How to Beat Charybdis

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

How to Beat Charybdis

How to Beat Charybdis
Focus on One Tentacle at a Time Attack Tentacles From Behind Stay in One Corner to Recuperate

Focus on One Tentacle at a Time

Charybdis' main body cannot be damaged, and the spawned Tentacles instead take damage for Charybdis. Each tendril acts as a separate enemy, but the damage they receive all count towards Charybdis' total HP.

While attacking different Tentacles at a time may seem like a good idea to speed up the battle, defeating one at a time is your best option to not worry about dodging too much.

Attack Tentacles From Behind

Charybdis' Tentacles launch attacks in the direction they are facing (with the exception of the spin move), so constantly moving behind them means putting yourself out of harm's way.

The Tentacles are small enemies, so it should only take you one dash to get behind them.

Stay in One Corner to Recuperate

If you are feeling overwhelmed by the Tentacles, you can run to a corner of the arena, where there are no tentacles.

The tentacles mostly have melee attacks, and their Harpoon Attack has a short range, so it should not reach you from afar.

Best Build Against Charybdis

Weapon	Best Hammer Upgrades
Sister Blades	Skulking Slice - Your Attacks deal +200% damagee striking foes from behind. Explosive Ambush - Your Omega Attack hits a wide area and deals +400% damage, but uses +20 Magick.
Recommended Boons
Hera Shield Sigil	Hermes Wing Sigil	Aphrodite Heart Sigil

Skulking Slice and Explosive Ambush

These two Daedalus Hammer upgrades bring out the most damage output from the Sister Blades with +200% backstab damage, and an extra +400% damage on your Omega Attack.

When attacking the tentacles, use your Omega Attack first to get behind it, dealing extra damage with Backstab, while also avoiding most of the Tentacles' attacks.

All Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

Hera Boons for Hitch

Hera's Boons will be beneficial with its Hitch curse. This allows you to apply hitch on all active tentacles to damage them all at the same time.

How to Unlock Hera, Boons, and Gameplay Tips

Hermes Boons for Slowing Projectiles

Hermes' Hard Target slows down enemy projectiles, which includes the Tentacles' Harpoon attack and Charybdis' homing orbs.

Getting a 40% Projectile Speed Slow effectively nullifies Charybdis, since its orb attacks will not reach your platform at all.

Hermes Boons and Gameplay Tips

Aphrodite Boons for Boosted Damage against Nearby Foes

Lastly, Aphrodite's passive boons that amplify damage done to enemies that are nearer to you. Giving you more incentive to keep the fight close, and always try to go for backstab damage.

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