All-Mage Mastery in the New Conquest Map / Mage Guide & Builds (8.1)

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Welcome and thanks for taking a time to read this guide, it might be a very long guide, but in this page you will find extensive and simple explanations about all the mages in the conquest map. This is a huge guide, it may have some mistakes, so If you have any suggestion or advice about a god, feel free to comment about it, I'd like to hear your opinions <3 What will you find in this guide? God stats and abilities: the basic information to read about the abilities of your god and what you can do with. Gameplay info and tips: some advice on how you can play with the god and some tips and notes it would be useful to know. Recommended build: Selected items that will work very well, in a considered order. Recommended leveling order: if you don't know what to get up first. ‏‏‎ ‎ If you want to go to the simplified information, I'd recommend you to check the summary section. Remember directory in the right column if you want to reach a god faster, in this guide you will find: What's new? SEASON 8 UPDATE with new starters Updated Introduction section Mages in Every Lane (with new picutres). Udpated Summary Updated Mage Builds (and added alternative builds).

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Red Camp You start at the red buff (No. 1) with the adc, as mid you need to start with them and take the buff (the camp will appear at 20s after minions spawn), this will make you get to level 2 easier when clearing the first wave. Not getting level 2 at first wave (or not clearing the wave as fast as your opponent) can be very dangerous, exposing yourself against the enemy, so try to stay safe and ward the mid camp with the vision shard if you have the chance. Early Game Early game is very important, and the first waves (most of the time) are crucial to decide who will reach mid-game first, farming lane minions and jungle is the key but also rotations in the right moment are useful to help you and your team take objectives. First Wave After clearing the firsts waves, the junglers will come to mid, usually they go for the mid camp near them (No. 3), but you have to be careful for a possible gank, if not you can help the jungler to clear the mid camp, or go to clear the other xp camp (No. 4).

Farming As a midlaner, you got a lot of camps where you can farm pretty well, that's why sometimes movement speed is useful to farm and rotate faster. Make sure to have enough wards to control the camps, avoid ganks, and give the right calls to your team, something hard about mid lane is that is the most ganked lane, you can get ganked by everyone but mostly by the jungler or the support. Also, try to be with someone when clearing the jungle camps, if you don't have lifesteal or healing you can take a lot of poke from them.

Mid Game At this part of the game you already make a nice amount of damage, rotations are coming up and you have to stick with your team, you have to group to the first team fights, the winning team will get an objective, that can be a big scorpion, tower, a gold fury, a pyromancer or even the fire giant, make sure to stay in a safe place and try to make a high amount of damage to the enemy team. Try to always get all the camps available, it's important as a mage to get ahead on farming (but in the company of your support, you don't want to get caught alone).

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Late Game At this moment mages can unleash all their power, you must stick with your support, he's the only one that can save you from being one-shotted, as long you are with your supp you should be able to do a great amount of damage to the enemy trying to focus the dangerous ones (adc, jungler, mid), team fights at this time can decide who'll win the match.

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manikin scepter Purple (& Red) Camp You will start in the red buff (No. 1) with your mid while your supp is in the purple buff (No. 2), red buff appears 20s after minions spawn, and then go for your purple buff and grab it. The priority here is to clear the wave at the same time you're trying to poke the other adc, avoid being attack from the other team, if you clear the wave first you will get a lot of advantage in this fight. Early Game Duo lane depends on coordination when you want to attack someone always focus the same target. If you're not able to fight back, stay behind and farm until you can fight them (or wait for a gank from your jungler, there's nothing bad about not being able to win a 1v1 as long as you don't die), your supp leaving the lane is the best way to farm but you must be careful if the other supp is still there because you will instantly lose a 2v1 so play turtle, you might earn more xp and gold. Supports are used to leave the lane when they're level 5-10, you can make use of their ults before they leave or just enjoy the farm.

First Wave After clearing the firsts waves, the junglers will come to mid, usually they go for the mid camp near them (No. 3), but you have to be careful for a possible gank, if not you can help the jungler to clear the mid camp, or go to clear the other xp camp (No. 4).

‏‏‎Mid Game You will have a lot of near camps to farm, with some lifesteal and attack speed you won't have trouble clearing them, even if you don't have lifesteal you can kill a lane scorpion (No. 5) or (No. 8) to heal you 210 hp (wait for 10 ticks of heal), you can rotate or help your team to kill an objective, that can be a tower, a gold fury, a pyromancer or even the fire giant (there's always the option to split push and take towers, but is situational) If the only way is to defend and the enemy team is far from you, you can take down that tower. Remember to ward your lane to avoid ganks and secure your push.

