Aphrodite Boons and Gameplay Tips

Aphrodite is one of the Olympian Gods that can assist Melinoe in Hades 2. As the goddess of love and desire, Aphrodite's Boons weaken foes and give Melinoe buffs to stay healthy. Read on to learn more about Aphrodite, their boons, and gameplay tips for their boons in this guide!

All Aphrodite Boons

List of Standard Aphrodite Boons

Boon	Description	Stat Improved
Flutter Strike	Your Attacks deal more damage to nearby foes.	Close-Up Damage: ・Common: +80% ・Rare: +105% ・Epic: +120% ・Heroic: TBD
Flutter Flourish	Your Specials deal more damage to nearby foes.	Close-Up Damage: ・Common: +100% ・Rare: +150% ・Epic: +200% ・Heroic: +250%
Rapture Ring	Your Casts drag foes in and inflict Weak.	Weak Damage Reduction: ・Common: +10% ・Rare: +15% ・Epic: +20% ・Heroic: TBD
Passion Dash	Your Dash blasts foes near where you start and end, and inflicts Weak.	Blast Damage: ・Common: 20 ・Rare: 30 ・Epic: 40 ・Heroic: TBD
Glamour Gain	In each Encounter, 1 foe is always Weak. You gradually restore Magick near Weak foes.	Magick Restoration: ・Common: 6 (every 1 Sec.) ・Rare: 8 (every 1 Sec.) ・Epic: 10 (every 1 Sec.) ・Heroic: TBD
Wispy Wiles	Infusion Boon Requires: 1 Air While you have at least 4 Air Boons, you may Dodge any damage.	Dodge Chance: ・Common: +15% ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Healthy Rebound	Whenever you exit a Location, restore 100% Life if you have not lost too much.	Min Life Required: ・Common: 80% ・Rare: 70% ・Epic: 60% ・Heroic: 50%
Secret Crush	After you enter a Location, Prime 20 Magick to add Power to your Attack	Attack Power: ・Common: +5 ・Rare: +7 ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Life Affirmation	Any Max Life rewards you find have a greater effect.	Bonus Life Gain: ・Common: +40% ・Rare: +50% ・Epic: +60% ・Heroic: TBD
Shameless Attitude	While you have at least 80% Life, you deal more damage.	High-Life Bonus Damage: ・Common: +10% ・Rare: +15% ・Epic: +20% ・Heroic: TBD
Heart Breaker	Whenever you use 30 Magick, create a Heartthrob.	Heartthrob Area Damage: ・Common: 120 ・Rare: 180 ・Epic: 240 ・Heroic: 300
Broken Resolve	Your Weak effects are more potent. ▶︎ Requirements: Rapture Ring / Passion Dash / Glamour Gain	Weak Damage Reduction: ・Common: +10% ・Rare: +12% ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Sweet Surrender	Weak-afflicted foes take more damage. ▶︎ Requirements: Rapture Ring / Passion Dash / Glamour Gain	Damage vs. Weak: ・Common: +10% ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD

List of All Boons

List of Aphrodite's Duo Boons

Boon and Effect	Requirements
Sunny Disposition Whenever you create Heartthrobs, create more.	Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Heart Breaker Any of these Apollo Boons: ・Nova Strike ・Nova Flourish ・Solar Ring ・Lucid Gain
Island Getaway You take less damage from nearby foes. Boons of Aphrodite treat all foes as nearby.	Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Wave Strike ・Wave Flourish ・Geyser Ring ・Breaker Sprint Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Flutter Strike ・Flutter Flourish
Burning Desire Up to +12 Lone Shades appear in Locations. Sprint into them to launch a fiery blast.	Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Rapture Ring ・Passion Dash ・Glamour Gain Any of these Hestia Boons: ・Smolder Ring ・Soot Sprint ・Hearth Gain
Hearty Appetite You deal more damage the more Life you have.	Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Plentiful Forage ・Winter Coat Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Shameless Attitude ・Life Affirmation ・Healthy Rebound
Romantic Spark If you Sprint into Blitz-afflicted foes, the effect activates immediately and is stronger.	Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Passion Dash ・Flutter Strike ・Flutter Flourish ・Rapture Ring
Soft Caress The first time you would take damage each Encounter, get Life instead.	Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Rapture Ring ・Passion Dash ・Glamour Gain Any of these Hephaestus Boons: ・Anvil Ring ・Smithy Sprint ・Fixed Gain
Soul Mate Foes with Hitch take more damage and are Weak, but only 2 can be afflicted at a time.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Nexus Sprint ・Nasty Comeback Any of these Aphrodite Boons: ・Rapture Ring ・Passion Dash ・Glamour Gain

