Hades
49 Achievements
1000 XP
80-100h
Epic
Bad Call
Use an Olympian's Greater Call against them in a Trial
15 XP
10.0%
How to unlock the Bad Call achievement in Hades - Definitive Guide
As you play you will come across rooms that offer TWO boons from two different gods, your goal is to have the aid ability from one of those gods and pick the OPPOSITE boon and anger them. Then use a fully charged God gauge attack during the following wave of enemies.
Example you find a room with Ares and Zeus. you already have Zeus's aid ability you pick Aeries and upset Zeus's charge his own ability and fire it off.
This can be done easily like Friends in High Places by being in Elysium finding one of these events and leaving alive one of the enemies that regenerate *Brightsword, Longspear, strongbow, greatshield, and turn into ghosts when dead* Keep letting them regen to build gauge.
Edit: For anyone having issues with this unlocking be aware that using Quick Resume/Suspend for this game breaks achievements, You MUST fully close the game each time you stop playing it, even if it is just to launch another app.
Example you find a room with Ares and Zeus. you already have Zeus's aid ability you pick Aeries and upset Zeus's charge his own ability and fire it off.
This can be done easily like Friends in High Places by being in Elysium finding one of these events and leaving alive one of the enemies that regenerate *Brightsword, Longspear, strongbow, greatshield, and turn into ghosts when dead* Keep letting them regen to build gauge.
Edit: For anyone having issues with this unlocking be aware that using Quick Resume/Suspend for this game breaks achievements, You MUST fully close the game each time you stop playing it, even if it is just to launch another app.
13 Comments
I tried this with Artemis in Elysium, but the achievement didn't unlock after the fight...
By Yaum Guigui on 15 Aug 2021 19:24
I also did this in Elysium with Poseidon. Was definitely a full gauge and he even cursed me “why you little…!” Or words to that effect. Won the fight, went on to clear the boss (and die on the next level), didn’t unlock this at any point. Hopefully just delayed.
By Laughablefellow on 15 Aug 2021 22:42
Zero Jehuty's guide above provides a great description on how to get this achievement.
However, I would like to provide a tip that could potentially save others a lot of time. Hades' keepsake that grants you his call does NOT count towards this achievement. This is because Hades is not technically an Olympian as the achievement specifies. To make sure, I used Hades' greater call multiple times during his encounter and was unfortunately not able to get the achievement.
However, I would like to provide a tip that could potentially save others a lot of time. Hades' keepsake that grants you his call does NOT count towards this achievement. This is because Hades is not technically an Olympian as the achievement specifies. To make sure, I used Hades' greater call multiple times during his encounter and was unfortunately not able to get the achievement.
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But Hades never shows up in a Trial, the final fight is not a Trial, so of course that wouldn't work.
By FarleyTheLegend on 09 Sep 2021 22:54
That is a good point, @FarleyTheLegend. I completely overlooked that. I at least hope this post saves someone the trouble of learning this the hard way.
By PH1 HUNG on 09 Sep 2021 23:21
Very luck-based, but there are some modifiers that can help. Cranking up mob count through "Jury Summons" in your Pact of Torment before your run would help build up your God Gauge. Zeus also has a boon named "Clouded Judgement" that boosts your God Gauge generation from dealing and receiving damage. [Edit: Poseidon also has the boon "Boiling Point" that increases God Gauge gain from taking damage]
The easiest (but still heavily luck-based) way to get this achievement is by banking on a trial spawning in Elysium, then abusing the respawn mechanic of Elysium's soldiers to grind out gauge. I got the achievement by sacrificing a large amount of HP & a couple Death's Defiance charges to generate God Gauge from taking damage, did it in Tartarus.
The easiest (but still heavily luck-based) way to get this achievement is by banking on a trial spawning in Elysium, then abusing the respawn mechanic of Elysium's soldiers to grind out gauge. I got the achievement by sacrificing a large amount of HP & a couple Death's Defiance charges to generate God Gauge from taking damage, did it in Tartarus.
Once in a while, you'll come upon a chamber that offers 2 boons instead of just 1, and this is called a Trial. When you enter the chamber, there won't be any enemies. You'll be able to choose 1 of the 2 boons. Once you pick one, enemies will spawn and whichever God's Boon you didn't choose will add a special AOE attack.
To get this trophy, you'll first need to have a Call Boon from a God, and hope that one of the Gods in the Trial is the same God whose Call you currently have. Once you've already got that, choose the opposite Boon; the God whose Call you do not have. Because you have to use the Greater Call, you'll have to wait until your God Gauge is completely full. See Friends in High Places above for more information on the God Gauge and Greater Call and how to speed it up. Once it's full, use your Greater Call by pressing and this trophy will pop.
If you're lucky enough to have this happen in Elysium, an easy way to fill your gauge quickly is to leave one of the Exalted mobs alive so that it can continuously respawn, and keep taking damage from it until you've finally maxed your gauge out.
In the end, this trophy is unfortunately purely luck-based. You just have to hope you'll eventually come across a double Boon chamber that has a God whose Call you already have. There's no real way to force or even encourage this to happen, just pure RNG. In my first playthrough, I was 80 hours in and never got this. In my second, I got this in the very first run the Call became available. So don't lose hope. Just keep your eye out and it will eventually happen.
To get this trophy, you'll first need to have a Call Boon from a God, and hope that one of the Gods in the Trial is the same God whose Call you currently have. Once you've already got that, choose the opposite Boon; the God whose Call you do not have. Because you have to use the Greater Call, you'll have to wait until your God Gauge is completely full. See Friends in High Places above for more information on the God Gauge and Greater Call and how to speed it up. Once it's full, use your Greater Call by pressing and this trophy will pop.
If you're lucky enough to have this happen in Elysium, an easy way to fill your gauge quickly is to leave one of the Exalted mobs alive so that it can continuously respawn, and keep taking damage from it until you've finally maxed your gauge out.
In the end, this trophy is unfortunately purely luck-based. You just have to hope you'll eventually come across a double Boon chamber that has a God whose Call you already have. There's no real way to force or even encourage this to happen, just pure RNG. In my first playthrough, I was 80 hours in and never got this. In my second, I got this in the very first run the Call became available. So don't lose hope. Just keep your eye out and it will eventually happen.