How to Beat the Deep Serpent

Deep Serpent is one of the minibosses you face in Oceanus in Hades 2. See how to beat the Deep Serpent along with the other enemies that spawn with it in this guide!

How to Beat Deep Serpent

How to Beat the Deep Serpent
Focus on the Sop-Spindles First Do not Sprint mindlessly Focus on Armor-Breaking Boons

Focus on Sop-Spindles First

Sop-Spindles aren't the most powerful enemies, but they are very annoying if not dealt with immediately. This encounter makes it particularly harder to evade the Deep Serpent's attacks if they are not killed off immediately.

Do not Sprint mindlessly

Deep Serpent has a wide AoE attack that covers almost the entire field. It is not recommended to suddenly Sprint, because you might find yourself in the targeted trajectory of the bombs. Instead maintain a level head, and only head to the area where there are no flashing red circles.

Focus on Armor-Breaking Boons

The Deep Serpent is difficult only because of its Armor. Equipping boons like Molten Touch deal bonus damage specifically to Armor. Likewise, some of Hestia's boons apply extra Scorch damage to armored enemies.

List of All Boons

Best Build Against Deep Serpent

Weapon	Best Hammer Upgrades
Umbral Flames	Melting Comet - Your Special fires straight ahead and destroys 80% of any Armor (based on the total). Split Fire - Your Attacks split in 2 the first time they strike foes.
Recommended Boons
Hephaestus Blacksmith Sigil	Hestia Flame Sigil	Aphrodite Heart Sigil

Melting Comet for Armor Break

Melting Comet is one of the most broken Boons against Armored enemies because it completely shatters 80% of the total in 1 attack. Pairing this with Split Fire to create an attack pattern similar to Deep Serpent, gives you a wider attack range than the single shots of the Umbral Flames.

All Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

Hephaestus Boons for Blast Damage

Other than Volcanic Strike and Volcanic Flourish, it is recommended to get the Molten Touch boon if you do not have the Melting Comet hammer upgrade because it passively increases damage done to armored enemies.

Hephaestus Boons and Gameplay Tips

Hestia Boons for Passive Scorch against Armor

Flammable Coating is a Hestia boon that boosts your Scorch damage specifically to Armor. It is also a good alternative if you wish to use a different weapon and thus will not be able to use the Melting Comet hammer upgrade.

Hestia Boons and Gameplay Tips

Aphrodite Boons for to inflict Weak

Though most of Deep Serpernt's attacks are long-range, it still has decent melee attacks at short-range. Go for Aphrodite boons when you can to inflict Weak on Deep Serpent when you attack it up close.

Aphrodite Boons and Gameplay Tips

Hades 2 Related Guides

List of All Bosses

Hades 2 Bosses

Underworld Bosses
Hecate	Scylla	Cerberus	Chronos
Surface Bosses
Polyphemus	Eris	-	-

Hades 2 Minibosses

List of Underworld Minibosses
Erebus	Root-Stalker	Shadow-Spiller
Oceanus	Deep Serpent	King Vermin
Fields of Mourning	Phantom	Queen Lamia
Tartarus	Goldwraith	The Verminancer
List of Surface Minibosses
City of Ephyra	Satyr Champion
Rift of Thessaly	Charybdis