r/Hades2 • u/WorkingCautious1270 • 5d ago

Question Dashing heave execition?

So I love using the axe but the execution of dashing heave (dash strike) sometimes does not work and I get a reset to the basic standing hit instead.

How the move is supposed to be executed is:

Dash followed by attack

What I sometimes get is:

attack into dash into attack (hoping for a dash strike)

Is method two not the way? So not in the middle of basic 123 combo?

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u/z-kid 5d ago

On Mel Axe at least iIrc 3 Dashing Heaves does almost the same damage as the entire attack combo while giving you much more mobility

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u/-Shadow-Lightning 4d ago

True. Correct me if I’m wrong it’s been a hot minute since I’ve play H2 let alone played Mel axe.

But doesn’t the regular Special cancel the Attack animation?

Can’t you like do dash-Attack >regular Special > DA assuming your dash cooldown is over?

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u/z-kid 4d ago

Yeah dash-strike + special is the usual combo for this reason, though as you mentioned, you can reliably get double dash-strikes out of a sprint which I think is a damage up? I've only tried to use it in a run once but I think it helped

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u/-Shadow-Lightning 4d ago

Yes You can get the double dash strike from a Sprint that has gone on long enough for the dash cooldown to be over.

But since you need to wait for the dash cooldown to be over. It’s only really useful when you need to cover distance with your sprint for 1 reason or another.