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Late Game Stick with your support, he's the only one that can save you from being one-shotted, as long you are with your supp you should be able to do a great amount of damage to anyone, you can attack the first one is in front of you but prioritize the strongest enemy or god your team is focusing, team fights at this time can decide who'll win the match, always put your life before others, the adc is the one who can easily kill phoenix or fire giant.

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There's just a few mages that can be solo laners, warriors are pretty strong but mages can be as good as them, it may lose sometimes their early pressure and a frontliner who can start fights. However, some mages can still work if you play them well. Early Game As a mage you may have the same push as a warrior in the first wave, being ranged helps you to do the first totem quickly and that benefits your teammates a lot, when being level 2 to level 4 you may be losing pressure, but you have a strong ultimate that can make you beat the lane, you have to play smart and avoid getting caught by the early pressure of your opponent. Mid Game It is time to help your team, and make use of that high farm you got from your lane, before that you should try to kill the enemy tower so you can rotate with no worries form your lane, you can leave your tower, it is a tier 1 tower, it only gives 75g to the team, it's more important to win the next team fight and kill an objective, make sure to gank the squishies and secure the kill or annoy them.

Late Game You should be careful because you can get shredded if you don't have enough tanky items, you must focus on distracting or try to kill the adc or mid who are the ones that make dmg on their team, team fights at this time can decide who'll win the match, killing the adc or mid make your work worthy, if you're taking an objective and there are strong enemies alive you must watch the zone of the jungle, looking for enemies and stop to avoid an objective steal.

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Capable Jungler Mages ‏‏‎ ‎ ao kuanghe bo ‏‏‎ ‎

Capable Supp Mages ‏‏‎ ‎ nox hel ‏‏‎ ‎

This is a summary to explain the following chapters, first I'll show you a tier list of mages, everyone has a nice performance but there are someones who are better than others (this is my personal opinion, and I did this tier list by myself based on their performance).
SS - First Ban / S - Top Pick/Ban / A+ - Good Mages / A - Balanced Mages / B - Situational Mages / C - Not so good.

Mage Tierlist

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A	baba yaga chang'echronos freyahe bohelhera nox olorunpersephone raijin thoth zhong kui

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C

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Recommended Build

This section is a suggestion if you're not acquainted (if you want a more specific build for your god, every god has its recommended build down below), I considered what was the best option for every god, optional items are the ones that can be bought if you don't like (or just want to swap) and item in the build, you can change the order you get them, an example is Divine Ruin, where you want to counter healer gods, you should get it as 3rd or 4th item, another example is to change similar items like getting Soul Gem instead of Spear of Desolation for more sustain without losing coldown.
It is recommended to get Shoes of the Magi or Shoes of Focus before finishing the starter item. As summary I'll put 5 simplified builds for 5 types of mages (the 7th item is when you sell your shoes):
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Basic Mage (Standard Build) shoes of focus charon's coin ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏ This is the standard build, if you don't know what to build this is a good example for good damage base/penetration//cooldown (you can upgrade your starter for Pendulum of Ages). ‏‏‎ ‎ Healthy Mage (High Health Build) warlock's staffshoes of the magicharon's coin pythagorem's piece‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ethereal staff This build is for mages that got easily exposed with their abilities, like Baron Samedi, Hades, and Zhong Kui (you can upgrade your starter for Blood-Soaked Shroud or Sacrificial Shroud). ‏‏‎ ‎ Mana Burst (Bookworm Build) shoes of focus charon's coin ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎spear of the magus Even if I don't recommend very much this build, if you want to buy the book of thoth you can do it for mages with one shot combos and mages that need a lot of mana such as Scylla, Nu Wa, Ra and Kukulkan (you can upgrade your starter for Archmage's Gem or Gem of Focus). ‏‏‎ ‎ Magical Vampire (Lifesteal Build) shoes of the magityphon's fangcharon's coinspear of the magus‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ This build is for Anubis or any other mage you want to build full lifesteal (you can upgrade your starter for Blood-Soaked Shroud or Sacrificial Shroud). ‏‏‎ ‎ Attack Speed (ADC build) shoes of the magidemonic grip typhon's fang‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎telkhines ring This build is for mages adc like Freya, Chronos, and Olorun (you can upgrade your starter for Death's Embrace).

