Poseidon Boons and Gameplay Tips

Poseidon is one of the Olympian Gods that can assist Melinoe in Hades 2. As trident-wielding God of the Sea, Poseidon's Boons strike strong and fast while keeping enemies at a distance but can also be used to charge straight ahead. Read on to learn more about Poseidon, their boons, and gameplay tips for their boons in this guide!

All Poseidon Boons

List of Standard Poseidon Boons

Boon	Description	Stat Improved
Wave Strike	Your Attacks hit foes with a splash that knocks other foes away.	Splash Damage: ・Common: 15 ・Rare: 20 ・Epic: 25 ・Heroic: TBD
Wave Flourish	Your Specials hit foes with a splash that knocks other foes away.	Splash Damage: ・Common: 20 ・Rare: 30 ・Epic: 40 ・Heroic: TBD
Geyser Ring	Your Omega Cast immediately detonates, dealing damage and knocking foes away.	Omega Cast Damage: ・Common: 100 ・Rare: 150 ・Epic: 200 ・Heroic: TBD
Breaker Sprint	Your Sprint deals damage on impact and knocks foes away, but uses 5 Magick per hit.	Impact Damage: ・Common: 80 ・Rare: 120 ・Epic: 160 ・Heroic: 200
Fluid Gain	After you strike foes with your Weapon, a Spirit Bubble may appear.	Spirit Bubble Chance: ・Common: 10% ・Rare: 12% ・Epic: 14% ・Heroic: TBD
Water Fitness	Infusion Boon Requires: 1 Water While you have at least 4 Water Boons, gain Max Life.	Max Life: ・Common: +100 ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Double Up	Whenever you claim a Minor Find or similar resource reward, a copy may appear.	Double Reward Chance: ・Common: +20% ・Rare: +25% ・Epic: +30% ・Heroic: TBD
Hydraulic Might	At the start of each Encounter, your Attacks and Specials are stronger for 10 Sec.	Initial Damage Bonus: ・Common: +100% ・Rare: +133% ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Flood Control	After you enter a Location, Prime 30 Magick to reduce any damage you would take.	Damage Reduction per Hit: ・Common: -2 ・Rare: -3 ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Sunken Treasure	Gain Gold Crowns, Healing, and sometimes Ashes and Psyche.	Gold Received: ・Common: +90 Gold Crowns ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Ocean's Bounty	Any Minor Finds and Gold Crowns are worth more.	Reward Value: ・Common: +50% ・Rare: +75% ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Slippery Slope	Your splash effects from Poseidon also inflict Slip on foes. ▶︎ Requirements: Wave Strike / Wave Flourish	Slip Bonus Damage: ・Common: +5% ・Rare: +10% ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Crashing Wave	Whenever your knock-away effects slam foes into barriers, create a blast in the area. ▶︎ Requirements: Wave Strike / Wave Flourish / Geyser Ring / Breaker Sprint	Blast Damage: ・Common: 50 ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD

List of All Boons

List of Poseidon's Duo Boons

Boon and Effect	Requirements
Beach Ball Your Sprint creates a watery sphere behind you. After you stop, it surges ahead and bursts.	Any of these Apollo Boons: ・Blinding Sprint ・Lucid Gain Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Breaker Sprint ・Fluid 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
Golden Rule You deal more damage the more Gold you have.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Geyser Ring ・Breaker Sprint ・Fluid Gain Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Ocean's Bounty ・Double Up
Killer Current Your lightning deals more damage to Slip-afflicted foes.	Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Slippery Slope Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Storm Ring ・Thunder Sprint ・Divine Vengeance ・Lightning Lance
Natural Selection Location Rewards exclude Max Life, Max Magick, and Gold Crowns. Boons are more likely to be Rare or better.	Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Fluid Gain ・BreakerSprint ・Ocean's Bounty ・Sunken Treasure ・Double Up Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Tranquil Gain ・Frigid Sprint ・Winter Coat ・Cold Storage ・Rare Crop
Scalding Vapor If foes with Slip are struck by fire from Hestia, they are engulfed in Steam.	Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Slippery Slope Any of these Hestia Boons: ・Flame Strike ・Flame Flourish ・Smolder Ring ・Spontaneous Combustion ・Burning Desire ・Controlled Burn ・Glowing Coal
Seismic Hammer Your Omega Cast occasionally creates a blast that deals 500 damage in the area.	Any of these Poseidon Boons: ・Geyser Ring Any of these Hephaestus Boons: ・Volcanic Strike ・Volcanic Flourish ・Smithy Sprint

List of Duo Boons

How to Get Poseidon's Legendary Boon

Boon	Requirements
King Tide ( Poseidon ) Your splash effects from Poseidon are larger and deal bonus damage to Guardians.	One of these Boons: ・Wave Strike ・Wave Flourish One of these Boons: ・Slippery Slope One of these Boons: ・Crashing Wave

To meet the requirements for Poseidon's Legendary Boon, we recommend getting Wave Strike first, then Slippery Slope, into a Crashing Wave boon.

This boon build path offers the best synergy leading up to King Tide, dealing high splash damage against all types of enemies. The Slip Curse combined with King Tide should make it easier for your Attacks to defeat guardians due to the compounding bonus damage.

List of Legendary Boons

Poseidon Keepsake

Vivid Sea

At the first instance that you give an offering of Nectar to Poseidon, you'll receive the Vivid Sea Keepsake in return.

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

Best Keepsakes Tier List

Poseidon Info and Gameplay Tips

Character Info

Poseidon	Epithet	God of the Sea
	Faction	Olympian
	Voice Actor	Logan Cunningham

Playstyle

Poseidon's Boons are characterized by dealing more damage while keeping enemies at a safer distance, much how like you can imagine Poseidon fighting with a Trident. This can translate to your own playstyle by keeping enemies at medium range while continuously attacking them.

Alternatively you can also use Poseidon's Sprint Boon to charge at foes dealing damage with every impact. This could pair well with Demeter's Freeze or Hestia's Scorch.

Synergies

Poseidon's Boons excel when paired with Demeter's boons that temporarily stun and freeze an enemy letting you deal even more damage. This can also go well with Hestia's Scorch as it deals damage over time giving you the tactical advantage.

Poseidon Curse and Effects

Afflicts the Slip Curse

Slip, the curse tied to Poseidon, helps you deal more damage against enemies. This will pair well with weapons that are quicker but deal less damage like the Sister Blades.

Hades 2 Related Guides

Characters

Character Guides

Hades 2 Characters

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