The Legislacerator (Conquest - Jungle - S2)

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Passive - Scales of Fate

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Scales of Fate is a very beneficial passive to Nemesis and this build. It grants her up to 9% of her target's physical or magical power from items converted to physical power at 1/2 value when she hits her basic attacks. This works especially well with fast attack speed, as it requires three stacks to get the full 9%.

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1 - Swift Vengeance

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Swift Vengeance is Nemesis's primary form of mobility, aside from high movement speed and jungle buffs. It gives her two dashes, which propel her forwards a large distance. This can be used to return to the jungle faster, help teammates faster, gank lanes faster, go from jungle camp to jungle camp faster, pursue enemies, you name it. I will always advise upgrading this second and using it frequently in the early game to move around the map in order to rack up the necessary experience and gold necessary to get early game kills. I would argue against upgrading it further however, as the damage caused by this dash is negligible and isn't really the point of this ability at all.
Note: You can use this ability in your fountain to return to the jungle faster without losing any mana.

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2 - Slice and Dice

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Slice and Dice is Nemesis' go-to ability. It does good damage in a large arc that also slows any enemies caught within it for 2 seconds. This greatly helps Nemesis clear jungle camps and minions, as well as provide an initiation and sticking when ganking an enemy. Note that the slow does only last 2 seconds and is your only form of CC, so be wary of using it without reason. Because it is so essential to her initial damage output, I advise that this ability be a priority when upgrading, only below your ultimate.

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3 - Retribution

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Retribution is a great ability for getting out of really tight spots. It reflects incoming damage back to enemy gods as well as healing you. This can be a helpful ability to put up if pursuing an enemy under tower, or if you quickly dove in on an enemy in a teamfight and need some protections in order to get back out. Because of its utility, I prefer upgrading this before Swift Vengeance.

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4 - Divine Judgement

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Divine Judgement is what brings Nemesis' kit together. When this ability is activated on an enemy god it reduces their health, movement speed and protections while giving you a portion of their protections and increasing your movement speed. This ability allows you to take out anyone on the enemy team, even the tanks, as your protections stealing allows you to slash through their health like it was swiss ****ing cheese. Once an enemy has been marked with this ability, it is your sole duty to unleash blind justice upon their sinful *** until they've been penalized to kingdom come.

Boots are an excellent starter item for Nemesis, giving her some early mobility. Once upgraded to Warrior Tabi they also provide better power than Ninja Tabi. Since there is a lot of attack speed in this build, the attack speed from Ninja Tabi is mostly unnecessary, so I would recommend purchasing Warrior Tabi instead.

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Bumba's Mask is my go to starter item for most assassins. It's incredibly helpful to Nemesis due to her poor early game ability to take out jungle camps, but if you're confident in your early game you can start building your other items immediately.

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ALTERNATIVE
Death's Toll is a decent alternative to Bumba's Mask. I personally like the early game stat boosts it provides that help me have an edge on enemy players, but it does limit your ability to take out jungle camps effectively.

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Hand of the Gods is always my starter active with Nemesis because it provides an easy way to take out jungle camps, something that Nemesis is poor during her early game. Mid/late game Fist of the Gods allows you to get an extra stun on enemies as well, making this an all around good investment.


ALTERNATIVE
Achilles' Spear is a great item because it allows you to close the gap on enemies and gain additional attack speed and lifesteal. Be wary when using this however, because the increased damage taken for 5s can be dangerous. It can be helpful to counter this with Retribution while ganking.

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sprint
I often buy sprint the first time I return to base as Nemesis. It improves her movement even more and allows her to fly through the map, taking out all the jungle camps and still have time to gank lanes. It's also helpful for closing the gap on enemies and escaping while Swift Vengeance is on cooldown. If you buy Hastened Fatalis, you will not need this item as much.


ALTERNATIVE
Purification Beads while not typically as useful as sprint, can be necessary in matches where you are continuously exposed to hard CC, such as Ares, Hades, Anubis, Chang'e, etc. If possible, I will always advise something else as a better alternative, but if you're making the best of a bad situation, Purification Beads is not a bad choice.
Note: Magi's Blessing can often be bought to replace this item with its passive.


ALTERNATIVE
Greater Aegis is essential against gods with great amounts of burst damage from their ultimates over a short time like Anubis, Poseidon Hercules, etc.

