God of War
Ares Boons
Ares adds Wounds, falling blades, Plasma, and raw damage while making Omega moves faster and more aggressive.
Ares Boons
Core-slot, passive, Infusion, Legendary, and fallback rewards.
| Boon | Type | Effect / Value | Element | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vicious Strike | Attack | Your Attacks deal more damage and inflict Wounds. +20% /+30% /+40% /+50% | Earth | None |
 Vicious Flourish | Special | Your Specials deal more damage and inflict Wounds. +30% /+40% /+50% /+60% | Earth | None |
 Sword Ring | Cast | Your Casts create a falling blade over each foe in the binding circle. 120 /160 /200 /240 | Earth | None |
 Stabbing Rush | Sprint | Your Dash creates a row of falling blades along your path. 30 /45 /60 /75 | Earth | None |
 Grisly Gain | Magick | Striking foes with your Weapon has 20% chance to spill Plasma, which can restore Magick. 15 /20 /25 /30 | Earth | None |
 Meat Grinder | Ω Cast | Your Ω Cast also creates a Blade Rift in the binding circle. 30/sec. /40/sec. /50/sec. /60/sec. | Earth | One of any Ring boon |
 Profuse Bleeding | Passive | Whenever you inflict Wounds or collect Plasma, create a falling blade over a surrounding foe. 30 /50 /70 /90 | Earth | Vicious Strike, Vicious Flourish, Grisly Gain, or Visceral Impact |
 Grievous Blow | Passive | Foes with Wounds may suffer 200% damage when struck. +10% /+15% /+20% /+25% | Earth | Vicious Strike or Vicious Flourish |
 Visceral Impact | Passive | After you take damage or a foe is slain, spill Plasma, sometimes twice. 25% /35% /45% /55% | Earth | None |
 Mutual Destruction | Passive | Gain a chance to deal 200% damage that increases the less Life you have remaining. 0.1%/pt /0.12%/pt /0.14%/pt /0.16%/pt | Earth | None |
 Blood Spree | Passive | While you have less than 40 Life, your Attacks and Specials restore Life. 1 /2 /3 /4 | Earth | None |
 Cut Above | Ω Move | Your Ω Moves also cause a falling blade to appear over each foe struck, but use +5 Magick. 90 /120 /150 /180 | Earth | None |
 Rallying Cry | Infusion | While you have at least 8 Earth, any of your damaging effects from Olympians are stronger. +50% Olympian damage | None | 4 Earth Essence |
 Sanguinary Savor | Legendary | You inflict Wounds with greater Power, and spilled Plasma is drawn to you automatically. +100 Wounds Power | Earth | One from Vicious Strike / Vicious Flourish / Sword Ring / Stabbing Rush; one from Grisly Gain / Visceral Impact / Profuse Bleeding; one from Meat Grinder / Grievous Blow / Mutual Destruction / Blood Spree / Cut Above. |
 Shared Wealth | Fallback reward | Gain +90 Gold when Ares has no remaining Boons to offer. +90 Gold | None | Exhaust Ares's entire Boon pool. |
Duo Boons
Boons that require Ares and a second Olympian.
| Boon | Type | Effect / Value | Element | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hostile Environment | Duo: Demeter | Your Ω Cast is stronger and follows you, even as you start to Hold it. +100% Ω Cast damage | Aether | Sword Ring or Meat Grinder; Demeter: Ice Strike, Ice Flourish, Arctic Ring, Frigid Rush, or Tranquil Gain. |
 Heinous Affront | Duo: Zeus | Inflicting Wounds also can inflict all your 'after you take damage' effects. 6 Sec. cooldown per foe | Aether | Vicious Strike or Vicious Flourish; Zeus: Heaven Strike, Heaven Flourish, Storm Ring, Thunder Rush, or Ionic Gain; and Visceral Impact, Light Smite, or Divine Vengeance. |
 Universal Donor | Duo: Hera | Whenever you exit a Location, keep some of your Plasma bonuses. 20 Plasma bonus retained | Aether | Grisly Gain, Visceral Impact, or Profuse Bleeding; Hera: Sworn Strike, Sworn Flourish, Engagement Ring, Nexus Rush, or Born Gain. |
 Coffin Nail | Duo: Hephaestus | Your falling blades from Ares fall immediately and deal more damage. +25 Blade damage, near-instant | Aether | Sword Ring, Stabbing Rush, or Cut Above; Hephaestus: Volcanic Strike, Volcanic Flourish, Anvil Ring, Smithy Rush, or Tough Gain. |
 Arterial Spray | Duo: Poseidon | Your splash effects from Poseidon may hit 2 times (and take the color of the River Styx). 25% double splash chance | Aether | Vicious Strike, Vicious Flourish, Sword Ring, Stabbing Rush, or Grisly Gain; Poseidon: Wave Strike or Wave Flourish. |
 Cutting Edge | Duo: Apollo | Your falling blades from Ares drop +1 time in succession and deal damage in a larger area. +1 blade drop; +50% area | Aether | Sword Ring, Stabbing Rush, or Cut Above; Apollo: Nova Strike, Nova Flourish, Solar Ring, Blinding Rush, or Lucid Gain. |
 Fourth Degree | Duo: Hestia | Your fireball effects from Hestia inflict Wounds with even greater Power. +250 Wounds Power from fireballs | Aether | Vicious Strike, Vicious Flourish, Sword Ring, Stabbing Rush, or Grisly Gain; Hestia: Controlled Burn or Glowing Coal. |
 Carnal Pleasure | Duo: Aphrodite | Whenever you collect Plasma, you may create a Heartthrob. 35% chance | Aether | Grisly Gain, Visceral Impact, or Profuse Bleeding; Aphrodite: Flutter Strike, Flutter Flourish, Rapture Ring, Passion Rush, or Glamour Gain. |
Status Effects
Some Ares Boons can inflict Wounds on foes.
Wounds: Your strikes gain +50 Power when inflicting Wounds. Re-applicable after 3 Sec.