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Counterpicks

This is only a suggestion in rankeds, when they pick before you, you can get a counterpick, is not really a hard counter sometimes but like the title says you may be "strong against" them like Poseidon being a counter for everyone with dash or leaps. This suggestion means that maybe it is not the best option to pick a god if someone of that list is in the other team, also there's a few gods that are very op right now and I didn't put them in the weak against section because that would be spamming the same thing, so here you have:
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Agni ()

Stats Health: 360(+71) Mana: 255(+45) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+1.2%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 11(+2.6) Magical: 29(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.47) Mp5: 4.7(+0.37) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Agni is a standard mage with a decent clear, he has a safe escape and his ult gives him a constant damage from a safe distance, plus his stun is good against assassins trying to chase him or burst to anyone.
Combo Chain: Rain Fire, Noxious Fumes, Flame Wave.


Agni can play defensive or offensive, has a normal clear, he benefits from item effects from all his kit including his 1( Noxious Fumes).
The first wave you can survive well, plus your cc can help your jungler to make an easy kill, his ult is not fast or strong enough to have an excellent objective secure so you have to calculate the damage if you want to secure a gold/pyro/fire.
In team fights your stun is essential and you can poke so many times as you want and dash backward when you're in danger, Path of Flames makes you immune to knock-ups while dashing. You have a lot of range so try to stay always behind your support spamming your ult.


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Ah Puch ()

hollow groundundead surgecorpse explosionfleeting breathempty the crypts

Stats Health: 400(+75) Mana: 265(+55) Speed: 365(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.86(+0.95%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 9(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.47) Mp5: 4.7(+0.37) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Ah Puch has a decent clear but he's not one of the strongest mages right now, he doesn't have escape and he's very vulnerable, however, his abilities applies 100% of antiheal making him strong against a healer composition. Unfortunately, he has no escape and he's so easy to kill, you have to play very carefully if you want to pick him.
Combo Chain: Undead Surge, Corpse Explosion, Fleeting Breath.


Ah Puch is weak against some mages, but he has a lot of utility in team fights, his antiheal is very useful and his ult makes him have a safe zone for a while.
He can clear very well once he has Undead Surge and Corpse Explosion, but he has a lot of mana issues, he runs out of mana so easily and he doesn't have escape making him vulnerable to assassins and warriors.
His ult is good to fear the enemy away from a zone, this can become handy killing objectives, but he needs to stick to his support or he can get killed.


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Anubis ()

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Stats Health: 380(+70) Mana: 280(+58) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.86(+0.99%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 10(+2.5) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.45) Mp5: 4.8(+0.36) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Anubis has one of the best early clears if he get plagues of locusts first, but it is more safety to have Grasping Hands first, he may lack of AoE damage at late game (compared to other mages), but if you take advantage at early game you won't have so much trouble.
Combo Chain: Grasping Hands, Mummify, Plague of Locusts or Death Gaze.


Anubis is very good at clearing waves, jungle camps and doing burst damage to an objective, the problem is that he can only focus 1 person at a time, plus his abilities expose him by standing still for a while when casting his abilities and he can't secure objectives.
Anubis has a good sustain and a good pressure in the lane, he can rekt junglers with Mummify], but he needs a supp to babysit him with high cc as Khepri or ***bha.
You need to play aggressive if you want to take advantage with Anubis, make sure you're playing with a super aggressive jungler to chase down enemies, and a supp that can protect you most of the time from enemies abilities, if you do it well, you will shred any enemy in the match. Make sure to focus on the strongest gods with your burst damage.


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Ao Kuang ()

dragon king's swordwater illusiondragon callwild stormking of the eastern seas

Stats Health: 400(+82) Mana: 240(+38) Speed: 375(+0) Range: 12(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+1.95%) Basic AttackDamage: 35(+2.4) +20% of Magical Power Progression: 1/0.5/0.5/1x damage, 1/0.5/0.5/0.5x speed Protection Physical: 12(+3) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 10(+0.7) Mp5: 4.8(+0.41) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Ao Kuang lacks early game, but once he's farmed he can be unstoppable, he can shred tanks and one shot squishies. The hardest part of playing him is getting to late game.
Combo Chain: Dragon Call, Wild Storm, basic attacks.


Ao Kuang is a strong jungler, he cannot compete with the early pressure of some assassins, but he can hit harder once he's ahead, to make that happen you have to play carefully until you have your ult. Your ult King of the Eastern Seas has an execute threshold of 30% of health. When you have ult the best lane to gank first is the duo lane, most of the time they're in the middle of the lane and the tower is far away, with some cc from your support you can execute someone and come down fast if your team is in trouble for a counter gank.
Ganking the solo lane is also a good idea, if your solo is in a long fight and they're below 50% health you can come and slow them with Dragon Call and make enough dmg to execute before they can run.
Once you're in the late game, you're farmed and your build is done or almost done, it is time for the real fights, but don't get so cocky, make sure to have a Magi's Cloak or something that can save you from hard cc, if you come up and get stunned, probably you're already dead and did nothing about it, you must dive when they're distracted, save your bubble for a cc hit, and harass the helpless one if you can execute someone do it and you're safe.