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Jotunn's Wrath allows the user to perform more Slice and Dice's as well as Divine Judgements greatly increasing both Nemesis' kill frequency and kill potential. It also provides decent penetration and power, as well as some mana which can be useful for sustain in the jungle.


ALTERNATIVE
Hastened Fatalis provide great attack speed and movement speed, as well as a passive that will allow you to begin focusing enemies as early as possible. However, Nemesis does have two slows and can often stick to people using items such as sprint. Regardless, this item does make a good replacement for magi's blessing (just push up the build order 1 position until you get to 5th item) allowing you to invest in Purification Beads rather than sprint.


ALTERNATIVE
Ichaival is by far Nemesis best option when playing against a primarily physical team. It still provides additional attack speed, but also reduces enemies' physical power while increasing yours, allowing you to focus down Warriors, assassins and hunters with ease.

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The Executioner (almost) maxes out Nemesis's attack speed, gives additional power and reduces targets' physical protections for three stacks on basic attacks. With your high attack speed, this is easy to accomplish, and when used in conjunction with Nemesis' Divine Judgement, it will provide enough penetration to take out even the toughest enemies in seconds.

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Rage will allow you to crit far more often and also provides a decent attack power buff. This makes it more or less essential for Deathbringer to be effective.

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Was there ever any doubt? Deathbringer provides great power, critical strike chance and makes your critical hits do 50% more damage. However, this item is expensive, so I would advise getting Rage or Malice first.

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Magi's Blessing
Magi's Blessing is irreplaceable against teams with good CC. While beads can supplant this against some teams, if you are getting hit by too much hard CC to be able to dash in and out from attacking teams, you will need this item.


ALTERNATIVE
Asi is a great late game item, providing additional attack speed, and lifesteal so that you can stay out of base longer during the late game. While Nemesis' ult provides you with penetration, it's important to still be powerful while it's on cooldown as well.


ALTERNATIVE
Malice can be a decent final item to a crit build adding even more crit chance which allows its passive to really become effective.

Boots are an excellent starter item for Nemesis, giving her some early mobility. Once upgraded to Warrior Tabi they also provide better power than Ninja Tabi. Since there is a lot of attack speed in this build, the attack speed from Ninja Tabi is mostly unnecessary, so I would recommend purchasing Warrior Tabi instead.

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Bumba's Mask is my go to starter item for most assassins. It's incredibly helpful to Nemesis due to her poor early game ability to take out jungle camps, but if you're confident in your early game you can start building your other items immediately.

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ALTERNATIVE
Death's Toll is a decent alternative to Bumba's Mask. I personally like the early game stat boosts it provides that help me have an edge on enemy players, but it does limit your ability to take out jungle camps effectively.

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Hand of the Gods is always my starter active with Nemesis because it provides an easy way to take out jungle camps, something that Nemesis is poor during her early game. Mid/late game Fist of the Gods allows you to get an extra stun on enemies as well, making this an all around good investment.


ALTERNATIVE
Achilles' Spear is a great item because it allows you to close the gap on enemies and gain additional attack speed and lifesteal. Be wary when using this however, because the increased damage taken for 5s can be dangerous. It can be helpful to counter this with Retribution while ganking.

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sprint
I often buy sprint the first time I return to base as Nemesis. It improves her movement even more and allows her to fly through the map, taking out all the jungle camps and still have time to gank lanes. It's also helpful for closing the gap on enemies and escaping while Swift Vengeance is on cooldown. If you buy Hastened Fatalis, you will not need this item as much.


ALTERNATIVE
Purification Beads while not typically as useful as sprint, can be necessary in matches where you are continuously exposed to hard CC, such as Ares, Hades, Anubis, Chang'e, etc. If possible, I will always advise something else as a better alternative, but if you're making the best of a bad situation, Purification Beads is not a bad choice.
Note: Magi's Blessing can often be bought to replace this item with its passive.


ALTERNATIVE
Greater Aegis is essential against gods with great amounts of burst damage from their ultimates over a short time like Anubis, Poseidon Hercules, etc.

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Ichaival is an excellent item early game providing you with an awesome amount of attack speed as well as a passive that's great for dueling physical gods and beefing up your power very quickly. A must have for this build.

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Frostbound Hammer is the core of this build, slowing your enemies allowing you to get stacks on your Ichaival and later The Executioner, as well as providing some power and a huge amount of health. This allows you to play Nemesis more as a bruiser than a glass cannon assassin, especially when paired with her Retribution.

