re: How many runs did it take you to beat Hades the first time?

I'm still struggling with it. Its taken me a while to figure out what boons are worth getting in the first place and using poms on. I was cruising this morning with the bow with 3 death defiances until I ran into elite splitters with no means of deflection. That ate up a life. Then I lost one to the minotaur trying to tank the last 1/20th of his life bar. Handled Hades pretty well until his second form and died about half way into his life bar. Was crushed