If you’re looking for some staccato stabbing, look no further.

Omega Attack

Charging this attack will place a reticle underneath your target.

Launching the attack will teleport Melinoe to the target and deal a large amount of damage at once.

The Sister Blades charging up an Omega Special in Hades 2

Special

A very simple ranged, linear attack that involves Melinoe throwing a dagger at her target.

This can be chained with itself quite rapidly.

The Sister Blades require a little finesse to make the best use of them.

Melinoe activating God Mode in Gades 2.

Especially when paired with Daedalus Hammer boosts to your specials, this can melt enemies in record time.

The shining star of the moveset is the regular four-hit combo.

Itdeals a lot of damage and synergises really well with certain god Boonsthat benefit from striking multiple times.

Charging up a Sister Blades Omega Attack in Hades 2

Sister Blade Aspects

The Sister Blades currently havethree aspectsto choose from,once aspects are unlocked.

Aspect

Aspect of Melinoe

This is the Sister Blades' default incarnation.

A successful Parry will give you Riposte, which grants you critical chance boosts for 9 hits.

The Sister Blades aspect menu in Hades 2

The blocking effect of the Parry will trigger automatically if it refreshes while you are charging an Omega move.

Your choice of aspect will heavily encourage you tochange your main damage-dealing strategy.

Naturally, you’ll want to pick up the right upgrades for your playstyle and chosen aspect.

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It’s a win/win, especially for runs that use regular attacks a lot.

Melting Dart

Your special will erase 50% of a target’s Armour.

Being able to destroy Armour quickly will seriously speed up many fights, especially those against elite enemies.

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Hook Knives

Your Specials return to you, dealing damage on the return.

Unless you are attacking foes from the maximum range of your specials, this upgrade effectivelydoubles your damage output.

Useful on its own, it shines when paired with Boons that take effect on special hits.

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Escalating Ambush

Grants a power bonus to your Omega Attack after it kills an enemy during a single encounter.

Dancing Knives

Specials deal more damage and the knives bounce between foes up to three times.

Sureshot Flurry

This attack modifies your Omega Special to fire every dagger in one line.

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It provides no other benefits, and should be taken only once to fulfil the Fated List requirements.

Zeus is underpowered in general at the moment, but will do in a pinch.

Aphrodite

A close-range damage-up is incredible for the regular attack but should be avoided for specials.

Synergises extremely well with Hook Knives and Sureshot Flurry.

As for non-standard Boons, it’s a good idea to takeSupport Fire from Artemiswhenever it shows up.

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