Walkthrough | Chapter 28: The Trial of Archimedes GoW: Ascension Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Before you run right, search a room nearby the portal. Moving towards the screen you find a Note of Archimedes.

Going in the other side, you run into two white and one red chests.

When you pick up the items, pass a cage with eyes of truth and open the big gate.

Enter the cage and take eyes of the truth. Middle part of this room changes into an elevator, and you'll ride down.

When the elevator stops, approach the closest edge and use eyes of truth to remove a magic barrier. Then grab a blockade and release elevator.

Now a series of fights during three elevator stops begin. During them, you can only heal with killing enemies. At the first stop, you fight few Medusas; be careful and avoid getting turned into the stone. Avoid the red glow, especially when you finish a Medusa with grab. Turning into stone while being in air kills you. You shouldn't attack Witches in the further part of an encounter until you don't eliminate Medusas.

The beginning if very important. Save mana and health. When you get a bit up, use Soul of Hades and long-range combos. Keep enemies at the maximum range of the dark hand which appears after the last hit of combo.

This phase ends when the Witches arrives. Use mana to deal damage to many enemies. It's good to use Fire of Ares and Lighting of Zeus. When you have only one bar of mana left, try to knock enemies up using an Oath's Stone and an Amulet.

When enemies start to run out, act carefully and save mana. Approach the edge of the platform after the fight and release a latch.

In a narrow corridor you'll fight two woman warriors and several Harpies. Block a lot and be ready to get out of grips. Use Amulet and Stone often. Try also to stun warriors and kill them with a grab to regain some health.

When you finish warriors, a fire starts coming out from walls. If there are any Harpies left, defeat them quickly, because soon a Talos appears. Fight carefully, because you have a one more encounter ahead before you'll be able to recover. Use your max range and move him from one end to the other.

Especially difficult moment comes when Talos gets angry. You have to provoke him quickly and move away. Remember that he gets angry after obtaining some damage, so you can decide when it happens.

After defeating him, unlock the elevator once again. You arrive at a small square, surrounded by the wall covered in spikes. This time you'll fight a centaur. Block and avoid his spear, make short series of your own blows. Finishing him off with a grab gives you a lot of health.

The last fight in an elevator you have with Spectres. If you eliminate previous enemies, this battle shouldn't be problematic. Remember, that finishing them with a grab regenerates mana.

When the elevator moves, you get into a room from which you've taken the eyes of truth. Close the big gate.

Approach the cage and find a lever closed inside a barrier. Use eyes of truth to remove it , push the lever and block it with a clone.

Go to a twin room, use an artifact to destroy a barrier and enter the portal.

When you get out on the other side, the eyes of truth disappears. Wait until you ride down. Walk around the cage in the middle to find a last artifact: Antikythera Mechanism.

Run to the big gate and open it.