Smite King Arthur Build Guide: An Arthur Main's Guide (11 stars)

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Smite God: King Arthur

Choose a Build: Typical build

Typical build Optional build Situational Items Relics Situational Relics

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King Arthur Build

Typical build

Notes This build is more so meant for other game modes that aren't Conquest, or if you're playing the Support role.

Chalice of Healing

Mana Potion

Bluestone Pendant

Gauntlet of Thebes

Hide of the Urchin

Gladiator's Shield

Mantle of Discord

Spirit Robe

Bluestone Brooch

King Arthur's Skill Order

Overhead Slash / Hamstring

1 X

1 2 7 8 9

Battle Stomp / Uppercut

2 A

15 16 18 19

Twin Cleave / Bladestorm

3 B

3 4 6 10 11 12

Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath

4 Y

5 13 14 17 20

1 2 7 8 9

Overhead Slash / Hamstring

1 X

Standard (Overhead Slash): King Arthur deals a devastating overhead blow in Melee range that creates a slashing attack that travels forwards. Enemies hit by the Melee strike take bonus damage from the Slicing attack.

Combo (Hamstring): King Arthur swipes low, crippling and damaging enemies that are struck.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Slash Damage: 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Melee Bonus Damage: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
Combo Damage: 70 / 125 / 180 / 235 / 290 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Cripple Duration: 1.25s
Energy Gain: 3
Range: 70/30
Cost: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s

15 16 18 19

Battle Stomp / Uppercut

2 A

Standard: King Arthur stomps on the ground with heavy force, causing enemies around him to take damage and become slowed.

Combo: King Arthur charges forward, stopping on first god hit. At the end of the charge King Arthur unleashes an uppercut, knocking up enemies into the air.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Stomp Damage: 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 30 / 32.5 / 35 / 37.5 / 40%
Slow Duration: 2.5s
Uppercut Damage: 50 / 95 / 140 / 185 / 230 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Energy Gain: 4
Range: 20/35
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 14s

3 4 6 10 11 12

Twin Cleave / Bladestorm

3 B

Standard: King Arthur unleashes two cleave attacks while charging forward. Enemies hit by a cleave take damage and have their protections reduced.

Combo: King Arthur swings Excalibur around him, charging forward and damaging enemies 5 times before winding up a final strike that deals more damage. King Arthur is immune to Knockup for the duration.

Ability Type: Dash, Debuff, Damage
Cleave Damage: 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 (+30% of your Physical Power)
Protection Shred: 10%
Spin Damage: 15 / 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 (+15% of your Physical Power)
Final Damage: 35 / 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Energy Gain: 1.5
Range/Radius: 30/10
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 16s

5 13 14 17 20

Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath

4 Y

35 Energy (Sundering Strike): King Arthur winds up a massive jab, charging forwards slightly before striking. Enemies hit by this jab are stunned for 1s.

80 Energy (Excalibur's Wrath): King Arthur charges forward with Excalibur drawn. If King Arthur hits an enemy god, he launches them into the air and unleashes a barrage of 6 attacks, after which he launches them back to the ground dealing damage to the target and any enemy below.

Ability Type: Line, Stun, Damage
Jab Damage: 100 / 155 / 210 / 265 / 320 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Charge Damage Per Hit: 10 / 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 (+10% of your Physical Power)
Charge Max HP Damage per Hit : 2% Max HP Damage as Physical Damage
Landing Damage: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Landing Max HP Damage: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9% Max HP Damage as Physical Damage
Mana Cost: 35 (80) Energy & 40 Mana
Cooldown: 20s

King Arthur Threats

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Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

King Arthur Synergies

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Ideal

Strong

Low

None

King Arthur Build

Optional Build

Chalice of Healing

Mana Potion

Bluestone Brooch

Gauntlet of Thebes

Mantle of Discord

Gladiator's Shield

Pridwen

Spirit Robe

King Arthur Build

situational items

Mystical Mail

Pestilence

Void Shield

Bulwark of Hope

Heartward Amulet

Stone of Gaia

Mail of Renewal

Sovereignty

Oni Hunter's Garb

Genji's Guard

Breastplate of Valor

King Arthur Build

relics

Magic Shell

Heavenly Wings

King Arthur Build

situational relics

Cursed Ankh

Shield of Thorns

Phantom Veil

Sundering Spear

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(35) |

Sorry you feel this way. I think it would be valuable to hear opinions from a player who has so much experience on the god. At the same time, when presenting your information you need to be open to constructive criticism. I hope you reconsider working on an Arthur guide.

I am definitely open to constructive criticism if I know it's an improvement. I'm always asking my friends how to improve in other ways. (They're the ones who invited my into their smite group and showed me how to really excel at smite.) I've played Arthur in pretty much every way you can think of over the years. Flat out telling me "those items suck" on a character that I know for a fact work very well on, is just annoying. Absolutely open to constructive criticism. I might end up making a new guide if/when I feed like getting around to it.

(401) |

DV-8 provides great comments.

