Melt through your foes with waves of projectiles from the Witch's Staff, Descura with the Aspect of Momus. This build specializes in using your Omega Special to provide a safe playstyle capable of close-range burst damage. The build revolves around Boons from Demeter and Poseidon to Freeze foes and provide significant damage bonuses. There are many ways to build, Aspect of Momus on the Witch's Staff, Descura so feel free to experiment with different Arcana, Boons and Keepsakes!
Note: Hades 2 is currently in early access, as development continues expect new content and balance changes. This guide was last updated for Early Access Patch 2.
Weapon Aspect
Invest into the Aspect of Momus to cause your Omega Moves to repeat up to 3 times after a short delay. You can use this by rotating between your Omega Attack, Omega Special and Omega Cast as the situation requires or by focusing on one Omega Move to give yourself more time to dodge. This particular setup revolves around the Omega Special.
At rank 1 Aspect of Momus has a significant delay before repeating an Omega Move so it is strongly advised that you farm Nightmare to increase your Aspect rank and ensure a smooth experience. This build doesn't focus on the Omega Attack, so look for a utility Boon there.
Arcana, Keepsakes and Familiar
Before you set out each night, you need to choose your active Arcana, Keepsakes and Familiar. Which Familiar you use is up to you, Frinos provides some defenses and Toula adds a Deaths Defiance plus some damage. You have the option to switch up Keepsakes between each region but the remaining choices are fixed for the entire run.
Arcana
Because this build relies on Omega Moves, you need The Unseen for Magick Recovery. Start with general purpose staples like The Titan and Eternity.
From there, focus on activating The Centaur and Divinity by filling the first row. After that grab Strength and The Furies for additional damage and defenses.
After that, allocate your remaining Grasp based on personal preference, you can take additional damage, defenses, or utility.
Learn more about the Arcana in Hades 2 with our guide.
Keepsakes
- Start out with the Barley Sheaf from Demeter to ensure you have reliable access to Freeze, ideally you want this on your Special but the Cast is solid as well.
- Vivid Sea from Poseidon is your best bet for a second Olympian as he enables Geyser Ring.
- For the final zone, Knuckle Bones from Odysseus gives you a damage reduction and reduces the final boss's health.
- Alternative Keepsake options:
- Aromatic Phial from Narcissus, use this to rarify the Boon on your Special or Cast if you obtain them at Common rarity.
- Metallic Droplet from Hermes gives you a huge power spike provided you're able to complete a region within its duration.
- Transcendent Embryo from Chaos activates a rotating selection of powerful Chaos Boons.
- Hera's Iridescent Fan gives you a second AoE source for your Attack or Special.
Pro Tip: Learn more about Keepsakes in Hades 2 with our dedicated guide.
Hex
There aren't any Hexes which strongly synergize with your build, go with your favorite or barring that whichever Hex offers the most Path of Stars upgrades.
Boons and Upgrades
You can play Aspect of Momus with a variety of Boons, but this build focuses on crowd controlling enemies with Demeter then washing them away with Poseidon. Therefore, Ice Flourish from Demeter is the best balance of damage and crowd control. You easily Freeze foes then blast them away. If you get Freeze on a different Move, use Aphrodite, Apollo, or Hera for damage.
Your other key upgrade comes from the Hammer of Daedalus. Dual Moonshot doubles your damage but limits the range of your Special. Each repeat from Momus is doubled by this boon leading to incredible burst damage. This takes the fire-and-forget nature of the build up to the next level.
Geyser Ring from Poseidon provides a massive burst of damage by detonating your Omega Cast. It's not mandatory for the build but greatly increases your burst potential. If you don't find a high rarity version of this boon, you can get a utility effect from Demeter and take a damage special.
Additional Boons
In addition to the recommended Boons, here are a few things to keep an eye out for when playing Aspect of Momus.
- Flutter Flourish from Aphrodite provides a huge burst of damage for your Special and Omega Special.
- Aphrodite's Rapture Ring groups enemies for your Omega Special, with this version of the build don't use your Omega Cast and instead replace it with your Omega Attack.
- Fluid Gain from Poseidon provides a reliable way to get your Magick back.
- Most of Demeter and Poseidon's Boons have the Water Element, making it easy to activate the infusion effect of Water Fitness for +100 Max Life.
- Frigid Sprint from Demeter slows enemies while making it easier to avoid their projectiles.
- When courting Aphrodite's Boons, keep an eye out for Life Affirmation to increase your Max Life.
- A Flourish Boon from Chaos to further boost the damage of your Special and Omega Special.
- Saved Breath from Hermes greatly reduces the Magick you spend on your Omega Cast.
- Try to get a second Boon which inflicts a Curse like Scorch, Hitch, or Slip to activate the damage bonus from Origination.
Pro Tip: Learn more about Boons and Gods in Hades 2 with our dedicated guide.
Playstyle
Your goal in any encounter is to drop your Omega Cast and your Omega special to delete foes. If you're using Dual Moonshot, remain close to your target for optimal damage. Because the core of this build doesn't rely on Omega Moves you remain highly mobile, even on Chronos.
- On most normal enemies, you can use a regular Cast into Omega Special to rapidly burst them down.
- On swarms of enemies, use your Omega Cast into Omega Special and be sure to refresh the repeats from Momus as the duration ends.
- If they are unarmored your Omega Attack is a good way to deal with them as well.
- Against Armored foes, Freeze them or look for an opening in their attack pattern then drop your Omega Special.
- Stand closest to the thing you want to target as most of your damage is single target.
- Treat bosses similarly to Armored foes, stand close to them, observe their attack pattern then use your Omega Special for a burst of damage when you have an opening.
- Having a Cast for passive damage helps a lot on boss encounters.
If you're struggling against a dangerous foe, don't be afraid to move out of melee range and use your Omega Special from a distance. While it is close range due to Dual Moonshot, there's a significant explosion and you can often lure a boss into range. Weave in a few regular Specials for more damage as the Omega Special continues to repeat. Alternatively, run around to avoid damage until you need to refresh your Omega Special.
Overworld
Instead of going for Poseidon try to get Hestia, you have plenty of damage without the Omega Cast. Demeter's Freeze provides safety when clearing and Hestia's Sprint boon completely trivializes Eris. Be particularly careful in the Rifts of Thessaly as it's easy to take unnecessary damage.
Video
Check out this video from Tenkiei using Aspect of Momus after the rework in EA Patch 2!
Summary
Use the Aspect of Momus to boost your Omega Special power and safely melt foes with a barrage of projectiles. This Aspect doesn't require specific boons but scales incredibly well with Demeter's Ice Flourish and the Dual Moonshot Daedalus upgrade. Use Keepsakes to encounter Demeter and Poseidon while activating Arcana Cards to provide health, damage and utility. This build offers prodigious single target damage completely obliterating boss phases in a few Omega Moves.
Written by: Tenkiei
