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Harp > Dubstep (Apollo Guide- Adc- S3)

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by DucksRock updated May 25, 2016

Smite God: Apollo

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Choose a Build: I Like Aoe Crit Unicorns- Song By Apollo, Lyrics By Apollo.
I Like Aoe Crit Unicorns- Song By Apollo, Lyrics By Apollo. Snoopin'- Rap Song By Apollo, Lyrics By Apollo
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Apollo Build

Start!

Build Item Throwing Dagger Throwing Dagger
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
2

Full Build (Sell ichi for Titans, sell golden for DB)

Build Item Golden Bow Golden Bow
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Ichaival Ichaival
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Demon Blade Demon Blade
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer

Relics

Build Item Frenzy Frenzy
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet

Apollo's Skill Order

So Beautiful

1 X Y
So Beautiful
1 4 6 7 10

Serenade

2 A B
Serenade
3 8 11 12 14

The Moves

3 B A
The Moves
2 15 16 18 19

Across The Sky

4 Y X
Across The Sky
5 9 13 17 20
So Beautiful
1 4 6 7 10

So Beautiful

1 X
Apollo strums a single cord on his lyre. It's so beautiful it hurts, and all enemies in a long range line take damage.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 90 / 150 / 210 / 270 / 330 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 11s
Serenade
3 8 11 12 14

Serenade

2 A
Apollo uses his amazing voice to mesmerize all nearby enemies and bolster himself with additional Protections. Any damage done breaks the effect.

Ability Type: Circle, Mesmerize
Mesmerize Duration: 1.5 / 1.7 / 1.9 / 2.1 / 2.3s
Protections: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Buff Lifetime: 5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 75
Cooldown: 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13s
The Moves
2 15 16 18 19

The Moves

3 B
Apollo runs forward and slides on his knees, dealing damage, knocking aside all enemies and adding a stack of Audacity for each enemy hit. At the end of the slide, the movement speed is decreased for enemies and increased for himself and allies.

Ability Type: Dash, Buff, Damage
Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed Buff/Debuff: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%
Buff Duration: 3s
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 15s
Across The Sky
5 9 13 17 20

Across The Sky

4 Y
Apollo rides his chariot across the sky, choosing when to land, dealing damage every .15s for .6s as he lands. Enemies hit by the last tick of the landing will also be knocked up.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 (+25% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 60/20
Cost: 20 + 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 per second
Cooldown: 110s

Introducktion





Apollo is the best musician in all of the Mobas ever, Ha, Take that stupid Sona!

Apollo is an amazing adc, not too hard to learn and has a very fun kit all around, His farm is amazing with Across The Sky which is basically a teleport, He has a ton of options in his kit with multiple uses for most abilities (**** You So Beautiful for ruining the overloadness :( )

But, apolo is a mana *****. He basically spends mana faster than you'll get angry from all the bad puns, which is FAST, He relies on his basics so much and his ult has such an annoying channel duration.

So let's get into what is Apollo,White Ginger Kanye West The god of Music! I hope you enjoy the guide.

Items!

"I Like Aoe Crit Unicorns"- By Apollo


Song Breakdown


Wind Demon

Snoopin' Rap Song By Apollo, Lyrics by Apollo


Song Breakdown



Skills



WHERE THE **** IS MY HEALTHBAR?!


Audacity



Nope, Not A Meme At All


So Beautiful



Gods, Goddesses, Don't Fight, Apollo Is Available For Both Genders


Serenade


I Is Rockstar!


The Moves



Lead Me To The Teamfight, And Ii'l Lead You To The Bedroom ;)


Across The Sky


Gameplay



General Gameplay Tips


General Gameplay





Early Game


Early Game




Mid - Late



Mid To Late




Teamfight Tips


Teamfights


Summary



In conclusion, Apollo is a great and viable adc that shines in the late game, but has a bit worse early, he also is one of the best boxers in the game, so use that to your advantage and i hope you can find some success when playing him.

Upcoming guides (The closer it is, the less vauge it will be )

Bird is the word!

Praise ________, your lord and savior!

The guide Prism's been waiting for.]

See ya soon!

-Ducks

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DucksRock (41) | May 26, 2016 12:05pm
Maybe i should re-release it? i mean, the comments section is pretty screwed and most of the discussion was just confusion i didnt understand you wanted to replace oddy so keeping it like that is pointless.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | May 26, 2016 12:20pm
Sorry Ducks, if you want to rerelease, go for it. Didn't mean to kill your comments section.
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DucksRock (41) | May 26, 2016 1:16pm
you werent the one who killed it. it was me not understanding that bull wanted to replace oddy with titans and not ichi.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | May 25, 2016 12:01pm
Okay guys, using Smite Builder.

