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9. Thick Skin

Times Used: 108
Times Cleared: 49
Ranked among Talent #8: 1/2

If I had to give someone one big hint on how to reliably beat Hades, it's this: get more health. By the time you're at Theseus, enemies do at least 20 damage per hit. At 200 HP, that means you can survive about 10 hits at max health or about 4 Hades hits. Learning the patterns becomes the main goal of getting better at Hades, but having more health will give you more time and more safety nets after getting hit. With Thick Skin, you begin at 100 HP, which is just such a nice buffer and sets you up to reliably get 200 HP by Hades.

8. Family Favorite

Times Used: 6
Times Cleared: 4
Ranked among Talent #9: 2/2

Talent #9 is a gamechanger. No matter which talent you get, it helps you out enormously. Family Favorite is the more consistent one. You're looking at a 25% - 30% damage increase by Elysium. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Family Favorite and I would take it over a lot of other talents. I'm just so used to Privileged Status.

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7. Fated Persuasion

Times Used: 39
Times Cleared: 19
Ranked among Talent #12: 1/2

I used to not like Fated Persuasion, especially learning that you can reroll the same exact stuff. And then you have to pay +1 reroll to do it again? It seemed pointless, especially when you only have 1 or 2 rerolls. The true beauty of Fated Persuasion is how versatile it is. Need a specific boon upgrade? Reroll. You have a lot of money and you have the Bone Hourglass? Buy things from the Well, reroll, buy again. You're doing a Pact of Punishment and you have Approval Process or Underworld Customs? Guess who's there to save you when you get a bad set of choices. That's right. Fated Persuasion. I don't think I could have beat Heat 32 without Fated Persuasion. And let's be honest. A lot of the fun of Hades is getting specific boon combos. What better way to do that than Fated Persuasion?

6. Chthonic Vitality

Times Used: 130
Times Cleared: 52
Ranked among Talent #2: 1/2

I did a 100% Routine Inspection run just the other day. That +3 HP regeneration goes a long way. You really begin to realize how much healing 3 HP every encounter can help. To put it another way, the only way you can heal without Chthonic Vitality is 1) getting darkness or Centaur Heart, 2) buying a healing item, 3) getting a fountain, and 4) equipping Harpy Feather Duster and/or Companion Shady.

5. Gods' Legacy

Times Used: 98
Times Cleared: 50
Ranked among Talent #11: 1/2

I like duo boons. They make the game easier. They make the game more fun. The more duo boons I get, the more enjoyable Hades is.

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