Hades

Always focus on Asterius at the start using dash attacks. Stay near a couple of pillars near the edge of the arena, as it means you can use them for cover from Theseus's spear, and you can steer Asterius into hitting one of the pillars when he does his charge. His base attacks are pretty well signalled and he'll happily jump back and forth as you dash through him. Any boost to damage from behind is useful for dealing with him.

Theseus is reasonably straightforward, but some of the god calls are area effects that can catch you out as you either need to stay still or get into Theseus's face in the centre - the ones that track you are far easier to avoid.

And most important of all, once you beat them don't forget your fan.

I just beat them for the first time, and this is very solid advice. I forgot to speak to my fan though! next time...

On my last attempt he just spammed the charge

Yeah, I wouldn't even really compare it to a Souls game. Once you level up to a reasonable level and learn the enemy patterns, it becomes pretty easy. Stuff enables you to ramp up the difficulty later on, which is cool as you can tune it yourself. It's closer to Slay the Spire imo - more about the builds than the actual combat.

What's call? The one on the right trigger?. Yeah think I've only triggered that once (though I've only got half way through the 3rd area so far).

Making progress but I'm honestly not sure I'm actually any better at the game than me first go. Just get it a bit better.

A cast focussed build can be amazing, but yeah the calls are a bit meh imo. Too short and too long to build up the meter.

Made it to Hades just once (with the gun) over the weekend so I suppose that's progress! Unlocked the final 'death defiance' so hopefully I can now just bruteforce my way to a successful escape. Seems the real test is Theseus/Minotaur as it didn't seem Hades was overly challenging (I was just down to a sliver of life at that point). Now to see if I can get back there...

Can I see anywhere which weapons have kilked which bosses so I can get all the blood for the first 2 stages?

I did it! About the 30th time of asking..

With the sword and a boon that made me invincible to a hit (20 second recharge) which made it easier to kite the bosses. Also a weapon upgrade that gave me life for each hit but reduced damage... Needless to say the run took awhile!

I'm on 38 runs, got to the end boss twice now but fell in the last moments both times. Starting to think an extra dash (3 in total) is basically essential.

Also, I absolutely HATED the sword and the bow at first. Guess what I used for my current 2 best runs...

I think I need to make better choices on Boons, I think that's what's letting me down on the 3rd boss. I'm not powerful enough.

Third attempt on Hades and I really thought I had him. Railgun with clusterbombs and triple shot, two Death Defiance and a Lucky Tooth, 4x dash. Just couldn't get out of the way or do enough damage in the second phase. Onwards...

Yeah, the thing that really changed the fight for me was:

Don’t just shoot Hades

Once I started shooting those stupid skull things he throws out the fight goes from scraping through to pretty much always killing him comfortably. I kept losing so much health to those circular wave blasts it’s not even funny.

Always take hermes. He might not have the best individual boons but I think all of them are at least worth getting which makes him one of the better choices.

And always take the movement speed one if it offers you it first. It generally means the second boon will be the one that gives you a massive damage buff based on your extra speed (if you get offered 40% extra movement speed first, the second boon will give 20% extra base damage).

So, yeah, always pick the hermes room if you can.