Zeus Boons and Gameplay Tips

Zeus is one of the Olympian Gods that can assist Melinoe in Hades 2. His Boons call lightning to strike enemies for quick additional damage. Read on to learn more about Zeus, their boons, and gameplay tips for their Boons in this guide!

All Zeus Boons

List of Standard Zeus Boons

Boon	Description	Stat Improved
Heaven Strike	Your Attacks inflict Blitz.	Blitz Damage: ・Common: 80 ・Rare: 120 ・Epic: 160 ・Heroic: 200
Heaven Flourish	Your Specials inflict Blitz.	Blitz Damage: ・Common: 100 ・Rare: 140 ・Epic: 180 ・Heroic: 220
Storm Ring	Your Omega Cast also causes lightning bolts to repeatedly strike 1 foe at a time.	Bolt Damage: ・Common: 30 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Rare: 40 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Epic: 50 (every 0.25 Sec.) ・Heroic: TBD
Thunder Sprint	Your Sprint causes nearby foes to be struck by lightning bolts, which use 3 Magick each.	Bolt Damage: ・Common: 20 (every 0.15 Sec.) ・Rare: 25 (every 0.15 Sec.) ・Epic: 30 (every 0.15 Sec.) ・Heroic: 35 (every 0.15 Sec.)
Ionic Gain	Gradually restore Magick, but your total amount is reduced by 70%.	Magick Restoration: ・Common: +4 (every 1 Sec.) ・Rare: +6 (every 1 Sec.) ・Epic: +8 (every 1 Sec.) ・Heroic: TBD
Air Quality	Infusion Boon Requires: 2 Air While you have at least 5 Air Boons, you can never deal less damage than the limit.	Min Damage per Hit: ・Common: 30 ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Divine Vengeance	After you take damage, your foe is struck by lightning, and again 50% of the time.	Bolt Damage: ・Common: 100 (up to 2 times) ・Rare: 100 (up to 3 times) ・Epic: 100 (up to 4 times) ・Heroic: TBD
Lightning Lance	Hold Cast to aim where the binding circle appears. Foes within are struck by lightning.	Bolt Damage: ・Common: 50 ・Rare: 70 ・Epic: 90 ・Heroic: TBD
Static Shock	After you enter a Location, Prime 50 Magick to make your strikes emit chain-lightning.	Lightning Damage: ・Common: 10 ・Rare: 15 ・Epic: 20 ・Heroic: TBD
Spirit Surge	While you have no more than 10 Magick, all foes are occasionally struck by lightning.	Bolt Damage: ・Common: 60 (every 5 Sec.) ・Rare: 75 (every 5 Sec.) ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Double Strike	Your lightning bolt effects may strike 1 more time. ▶︎ Requirements: Heaven Strike / Heaven Flourish / Storm Ring / Thunder Sprint / Spirit Surge / Divine Vengeance / Lightning Lance	Bonus Strike Chance: ・Common: +5% ・Rare: +10% ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Toasting Fork	Your Blitz effects deal damage even if they expire without being activated. ▶︎ Requirements: Heaven Strike / Heaven Flourish	Blitz Expiration Damage: ・Common: 75% ・Rare: TBD ・Epic: TBD ・Heroic: TBD
Electric Overload	Whenever your Blitz effects activate, a bolt of chain-lightning fires from the foe. ▶︎ Requirements: Heaven Strike / Heaven Flourish	Lightning Damage: ・Common: 10 ・Rare: 15 ・Epic: 20 ・Heroic: 25

List of All Boons

List of Zeus' Duo Boons

Boon and Effect	Requirements
King's Ransom Give up all your Boons of Hera. For each, raise Lv. for all your Boons of Zeus.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Storm Ring ・Thunder Sprint ・Ionic Gain
Apocalyptic Storm Your Blitz effects last longer, and activate against all Blitz-afflicted foes at once.	Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish Any of these Demeter Boons: ・Ice Strike ・Ice Flourish ・Arctic Ring ・Frigid Sprint
Glorious Disaster You can Channel +30 Magick into your Omega Cast to repeatedly Strike foes with lightning bolts.	Any of these Apollo Boons: ・Solar Ring Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Thunder Sprint
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
Master Conductor Your chain-lightning deals more damage per bounce and can bounce to you.	Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Static Shock Any of these Hephaestus Boons: ・Fixed Gain ・Trusty Shield ・Heavy Metal ・Mint Condition ・Tough Trade
Queen's Ransom Give up all your Boons of Zeus. For each, raise Lv. for all your Boons of Hera.	Any of these Hera Boons: ・Sworn Strike ・Sworn Flourish ・Engagement Ring ・Nexus Sprint ・Born Gain Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Storm Ring ・Thunder Sprint ・Ionic Gain
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
Thermal Dynamics Your Blitz effects also inflict Scorch whenever they deal damage.	Any of these Zeus Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish Any of these Hestia Boons: ・Flame Strike ・Flame Flourish

List of Duo Boons

How to Get Zeus' Legendary Boon

Boon	Requirements
Shocking Loss ( Zeus ) Most foes may be instantly destroyed as soon as they enter the Encounter.	One of these Boons: ・Heaven Strike ・Heaven Flourish ・Storm Ring ・Thunder Sprint ・Ionic Gain One of these Boons: ・Double Strike ・Toasting Fork One of these Boons: ・Static Shock ・Electric Overload

To meet the requirements for Zeus' Legendary Boon, we recommend getting Storm Ring first, then Toasting Fork, into a Static Shock boon.

This boon build path offers the best synergy leading up to Shocking Loss. This build allows you to deal damage to multiple enemies at a time.

List of Legendary Boons

Zeus Keepsake

Cloud Bangle

At the first instance that you give an offering of Nectar to Zeus, you'll receive the Cloud Bangle Keepsake in return.

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

Best Keepsakes Tier List

Zeus Info and Gameplay Tips

Character Info

Zeus	Epithet	King of the Olympians
	Faction	Olympian
	Voice Actor	Peter Canavese

Playstyle

Zeus's main gimmick this time is to afflict enemies with a curse that only triggers after dealing 120 damage to them. You will also have to pop the effect before it disappears after 3 secs.

Due to the damage requirement and trigger window, your attacks should already be empowered by other upgrades so you can use the curse more easily.

Other Boons Have Instant Lightning Strikes

Most of Zeus's Boons don't follow the trigger method mentioned above and can call lightning strikes instantly, though these require Magick, getting attacked, or Priming.

Synergies

You'll get the most of Zeus's Blitz curse by using a weapon that can dish out huge damage without the need of upgrades like Moonstone Axe, or upgrading your attacks with Aphrodite or Apollo's Boons.

Zeus Curse and Effects

Afflicts the Blitz Curse

Enemies afflicted by Blitz will be struck by lightning after receiving at least 120 damage within the curse's duration. If the target didn't receive the required damage after 3 seconds, the curse will expire without having any effect.

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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