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Primary Boons

Zeta Tier

40. Curse of Agony

Times Used: 11
Times Cleared: 6
Ranked among Ares: 5/5
Ranked among Attacks: 8/8

Spoiler alert: I respect Attack boons and Cast boons a lot more than Special, Dash, or Call. Attacks and Casts are gonna rank very highly. On the flipside, a bad Attack or a bad Cast will rank very poorly. I have no idea why you'd want Doom - a status that deals delayed damage that cannot stack - on your Attack. Even with Dire Misfortune, the Attack won't go up very much. And the Doom damage is not even that much either. And, finally, on top of everything, this is one of two Doom boons for duos. Since you're absolutely not going to get Curse of Agony, that means you're stuck with Curse of Pain if you want Doom duos. Yikes.

39. Crush Shot

Times Used: 9
Times Cleared: 2
Ranked among Aphrodite: 5/5
Ranked among Casts: 8/8

Crush Shot is so weird. It's one of the more damaging casts, but you have to be up close to land it. Generally, when I'm casting, I'm pretty far from enemies. If I'm up close, I might as well be attacking instead. The fact that it doesn't combo very well with duos also kills it for me. I tried using Crush Shot on Beowulf Shield and that didn't feel nearly as satisfying as Festive Fog or Slicing Shot either. Again, I see no point in getting Crush Shot when I can get literally any other cast and be happier.

38. Mistral Dash

Times Used: 4
Times Cleared: 3
Ranked among Demeter: 5/5
Ranked among Dashes: 8/8

Most dashes are not great. They're usually the last main boon I grab and it's usually to determine who will be in the Duos pool for me. Sometimes, you can get an extra status out of it, getting you closer to Privileged Status.
For most dashes, there are offensive dashes and status-applying dashes. I generally prefer offensive dashes, because I'm already applying status with Attack, Special, or Call. In addition, Mistral Dash shoots the Chill forward as opposed to it being where you land, differing from the other status dashes. It's a little annoying to land. Usually, I only grab Mistral Dash if I want Demeter in the pool for duos.

Epsilon Tier

37. Athena's Aid

Times Used: 5
Times Cleared: 3
Ranked among Athena: 5/5
Ranked among Calls: 8/8

Athena's Aid is in a weird place. Calls generally have some level of defense on them. Ares and Poseidon both make you invulnerable. I like using calls like Zeus or Demeter or Dionysus while dashing away. I have to kind of flip that with Athena. I'm invincible, but I don't do any additional damage. In fact, I do no damage at all unless I'm actually attacking. Ironically, I usually cast Athena's Aid after getting hit or I get hit once the Aid runs out, which kind of ruins the point of it. Admittedly, I never really went big on Athena's Aid. It seems to get much better with a few Poms on it, especially with the greater call. It's also probably really good with Smoldering Air.

36. Blade Dash

Times Used: 2
Times Cleared: 0
Ranked among Ares: 4/5
Ranked among Dashes: 7/8

If you're going the Slicing Shot route, it requires quite a bit of investment. Out of Ares' pool, there are 3 specific Slicing Shot upgrades, including the legendary. If you get a few of those, Blade Dash looks a lot better. But by that time, you should have your primaries filled out. It also really doesn't benefit from any of the duos. I like Freezing Vortex and Hunting Blades fine, but unfortunately, it doesn't combine with Ares' Aid or Blade Dash.

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