So in this vein, let me provide my own feedback which I hope you take as constructive.

Firstly, understand that for most people, here and elsewhere, the first thing people will assume (if not clarified) is that the build should be considered for Conquest. No, it's not the most popular mode, but it's the [only serious] mode (haha, joke for the elitists). But that's just how it is. So being able to clarify a couple things such as intended game mode and gameplay style will immediately help to give readers context and open their minds a bit more. E.g., stating this is not for conquest and maybe that this is for an off-meta Support gameplay type (which I now see you've added in the build notes), helps a lot. However, it shouldn't be hidden in the notes section. I would put an indication either in the title or at the beginning of the writeup.

Additional understanding given since you experienced updating issues when you first started working on this.
Now, the rest of my comments will go to your skill leveling and your itemization.
Skill leveling: again (per my initial comment), what's going on with the skill leveling? Was this just thrown in there as a placeholder, or is this actually how you level (noting you can put points in as shown in the first 3 levels due to playing Siege)? I will say that I would expect a point in each of the 3 abilities in the first 3 levels just to help with 1) CC and 2) ability variation. Level 3 is a strong level for Arthur due to having access to 6 abilities, but I'm sure you know that being an 11-star Arthur. I can sort of get it due to strong starting damage potential putting 2 points into his 1st ability, but would be good to know that's your reasoning...and then to see a point in his 2nd ability at least by level 4.
For the itemization, knowing now it's for a supportive role, the items make a lot more sense (in general). That said, when you're going all defensive items (except for the bruiser item Gladiator's Shield makes Bluestone Pendant a bit of a head scratcher. Maybe it's for early game pressure, but then instead of selling Pendant getting Brooch is just not that effective IMO. Brooch's damage is taken as physical damage, but with no penetration (flat or %), that damage is significantly mitigated even by squishy gods. In a defense-heavy build, I just wouldn't pick up Brooch, and would second-guess picking up even Pendant to start. Instead, I'd feel it to be more natural and synergistic to go with one of the support starters.
For presentation, I would suggest putting all items in the same build tab. You have a separate one for "optional build," as well as situational items etc. Easiest just to put them all together IMO.

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I'm going to preface this by saying I appreciate the time you guys have taken to write these comments and provide feedback. That being said, everything here are things I simply WOULD HAVE gone over, clarified, explained, whatever you want to call it if the website worked for me. This guide (I know) makes 0 sense right now. Going over everything like this (though appreciated) is unnecessary. This current version is faulty as hell and would've been cleaned up as I went back to continue editing it. i.e. skill leveling, itemization, builds. This guide is a complete unfinished/half ***ed mess but the website won't let me remove the guide or let me save new ones (just tried) so I guess it's just going to stay here forever and I'll probably never use this website again.

I appreciate the constructive feedback on the guide presentation.

(37) |

Unfortunately I don't think the majority of the itemisation in this guide reflects how King Arthur should be played, especially coming from a supposedly 12K worshiper player.

So far my overall experience on this website, is ****. This version of this guide was a very early (and unfinished) version, but the website refused to "overwrite?" this versions save, even though I'm updating the guide and pressing the save button. So I try the publish option to see which version this website would publish, low and behold, it publishes the incomplete version. So I click on archive guide, to take it off the list, and that clearly didn't work. So I'm just figuring, screw it. Pretty much none of this is finished but this website is garbage. I apologize on behalf of this website for wasting your time.

(37) |

I'm going to be honest, even if this was an early version of the guide it would have been incorrect.

Outside of maybe Arena and Joust there has never been a time that has been solid for King Arthur, let alone any of the other item choices in the order that they are built.

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If you're looking for a conquest build, I did note somewhere that it's not really recommended for conquest, I main siege. You can look at KingEsoteric on guru if you don't think stuff like this works.

(37) |

That makes sense, as King Arthur's main mode/role is Conquest Solo it would likely be a good idea to add to the title which mode it is for, as the majority of players would be looking for a build to him in the solo lane.

(401) |

It might help, OP, if you could provide some context and explanation for your itemization.

Also, the skill leveling is absolutely demolished. That might just be lazy input, but it's 100% NOT the way to level skills.

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(401) |

Welp, that's interesting. Here and there, there can be issues, but I've never run into that myself, and I have a large number of guides.

Wonder if it was an issue on your end...? Not saying this isn't something you experienced. Do you use a VPN? Which browser are you using?

No VPN. Google.

(401) |

Same. Hmmm.

Just to start, let me see if I can make changes to it. Please give me a very basic build listing (6 items) and I'll go in and make the change and see if it updates. I will also update to a standard skill leveling to check that changes also.

Anything listed under the typical build in this one. If I'm being honest though, I probably won't mess around with trying to remake the guide. Too much time waste.

(401) |

Alright, if you're not planning to put any further time into this, I'll leave it be. We'll just archive this then, and if you ever decide to come back and try again, it'll be there if you choose to republish/unarchive. Sorry you didn't have a good experience here.

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Smite God: King Arthur