List of Duo Boons

How to Get Aphrodite's Legendary Boon

Boon	Requirements
Ecstatic Obsession ( Aphrodite ) During Encounters with multiple foes, 1 foe is always afflicted with Charm.	One of these Boons: ・Broken Resolve ・Sweet Surrender One of these Boons: ・Rapture Ring ・Passion Dash ・Glamour Gain One of these Boons: ・Flutter Strike ・Flutter Flourish

To meet the requirements for Aphrodite's Legendary Boon, we recommend getting Flutter Strike or Flutter Flourish first, then Rapture Ring, into a Sweet Surrender boon.

This boon build path offers the best synergy leading up to Ecstatic Obsession, dealing high close-range damage, especially with Rapture Ring and Sweet Surrender combined.

List of Legendary Boons

Aphrodite Keepsake

Beautiful Mirror

At the first instance that you give an offering of Nectar to Aphrodite, you'll receive the Beautiful Mirror Keepsake in return.

You can equip this keepsake by the Silver Pool before every night to increase chances to receive Boons from Aphrodite, as well as an option to rarify her boons.

Best Keepsakes Tier List

Aphrodite Info and Gameplay Tips

Character Info

Aphrodite	Epithet	Goddess of Love
	Faction	Olympian
	Voice Actor	Courtney Vineys

Playstyle

Aphrodite's Boons are characterized by their focus on enhancing offensive capabilities and inflicting status effects upon foes. Whether it's boosting attack power, weakening enemies, or causing them to suffer from the effects of charm, her Boons provide versatile tools for players to wield in combat.

Synergies

Aphrodite's Boons excel when paired with those that compound her survivability. Synergy with Apollo can be particularly fun since enemies will either hit with their Weak attacks, or completely miss because of Daze.

Since Aphrodite's Boons benefit from lengthier encounters, boons that ramp up damage are also strong. Hestia's Scorch can slowly chip away the enemy's health while Melinoe navigates the battlefield from safety.

Aphrodite Curse and Effects

Afflicts the Weak Curse

Weak, the curse tied to Aphrodite, helps with your survivability by making it so that enemies inflicted with Weak will deal less damage for a short period of time.

While you should ideally be avoiding getting hit anyway, this is especially helpful against swarms of enemies where it may be hard to dodge attacks coming in from all directions.

Can Grant the Heartthrob Effect

Heart Breaker, one of Aphrodite's boons, grants Melinoe added protection in the form of a floating explosive orb that surrounds her after every 30 Magick spent. Each orb lasts about 20 seconds, essentially arming you with a layer of external protection.

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The Unseen
Melinoe			Dora			Schelemeus			Charon
Nemesis			Odysseus			Hypnos			Moros
Frinos			Toula			Homer			-
The Gods
Zeus			Hera			Poseidon			Demeter
Apollo			Aphrodite			Hephaestus			Hestia
Artemis			Hermes			Selene			Chaos
Bosses
Hecate			Scylla			Cerberus			Chronos
Underworld NPCs
Arachne			Narcissus			Echo			Hades
Surface NPCs
Medea			Circe			Heracles			Icarus