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Shoes of the Magi with 
Shoes of Focus late game (optional).
Replace Shoes of the Magi with Shoes of Focus late game (optional).
Shoes of the Magi
Bancroft's Talon before 
Typhon's Fang. You can rush Bancroft's Talon first item if you like a more aggressive playstyle and want to take advantage of 
Sorrow ASAP. Typhon's Fang allows you to overcap on your lifesteal while giving a large power spike. The power spike is larger if you are hurt and Bancroft's Talon's passive activates. This one is ALMOST core. You can consider something else if enemy anti healing is very relevant. Bancroft's Talon, building Typhon's Fang earlier will allow for more aggression (thanks Kriega).
Get Bancroft's Talon before Typhon's Fang. You can rush Bancroft's Talon first item if you like a more aggressive playstyle and want to take advantage of Sorrow ASAP.
Typhon's Fang allows you to overcap on your lifesteal while giving a large power spike. The power spike is larger if you are hurt and Bancroft's Talon's passive activates. This one is ALMOST core. You can consider something else if enemy anti healing is very relevant.
Assuming you already have Bancroft's Talon, building Typhon's Fang earlier will allow for more aggression (thanks Kriega).
Bancroft's Talon
Typhon's Fang
Great on him due to his ticking damage. This item, by itself, will give you all the penetration you need for your kill combo.
My preferred slot for this item is usually 4th.
Spear of the Magus
Gem of Isolation works great with his abilities as well. The added health is a plus.
Divine Ruin For anti heal. Don't buy if enemy healing isn't relevant.
Shaman's Ring is usable in damage builds. I get this item later in my build. I don't have issues stacking it late game, especially after Spear of the Magus is online.
Rod of Tahuti works well in helping you 100 to 0 an enemy faster with the kill combo.
Obsidian Shard interacts negatively with Spear of the Magus. However, you may need to get both if the enemy team has 3+ tanks.
Spear of Desolation: More pen, high power, and some CDR. This is an OK item, especially if you don't feel comfortable buying 
Potion of Magical Might and plan on swapping out Shoes of the Magi for Shoes of Focus.
Gem of Isolation works great with his abilities as well. The added health is a plus.
Divine Ruin For anti heal. Don't buy if enemy healing isn't relevant.
Shaman's Ring is usable in damage builds. I get this item later in my build. I don't have issues stacking it late game, especially after Spear of the Magus is online.
Rod of Tahuti works well in helping you 100 to 0 an enemy faster with the kill combo.
Obsidian Shard interacts negatively with Spear of the Magus. However, you may need to get both if the enemy team has 3+ tanks.
Spear of Desolation: More pen, high power, and some CDR. This is an OK item, especially if you don't feel comfortable buying Potion of Magical Might and plan on swapping out Shoes of the Magi for Shoes of Focus.
Gem of Isolation
Divine Ruin
Shaman's Ring
Rod of Tahuti
Obsidian Shard
Spear of Desolation
I like building this early in Arena for more ability usage.
Chronos' Pendant
Warlock's Staff very early so you can stack ASAP. Warlock's Staff + protections from 
Mantle of Discord + lifesteal from Bancroft's Talon and Sorrow = decent survivability.
Build Warlock's Staff very early so you can stack ASAP.
Health from Warlock's Staff + protections from Mantle of Discord + lifesteal from Bancroft's Talon and Sorrow = decent survivability.
Warlock's Staff
Mantle of Discord
Blink Rune is kinda troll too, but it's fun to blink in, wrap with 
Mummify, and finish with 
Death Gaze. Remember boys and girls, spicy plays get the lays.
Blink Rune is kinda troll too, but it's fun to blink in, wrap with Mummify, and finish with Death Gaze. Remember boys and girls, spicy plays get the lays.
Aegis Amulet
Purification Beads
Blink Rune
Phantom Veil
This gives an extra 10% cdr along with some power. Definitely buy if you're not having trouble staying alive (benefits go away if you die).
Potion of Magical Might
Sorrow ASAP. Shoes of the Magi first and sell for Shoes of Focus late game (optional). Bancroft's Talon, Shoes of the Magi, and Typhon's Fang gives you crazy lifesteal and makes you a bit harder to kill. Due to Sorrow, this allows you to delay Spear of the Magus to 4th item slot. Credit to Kriega for teaching me that one.
Rushing lifesteal helps you make full use of Sorrow ASAP.
Get Shoes of the Magi first and sell for Shoes of Focus late game (optional).
Getting Bancroft's Talon, Shoes of the Magi, and Typhon's Fang gives you crazy lifesteal and makes you a bit harder to kill. Due to Sorrow, this allows you to delay Spear of the Magus to 4th item slot. Credit to Kriega for teaching me that one.