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Aphrodite ()

Stats Health: 803(+68) Mana: 240(+43) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.87(+0.95%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.45) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 9(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.45) Mp5: 4.8(+0.41) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Aphrodite is a strong healer with a lot of survivability, she's very easy to play as mid, solo and support, she brings a lot in team fights.
Combo Chain: Kiss, Love Birds, Back Off!.


Aphro doesn't work well if she had nobody near to kiss, so you have to make sure you're gonna survive by yourself, getting defensive items are justifiable for her, still I recommend to get high damage build with one or two defense items.
If your opponent has antiheal and you're going to ult, your ult also makes you immune to all negative effects including antiheal, so you can use Love Birds while ulting to heal you well. When you upgrade Undying Love, the duration will be longer making it easier to use it on multiple gods, during your ult if you Kiss another ally, it will transfer the rest of the ult.
The whole kit of Aphrodite works better if you stick to someone, try to always kiss the support of the jungler, adc and solo (if you're playing mid) always have a way to heal themselves, if you're playing solo you can peel the carries as well, bringing a lot of support to teamfights at late game, plus the movement speed helps a lot your jungler to chase the enemies.


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Baba Yaga ()

creeping cabinwild witchcraftbaba's brewblast off!home sweet home

Stats Health: 400(+73) Mana: 280(+50) Speed: 365(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.96(+1%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 12(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 8(+0.5) Mp5: 5(+0.6) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Baba is a very fun god to play and has a strong late game, if you know how to play her you can beat any other mage, but she's very vulnerable in her ult and her early game is not that strong since you may have to start stacking.
Combo Chain: Wild Witchcraft, Baba's Brew, Home Sweet Home.


She has a very weak clear, but she can do very high damage with her 2, I recommend to level up first Wild Witchcraft to not lose pressure in the lane. Another good option is to start with Baba's Brew and keep upgrading your 1st ability.
Always try to save the potion with more dmg or slow, once cast your Baba's Brew, just press right-click to save that potion, if you have one already press 2 again to switch to your previous potion.
Blast Off! is a very op escape since it is a leap and you're knock-up immune while casting, use it wisely. Only use Home Sweet Home when you have a good vision of your enemies, try to wait when they're together or with low mobility since your ult is pretty slow to hit.


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Baron Samedi ()

Stats Health: 380(+80) Mana: 300(+44) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.9(+0.8%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 18(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.6) Mp5: 5(+0.45) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Baron Samedi is a strong character that can be very supportive for his team due to all his kit benefits his allies or debuff the enemy. He has a nice sustain, the best lane you can play with him is the solo lane, but in mid lane is good as well.
Combo Chain: Wrap It Up, Consign Spirits, Vivid Gaze.


Recently Baron got a buff on his 1 Vivid Gaze make him faster to clear the first waves, he can poke well the enemy team and punish them for not having a good sustain as Baron. The strength with Baron is to constantly pull your enemies in your tower, even if not you still have a lot of cc to punish your opponent.
In team fights his cc and his slow immunity becomes very helpful for his teammates, he's slippery and can run from enemies very easily.
With the 20% extra power from Hysteria you can do very high damage to tanks, even when you defensive items in your build.
As Baron, you want to always be near to your allies to support them with your abilities.


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Chang'e ()

jade rabbitcrescent moon dancemoonlit waltzmoonflower dancewaxing moon

Stats Health: 410(+80) Mana: 310(+48) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+0.95%) Basic Attack Damage: 32(+1.45) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 11(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.45) Mp5: 5.5(+0.44) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Chang'e is a good AoE damage mage god, the problem with her is the low range she has. She can still have a lot of pressure against mage due to her facility to avoid incoming damage.
Combo Chain: Waxing Moon, Crescent Moon Dance, Moonflower Dance, Crescent Moon Dance.


Chang'e Crescent Moon Dance has a nice early clear due to its low cooldown, once you get mana or mp5 in your build you don't need to back to base so often.
You can escape easily from enemy gods with Moonlit Waltz or Waxing Moon, your heal and your cc make you useful in team fights.
Moonlit Waltz have a very high cooldown at tier 1, so you may don't wanna go out without it, don't play aggressive if you don't have that ability ready to avoid an ult.


