Hades II Guide | Best S-Tier Boons

Here's a guide on all the best S-Tier Boons in Hades II.

Game Guide by TauxicPandA on Jul 21, 2025

To get the Legendary Boons in Hades II, you have to prove your dedication to the gods by collecting three specific Boons from their arsenal. You'll unlock the Legendary Boons ranked from S to D.

Hades II, Best S-Tier Boons

Hera - All Together

Hera's Legendary stands as the most formidable and versatile Legendary Boon available to you. Its tremendous impact works seamlessly with virtually any build configuration you might pursue.

You should note that this Boon reaches its full potential once your tools have advanced beyond level one, particularly when you've unlocked level two tools that generate elements randomly during harvest actions. The guide assumes you have access to all relevant unlocked content in Hades II.

Hera's Legendary becomes even more appealing because her core Boons form the foundation of most weapon builds, meaning you'll naturally progress toward meeting the requirements during many of your runs.

Prerequisites for All Together

Your first requirement involves securing one of Hera's core Boons: Attack, Special, Cast, or Dash. These form the foundation of your Legendary pursuit.

The second requirement presents more complexity, as you must obtain one of three challenging options. Uncommon Grace often proves useless unless you have Proper Upbringing active in Hades II.

Bridal Glow works best when applied near the conclusion of your run. Blood Line doesn't suit every build since it increases your Omega move costs and may not justify the damage trade-off.

Your third requirement offers more manageable choices between Hereditary Bane, which typically aligns with Hitch builds anyway, or Rousing Reception. The latter ranges from acceptable to quite powerful and only requires a cast effect in Hades II.

Once you've satisfied these three conditions, All Together will begin appearing in Hera's reward offerings in Hades II.

Hades II, Best S-Tier Boons

Effects and Benefits

You'll immediately gain +1 to every element, which serves as a pleasant bonus rather than the primary attraction. This proves especially valuable if you're already running Infusion Boons that scale with your element count.

The true power lies in receiving one Infusion Boon for each element type. When you already possess one infusion for a specific element, you'll automatically receive the alternative option.

Your potential Earth infusions include Proper Upbringing and Martial Arts in Hades II.

Proper Upbringing helps activate Uncommon Grace if you selected it specifically for this Legendary. Martial Art provides excellent damage enhancement, particularly since Hera's Boons typically generate substantial Earth elements.

For Water infusions, you'll receive either Water Fitness or Frosty Veneer. Water Fitness offers solid health improvements at a minimum, with potential for greater benefits.

Frosty Veneer provides exceptional defensive capabilities when activated, although specific attacks, such as Chronos' phase two arena blasts, can bypass its protection in Hades II.

Air infusions present Air Quality and Wispy Wiles. While Air Quality represents the weakest option here, it still has situational value. Wispy Wiles delivers outstanding defensive benefits that will assist you throughout your remaining run.

Your Fire options include Self-Healing and Slow Cooker. Self Healing provides moderate recovery, healing a portion of damage taken, though its effectiveness diminishes at higher Fear levels due to reduced healing reception.

Slow Cooker dramatically boosts your damage by affecting flat base damage, amplifying all existing damage multipliers.

Most of these infusions excel individually, but combining all four creates run-defining power, whether you're building momentum early or closing out a late-game run.

Remember that if you already have both possible infusions for an element, you won't be granted an infusion for the same element when you take this Boon. Plan as you work towards this legend in Hades II.

Additionally, purchasing these infusions through All Together removes them from their respective gods' reward pools, so you're more likely to receive other Boons you want.

Hades II, Best S-Tier Boons

Apollo - Exceptional Talent

This Legendary ranks slightly below Hera's because specific builds cannot feasibly incorporate it without potentially weakening their overall effectiveness.

Exceptional Talent represents the ultimate damage enhancement for any Omega build and typically possesses enough power to sustain an entire run single-handedly.

Prerequisites for Exceptional Talent

Your first requirement demands either Apollo's Attack or Special core Boon. Most builds can benefit from one of these options since they typically provide the most significant direct damage increases outside of Aphrodite's conditional damage boost in Hades II.

The second requirement involves obtaining another of Apollo's core Boons: Cast, Dash, or Gain. The cast proves decent, but it might not align with your build goals.

Dash almost always provides excellent value through its speed enhancement. Gain works ideally for specific builds while remaining less suitable for others.

Your third requirement offers several options: Extra Dose, Super Nova, Back Burner, or Prominence Flare. Extra Dose consistently improves your run without negative consequences.

Super Nova complements Gain effectively and suits most Cast builds well. Back Burner requires something that applies Daze but provides solid effect enhancement.

Prominence Flare, despite assumptions, doesn't benefit every Cast build like Charon and only occasionally proves valuable.

After meeting these three requirements, Exceptional Talent will start appearing in Apollo's reward selections.

Effects and Mechanics

The payoff is clear: your Omega advances fire twice, increasing the magick cost by +20. This is particularly powerful in combination with Blitz, as your second hit can initiate it immediately if it's powerful enough.

However, the downside affects certain Omega moves that fire quickly and cheaply enough that the +20 cost becomes challenging to manage. This primarily impacts Umbral Flames builds, except for the Eos Aspect, which becomes significantly stronger with this Boon.

The optimal scenario involves a Charon Axe build where you're already pursuing Lucid Gains for the second requirement in Hades II.

You can afford to take an Apollo Attack or Special Boon to access his other valuable offerings, while your Cast replenishes all Magick spent on the second attack.

When running builds focused on regular attacks and specials, you still gain significant value from this Boon, as your Omega moves become powerful emergency options when needed.

Hades II, Best S-Tier Boons