Bancroft's Talon
Shoes of the Magi
Typhon's Fang
Spear of the Magus
Chronos' Pendant
Gem of Isolation
Potion of Magical Might and the blue buff.
Use your abilities wisely since this has no CDR. If you have $ leftover, I recommend getting Potion of Magical Might and the blue buff.
Bancroft's Talon
Shoes of the Magi
Typhon's Fang
Spear of the Magus
Shaman's Ring
Rod of Tahuti
Bancroft's Talon heavily delays your passive's full potential. Shoes of the Magi for Shoes of Focus late game (optional).
Good for arena if you need to spam your abilities early. Getting the late Bancroft's Talon heavily delays your passive's full potential.
Can sell Shoes of the Magi for Shoes of Focus late game (optional).
Shoes of the Magi
Chronos' Pendant
Bancroft's Talon
Spear of the Magus
Typhon's Fang
Gem of Isolation
Shoes of the Magi with Shoes of Focus late game (optional). Mantle of Discord's passive denies 
Loki the kill (the passive may not work if it activates when he ults you because his ult makes him CC immune). Loki players will build a ton of penetration. The HP from Warlock's Staff along with the protections from Mantle of Discord increase your survival chances against him. Mantle of Discord earlier if receiving a lot of focus. Otherwise, build later if the Loki is kept in check. Or get something else if he's irrelevant.
Replace Shoes of the Magi with Shoes of Focus late game (optional).
I love it when Mantle of Discord's passive denies Loki the kill (the passive may not work if it activates when he ults you because his ult makes him CC immune).
Most Loki players will build a ton of penetration. The HP from Warlock's Staff along with the protections from Mantle of Discord increase your survival chances against him.
This build focuses on survival first. Build Mantle of Discord earlier if receiving a lot of focus. Otherwise, build later if the Loki is kept in check. Or get something else if he's irrelevant.
Warlock's Staff
Shoes of the Magi
Bancroft's Talon
Spear of the Magus
Mantle of Discord
Chronos' Pendant
Spear of the Magus is definitely great when you can build it early. Dealing with squishies = true damage. Mid-game, when you face tanks with some protections (but not a full build), you'll also punch through a lot of their armor. Obsidian Shard is good IF dealing with FULL tanks who have magical protections over 150. You should still have at least 1-2 items with flat penetration to help with the squishies. Spear of the Magus is good mid game because you'll deal more damage to gods who have at least one protection item. I would only recommend this build against tanky enemy compositions. If ALL enemies are building VERY tanky (for whatever reason), keep Spear of the Magus.
Credit to BranMuffin for helping with explanations:
Spear of the Magus is definitely great when you can build it early. Dealing with squishies = true damage. Mid-game, when you face tanks with some protections (but not a full build), you'll also punch through a lot of their armor.
Late game, the switch to Obsidian Shard is good IF dealing with FULL tanks who have magical protections over 150. You should still have at least 1-2 items with flat penetration to help with the squishies.
Summary: The Spear of the Magus is good mid game because you'll deal more damage to gods who have at least one protection item. I would only recommend this build against tanky enemy compositions. If ALL enemies are building VERY tanky (for whatever reason), keep Spear of the Magus.
Bancroft's Talon
Shoes of Focus
Spear of Desolation
Mantle of Discord
Obsidian Shard
Chronos' Pendant
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I find Grasping Hands safe for wave clearing/harassment. I max this first.
I don't like Anubis's Plague of Locusts too much since it roots him, leaving him VERY vulnerable. However, this is one of your damaging abilities. After maxing Grasping Hands, whenever you can't put points into your ultimate, put points into this.
Max Mummify last. Other than a slightly longer stun duration, it doesn't give you too much use per level.
1. Aegis Amulet: Prevent being deleted by high, single hit damage (
Searing Pain for example).
2. Purification Beads: Escape from ultimates that will gurantee your death such as 
Fenrir's 
Ragnarok and 
Ares's 
No Escape.
Also note that your ultimate, Death Gaze, gives you CC immunity. You can consider that to save yourself from ultimates like Ragnarok or No Escape if your purification beads are down.
This item pairs well with Aegis Amulet.
3. Phantom Veil if there's an 
Odin. He may not be able to kill you by himself, especially if he's building as a full tank, but his 
Ring of Spears is a blaring siren that lets his team know a squishy Anubis is trapped and can't utilize his lifesteal.
1) Stay in the back and let your team do the front lining. Clear minion waves and harass enemies with Grasping Hands.
2) Kill combo:
Grasping Hands to slow an enemy down Mummify. Death Gaze (or Plague of Locusts if Death Gaze is on CD). Grasping Hands at your feet. Chances are, the enemy will run through it. Now he's slowed. Turn around and Mummify him. Unleash Death Gaze. Death Gaze can go through walls. Use Grasping Hands combined with Death Gaze for some sneaky kills. Mummify and Death Gaze on instant cast, and the Distance Line helps this. Grasping Hands on instant cast, and the Ground Target helps this.