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Discordia ()

Stats Health: 400(+75) Mana: 240(+42) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+0.8%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 11(+2.9) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.48) Mp5: 4.4(+0.44) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Discordia is a decent character, her specialty comes in team fights and the great amount of AoE damage she can deal.
Combo Chain: Strife, Unruly Magic, Golden Apple of Discord.


Discordia is a simple combo goddess, her combo is strong at late game, and Strife is good to cancel enemy attacks and distract them to make your team chase them.
Cooldown reduction is key to Discordia, the soon you have your abilities the best you punish your opponents, she's one of the few mages with a leap and that's useful against player made walls and AoE abilities. She also becomes cc immune while casting her ult.
Unruly Magic is really good to clear camps if you hit the monsters with all the minor damage orbs, with a good of amount of cooldown you won't have any problem farming, also Erratic Behavior helps you to avoid being targeted or dodge projectiles, you can use it aggressive to spamming your abilities to deal a high amount of damage.


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Freya ()

brisingamen's blessingirradiatepulsebanishvalkyrie's discretion

Stats Health: 405(+80) Mana: 220(+37) Speed: 370(+0) Range: 12(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.95(+1.95%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 14(+2.8) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.52) Mp5: 4.5(+0.9) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Freya is another mage that can perform well as adc, she has a good sustain at early game and a strong base damage.
Combo Chain: Irradiate, Pulse, basic attacks.


Freya is super strong at boxing enemies, but she lacks clearing the wave, she needs a supp with a good clear, she can't get off enemies easily with Banish and avoid damage or chase kills with Valkyrie's Discretion.
When you're fighting make sure of certain things, check the cooldown of your abilities, don't wanna be betrayed by a bad timing losing your ranged attack or when casting your ult, you can still get damage while rising.
Freya fits well in an aggressive composition, she has a decent early game and super strong late game.


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Hades ()

Stats Health: 475(+85) Mana: 265(+53) Speed: 365(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.95(+1.05%) Basic Attack Damage: 32(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 18(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 5(+0.54) Mp5: 5(+0.36) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Hades is a tanky mage, due to his sustain and protections you see him more in the solo lane, as mid laner is only good against no escape/cc immune abilities mages.
Combo Chain: Death From Below, Shroud of Darkness, Devour Souls, basic attack, Pillar of Agony.


Hades has a strong clear, cc and sustain making him a strong early character, his kit can be useful in mid lane but fits better in the solo lane, I'll be talking about Hades as a solo laner but as a counter pick can also work in the middle lane.
As a level 1 hades you only have Devour Souls to clear the wave, it looks kinda weak but if you basic attack most of the minions (and maybe the enemy god) you'll clear the wave very fast for the bonus damage of Blight. Being a range god will make it easier to be the first one killing the totem since it only takes a few basic attacks to kill it.
As a tanky god, your ult is very useful to trap squishes into your ult, if you rotate to make sure they don't have beads or escape in cooldown and you will shred them, Pillar of Agony makes you super tanky and deal a lot of damage.
You may want to get a hybrid build, and if you're scared about late game being shredded by an adc, then pick shield of thorns to upgrade as the second relic, it grants 50% lifesteal reduction and if you have some antiheal it'll be perfect to avoid them attacking you.


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He Bo ()

steady flowwater cannonatlas of the yellow riverwaterspoutcrushing wave

Stats Health: 400(+67) Mana: 298(+56) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.86(+0.9%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.45) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 9(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.45) Mp5: 4.9(+0.4) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

He Bo is a very god that can be played as mid, solo or jungler, he's immunity to slow and ult makes him very safe against ganks in the middle lane.
Combo Chain: Waterspout, Water Cannon, Crushing Wave.


He Bos' Water Cannon has a very low cooldown, it helps him to get an advantage on level 1 in the solo lane or the middle lane, in the jungle you may want to get a HoG. In the early game, you have normal clear and you can farm very well.
You can shred a squishy with the full combo and kill someone in 2 seconds, but be careful using Crushing Wave, try not to be exposed at the end of the ult.
In teamfights, if you get a composition that pulls the enemy team in one place you can one-shot them easily or a team composition that's good at chasing enemies. I recommend getting health items with He Bo since you're a vulnerable glass cannon.


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Hel ()

stance attunementdecayhinderrepulse switch stancesrestorationcleanseinspire

Stats Health: 410(+67) Mana: 300(+57) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.86(+0.9%) Basic Attack Damage: 33(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 9(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 5(+0.43) Mp5: 5(+0.45) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Hel is the strongest mage healer, she has a nice clear and she punishes a lot of mages, plus her heals in team fights and her cc immune area makes she so op.
Combo Chain: Hinder, Decay, Repulse, Switch Stances Restoration.


