always think in doblouns so i got the purse of hypnos or sometimes i need the extra life for Hades so i take the collar of cerberus... It's mostly all depends on what you are to prioritize in the run rather than "play this way"

Honestly, I prefer the Pom Blossom keepsake just because I feel like the leveling up of my skills is what helps me increase my damage and strategy the most. It's probably because I'm one of those aggressive players trying to finish a run asap, and I do get some damage along the way

It's funny you said people are not spending darkness, this game has been nothing short of a great experience for me so far and I'm taking my time 😀

great points can't fault you on that minor thing though hades is the god of the dead and afterlife Thanatos is the god of death there's probably some symbolism that him and his brother Hypnos are the only times humans lay still and unmoving for long periods of time but I'm neither ancient Greek nor the biggest greek pantheon historian

Early game definitely bring cerberus, I find myself using him regularly even though I'm no longer a beginner

I was going to quit this game but I started to realize no run was identical to the previous round even though I kept dying and then the dialogue kept motivating me because they were aware of my failure. So you're definitely intended to die a lot.

If you want to make runs easy, use adamant rail, specialize your boons and hammers into special damage and utility, and just mad dash around the arena while spamming q. It can get boring but it is an effective way because it already does lots of damage.

Disagree a bit on the Pierced Butterfly. It IS useful, it helps train you to stop button-mashing and start using your brain. However, for beginners and even intermediates (I can't speak for advanced players) either the Lucky Tooth(Extra revive) or the Evergreen Acorn(Ignore the first X hits from bosses) are great helps that have saved my runs more often than I care to admit.

You are really good at this man! Keep it up!

Late to this video but as someone who's put in over 150 runs on multiple platforms, one major tip, like with any game, is LEARN ATTACK PATTERNS. People meme on dark souls and the like, for being hard, but those games heavily enforce pattern recognition. Monster Hunter is another prime example of pattern recognition. In Hades, knowing what enemies can do will help you avoid things. Even from offscreen sometimes. Knowing what enemy to prioritize in group fights can help a huge amount.

I'm 50 runs in and I haven't beaten Hades yet. I have unlocked all the mirror and have all the boons. Still I struggle to beat the game. Please give some tips on how to fight individual characters like the ones on Elisium or the last level. Best time to dash attack and when to commit to a normal attack until enemy dies.

Can you make a part 2 and 3 that would be very helpful

Hermes bonus dash charges + ares blade disk dash just melts bosses, add on some good doom dmg and you can just dash around enemies and watch them melt. Felt cheesy but damn it was fun. Got me past the 3rd boss and to the final boss where I promptly died lol