Hades 2: Best Aphrodite Boons

Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, makes her comeback in Hades 2 with a fresh design, slightly different from her first appearance in the first Hades game. Aphrodite has many incredible boons to offer Melinoë, as she fights her way through encounters.

Aphrodite’s boons mainly focus on lowering the damage Melionë takes by inflicting Weak, increasing Melinoë’s attack and special damage, as well as restoring her health points. Here are her best boons.

12 Secret Crush

Prime 20 Magick and Gain Power

The player should be careful before choosing a boon like Secret Crush in Hades 2. Simply put, this boon allows the player to add power to their attacks, but at a cost. The player will have to always prime 20 of their Magick to get the increase. This can be quite annoying for the players who rely on their omega moves, or players who don’t have that much max Magick.

If the player doesn’t use much of their Magick, then this isn’t too bad. But, Aphrodite definitely has better options that don’t take away 20 off the player’s Magick.

11 Shameless Attitude

Dish Out More Damage When HP is High

Shameless Attitude can definitely be of use in certain scenarios in Hades 2. This boon from the Love Goddess allows the players to dish out more damage, but on a condition. To make use of this boon, the player must have, at the very least, 80% of their health points. This can be easy to do earlier on in the game, but it will definitely get harder to keep the health points this high as the journey goes on.

This is especially annoying to use when the player has lower health points. For example, if the player’s max is only 50 HP, it would only take 10 damage to make this boon useless, as that would drop the HP below 80%.

10 Healthy Rebound

Restore Full HP

Healthy Rebound is a boon from Aphrodite that helps the player recover health points. This boon allows the player to recover all their health, on the condition that they haven’t lost more than the minimum life requirement. For a common boon, the minimum requirement would be 80% of health points, however, for a heroic, the player would only need a minimum requirement of 50% health points.

Unless the player is a pro at dodging attacks, this boon might not work great for most people. This boon is a must-get if Aphrodite offers it as Epic or heroic, but not so much for common or rare.

9 Passion Dash

Inflict Weak By Sprinting

Passion Dash is Aphrodite’s take on a sprint boon. What Passion Dash does is quite intriguing. Whenever the player sprints, it causes them to blast foes where the player starts and ends. This sprint also inflicts the curse Weak on impacted enemies.

While this sprint boon is good, some other Gods offer way better options for sprints. The blast damage from Passion Dash is not very impressive, being only 20 for a common boon. This isn’t enough to inflict significant damage on most enemies.

8 Life Affirmation

Increase Max HP More Easily

Life Affirmation is a great way to increase the player’s health points. This unique boon enables the player to increase their max health points even more than they usually would. For example, if they find a centaur heart after getting this boon, instead of increasing their max HP by 25, it would add a certain percentage to that, the minimum being 40% if the boon is common.

Of course, that means that the player will be able to restore more health points as well, besides increasing the max HP.

7 Broken Resolve

Improve the Curse Weak

Broken Resolve is a great boon, however, on its own, it is useless. To make use of this boon, the player must have another boon from Aphrodite that causes the curse Weak. However, with this boon, the player can increase the effect of Weak on enemies. This will allow the player to take even less damage from enemies that are inflicted with Weak.

6 Island Getaway

A Duo Boon With Poseidon

This boon is actually a duo boon between Aphrodite and Poseidon. Indeed, this boon can be an incredible way to enhance two very good boons from the Love Goddess, notably, Flutter Flourish, as well as Flutter Strike. This duo boon allows Aphrodite’s other boons to treat all enemies as nearby. So, even enemies at a distance will take damage just like enemies close by.

Besides that, this boon grants the player damage resistance to nearby enemies. This works great to minimize damage to Melinoë. However, as a duo boon, it can be quite rare to get.

5 Glamour Gain

Restore Magick Faster

Glamour Gain is a great option that allows players to regain Magick during encounters. This boon allows the player to regain Magick when close by to a foe inflicted with the curse Weak. If the player has no boon that inflicts Weak, that isn’t a huge issue either, as this boon guarantees that one foe is Weak in each encounter.

However, it’s better to have a boon that can cause Weak when having this boon, as it will offer the player more options to restore Magick.

4 Heart Breaker

Create a Heart Throb

Heart Breaker is an interesting boon granted by the Goddess of Love. To make use of this boon, the player must make use of 30 Magick. Once the player does that, a heartthrob will automatically appear around the player. This heartthrob is basically an explosive that will explode on its own when close to enemies.

If not made use of, it will disappear after 30 seconds. The area damage caused by this boon depends on its rarity.

3 Flutter Flourish

Increase the Power of Specials

Flutter Flourish is a great option for people who use their specials a lot while playing. What Flutter Flourish does is it increases the damage done by the player’s specials on enemies. However, the condition is that the enemies must be nearby.

The close up damage can be increased by at least 100%, but it can be over 200%, based on the rarity of the boon. This means the player’s specials could potentially deal double the damage.

2 Flutter Strike

Increase the Power of Attacks

Flutter Strike is similar to Flutter Flourish. However, overall, Flutter Strike might be better, as most attacks are done at close range, while many specials can be long ranged.

In the case of Flutter Strike, it allows the player to dish out extra damage to nearby enemies. The close up boost damage will be at least an 80% increase. This boon will make destroying enemies, and even bosses, a lot easier as it significantly increases the damage dealt.

1 Rapture Ring

Suck Enemies into The Cast

While it’s not easy to decide which of Aphrodite’s Boons is the best, a very good contender is Rapture Ring. This boon has to do with the player’s cast.

By using this boon, the player can drag enemies into their cast, which makes it easier to trap enemies and damage them. Any enemy that enters the cast is also inflicted with the curse Weak, Aphrodite’s signature curse. This will weaken the enemies and enhance other boons they might have from the goddess of love.