Hel always had a problem, she runs out of mana quickly, but thanks to the new Restored Artifact and the Totem of Ku, she's back now. Once you're level 2 your clear is very fast and you can start to poke your enemy, but careful you can get killed if you don't watch out.
In mid-game when team fight starts you're very useful to make your allies stay in a fight longer, and take advantage. You have to determinate if you'll attack or stay behind healing your teammates, if you're playing Hel you need to get a super aggressive jungler and adc, meanwhile, the solo and supp must have a lot of cc because you will need a lot of peel, you'll be the center of attention.
You have to stay always behind from your teammates, if you have a chance attack'em you make a lot of dmg as Hel, you can help your team to chase kills since you have a little sprint Inspire, AoE slow Hinder and cc immune Cleanse if you allies are vulnerable.


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Hera ()

commanding presenceroyal assaultpolymorphdivine shroudargus, the defender

Stats Health: 380(+68) Mana: 265(+45) Speed: 365(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.9(+1%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.45) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 9(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.45) Mp5: 4.8(+0.41) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Hera is a defensive mage, she is very safe to play and resistant.
Combo Chain: Argus, the Defender, Divine Shroud, Polymorph, Royal Assault.


Hera is a standard mage that mage, she has a shield fo herself that can be very tanky and a polymorph, making her a very safe pick, plus Argus, the Defender can tank in fights letting her being aggressive with her abilities, she has decent cooldown on her kit plus her passive Commanding Presence.
I'm team fights is like having another frontliner or support in your team, also it can be a scapegoat while your allies are recovering or they're being targeted by the other team. Just try not to play offensive until you have Argus ready and you'll be fine, you can poke as well with your 2 Polymorph.


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Isis ()

Stats Health: 365(+68) Mana: 280(+51) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+0%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: 1/1/1.5x damage and swing time, hitting in a 6ft AoE on the final blow Protection Physical: 9(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.45) Mp5: 4.8(+0.43) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Isis is a good choice, she has a really excellent objetive secure ult that heals by a great amount all her teammates.
Combo Chain: Spirit Ball, Wing Gust, Dispel Magic, Circle Of Protection.


Isis has a nice clear in waves, she has 2 cc abilities that prevents early ganks pretty well and the fact she doesn't have backpedal penalty while casting Wing Gust (+knock back and root immunity).
In team fights she's great, circle of protections and Funeral Rites grants a lot of benefits for her team, she can only be countered by another high cc god that can dodge her stun and silence, you can use your ult to kill secure but it is better if you save it for objectives, you can do both with the proper cooldown.
You might use your ult to secure kills, but is pretty good to secure objectives, since it gives you 20% in the circle, heal your teammates, and you decide when to detonate the ult, and if you're going to secure a jungle boss, cast your ult when the boss has 35-50% health, depending on how much damage you're dealing and how fast are you going to burn it.


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Janus ()

Stats Health: 400(+70) Mana: 350(+58) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+0.8%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 8(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.45) Mp5: 5(+0.45) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Janus is a fast god that can help his team to move trought the jungle faster, his ult can secure objetives and start team fights.
Combo Chain: Threshold, Portal, Unstable Vortex.


Janus can be very powerful sometimes, but his problems is that there's a lot of picks that can beat him in the middle, however, Janus can't fail that easily, Unstable Vortex is very safe if you use it at max range, once you max that you can max Threshold for more mobility, that will help you to farm faster and prevent the enemy to steal your jungle (also the movement speed will be applied to your allies).
His ult can be very handy to secure and objective, to snipe a kill or to start a team fight, Janus can rotate very fast to lanes becoming very helpful to his teammates. If you receive a decent peel you won't have to worry at all.
If the enemy jungle doesn't have hard cc you can run pretty well from them.


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Kukulkan ()

Stats Health: 380(+75) Mana: 265(+45) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.87(+0.91%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.45) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 13(+3) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.46) Mp5: 5(+0.45) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Kukulkan is a god with excellent pressure in lane, and a facility to dodge abilities with high base damage.
Combo Chain: Zephyr, Whirlwind, Spirit of the Nine Winds.


Kukulkan has an excellent wave clear, and Zephyr is useful to clear harpy camps.
He can shred most of the mage so easily and he can juke many gods with his slow immunity, however, he lacks for base mobility and an escape, if you get too cocky you're not that hard to kill really. Kukulkan has one of the best early clears, but in late his damage is massive from a safe distance, his ult Spirit of the Nine Winds has a very low cooldown compared to others, even if you're losing Kukulkan has a nice defensive kit.
As Kukulkan you must follow your team and provide a high burst damage to kill objectives, to poke or punish gods, but every time you could be in danger do anything possible to save your life, you can block ways with your Whirlwind or knock-up gods with Spirit of the Nine Winds, also you can slow then and then fly away with Slipstream.


