Smite Anubis Build Guide: Anubis: Maximum Melting

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Smite God: Anubis

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Anubis Build

Main Build (Order May Vary Slightly)

Vampiric Shroud

Shoes of the Magi

Bancroft's Talon

Spear of the Magus

Focused Void Stone

Rod of Tahuti

Soul Reaver

Other Items to Consider

Chronos' Pendant

Divine Ruin

Doom Orb

Breastplate of Valor

Pythagorem's Piece

Polynomicon

Shoes of Focus

Book of Thoth

Obsidian Shard

Ethereal Staff

Actives to Consider (Situational)

Purification Beads (Old)

Salvation

Aegis Pendant

Aegis Amulet (Old)

Heavenly Wings

Cloak of Meditation

Anubis's Skill Order

Plague of Locusts

1 X

2 8 11 12 14

Mummify

2 A

3 15 16 18 19

Grasping Hands

3 B

1 4 6 7 10

Death Gaze

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

Introduction

This build is mainly designed for absolute melting power. Being able to kill an enemy in a couple of seconds without your ultimate is completely possible with this build. Burst damage is the key to success with Anubis.

Of course, this guide may not work with the playstyle of everybody, but for me personally, focusing most of my build on magic damage makes it very easy to get kills with little to no effort. Feel free to expand upon this build or tweak it to your own preferences.

Skills

NOT going to be your big damage, but certainly not non-essential.
Mainly used in god v. god combat when your ultimate is down.
Not amazingly useful for farming considering the short range, but can be if you need to quick clear and there are no enemies in lane
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO CANCEL IT. You are a very easy target when you use this ability, if you see someone coming RIGHT CLICK AND GET OUT.

Extremely important, borderline essential for kills as Anubis
Used primarily to trap enemies so you can hit them hard with your other abilities
IF SOMEONE IS STUNNED THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN KILL THEM. If you are low on health and being chased, provided you feel confident enough in your accuracy, you can turn around and stun the enemy so you can slip away easier. The stun is usually used for combat, but in some cases it's best to use it for escaping.
On the same note, if your other abilities are up, you have enough HP for a couple hits, and you are being chased by a relatively squishy champion, it is likely that you can turn around and stun-melt them or at the very least, do enough to scare them off.
Also don't be afraid to use it to save other people. If an enemy is chasing a teammate at low health, try to stun the enemy and help your ally slip away.

This is going to be one of your primary sources of damage.
Used often for minion farming, as you can stay a safe range away and kill most of the minions with a well placed Grasping Hands
Almost always used in unison with Mummify regardless of your other abilities. Mummify the enemy and place Grasping hands right beneath them almost always.
Don't be afraid to place it right on top of you if you're running away. If someone is chasing you, they'll either take damage and be slowed, or they'll have to go around it.

The big ult. The melting machine. This is where the big damage lies.
DO NOT use it if you don't have the enemy stunned and/or you missed the stun. Wait for your stun to be back up or else this ult is effectively useless.
There are some desperate situations where you will use this without Mummify, but overall, if you're not in immediate danger and your stun is not ready, do not use it.

THE STRATEGY: FIGHTING OTHER GODS

Here's the basic rundown of what you need to do.

If your ult is up:
Mummify > Grasping Hands > Death Gaze

You may not always need to use Grasping Hands, but it's always nice to have the extra damage in the event that your ult doesn't do the trick.

If your ult is down:
Mummify > Grasping Hands > Plague of Locusts

This is usually enough to kill most moderately squishy gods or at the very least get them low enough that they run scared.

Note: Some may prefer to place Grasping Hands before Mummify, but I personally like to place it after because that way they'll for sure take almost all of the damage from it instead of potentially slipping out.

THE STRATEGY: FARMING

Basically the only ability you need to farm is Grasping Hands. When minions are fighting each other in lane, you can actually line it up just enough so that you can hit both the archers and the melee. If you're pushing your lane and you want to kill the minions near the enemy tower before they get into the "ritual combat" just place Grasping Hands right in front of the tanky one, leading it so that way when it starts to tick (since it has a delay) it will hit all of them rather than miss the melee and just clip the archers.

