Conquest Beetle

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Khepri is a huge support guardian. Unlike the new guardian Xing Tian, he is made to be THE guardian. He doesn't deal a lot of damage with his abilities but he can help his hunter excel and survive.

Khepri is perfect for helping a hunter get up fast and strong. If you want a guardian that can survive and support his team, Khepri is the one for you.

- His Rising Dawn half lives a whole wave of minions. This lets your hunter finish them off while you scare off the other hunter and guardian.

- His Abduct is a definite kill. Assuming you can grab someone who is low on life or a save if you grab someone chasing your low life hunter. It's also very useful if you're playing with a Rama. Their ultimate and his grab can assure death for the person grabbed.

- His Ult is a revive. I'm not sure what else to put here. He can also ult himself along with his teammates. Keep in mind that his ult isn't just a revive but also increased power, movement speed, and immune to slow. Which means, it's not a mistake to ult someone who isn't yet in the death range. It could mean a serious win for your hunter. It also gets rid of any cc's on the person the moment it's cast. It's just good all around.

- He's big. The easiest way to get a kill on a low hunter is to simply body block them. Stand in front of them while your hunter shoots them down. You should be tanky enough to avoid getting really hurt and if the hunter is low enough, they'll probably panic. Suddenly there's a big beetle in their way and they're dying. They probably won't attack you as much but try to scramble around you.

Khepri has a few flaws along with him that you should be aware of. He's great support but with great power comes some not so great problems.

- Khepri is big. Like really big. He has a huge demanding presence in the lane which isn't a problem except when things get hairy. If you find yourself in the middle of a team fight, there's a chance that you could possibly body block someone without meaning to. It's really important to know where your allies are and if one is trying to get away, you need to move out of the way. It's hard to move around a Khepri, especially when he keeps moving in the same direction you are.

- His ult revives them on top of you. Yeah you may not think this is a problem but if you're in the midst of a team fight and you ult someone, especially when the ult activates almost the moment you cast it, you just threw a half life squishy right back into the battle. If you do ult someone, keep in mind that you need to get away. Try and ult them before the point of them knocking on death's door. That way you can dash out and revive them outside of battle instead of in the midst of chaos.

- Khepri isn't the greatest at clearing waves. If you're playing Khepri as a tank, then you're going to learn real quick that his Rising dawn only half lifes minions. So if you find yourself in lane alone while your hunter is healing up in fountain, you'll probably be recruiting the tower to help kill minions early game. Mid to late game you can just stand in the middle of the wave and not care that they're attacking you.

-He doesn't have a strong initiate. Unlike other guardans, Khepri isn't usually one to do something that will start everything off. He's not a back line fighter but he does better right behind his people or directly in front. He needs to keep a line of sight on them almost at all times to see what they are going to do. It's usually up to the hunter to initiate with Khepri to assist.

For starters, you'll notice that I put Meditation as a starter item. This is because Khepri is very mana intensive early game. You'll find yourself running out of mana when you first start and if you're facing a rather aggressive duo than potions just won't do it for you. You're going to be peeling people off left and right and so you'll need the mana to keep up with them.

Watcher's Gift is kinda self explanatory. You don't want to get the final kills on the minions. You want to half life them with your rising dawn then let your hunter finish them off. Watcher's Gift makes sure you keep up in gold at least a bit.

You want to get Hide of the Urchin as soon as possible to start building those stacks quickly. It's passive makes it a very good protection item.

Stone of Gaia is next. It gives that mp5 that you need and a helpful hp5 as well. You're welcome to do up to tier two then start building your physical item. That way you still get the starter hp5 and mp5 but you also have those physical protections against their hunter.

Mystical Mail is a favorite of mine. It helps to deal damage to enemies when you grab them. However, it does deal damage to minions and that plus your rising dawn can take a wave out before your hunter can get to it. Which is why it's in the third slot and at that point, your hunter should be well on their way so that it doesn't matter who gets the minions. If you feel that their hunter is really hurting you more than you like, you can always substitute it for Hide of the Nemean Lion. It should help keep that hunter from bull rushing you.

Gem of Isolation is good with Khepri because of his roots and DOT. It slows the people down long enough for someone, whether it be you or your teammates, to catch up and finish them off. It also gives you that little push to help clear minion waves more on your own in case you're in lane by yourself which can happen if your rotating well.

Spear of the Magus works in coordination with your Gem of Iso. and your Rising Dawn. It makes it so that those gods who are just out of reach perish to your DOT. It also reduces the protections for your mid/solo laners who may need that extra bit of support against a warrior or guardian.

Bulwark of Hope is optional just in case you find yourself up against a really good mage who is just kicking your butt. You would substitute it with Gem of Iso. or Spear of the Magus. Or you can take it as your sixth item when you get rid of Watcher's Gift.

Magi's Blessing is purely optional as well. Like Bulwark of Hope you can substitute it for Gem of Iso. or Spear or you can put it in your sixth slot. You can also get this one sooner if you find that their teams have a lot of CC and your beads are just not cutting it. Khepri doesn't have any CC immune moves so if you have to, you can subsitute this one for Mystical Mail or Stone of Gaia but I wouldn't recommend that. I would personal get it third or fourth then build the rest after.

When it comes to actives, it's honestly based on the game and how it's playing out. If you want to be the more aggressive Khepri you can get a Greater Blink for your second item to really get in there and grab people. I usually get a Teleport to Gods so that I can get there when my teammates need me and when the team fights are going on but it's all in how you play the game. As for Meditation that you got early game, you're welcome to with that as you want. I usually don't touch it after that or maybe upgrade it to Salvation if I find my team needs that extra help during the team fights. Otherwise, I just leave it alone.