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Merlin ()

Stats Health: 370(+75) Mana: 250(+55) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+0.8%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 10(+3) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.48) Mp5: 4.8(+0.44) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Merlin is a powerful mage, he has a lot of potential due to his extensive abilities making him also a little bit complicate to play.
Standard Combo Chain 1: Blizzard, Frostbolt, Elemental Mastery, Eclipse, Vortex.
Deffensive Combo Chain 2: Eclipse, Vortex, Elemental Mastery, Blizzard, Frostbolt.
Aggressive Combo Chain 3: Blizzard, Frostbolt, Elemental Mastery, Dragonfire, Radiate.


Merlin has a very good early clear. Start in Ice Stance and throw Blizzard to the speed camp through the wall at sec 20 (it has a deploy time of 0.7s and lasts 4s so don't worry about not getting the xp and farm), now get to the lane and switch to the Fire Stance, cast of Dragonfire while you can basic attack the archers, with that you have a lot of advantage to poke the enemy or get some farm in the jungle.
In team fights you can poke as much as you want as long you're with someone who can shield you or help you (like a jungler or the support), try to always have Elemental Mastery ready if you're in cooldown and need to defend yourself, Ice Stance is the best stance for poke and protect yourself, Fire Stance is the best stance for killing people and Arcane Stance is the best at the start of team fights when you need to huge AoE damage from a safe distance.
With Flicker you can escape and avoid a lot of abilities or ults, even you can pass through player-made walls such as Ice Wall, Tectonic Rift or Ring of Spears.
Try to poke as much as you want but never get caught in cooldown ( Flicker and Elemental Mastery) or you're dead instantly.


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Nox ()

flame of the nightshadow locksiphon darknessshadow stepnight terror

Stats Health: 365(+75) Mana: 250(+38) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+0.8%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 18(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 8(+0.6) Mp5: 5(+0.4) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Nox is a simple mage ready with her combo and high cc.
Combo Chain: Siphon Darkness, Shadow Lock, Night Terror.


Remember to stack Flame of the Night when game starts.
Nox didn't change at all, with the map and item changes she's able now to fight in the conquest map, is an easy goddess to play with, you push the wave with Siphon Darkness, poke your enemy with Shadow Lock and escape with Shadow Step, you ult is good to secure kills or reduce the enemy damage (when they're going to ult you or something). She has a very safe escape because you can disappear in your support's body for 8 seconds, and she has high damage, even if you fail hitting shadow lock is a strong root and cripple that, if your team is near they can just focus the god you locked.
In teamfight always save your kit for the strong occasion and get a lot of cooldown to spam it, you can keep away frontliners and junglers easily. Nox works very well in a high cc composition.


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Nu Wa ()

Stats Health: 400(+75) Mana: 265(+43) Speed: 355(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1(+1.7%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 9(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.45) Mp5: 4.6(+0.43) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Nu Wa is a easy god to play as mid, much of your dmg depends on your ult and stuns.
Combo Chain: Mysterious Fog, Clay Soldiers, Shining Metal.


Nu Wa is a late pick, she doesn't lack at clearing waves or fighting she's good, the problem is that there are always better options. She has a better performance in late game, her ult does a lot more damage, Clay Soldiers reduces 4/16/24/32/60 (depending on the level) protections of their target and the explosion of Shining Metal can one-shot any squishy.
As Nu Wa you can play very safe behind your team, you got a lot of mobility with Mysterious Fog and you can defend yourself kinda well.
Try to farm and play in a defensive until you got some damage in your combo.


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Olorun ()

touch of fatefocused lightoverflowing divinityconsecrationsanctified field

Stats Health: 450(+75) Mana: 240(+58) Speed: 370(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 1.05(+1.5%) Basic Attack Damage: 38(+2.38) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 13(+3) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.45) Mp5: 5(+0.4) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Olorun is a very strong magical adc, with his ult he can kill anything he wants, excelent dueling and excelent in team fights.
Combo Chain: Sanctified Field, Consecration, Overflowing Divinity, basic attacks until the target reach the ground, Overflowing Divinity, Focused Light.