Items

This gives you some good early game sustain. I used to not bother with starter items, but it is hugely beneficial to keep yourself in lane longer so you don't get underfarmed. You can probably afford to sell it by the time you have but it's a judgement call.

Remember: Anubis is all about burst damage, and that's exactly what this brings to the table. Lots of MP and the passive are perfect for this. If you have Soul Reaver built and you initiate a fight with someone, it instantly brings the odds of the fight in your favor by lowering their HP by 15% on top of the damage you're already doing. This should be one of your last items though, since Soul Reaver is very expensive and is not very cost-effective in the first two tiers.

This is a no-brainer as Anubis. +125 MP and and a 25% MP increase is significant and it's one of the biggest (if not the biggest) raw MP upgrades.

Focused Voidstone

This gives 3 stats that are generally beneficial as Anubis. It gives you Magic Penetration (which should be maxed out after buying this if you follow the build), some Magic Power, as well as some Magic Defense. It could be situationally swapped out though, as is a good alternative if you are looking for more physical defense rather than magical.

A good choice for Anubis, since he isn't an "auto-attack champion." The extra stacks of magic penetration will almost always be added when in combat seeing as you are going to be using your damaging abilities. Magic Power alone isn't enough to beat down enemies building Magic Defense, so it is important to build a bit of magic penetration.

You can get instead if Cooldown Reduction seems more important than Magic Penetration, it's really situational. Personally I go for magic penetration because it usually helps significantly when fighting against tanky Gods.

This is more or less an optional item in some regards seeing as Anubis is basically melt or be melted when it comes to combat. That being said, since Anubis is really squishy, it might be a good idea to grab for situations where you take some smaller damage in lane, whether it be from minions or the enemy doing a little bullying. On top of that, Anubis's passive doubles lifesteal, so you effectively get a 2 for 1 deal.

I usually buy whatever I can afford at the beginning of the game. Usually my starting build is and which leaves me enough for about 2 of each potion, I believe.

Pros / Cons

PROS

Amazing damage
Good Farm
Wins most 1v1 fights
Easy Ganking
Works very well with support gods like Ares

CONS

Super squishy
If you miss the stun, you gotta run
Purification Beads can counter this strategy (but not completely ruin it)
Still doesn't entirely melt (most) tanks, so you need to be extra careful around them.
As soon as your abilities are on cooldown, you're useless.

Other Comments

This is a high risk high reward strategy. You will generally be very squishy (~2000 HP at level 20) but can almost certainly melt most gods aside from tanks, provided you can make contact with your stun.

I had a game recently with roughly the same build, and finished the match with 1332 MP... the maximum being 1400. It can be slightly overkill, and you could very easily swap out some of the items in the build for some more defense/HP while still being able to melt enemies. But this is just a general guide on what to build for maximum burst damage and it can easily be tweaked to something more comfortable with your playstyle.

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1) The lifesteal may not matter in engagements, but I promise it'll mitigate the damage you take by poke in lane. Plus, with anubis's passive, which doubles lifesteal from items, I promise it's a big amount.

2) As far as the shard, no, go . Literally 100% of your damaging abilities, all 3, are DoT effects (2 channeled, 1 legitimate DoT.) This means it's exceptionally easy to stack Spear, and unless they are past 208 protections, Spear offers more shred than Obsidian Shard.

I'd still suggest not picking up Soul Reaver first, since 15% of a squishy caster isn't a lot at all, but that's preference, I suppose, according to you. I'd rather take sustain over damage anyday, because no matter what, if they're caught out they're going to die. Only later in the game is it really possible to escape with slivers against an anubis. Besides, the first 2 levels of the item are very underpowered, (30/65 MP isn't that much with respect to its other lack of offensive or sustain stats), and 3100g is a VERY steep cost for a first item.

