Hades 2is filled with difficult enemies to overcome. From annoying mooks to devious bosses, they can be vicious run-enders if you aren’t prepared for them. Each region also holds some minibosses to encounter, holding powerful and rare Boons from the gods who only wish to help Melinoe on her journey.
Oceanus is home to Deep Serpents, souped-up versions of the regular Sea-Serpents who pose little danger to a run. With a unique arena and some very difficult-to-avoid moves to contend with, taking down a Deep Serpent is a challenging (if rewarding) experience! Here’s the rundown, so you don’t get caught up by this watery demon.
Hades 2 is currently in Early Access, so the details below may change over time.
How To Beat Deep Serpents
The first thing you’ll notice about a Deep Serpent fight is its arena and the fact that it is filled withSop-Spindles, Oceanus’s upgraded versions of Spindles with longer beam attacks and often appearing with Armour.
Begin each Deep Serpent fight byeliminating every Sop-Spindle in the arena. This shouldn’t take long as they are quite frail, and you’ll thank yourself once the Deep Serpent starts pulling out its most dangerous moves.
The Deep Serpent hasthree attacks, all with different and obvious telegraphs.
Spin Attack
The serpent rears up and twists its neck.
Dodge away from the serpent, as it’s about to use a radial attack with surprising range. Once you know the timing of this attack well, you can simply dodge through it and resume your assault.
Cluster Bomb
The serpent fires many projectiles into the air with little warning.
This attack comes out with no warning but doesn’t damage you until the projectiles hit the ground and explode.Move out of the red circles on the ground- find a safe spot as soon as possible.
Splitting Bomb
The serpent rears backwards, with no twist in its neck.
Once the projectile from this attack comes out,move out of its path. The further you dodge, the easier it will be to avoid the projectiles the original projectiles splits itself into. The projectiles split twice.
Throughout the fight, the Deep Serpent willsink back underwaterand pop up at another point in the arena. A good rule of thumb is to return to the central edge of the pool in the middle of the arena whenever this happens so you’ll be able tododge directly to the serpent’s new locationas soon as possible.
Prioritise learning how to avoid this fight’s attacks and you’ll quickly know when it’s safe to get damage in. The Deep Serpent has avery hefty amount of Armour, so you’ll be forced to deal with many attacks before you can stagger it.
It’s enemies like the Deep Serpent that make Dedaelus Hammer upgrades that grant apercentile Armour shaving boonto your weapon so valuable.
Depending on which weapon you are using, you may not be able tokeep the Deep Serpent staggeredlong enough to stop it from diving and moving to a new location once its Armour is gone. Be wary of this if you’re using slow weapons such as the Argent Skull or the Moonstone Axe.
