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Hercules, God of the Arena!

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by Mercnet updated January 10, 2013

Smite God: Hercules

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Hercules Build

Arena

Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
3
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
3
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
3
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
3
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer
3
Build Item Ankh of the Golem Ankh of the Golem
3
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation

Hercules's Skill Order

Driving Strike

1 X Y
Driving Strike
6 12 13 17 18

Earthbreaker

2 A B
Earthbreaker
3 7 11 15 16

Mitigate Wounds

3 B A
Mitigate Wounds
1 2 4 8 10

Excavate

4 Y X
Excavate
5 9 14 19 20
Driving Strike
6 12 13 17 18

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
3 7 11 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
1 2 4 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 9 14 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

Pros / Cons

Pros

    High damage

Cons
    Squishy
    Loki+Xbalanque counters you

Items

I like to start out with Jotuun's Wrath to gain some early Mana and ability CD, following up with Meditation and the warrior Tabi. The rest of the build is a pretty straight forward power, attack speed and penetration build. For the final item, depending on your friends and foes, I suggest the Ankh of the Golem, or any item you see fit to counter late game foes.

For the secondary active, I suggest a Aegis Amulet to counter Ares/Xbalangue ults if they are present, or a Girdle of Might to boost ally damage.

Team Work

I use this build as a heavy support/damage dealer, using Earthbreaker to either initiate or save a team mate. When fighting near the base, I tend to pull them back toward the tower and while they are flying up and to you, step into the path a bit and turn 180 to set up a push from Diving strike to push them back into the tower. This same combo can be used to save your team mate. Just remember to buff up with Mitigate Wounds before initiation.

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