Anubis: If You Think He's A Noob, You're One

Hey Guys,
This Is My First Guide So Its Probably Going To Be Pretty Rubbish. This Guide Is On Anubis.

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WARNING! I Am Not A Strategic Player. I Play These 'Cos.

Pros
Can Be Tanky
Can 1-Shot Kill
Cons

Squishy
Uselles Without Abilities
Low Health Without Health Items

Vampiric Shroud is a great starting item with 100 extra health,20 MP And 5 MP5. It gives you a longevity in battle.

Mark Of The Vanguard Is Basically another, more protection oriented Vampiric Shroud.

Rod Of Asclepius (or Rod Of Asleepiness) Is a good auric item for midding with others. It also gives another health buff and magic power.

Midguardian Mail is essential for solo midding, protecting against head-on attacks from opposing gods.

Etherial Staff is the second most health giving Item in the game, though I prefer this because it converts 2% of your maximum health into MP.

Gem Of Binding I find more essential than Gem Of Isolation Because you should use combos with your abilities, paralysing any damaging abilities from being used.

Spiked shell I use for low health retreating from Jungle or laning, while I Recall Back To Base.

Fist Of The Gods I Use When I'm Surrounded By Strong, Fire Minions, Damaging All Minions In Its Radius.

SORROW

All of Anubis' abilities steal physical and magical protection from the target. In addition, this ability grants Anubis an additional 30% reduction to all crowd control durations (does not stack with Resolve).

Ability: Buff/Debuff

Affects: Self/Enemy

Stolen per Tick: 7

Duration: 5

Max Stacks: 3

A very great passive, having 30% Crowd Control reduction without any items. Also this makes Anubis a little tankier even when built full damage.



PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS
A plague of locusts bellows forth from Anubis' mouth, smothering all enemies in the area and doing damage every .5s for 3s.

Ability: Cone

Affects: Enemy

Damage Type: Magical

Damage per Tick: 35/50/65/80/95 (+40% of your magical power)

Cost: 60/70/80/90/100

Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds

This is Anubis' most damaging ability besides Death Gaze. I grab it first, to kill the remaining melee minions or to harass the player, and max it second, to be able to damage the enemy early game. Cast it always after using Mummify on the target and putting Grasping Hands under it.


MUMMIFY

Anubis fires a bandage projectile, mummifying and stunning his target.

Ability: Projectile

Affects: Enemy Gods

Stun Duration: 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0 seconds

Cost: 60

Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14 seconds

This is Anubis' only Crowd Control ability besides grasping hands. After hitting the player, the target is stunned for 1-2 seconds, making you able to easily land you abilities. I grab it third, with the exception of death gaze, to get away from the enemy if he/she tries to damage you, and max it third,again, with the exception of death gaze, since you don't need the 1 second bonus stun because you're buying Gem of Isolation.



GRASPING HANDS

Anubis calls for help from the underworld as hands penetrate the ground and claw at his enemies, doing damage slowing every .5s for 2s.

Ability: Ground Target

Affects: Enemy

Damage Type: Magical

Radius: 20

Damage per Tick: 25/40/55/70/85 (+35% of your magical power)

Slow: 25%

Cost: 70/80/90/100/110

Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds

With this ability you can harass players and kill minions without closing distance, which is very useful. Grasping Hands also applies a slow of 25% which grows up to 50% with Gem of Isolation. To harass enemy players with it, Mummify the target and immediately drop it under the target. You can use it without Mummify, but the target will most likely leave the area without taking all the damage ticks. I grab it first and also max it first, even though it does less damage than Plague of Locusts, because you can clear the minion wave from lot farther. At level 4 of this ability you should be able to clear the minion wave relatively fast.



DEATH GAZE

Anubis focuses all of his energy into a piercing gaze, doing damage to all enemies in the path, every 0.3 seconds for 3 seconds.

Ability: Line

Affects: Enemy

Damage Type: Magical

Damage per Tick: 70/85/100/115/130 (+45% of your magical power)

Cost: 90

Cooldown: 90/85/80/75/70 seconds

This is the ability that makes Anubis famous. Death Gaze does a HUGE amount of damage, makes Anubis CC immune and unable to move for the duration. What's great about this ability is that you can move you camera to shoot in a different direction while casting it, just like with Plague of Locusts.
Never use this ability unless the target is half health or less, mummified and with grasping hands under. Or Else it can be a waste. The only exception is when combined with Hades or Ares' Ultimate. You can also use it after you let the target really low on health with other abilities and it is trying to run. If you have good aim and good internet connection, you will slay the target this way too. With Death Gaze and Grasping Hands you can solo the Minotaur if all the towers and Pheonixes are down. If he still didn't die, use Plague of Locusts to finish it off. Max it whenever you can (at level 5, 9, 13, 17, 20).

Some Of My Favourite Combos Include (2)(3)(1) Or A Slight Alternative, (2)(3)(4). As You Can See, These Both Heavily Rely On (2), Or Mummify, To secure mass damage of the opposing god.


Now For The Strategies!

Farming strategyA farming strategy I like to use with Anubis is to either A) put Grasping Hands under enemy minions, or by B) Walking to the side and hitting a line of enemy minions with Plague of Locusts or C) a combination of the 2. I would not recommend using your Ult on a line of minions unless you are trying to troll your team, which is never good, unless of course you are winning.

I THink Anubis Is, ABSOLUTLEY NOT The Definetion of easy to learn, hard to master. He Has Awesome Abilities, All Of Which Are Fatal, It Makes Sense He's The God Of Death... :P