But I appreciate the response to suggestions, that makes for a good guide maker :)

Thanks for all the info man, I tried to rework the build to make a little more sense again. I moved to one of the later items, and fit in as the second item.

I tried this build with Hel,i did 1000 dmg with 1 abilty (didn't try it in conq yet but i will :D) Edit: I tried it and i was up against an Aphro+Vamana combo and early game it went horrible until i got my Focus boots and soul reaver,i bursted almost everyone down :D +1

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Why do you not get boots until like the last items?
Speed is important for escaping, I don't understand why you would rather wait for boots so long

Reordered it. I was sitting there for about 20 minutes trying to get a good order and I just kinda threw in whatever I thought looked good enough and called it at that, haha.

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I literally don't understand this build order whatsoever.

I slightly modified it, I wasn't 100% sure on the ordering of it either, I just sort of picked whatever seemed right off the top of my head.

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First, as you said, you rush Soul Reaver for the burst. Which sort of makes sense, but it provides 0 sustain OR defense in lane. It's just not a good first pick, you can be bullied out of lane. Anubis has horrible mana and health conservation.

Most of the items built provide mana, I rarely ever run out of mana playing as Anubis, aside from very early game, which I cover for via mana potions.

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Second, You build stacking items 3rd and 4th. That's just plain inefficient, *especially* in arena. You will never reach full stacks.

That's not really true. I almost always get full stack if I build Book of Thoth 4th. I agree that it is better to get earlier, but I feel getting the raw magic damage is more important and then I can start building the stacks after I have a decent enough base to hold my own.

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You then build boots 5th. You need speed to escape ganks, you're just not playing safe. It willg et so many people killed.

Yeah, I modified it to move boots forward. I've been getting out of the habit of buying boots early as of recently though because typically, boots or not, I am rarely able to outrun a god.

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Then you FINALLY get lifesteal as your LAST item. You do know anubis's passive doesn't grant lifesteal, it grants double your current lifesteal, right? This needs to be an early item or you'll never have sustain.

I personally feel like lifesteal doesn't do much. Maybe I'm wrong, but Anubis is usually so squishy that it's either "melt or get melted" essentially. Like, if damage is being taken it's probably going to result in death. But I can see where lifesteal can definitely come in handy, I just don't find it to be a big priority most of the time.

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Finally, you have no magic pen items. If they build any, you lose, especially since Soul Reaver does magic damage, not true damage. If you don't have , they can build a voidstone or such, and you'll lose. Pure damage is never ever a good build for a glass cannon mage like Anubis.

I'll let you know if I find any other critiques atm

Hm, interesting. I never really considered magic pen to be a big factor (aside from when they build defense against it). What about ?

Also, thanks for the info though. Smite is pretty much the first MOBA I've actually gotten into, and I basically just figured out on my own what to do/build rather than looking up info, so I'd imagined I might have some sort of fatal error in my builds, haha. Seems to have worked fine, seeing as I usually go positive and am God Rank 6 with Anubis. But maybe having more of a focus on item order instead of just randomly picking what gives the best MP is going to work better, haha.

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I literally don't understand this build order whatsoever.

First, as you said, you rush Soul Reaver for the burst. Which sort of makes sense, but it provides 0 sustain OR defense in lane. It's just not a good first pick, you can be bullied out of lane. Anubis has horrible mana and health conservation.

Second, You build stacking items 3rd and 4th. That's just plain inefficient, *especially* in arena. You will never reach full stacks.

You then build boots 5th. You need speed to escape ganks, you're just not playing safe. It willg et so many people killed.

Then you FINALLY get lifesteal as your LAST item. You do know anubis's passive doesn't grant lifesteal, it grants double your current lifesteal, right? This needs to be an early item or you'll never have sustain.

Finally, you have no magic pen items. If they build any, you lose, especially since Soul Reaver does magic damage, not true damage. If you don't have , they can build a voidstone or such, and you'll lose. Pure damage is never ever a good build for a glass cannon mage like Anubis.

I'll let you know if I find any other critiques atm