Boss Battle: Hades, Lord of the Underworld


Hades immediately blasts the Great Sacred Treasure away with his first punch. The battle is on!

Hades summons purple portals that spew fireballs. Stay on the move to throw off their aim, and keep pouring on the fire! Alternate between rapid fire shots and charged shots.

The twister Hades summons will probably get a couple of hits on you. As long as you try to pull away, you are spared the worst of it. After sending you flying once more, Hades sprints after you. Aim for his head and keep shooting. After you deal enough damage, Hades falls to the ground, but he quickly recovers. The battle takes to the sky.

Turrets mounted on Hades fire all manner of weapons as you slowly advance toward his head. When you reach his back, you will see a large glowing purple sphere. Concentrate your fire on that, but make sure you also deal with the turrets in the area to avoid taking serious damage. Once you destroy that weak point, Hades counterattacks.

The Great Sacred Treasure is worse for wear, but transforms into a new mode.

Recovery Orbs appear soon after the god’s transformation. Continue to destroy the turrets on Hades. He tries to pull you into one of his hands with a special magnetic field. Fight to keep yourself out of his grasp and shoot at the hand that’s generating the field. Your movement is somewhat limited, but it should be enough to avoid the rest of his attacks. Soon after this, a massive array of chest-mounted beam cannons reveals itself. Even after the main guns are destroyed, keep firing at his chest until Hades staggers in pain.

After events force the Great Sacred Treasure into Ultralight Mode, Hades races to the surface world. Recovery Orbs greet you at the start of this next phase. Hades fires a series of homing orbs at Pit. The blue ones can be safely intercepted by shooting them, but the purple ones will turn into smaller, higher-speed projectiles that are very tough to evade. Time your shots carefully so you don’t end up finishing yourself off.

Hades also throws out a cluster of barriers that cannot be destroyed. Your only option is to try to evade them.

Even after all of the punishment you’ve inflicted, Hades is still more than capable of destroying the Great Sacred Treasure in a single attack. Falling from the sky, you must line up the reticles on screen to recover from the crushing blow. Once on the ground, do your best to steady your aim, but there’s seemingly nothing your can do ... until a surprise intervention spares Pit from destruction.

After that shocking turn of events, Viridi activates the power of flight for Pit. While Hades tries to blast you out of the sky with his laser beams, you can only evade to the best of your ability. Hold out until the charge meter at the top of the screen fills up completely, then fire your weapon to end this war once and for all! Savor your victory. You’ve definitely earned it.