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Hades: Tanky Switchblade

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by SynxS1N updated May 5, 2016

Smite God: Hades

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Hades Build

Core Items - Base Build

Build Item Warlock's Staff Warlock's Staff
Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Instead of Ethereal

Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus
Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation

Hades's Skill Order

Death From Below

1 X Y
Death From Below
2 8 11 12 14

Shroud of Darkness

2 A B
Shroud of Darkness
4 15 16 18 19

Devour Souls

3 B A
Devour Souls
1 3 6 7 10

Pillar of Agony

4 Y X
Pillar of Agony
5 9 13 17 20
Death From Below
2 8 11 12 14

Death From Below

1 X
Hades descends into the ground and erupts from below at his ground location, doing damage to all enemies in the area. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Slowed. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow Duration: 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14s
Shroud of Darkness
4 15 16 18 19

Shroud of Darkness

2 A
Hades silences all enemies in a cone in front of him. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Feared. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Cone, Crowd Control
Silence: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10s
Devour Souls
1 3 6 7 10

Devour Souls

3 B
Hades devours the souls of his enemies, dealing damage in an area around him. Blighted enemies hit by this ability are Detonated, dealing damage to enemies and healing your allies around the Detonated targets. Enemy gods only take 50% of the damage from Detonating Blights.

Ability Type: Circle, Heal, Damage
Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Healing: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80
Detonation Radius: 20
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Pillar of Agony
5 9 13 17 20

Pillar of Agony

4 Y
Hades calls to all enemy souls nearby, creating a Vortex which drags targets toward him, dealing damage every .5s for 4s. For each enemy hit Hades reduces his ability cooldowns by 0.4s. If the enemy is Blighted, their Protections are reduced. Hades also gains Protections and 10% damage mitigation for the duration.

Ability Type: Circle, Vortex, Damage
Damage per Tick: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Protections: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160
Protections Debuff: 10% + 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Protections Debuff Lifetime: 4s
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

Hades is my main and I have grown to realize how easy it is to die as him when not built correctly. I find this build to be the most effective in all my testing. It works in any game mode and he can be a considerable nuisance in the Mid or Solo lane in Conquest.

Hades is a frontline mage. His abilities force him to be in the middle of a fight and as such he needs to be prepared. So we prepare him by making him tanky. This may be common knowledge for most but everyone goes about it in their own way and this is my way.

Items - The Art of the Switchblade

FIRST AND SECOND ITEM

Warlock's Sash is essential to Hades survivability. As the game goes on it helps you become harder and harder to kill.

I choose to go into Warlock's Sash first just to get into stacking as soon as possible. Getting those early stacks can make a big difference. But you can switch the order with boots at your own discretion, depending on mode and enemy team comps.

Then I go into pen boots over cooldown boots for the damage. I think one issue with Hades is his damage can fall flat without taking power wherever you can and this is one of those small pick ups that can really help. If you feel better with cooldown boots that's a perfectly fine substitute.

3RD AND 4TH ITEM

Breatplate and Voidstone work so well together on Hades. Both simultaneously increase survivability and damage potential.

Generally it's best to go into Breastplate first. The cooldown helps a lot and the protections can help you survive ganks in Conquest. If the enemy Mid laner is pushing hard or the opposing team is made up of mostly magical gods it would be a good idea to go into Voidstone first.

5TH ITEM

Here's where things get a little tricky. I like Ethereal Staff here as the default item. It works well in combination with Warlock's helping you remain tanky, giving you Health, Mana and a decent boost to power.

But if you are slightly ahead, or feel confident enough in the current game, you can go into a more offensive item like Spear of the Magus or Obsidian shard. Both of these items provide a great boost to damage and should help you run through the enemy with relative ease. Be sure to sell this for Spear of Desolation in the late game for some serious damage output.

6TH ITEM

Rod of Tahuti - need I say more? This item is an automatic buy on all mages and Hades is no exception. This is where you'll get your main boost of damage. If you are a little behind you can go into Magus or Shard and sell for Rod later.

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