Do any passives count as auras? The way some people talk about them in the ares guide makes me wonder...
Not in regards to Ares' passive, he only gets that extra power from completed aura items. Gauntlet of Thebes counts as one when it's evolved, so that can also be a good pickup depending upon where you play him.
Not in regards to Ares' passive, he only gets that extra power from completed aura items. Gauntlet of Thebes counts as one when it's evolved, so that can also be a good pickup depending upon where you play him.
To answer your question in the title: No every got has its purposes. The only reason to become useless is getting nerfed in the ground even harder than Loki or falling far behind in the game (although this has a duration usually). In some cases, team comp also influences this.
For Ares he is very reliant on staying ahead. His early game pressure helps him a lot with it (good use of shackles can easily be half someone's hp on lvl 1). The problem is that he loses this pressure if you fall behind (and as the game goes on). In this case, he transitions more into an ult bot (and aura bot). if you don't manage to adapt and keep playing this high pressure you will feel the gap closing quickly.
In this case, you will start to take more of an initiator role. Trying to initiate with your ult and then try to keep enemies in place with the cripple from shackles and providing port with your 2 aura (and the effect of item effects)
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