He might be an adc, but he's stronger in the mid lane rather than the duo lane. Olorun has a standard clear and a pretty decent early game, like the other mages his early is not that great but with the proper supp you can punish them pretty well, I recommend to pick a support like Yemoja, Horus or ***bha, there's a lot of options for him, something with high cc.
In mid-game you're gaining strength, you're able to charge faster Overflowing Divinity and you have more crits of Touch of Fate, magical crits may not be as strong as physical crits, but in late game and with a powerful build you can beat a full crit hunter. If you hit your ult and knock-up in time there's no way they can run from you.
Olorun late game is the strongest, in team fights you're very important or taking objectives if you're going for a tower or fire giant your ult also slows them making it very easy to take them down.


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Persephone ()

pomegranate seedsbone rushharvestflourishgrasp of death

Stats Health: 370(+75) Mana: 280(+55) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.95(+0.95%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: 7.5 AoE Harvest Activation Protection Physical: 9(+2.7) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.45) Mp5: 5(+0.42) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Persephone is a good pick, she has a nice survivability and can poke pretty well his enemies, she has a good escape and her late game damage is insane.
Combo Chain: Grasp of Death, Bone Rush, Harvest, Flourish.


Persephone is normal clearing the first waves but she may be pretty weak at early game, she's one of the strongest mages but if you get cocky from the start you won't make use of her true potential, you can start with Bone Rush for a standard push or you can start with Harvest to focus and punish the enemy god. I recommend Harvest since you can leave 3 plants in the speed buff, 3 plants in the middle then go back to detonate the plants at second 20 and then return to middle to detonate the other plants, you will be almost full if you do all that before the minions spawn (it takes 48 seconds to recharge 6 plants, 29 at full coldown) you can use the rest of them to clear the wave, you won't have trouble if you're in a good position.
If you get too cocky with Persephone you can lose your lane, she's good but also he has her weakness, like not having a strong burst damage at early game, you can poke very well your opponents but only works if you avoid all damage incoming.
Her ult Grasp of Death can be use to snape gods, lock them to kill'em or to start a team fight, also is useful to prevent them from escaping applying cripple and roots.
As Persephone, you always try to throw those plants from a safe distance.


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Poseidon ()

Stats Health: 380(+67) Mana: 245(+40) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.87(+1.2%) Basic Attack Damage: 35(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 8(+2.6) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 6(+0.5) Mp5: 4.6(+0.4) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Poseidon, a classic strong mage who will be ever a good option against any god in the middle lane.
Combo Chain: Whirlpool, Release The Kraken!, Tidal Surge, Trident, basic attacks.


As Poseidon you got a strong early, mid and late game is a fast god to rotate, his ult has a stun and has a constant cripple that punishes a lot of gods. He can also box enemies with Trident.
You can start trowing Tidal Surge through the wall at speed camp, is a great ability to clear and has a normal cooldown, is not that hard to keep Changing Tides full, try to always maintain that passive full, it will help you to come back to lane faster, farm in the jungle faster and rotate faster than your opponent, ganks at early game (+level 5) to the duo lane can help a lot, if you do, don't go with your jungler (unless you're sure you gonna get those guys down), try to be sneaky. If your duo was having a bad time, now is the time to go ahead and if you're able you can even kill the gold fury.
Release The Kraken! is a good ability to secure objectives, but you have to calculate the deploy time, if your ult is in cooldown you can use Tidal Surge.
With Poseidon, you need to receive peel while you're attacking, since you need to rush them without thinking twice (as an expression, you need to know if they have beads or at least waste their aegis).


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Ra ()

Stats Health: 385(+68) Mana: 255(+48) Speed: 360(+0) Range: 55(+0) Attack/Sec: 0.88(+1%) Basic Attack Damage: 34(+1.5) +20% of Magical Power Progression: None Protection Physical: 10(+3) Magical: 30(+0.9) Regen Hp5: 7(+0.48) Mp5: 4.8(+0.44) *Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level *Hp5/Mp5 means Health/Mana per 5 seconds

Ra is a simple combo god, with high healing, movement and a low cooldown ult.
Combo Chain: Solar Blessing, Divine Light, Celestial Beam, Searing Pain.


Playing easy, you start with Celestial Beam, pretty decent to clear, next you get Solar Blessing to heal you, heal your wave and try to damage melee minions, that can be very annoying for your opponent, once you get your 3 abilities you can start poking your enemy while clearing the wave, you can use Celestial Beam for minions and Divine Light to blind your enemy and Solar Blessing to avoid getting too much damage.
Just be careful, you may have a lot of movement speed but you don't have a dash or leap to escape from an early gank, once you're with your team you can use solar blessing to encourage them to fight and make them stay a step forward in that fight, also Searing Pain is the best ult to steal and objective since its deploy time is almost instantly, it has a very low cooldown and can deal a lot of damage, you can secure them as well.
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