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Thanksgiving and Autumn Steam sale was a huge momentum stopper. Got some good games from the Steam sale. I even did a runthrough of Hades using Doom on Attack. Not bad, but I still feel comfortable keeping it at #40...!

Infernal Arms

Gamma Tier

6. Varatha, the Eternal Spear

Times Used: 22
Times Cleared: 7

The Jack of All Trades weapon. In the very earlygame, spear was my favorite. It seemed to do everything. It was ranged, yet melee. The special had a reason to exist. You even get a spin attack. The Daedelus upgrades seem all-around useful. As the game goes on, though, you begin to see all the complexities of each weapon and how they go well with a particular set of boons or upgrades. But not the spear. The spear always had a damage issue. There's just no real good set that does well with spear.

I suspect this might have to do with the alternative aspects. Guan Yu might as well not exist. Hades and Achilles are competent. Both of them do a good job of patching up spear's damage potential. But neither of them are really great. And neither of them are crazy to the extend that other aspects are for their respective weapon.

I might as well go over the Zagreus upgrades, since spoilers: I'm doing an Aspects ranking and I'm not ranking the base Zagreus upgrades. Just to go over Zagreus upgrades, they're all OK. If an aspect isn't jiving with you, it's worth a shot to fully upgrade Zagreus aspect, since it's only 5 Titan's Blood. Zagreus Spear is not bad. It buffs the special, which is probably going to be the main way to do damage.

5. Exagryph, the Adamant Rail

Times Used: 23
Times Cleared: 8

Probably the strangest weapon. You absolutely need to rekey the reload button. It was stuck on my R3 button of all things. There's a real damage potential issue with the Rail at first, especially if you're not using the alternate aspects. The percentage-based boons aren't great at all unless you do some wonky stuff with Targeting System. On the flipside, it should be really clear that Hangover, Doom, and Lightning all work very, very well on Rail.

My girlfrined and I both had some early breakthroughs thanks to Rail. I suspect a large part of that is simply because Rail is ranged and is better at clearing out encounter rooms than Bow. Anyways, the two biggest issues with Rail is dealing damage to those endgame enemies and being fairly reliant on certain gods. If you roll with the alternative aspects, they both get rid of these issues.

Zagreus aspect gives you more ammo for a maximum of 18 ammo. That's...fine? It's nice not having to reload, I guess, but it's kind of a minor upgrade.

Beta Tier

4. Malphon, the Twin Fists

Times Used: 25
Times Cleared: 8

It kinda hurts ranking Fists so low. It's one of my favorite to play as. Getting in enemies' face and punching them is just a great feeling. What hurts Fists is that you have most buffs in this game are percentage-based. Since Fists are multi-attack weapons, you're not getting too much bang for your buck with the Twin Fists.

I also think Fists aren't great in Elysium. Chariots and Flame Wheels are not fun with the Fists. Asterius is pretty scary too, since he has such wide range.

Fists have the best upgrade among the Zagreus aspects. Dodge chance at 15% seems OK, but it's a very nice start to a Plume build.

3. Stygius, the Blade of the Underworld

Times Used: 32
Times Cleared: 9

At first, it's easy to riff on blade. It has the most limited moveset. It's a little awkward with its combo because of the thrust at the end. All the other weapons are just more interesting. But I've grown to like Blade a lot. It does a lot of damage at a reasonable speed. It has a really good set of Daedelus Enhancements, probably the best out of all the weapons. Its special has a clear use and is probably the most useful special.

As for the Zagreus aspect...I dunno. You have to max it to get Skelly's max bond. It seems good? Using Poseidon Sword and Nemesis Sword, both of them already feel pretty fast, so making it even faster seems good to me.

Alpha Tier

2. Aegis, the Shield of Chaos

Times Used: 23
Times Cleared: 11

Blocking. It worked for the Greatshields and Theseus. And now it works for you. Blocking single-handedly makes the game much more beatable. Instead of having to dodge attacks, you can just sit there and block. It nullifies all damage. The only thing is that you have to absolutely be blocking against the direction where the attack hits you. That can throw you off a little bit. Sometimes dodging is even easier. But I prefer to mainly just block with the shield.

I don't particularly think Shield is fun. I also think the damage output is pretty bad. Thankfully, neither of these things matter too much, as survivability is more important than offense. The special has a nice purpose. There's a pretty high attack speed with the Shield, which means you can stunlock them well, but again, not amazing.

Zagreus aspect increases attack power. Yeah. That needed to be fixed. It helps that the other Shield aspects are not amazing, so you can actually roll with Zagreus Shield a lot.

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I feel completely refreshed. Like I just put on fresh underwear on New Year's Day.