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One Thousand Cuts
Brutalize
Lost Artifact
Pythagorem's Piece
Brawler's Beat Stick
Heartward Amulet
Gauntlet of Thebes
Common Abbreviations
Just remember that Anubis' passive gives prot reduction and u don't need typhons for the full benefit. So with passive and deso u don't need magus lategame, even more so if there's a void stone on your team.
Also now that I think about it, Typhon's Fang isn't that good at all. It's expensive and only useful if no one is building anti-heal.
I understand that Anubis passive gives prot reduction, but he has to get all three ticks before he gets full benefit.
Where magus really shines is in his kill combo. 3 - 2 - 4
Magus provides more overall pen, than what you proposed, for that ult set up. In the late game, you're damage is fully developed. Selling magus late game, you just lose some damage potential on that kill combo. However, if the enemy guardian isn't building heartward and thebes for his squishies, then your point is good and definitely something I'll be testing.
Mantle of discord should also be a situational pick up.
I do think your proposed build is good for tank shredding if you don't sell spear of magus.
Also, I don't agree with the Typhon's statement. I feel it's still absolutely a viable and functional item. The healing boost from the passive can counteract standard anti-heal, at least to keep your lifesteal functional.
I do like Kriega's build order, and think it would work just fine, but I think the old builds are still very viable.
Late game, the switch to
Obsidian shard can be the cherry on the cake.
Maybe with kriegas build, you need 2 item slots (deso and obsidian) vs. Just 1 for magus.
Anyway, what do you think about this?
Pythags
Cdr boots
Divine ruin - if no one else is building it
Bancroft/magus
Bancroft/magus
Sitiational. chronos pendant maybe if you're fighing a lot or maybe something else like tahuti or gem of iso? Any other suggestions?
Maybe get Pen boots if you plan on getting
For large power spikes, I prefer
Preference can come in to play, but if we look at the item for what it provides, I think it can serve
That being said, additional utility could be preferred over an expensive item like Rod, but in terms of a full damage build, I think the item is a viable option and is worthy of consideration.
yea i'll put rod of tahuti as a consideration for sure. I used to build it all the time in season 4.
Arena is teamfight focused, and you will rarely be alone. Base is nearby and you won't miss out on a lot if you head back early, therefore lifesteal early is not a necessity.
Sure his passive benefits from lifesteal early, but in this case building it as a 3rd item outweighs building it second or first.
Thinkabout it. If all im doing is laying down grasping hands from the back line, do i really need lifesteal second?
If i need the regen, id just walk back to base, which is literally half a meter away from me.
I also explained that yiu could rush lifesteal or more pen as your second item. Its in the guide.
The thing is if you have
When i update, i will be sure to make this more explicit.
Your job will also 90% of the time be to kill a carry, mage or assassin. So penetration is not your key stat in arena.
Lifesteal is and will always be your first priority as anubis. So the start is good (except the boots should be dps boots). And then you put in a breastplate or chronos pendant (between pythag and bankrofts imo) instead of spear of the magus. Then it is spear of desolation or rod. I would say rod first actually, just because you will most likely get more out of the rod passive than the spear passive if you end up only being able to finish your 5th item.
Skill priority is good for arena, maxing loctus swarm can work. But grasping hands and lvl 2-3 mummify is my pref skill priority in arena as well.
All in all its a solid build and guide imo. :)
In Arena, then, I would give less weight to
As for double-lifesteal...I don't suggest it for
See, you can't forget about
So, with these 2 things in mind, I'd be looking to max CDR (or get close), likely use
If you prefer
Oh, and Bracer of Undoing is a totally functional relic...you might want to include that.
Make sense? Thoughts?
Thanks for pointing that out.
If the late game is going well enough, what do you think about selling
I feel that
I'll archive this guide, play with your suggested items, and post an update. I've been holding off on doing this, but thanks for commenting and reminding me.
You mentioned that my main targets will be ADCs, mages, and assassins. Your suggested build gives a flat +30 penetration from dps boots (shoes of the magi) and spear of desolation (assuming I can complete the build since spear of desolation was the last item). Will +30 flat pen (or less if I can't finish the build) be enough to 100 to 0 a squishy?
Also, if I'm unable to finish the build, I won't get 40% CDR since Spear of Desolation was the last item.
Overall, I agree with what you are saying, it's just that I was having way too much fun with spear of the magus after its crazy buff :P
I will try out some games with your suggested build, clean up the guide, and give you the due credit. Thank you for the suggestions! I'd love to hear back from you.