Hades II new character ranking

No writeups, sorry. I think this is all of them.

1. Prometheus
2. Hecate
3. Odysseus
4. Melinoe
5. Narcissus
6. Scylla
7. Arachne
8. Chronos
9. Dora
10. Medea
11. Selene
12. Echo
13. Eris
14. Nemesis
15. Icarus
16. Circe
17. Heracles
18. Polyphemus
19. Hestia
20. Hephaestus
21. Moros
22. Hera

Not gonna do the animals, but they're all cute.

Top four are all fantastic, character of the year contenders. I love the NPCs and bosses in this game. Every line Prometheus speaks brings me joy. Narcissus is the funniest character in the game. I like everyone, the ones at the bottom just aren't as amazing as the rest. Eris has really grown on me over time.

eris best girl I will take no further questions

I count at least four missed, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hypnos.

ZeeksFire posted...

I count at least four missed, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hypnos.

new character ranking, so there's only characters who debut in Hades II here it seems

I can't rank Hera last place if only for this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/802720bf.jpg

I lol'd and I think that's the first time I've seen a god so directly refer to the events of a previous run, that was neat. Also she fits her character to a T so is what it is.

Odysseus Arachne and Medea too high, Polyphemus maybe too low? main game Chronos is pretty great. Prometheus #1 seems pretty solid. Gotta draw up my own rankings later.

what is on top of hera's head

Hera is OP though

(Also Apollo is missing)

well yeah she is OP but gotta be impartial and rank purely on character...

LiquidOshawott posted...

(Also Apollo is missing)

oh good catch he 100% is going to be my last place. and maybe is Mac's too since he was forgotten entirely, lol

Oops forgot Apollo wasn't in the original. He would be low on mine though. Bottom three.

FFDragon posted...

eris best girl I will take no further questions

She might have the best development? I really like how it becomes increasingly clear how much she loves Melinoe, despite neither of them realizing it.

ZeeksFire posted...

I count at least four missed, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hypnos.

Not new.

Zeus is solid, I like his arrogance.

Poseidon is maybe the best of Olympians? I love how over the top he is.

Sad Hades is amazing. I love his development from the first game.

I never cared about Hypnos, but the little screentime he has here is funny.

MartinFF7 posted...

I lol'd and I think that's the first time I've seen a god so directly refer to the events of a previous run, that was neat. Also she fits her character to a T so is what it is.

Odysseus Arachne and Medea too high, Polyphemus maybe too low? main game Chronos is pretty great. Prometheus #1 seems pretty solid. Gotta draw up my own rankings later.

I had Poseidon complaining about me always choosing against him in the god battles too.

I get Odysseus not being as high tier as I have him, but I love everything that comes out of his mouth. He understands better than anyone that the gods can be shitty, but still admires the great things about them. He basically sees them as being the same as any other person, which is a neat perspective. Plus he always gives awesome advice.

Love Arachne's ha ha ha

Medea being kinda unrepentantly evil is awesome.

For Polyphemus, someone has to be at the bottom. I don't hate Hera or anything.

I think everyone just assumed that Apollo was in Hades 1 and they just couldn't quite remember what he looked like.

colliding posted...

I think everyone just assumed that Apollo was in Hades 1 and they just couldn't quite remember what he looked like.

That was me

The definition of new could have been you did one of these before, and are reranking stuff. Fair enough.

ok much tougher to rank than expected and I'm sure the list would be wildly different if I revisited in the future, hell if I made a ranking from scratch later today, but anyways:

Prometheus
Melinoe
Narcissus
Scylla
Chronos**
Eris
Dora
Odysseus
Nemesis
Hecate
Polyphemus
Icarus
Arachne
Selene
Medea
Echo
Hera
Hestia
Hephaestus
Heracles
Circe
Moros
Apollo

**Chronos ranked way too high due to my hundreds of runs during EA so that's where my ranking is focused, not so much on any 1.0 content...

Prometheus so good, of course he gets the Ben Starr bump too but also all his lines and his story in the game. Will root for any H2 character when the "Best New Character 2025" contest gets run in the new year but would root for him most.

And beside Prometheus, ranking is more biased towards funny and entertaining characters but it is what it is. like Heracles is Heracles and Circe is just... there.

why do people hate apollo and moros I think they're pleasant

I think Apollo and Moros are just a bit bleh. Like Moros is cute but he's kinda just boring compared to may other characters in the game and only really has fun interactions with Dora and Melinoe. I had the same issue with both of the romanceable characters in Hades 1. At least in this game we have Eris.

I think Circe is the only character who is entirely uninteresting to me.

Narcissus and Scylla are so good

I am in postgame now so I may do a list soon

Wait...Dora wasn't in Hades? I swear there was some little shade character that played her exact role, down to the split personality and everything.

Have I hallucinated this?

_Blur_ posted...

Wait...Dora wasn't in Hades? I swear there was some little shade character that played her exact role, down to the split personality and everything.

Have I hallucinated this?

Yes. There is a shade that does this but ti's a nameless shade that never talks, it's just the "House Contractor"

_Blur_ posted...

Wait...Dora wasn't in Hades? I swear there was some little shade character that played her exact role, down to the split personality and everything.

Have I hallucinated this?

You're thinking of Dusa when it comes to the split personality.

I don't even remember that of her, she always seemed hurriedly nice. More just anxious than anything, not deliberate alter egos like dora has

1. Eris
2. Melinoe
3. Dora
4. Prometheus
5. Hecate
6. Narcissus
7. Scylla
8. Selene
9. Arachne
10. Nemesis
11. Medea
12. Echo
13. Odysseus
14. Murder Chronos
15. Polyphemus
16. Icarus
18. Heracles
19. Hephaestus
20. Hestia
21. Apollo
22. Moros
23. Hera
24. Twink Chronos
25. Circe

Think we go with this. Neurons activate when Selene calls Mel 'Little Star' but they fucking go off the rails when Eris calls her 'Trouble.'