Hades Beginner Guide | Athena Boon Beginner Tips

Having trouble using Athena's Deflect ability? Not sure how to combine her offensive and defensive boons? Need help deciding which of Athena's boons fit your build? This video is the Complete Athena Beginner Guide! In this Beginner Guide we cover how Athena's abilities work, which of her boons you should focus on taking, the best Infernal Arms to use with her, and cover three different build styles to help you reliably escape the underworld and reach the endgame!

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Table of Contents

00:00 Video Introduction
01:27 Covering Each of Athena's Boons
15:56 The Inexorable Phalanx, Building to Maximize the Athena Deflect Ability
22:20 The Duelist's Buckler, Building with a Single Deflect Ability
27:47 The Wise Berserker, Building a Strong Athena Melee Deflection Attack
33:39 A Quick Summary of How to Use Athena
40:35 Video Outro
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Hades is the new Roguelike game being developed by Supergiant Games. The game is phenomenal, with deep combat systems and classic roguelike elements and I'm here to break them down and serve you the best tips and tricks to help you make the most of your runs.

In this Hades Beginner Guide series I will be creating simple How To videos for players new to the game and just getting started. We will be examining the resources available in Hades, the powers you collect during a run, and the tips and tricks of combat and building successful runs. I break down the Hades game systems into simple beginner tips that new players can use to guide their runs as they learn the game. I hope you find them valuable!

Want to know what the best Hades Beginner Builds are? The best boons for each of the infernal arms? How about what keepsakes you should unlock and level up first? You've come to the right place!

Each week I will be releasing Hades Beginner Guides and tips to explain the games systems and how to best reach the end game and enjoy all that Supergiant's amazing game Hades has to offer!