"Your progress is impressive Kratos, but your skills will not carry you to
Kratos summons the souls of the dead
your ultimate goal. I offer you the souls of Hades itself, the souls of the dead, set ready to fight by your side." – Hades
This power is given to Kratos by Lord Hades, after slaying Pandora's Guardian and acquiring the Architect's Son's Head. It allows Kratos to summon the souls of Hades, and make them attack his enemies. A player can also level it up to increase the power and amount of the souls. Kratos uses a variant of this power in God of War II when he defeated the Barbarian King and acquired Barbarian Hammer. Kratos uses a variant of this power in God of War III when he defeated Hades and acquired The Claws of Hades.
Orb Costs (God of War)
- Level 1 - N\A
- Level 2 - 4,500 Orbs
- Level 3 - 10,000 Orbs
Orb Costs (Betrayal)
- Level 1 - n/a
- Level 2 - 1,000 Orbs
- Level 3 - 2,000 Orbs
- Level 4 - 3,000 Orbs
- Level 5 - 4,000 Orbs
Attacks (God of War)
Level 1
- Army of Hades - Summon the souls of the dead. L2
- Army of Hades (Air) - Summon the souls of the dead in air. L2
Level 2
- Increased Damage
Level 3
- Increased Damage
Attacks (Betrayal)
Level 1
- Army of Hades. OK
Level 2
- More Powerful Souls Lev.2
Level 3
- More Powerful Souls Lev.3
Level 4
- More Powerful Souls Lev.4
Level 5
- More Powerful Souls Lev.5
Trivia
- In God of War II, the Cursed Souls Kratos can summon with the Barbarian Hammer act and fight similar to the souls of the dead of Army of Hades.
- In God of War III, the Claws of Hades use many moves inspired by the Army of Hades.
- The Army of Hades is the only one magic power present in four games (all of them, except Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta.).
- As one charge up the Army of Hades the souls become a darker color. Probably from deep depths of the underworld as one charge up.
- During the final battle against Ares, after the latter ripped out theBlades of Chaos from Kratos, who then lost all his magical powers, Ares uses the Army of Hades to summon souls that attack Kratos.