Also, Techno, if you check the Overarching Conquest Guide, ADC section, I currently list 4 hunter builds that are generally in the current meta. Standard crit absolutely uses Qin's Sais.

But if your idea is comparing crit with and without Qin's Sais, let's look at the #s.

First, to provide details of the builds I'm using as examples:
Builds aren't really that important, it's just to get different levels of physical protection to compare.

So now, I'm using Apollo as a base, and this is just straight basic attacks, no abilities factored in. I'm also only going to be looking at average DPS based on the "yellow fist" which is basic + crit average. Also, everyone should remember...Ducks says his aim is to do max damage to squishies, more than tanks.

Final builds (without passives being active, e.g. Wind Demon's 20% attack speed increase):


Crit w/ Qin's


Crit w/ Titan's Bane


Crit w/ Malice (3 crit items)


Based on the above, Titan's Bane (just threw that in there just because) is not even in the same picture until you're cresting 220 protection, so that's not really viable across the board.

The 3x crit build on squishies does 3 DPS more against squishies compared to Qin's Sais, which is essentially no difference. However, as enemies build more and more protections, the Qin's build becomes more effective...and that's not even factoring in builds that incorporate way more health items, where including Qin's Sais would shine.

One other thing to keep in mind...there's a lot of buying and selling, and it's important to stay relevant throughout the match. So, even if you'd prefer a 3rd crit item or something else over Qin's Sais, let's look at that stage of the game, where you first pick up Qin's. Using the same enemies, and everything's at level 20, so just looking at differences in items.




Wind Demon


Qin's is just a stronger pick for the 5th item.

Okay, that enough maths?
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Technotoad64 (46) | May 25, 2016 8:43pm
Technotoad64 wrote:
I would like to see math. Can I have some math?

DucksRock wrote:
I need reviews tho 0.0


Well, now look what happened. 29 comments, and only 2 votes.

Branmuffin17 wrote:
Okay, that enough maths?

Yes, that's more than enough maths. I like seeing maths, but that's just too much math for me. I'll get to read all this eventually, but right now, my brains are fried from school finals.
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Technotoad64 (46) | May 26, 2016 8:27am
Well, now it's 33 comments, and 2 votes. We might have a problem.
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DucksRock (41) | May 25, 2016 9:36pm
Technotoad64 wrote:



Well, now look what happened. 29 comments, and only 2 votes.


Yes, that's more than enough maths. I like seeing maths, but that's just too much math for me. I'll get to read all this eventually, but right now, my brains are fried from school finals.

well, it was mostly focused around one review since im an idiot and i thought he wanted to replace titan's with either qin's or just ditch the ichi.
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Bullfrog323 (27) | May 25, 2016 12:42pm
The problem Bran is that you replaced the wrong item.
You should not replace Qin's Sais, but Odysseus' Bow
Since you already have Asi, having 2 items that don't offer any power is lowering your damage.

Here is the result with the same build for Agni, Hercules (Bruiser) and Hercules (Tank)
But using this build
Warrior Tabi / Asi / Qin's Sais / Titan's Bane / Wind Demon / Deathbringer

Sorry I don't know how to post images, so here are the numbers

Against Agni
401 (646 DPS) (5 SK in 2.5s) (beats all the builds you listed)

Against Hercules (bruiser)
295 (475 DPS) (8 SK in 4.3s) (beats all the builds you listed)

Against Hercules (tank)
231 (372 DPS) (12 SK in 6.8s) (beats all the builds you listed)

That is why I suggested Titan's Bane to Ducks, not to replace Qin's Sais, but Odysseus' Bow.
Also, he already has too much attack speed to take maximum benefit of Audacity.



Finally, if we use the build I suggested earlier (to maximize DPS, not to be optimal).
Transcendence / Warrior Tabi / Asi / Rage / Deathbringer / Titan's Bane

You get these numbers

Against Agni
445 (650 DPS) (4 SK in 2.1s) (beats all the builds previously listed)

Against Hercules (bruiser)
319 (466 DPS) (7 SK in 4.1s) (beats all the builds previously listed)

Against Hercules (tank)
246 (359 DPS) (11 SK in 6.8s) (equals to the previous build)
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DucksRock (41) | May 25, 2016 7:44pm
Bullfrog323 wrote:
The problem Bran is that you replaced the wrong item.
You should not replace Qin's Sais, but Odysseus' Bow
Since you already have Asi, having 2 items that don't offer any power is lowering your damage.

