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When you can start gifting an item to characters, go with your doggy first or very early on. Gives you an item that can help a lot early on.

Biggest helper is upgrading your mirror with darkness. Long as you make progress with that, you're getting closer and closer to winning.

Artemis (green huntress god) has the best special finisher move (your Call) on bosses. Especially for newer players. Fully charged it's a guaranteed huge single hit that can take off entire stages of health from the bosses.

Zeus lightning bolts are a lot of fun, especially upgraded.

Accept that you're going to die a lot. It's just a matter of learning attack patterns and the ins and outs of the game. But even when failing, you're unlocking more dialog and story and progress. There's pretty much never a full on waste of time run.

Experiment with different boons. There are some you might think suck, but you could just figure out a use for them. There are pretty much no trash builds you can't win with.