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HERCULES!! GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!

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by AhnoldSchwarz updated January 23, 2013

Smite God: Hercules

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Hercules Build

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Voidblade Voidblade
Build Item Ankh of the Golem Ankh of the Golem
Build Item Shifter's Shield Shifter's Shield
Build Item Bulwark of Hope Bulwark of Hope
Build Item Potion of Power Potion of Power
Build Item Elixir of Power Elixir of Power
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation

Hercules's Skill Order

Driving Strike

1 X Y
Driving Strike
4 7 9 11 13

Earthbreaker

2 A B
Earthbreaker
1 12 14 15 16

Mitigate Wounds

3 B A
Mitigate Wounds
2 3 6 8 10

Excavate

4 Y X
Excavate
5 17 18 19 20
Driving Strike
4 7 9 11 13

Driving Strike

1 X
Hercules delivers a mighty strike, driving all enemies back, damaging and Stunning them. Hercules is immune to knockback during the dash.

Ability Type: Line, Dash, Damage
Damage: 100 / 170 / 240 / 310 / 380 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Earthbreaker
1 12 14 15 16

Earthbreaker

2 A
Hercules smashes the ground, sending a shockwave forward that does damage to all enemies in the path. Enemies at the end of the shockwave are thrown into the air towards Hercules.

Ability Type: Line, Knockback, Damage
Damage: 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 / 310 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Mitigate Wounds
2 3 6 8 10

Mitigate Wounds

3 B
Hercules heals himself instantly and gains increased Attack Speed, Magical and Physical Protections for the next 4s. A percentage of the damage taken during this time is returned to him as an additional heal that at the end of the duration.

Ability Type: Buff
Initial Heal: 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165
Damage Returned as Healing: 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 / 44%
Protections Buff: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Attack Speed: 25%
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15s
Excavate
5 17 18 19 20

Excavate

4 Y
Hercules rips a huge boulder from the ground. Throwing the boulder does damage where the boulder lands. The boulder continues rolling, doing the same damage to all enemies in its path. Subsequent hits on the same enemy do 50% less damage per hit. Hercules is immune to crowd control while casting.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Damage: 300 / 425 / 550 / 675 / 800 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 15
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

HERCULES! GET TO DA CHOPPA!!

Ok this guide is short and sweet and to the point. If you aren't good with Hercules then this guide won't matter at all. I'm serious Herc is super easy as long as you play safe but if you are a hardcore aggressive player then Herc is not for you. Bottom line, Herc is a bruiser no ifs, ands, or buts. He is great for right lane bullying and it doesn't matter who your partner is as long as you play safe till level 6. You can still get 2 or 3 kills between level 1 and level 6. USE YOUR CREEPS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. Also make sure you max out your level 3 skill immediately. It makes you basically invincible till level 15 IF YOU PLAY SMART.

First off you need to start off with your number 2 skill to troll the other teams laners! At level 1 doesn't matter if they are tank or heals they will die when you pop them back to you in a bunch of creeps. Make sure that you have a fresh lane of creeps as well just having your archers wont help much. CREEPS DO MASSIVE DAMAGE AT LOW LEVELS. If you can try to pop them back then move forward a little bit to block their path to run back and let them get swarmed by the creeps while hopefully your laning partner is busting their face. Also try to only pop back one other opposing god. If you have a great partner then you can pop both of them back, and usually get a double kill or double assist. Also at level 1 make sure you ALWAYS GET YOUR BOOTS and 3 mana pots!!!!! If you play safe and dont go past their creeps unless they only have 5HP to chase and no where near their tower you will never need health pots for Herc. At level 2 you get your number 3 skill and become just about invincible. Only use your number 3 skill when engaging in combat. It uses a lot of mana. If you listen and level it up all the way first by the time its fully leveled you can tower dive all you want as long as you start diving with 3/4 or more of your health and there is only one opposing god to be killed. Remember creeps and tower kills are worth a lot more money than kills cuz there is always that chance you might die and give the kill to them. PLAY SAFE!! I can't say that enough. If you get lucky and play against a dum dum team then good for you. You can be more aggressive. But playing safe in the beginning I guarantee you can run around the rest of the match just annihilating the other team.

Alright I'm gonna wrap this up soon. On the last two abilities I haven't discussed yet. Your number one is AMAZING. It does a ton of damage when fully leveled and it stuns. Also great for escaping. There is a catch! You have to be a good aim and use it only at the right time. When you knock back somebody with your 2nd skill you should just leave them and not even use your number 1 if you have a laning partner only if they are trying to get away you can chase them down quicker with skill 1. If you get good enough with it you can lure them back to your tower and knock them back with 2 run up just a bit while they are in the air and then push them further back with 1. They will die super fast. But you have to be really smart with this ability. Don't push them further away from you or your team if they are running and FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T PUSH THEM OUT OF A TANK'S ULTIMATE!!! Push them into it. Use angles right. If you are discombobulated try to find your bearings and then get back in the fight. This goes for any God you play as ALWAYS USE YOUR MINI MAP!!! Its your bread and butter of the entire game. Call your missing in actions in any of your lane. Either type it in or use the in game voice commands.

Anyways, last and sorry to say least your ULTIMATE. Which in my opinion it really isn't. Only get your number 4 skill one time at level 5 then DO NOT level it up till you have all your other skills leveled up. Its good for killing a wave of creeps or HOPEFULLY getting a kill on a God that is VERY VERY VERY low in health. You have to be a dead aim killer in this game to land it perfectly. I consider myself a really good aim with all the God's abilities but this one is super hard to land due to its build up and your max damage comes out of actually landing the boulder on the opposing person. I usually start up a fight with it if I'm about to fully engage. It scatters their laners and I can pick from one of the two or more to use my number 2 skill and go from there. So!!! The entire gist of this guide is playing smart and safe. As you should with all the other gods as well. In most of my matches as Herc if I have a good laning partner the opposing team will surrender in 20 minutes or less. Unless you have teammates that don't PLAY SAFE in left or middle lane and they start feeding. Then watch for ganks. Cuz when they see how much you are bashing right lane then they will definitely try to gank you. Thanks for your time and reading my guide.

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Timofy (1) | January 24, 2013 4:05pm
Great guide from what i can tell,
Break that wall of text up,
Change the colours around more sub-sections and it would be perfect xD!
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