Here is the result with the same build for Agni, Hercules (Bruiser) and Hercules (Tank)
But using this build
Warrior Tabi / Asi / Qin's Sais / Titan's Bane / Wind Demon / Deathbringer

Sorry I don't know how to post images, so here are the numbers

Against Agni
401 (646 DPS) (5 SK in 2.5s) (beats all the builds you listed)

Against Hercules (bruiser)
295 (475 DPS) (8 SK in 4.3s) (beats all the builds you listed)

Against Hercules (tank)
231 (372 DPS) (12 SK in 6.8s) (beats all the builds you listed)

That is why I suggested Titan's Bane to Ducks, not to replace Qin's Sais, but Odysseus' Bow.
Also, he already has too much attack speed to take maximum benefit of Audacity.



Finally, if we use the build I suggested earlier (to maximize DPS, not to be optimal).
Transcendence / Warrior Tabi / Asi / Rage / Deathbringer / Titan's Bane

You get these numbers

Against Agni
445 (650 DPS) (4 SK in 2.1s) (beats all the builds previously listed)

Against Hercules (bruiser)
319 (466 DPS) (7 SK in 4.1s) (beats all the builds previously listed)

Against Hercules (tank)
246 (359 DPS) (11 SK in 6.8s) (equals to the previous build)

Oh, so that's what you suggested to replace, guess i missed the specific item suggestion, that's a good idea actually.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | May 25, 2016 1:33pm
Hey Bull, I was actually replacing Qin's based on the comment by Technotoad.

And yeah, I can see Titan's working well, even without the numbers. That said, each different version offers different utility. Rage may provide high #s of crit, but ody gives some team fight potential, wind demon gives some move speed, etc. I'd say they're all viable, but just wanted to show techno that Qin's +crit is absolutely a thing.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | May 25, 2016 12:13pm
Nope, not enough maths. Based on Zilby's comment, just did a full Unicorn/no crit build. Check this out.




What are we seeing here? I have to admit I'm amazed, but DPS on squishies (doing true damage from all the pen) is only about 30 DPS less than the full crit. And, against tankier enemies, it gets better and better.

Ducks, thoughts on adding the standard Unicorn as an optional hometower-wrecking build?
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Bullfrog323 (27) | May 25, 2016 12:50pm
Sorry Bran, I wrote my last message without knowing you posted one before (But for my defence, you said "enough maths").

Unicorn is a very good option, especially with hunters that have good damaging abilities.
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DucksRock (41) | May 25, 2016 12:15pm
Branmuffin17 wrote:
Nope, not enough maths. Based on Zilby's comment, just did a full Unicorn/no crit build. Check this out.




What are we seeing here? I have to admit I'm amazed, but DPS on squishies (doing true damage from all the pen) is only about 30 DPS less than the full crit. And, against tankier enemies, it gets better and better.

Ducks, thoughts on adding the standard Unicorn as an optional hometower-wrecking build?

personally, not that much of a fan, but i will try it out.
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Zilby (132) | May 25, 2016 10:52am
I'm not going to go into the build debate here, I think that straight unicorn is also fine (especially since on Apollo The Crusher + Titan's Bane does hella tower damage) but I'm mostly I'm questioning you're reasoning for selling for Ninja Tabi. Late game with Asi, Ichaival and Qin's Sais you already have very high attack speed. Accounting for your passive and the power drop on your ability and basic attack damage, even with getting additional Qin's Sais procs I don't think it's worth it, there's a reason why you normally get Warrior Tabi on unicorn builds.
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DucksRock (41) | May 25, 2016 10:57am
Zilby wrote:
I'm not going to go into the build debate here, I think that straight unicorn is also fine (especially since on Apollo The Crusher + Titan's Bane does hella tower damage) but I'm mostly I'm questioning you're reasoning for selling for Ninja Tabi. Late game with Asi, Ichaival and Qin's Sais you already have very high attack speed. Accounting for your passive and the power drop on your ability and basic attack damage, even with getting additional Qin's Sais procs I don't think it's worth it, there's a reason why you normally get Warrior Tabi on unicorn builds.


i'm not selling for ninja tabi on this build. there's a reason i didnt write all of the swaps.

edit: omg, i kept the old build swaps ;( mb...
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Technotoad64 (46) | May 25, 2016 6:45am
Wait, you mean crit and unicorn aren't mutually exclusive? I never knew.
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DucksRock (41) | May 25, 2016 6:56am
Technotoad64 wrote:
Wait, you mean crit and unicorn aren't mutually exclusive? I never knew.

not anymore. ccombining them both gives the best dps level, i mean unicorn can still be used separately, but crit without qin's is just a bit less worth it.

Edit: I need reviews tho 0.0
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Technotoad64 (46) | May 25, 2016 7:20am
I would like to see math. Can I have some math?
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Branmuffin17 (394) | May 24, 2016 9:31pm
Like the personality this guide has. And of course, can't argue the build or your knowledge with him and pretty much any other ADC. +1
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DucksRock (41) | May 24, 2016 9:26pm
apollo guide published!
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