Zeus: 3... 2...1.. Detonate Kabooooom. A Zeus guide and build

I have seen so many guides, so many focus on just zeus nuking with the 3. That's not how I prefer to play. I prefer to get quick charges off with still pretty high damage (though not instakilling) This build can help you spam charges, which can quickly turn the tide of battle, easily chase enemies (2 and fatalis passive combo)

PROS
Easier to agress and escape with this build.
The ability to spam your charges and quickly spread them is useful in teamfights
The ability to spam your 1 can help you quickly farm and push a lane
Easy to chase enemies with the fatalis and Aegis Shield combo.
With the low cooldown ult (54 seconds with both cooldown items) can help it be useful for both escaping and teamfights without having to save it for a specific reason
Can turn the tide with assassins/other mages/teamfights catch them unprepared with the quick charge applying

CONS
The lower burst can make securing a kill harder.
Extremely squishy.
CC can totally shut him down (Ymir's 3 for example) CC leaves the nearly escapeless god even more screwed.
Not many ways to escape (however with this build it is made a bit easier)

The best way to do the farming and clearing is by using your 1. Early game you should use your 1, send a couple basics, and detonate to finish the wave. I advise applying some charges to the minions that didn't get charged.

Shoes of Focus is a great starter item for this build as they reduce cooldown, and provide mana and movement speed.

Hastened Fatalis is really the core for this build. This item gives you so much more flexibility, it allows you to chase, it allows you to place charges much faster, it allows you to quickly spread around the charges to make a very spectacular lightning shock.

Chronos Pendant
Makes your detonate/chain even more spammable with this. Also provides a bit of magical power AND a good amount of mp5 which helps you stay up in the fight much longer.

Rod of Tahuti This item will help you start wrecking faces even harder. A whopping 125 Magical power and a 25% magical power increase. this is the item that provides the true finishing kick for your abilities

Chain Lightning. Is your wave clear and will help apply charges to enemy gods that are grouped up. Nothing too special about this, but it really helps.

Aegis Shield. Your chaser and escape. Press this baby when you need to catch up to your enemy, or when you need to catch up with your tower. Also applies a charge to anybody who basic attacks you, so against assassins, put this on, turn around, and fire your lightning, charge them, when they realize they are in trouble activate the 2 and chase them, THEN SECURE THE KILL WITH ELECTRIC DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Detonate Charge. THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF ZEUS. Without this he'd be a big pile of....
This is the ability you want to spam. With this build its easy to get charges off, once you got 3 charges on the enemy, you pop this. IT IS ADVISED WITH THIIS BUILD NOT TO USE THIS WITH 1 OR EVEN 2 CHARGES UNLESS IN DESPERATION, OR TRYING TO SECURE A REALLY LOW ENEMY. Its a waste when you can get 3 charges on so easily to use this when less than 3 charges are on.



Lightning Storm.
What an amazing ult. So many uses
To get charges and high damage off on an offguard enemy.
To finish off an enemy.
To burst down enemies and finish them off in teamfights.
To escape when enemies are chasing you, and sometimes quickly turn the tides.
To prevent enemies from guarding their tower/phoenix/titan
To burst down the titan end game when you are close to it.

Hit enemies with basic attacks, spam 3, get kills.