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The Executioner (almost) maxes out Nemesis's attack speed, gives additional power and reduces targets' physical protections for three stacks on basic attacks. With your high attack speed, this is easy to accomplish, and when used in conjunction with Nemesis' Divine Judgement, it will provide enough penetration to take out even the toughest enemies in seconds.

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Rage will allow you to crit far more often and also provides a decent attack power buff. This makes it more or less essential for Deathbringer to be effective.

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Was there ever any doubt? Deathbringer provides great power, critical strike chance and makes your critical hits do 50% more damage. However, this item is expensive, so I would advise getting Rage or Malice first.

Gotta go fast! The most important part of Nemesis' entire game happens in the first 8 minutes. You should begin by picking up Bumba's Mask, Rage of the Gods or Achilles' Spear for jungle camps and a couple health potions (these are only used situationally, but they cost very little so it's best to keep them for when the time comes). Alternatively you can pick up potion of physical might, Bumba's Mask and two health and mana potions for a more aggressive start. Generally the second tactic is more useful in high level play. You should start by getting the speed buff and mana buff with your solo player and heading to lane.

You should go to lane with your solo laner for a bit in the beginning. Once you've gotten some experience and the other jungler has more or less left, you can head out and begin farming jungle camps. You should try to take out as many of these as possible, as fast as possible. Use Swift Vengeance to get around whenever possible, as you save far more time by using it to move around the map than it takes to go back to base and heal up your mana. You can also help out or gank the mid lane around this time. This is common practice for junglers in season 2, you may want to do this prior to even going for jungle camps. Finally make sure to be around mid when the 3 minute mark is up since the mid camps will spawn. These are highly contested and getting both gives your team an awesome early lead.

If you've taken out all the jungle camps and your ultimate is ready but there is still no opportunity to gank, go to whichever lane is being pushed the most and help them clear some minions (helps them and you). Otherwise go attack some lanes and try to feed yourself with some early game kills. If you start slow with Nemesis, not using your Swift Vengeance when possible and wandering the jungle not killing camps or minions, you will fall behind and you will have a very bad match. Avoid this at all costs.

Once you have gotten a few kills under your belt, you should continue taking out all the jungle camps with your super high mobility and running around the entire map ganking wherever possible. As long as you always keep yourself occupied, you should see yourself pull a steady lead over the other player's levels which will allow you to take advantage of anyone who's falling behind.

For ganks you should target squishy mages as they are the easiest to kill, but anyone who's pushing too far up lane can be a target. Remember that your ultimate Divine Justice will greatly reduce other player's protections, so don't be afraid to try taking out supports like Ymir, Bachus or Athena.


However, you should avoid getting caught up fighting multiple players. Try to keep your encounters to 1v1s as much as possible, you have very little sustain in a larger battle. If you're going after somebody and you find yourself surrounded, put up a Retribution and sprint or Swift Vengeance the hell out of there. You will occasionally give up a few kills, this is okay. Just remember that you want to live to see another day.

Do note however that Swift Vengeance can allow you to bypass the enemy team and take on an enemy attempting to escape. You can earn many kills by taking the lives of those retreating and using your high mobility to escape into the jungle. Retribution can also allow you to take out enemies under tower, just make sure you don't stay under very long. Towers will take you out incredibly fast, so unless you can likely secure a kill by using Slice and Dice you should avoid staying under tower trying to finish them off.

Also, you can be of great help to your team by coming to a teammates aid when they are trying to take down a tower. Always note when your teammates are pushing lane, because you can join them very quickly and help them secure a tower kill before the enemy team even knew you had arrived.

By late game, Nemesis is a bit of a glass cannon. She has very low defenses, but if she can target an enemy alone, they are as good as dead. Stay around the fringes of teamfights and only pop in to secure a kill and quickly dive back out. Pick the enemies off one by one, don't attempt to take on the whole enemy team at once. No matter what, do not get overwhelmed by your power. Even though you can take out any enemy's health in two seconds, a team of two of them can do the same to you, so watch out.

Your damage output is also incredibly useful for taking out the Fire Giant, Gold Fury, Phoenixes and Titan, so help your teammates whenever possible, but avoid being targeted at all costs.

If you play effectively, at least half the enemy team should be in respawn at all times, and your team will be able to secure an easy victory.