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warlock7735 posted...

2-3 weapons are mostly about attack speed, so Zeus is really good

Rail- Zeus attack, aphrodite or ares special, any dash, cast, call
Bow (chiron) - Zeus special, any non-demeter attack, poseidon dash/ cast, any call
Spear - ares special, poseidon or aphro attack, Artemis cast
Sword - hate it.
Shield - on-hit special, poseidon attack
Fists - Zeus or demeter attack, debuff special, try to get Artemis

Zeus special can only proc a bolt every 0.2 seconds so it's actually pretty terrible on Chiron bow. Zeus attack on fists is kind of a trap since Zeus' attack boons do not have the multiplicative scaling options that his special and call's lightning bolts do, and unlike rail the base output isn't really good enough to stay relevant the whole run, but it can still sometimes be enough to get there if you get Jolted and trigger Privileged Status or find one of the many good Zeus duos.

Artemis cast is awful. No idea why anyone likes it when the game is full of hard-hitting AoE nukes with utility for casts. Cast builds CANNOT neglect AoE, and it doesn't have any utility if you're not building around your cast. It's good damage when it crits, but if it fails to crit then you don't kill and you don't get your cast back. It's like her only truly bad boon (although her call is kind of bleh as well since it sucks for normal rooms as only the greater call is any good, same problem as Aphro's call).

Personally I go cast build Achilles whenever I run spear because it's the only spear with any consistent output. Otherwise you sort of have to get Exploding Launcher if you want to have a base damage number on the positive side of zero, and there's not really much boons can do to save spear's awful base damage since everything is multiplicative.