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Ares, The Well Rounded

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by BaconPanda updated October 27, 2012

Smite God: Ares

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Ares Build

Main Build

Build Item Reinforced Greaves (Deleted) Reinforced Greaves (Deleted)
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Mystical Mail Mystical Mail
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Other items that are useful

Build Item Aegis Amulet (Old) Aegis Amulet (Old)
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Polynomicon Polynomicon
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus

Ares's Skill Order

Shackles

1 X Y
Shackles
2 8 10 12 14

Bolster Defenses

2 A B
Bolster Defenses
3 15 16 18 19

Searing Flesh

3 B A
Searing Flesh
1 4 6 7 11

No Escape

4 Y X
No Escape
5 9 13 17 20
Shackles
2 8 10 12 14

Shackles

1 X
Chains extend from Ares' shield, doing damage to all enemies in its path. Hitting a god shackles them to Ares, Cripples them, preventing movement abilities, dealing the same damage every second while slowing them by 15% and buffing Ares. While shackled, Ares can fire another chain for free within 2s. Jungle Camps take an extra +40% damage.

Ability Type: Line, Cripple, Damage
Minion Damage: 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 (+15% of your Magical Power)
God Damage per Tick: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Speed Buff per Target Shackled: 15%
Duration: 4s
Max Shackles: 3
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s
Bolster Defenses
3 15 16 18 19

Bolster Defenses

2 A
Ares strengthens the defenses of himself and all nearby allies for 6s, granting Basic Attack Damage, Protections, HP5, and reducing Crowd Control durations. For each shackled enemy, the Protection Buffs are increased.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff
Protections: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
CC Reduction: 30%
HP5: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45
Shackle Bonus: 7
Radius: 35
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 15s
Searing Flesh
1 4 6 7 11

Searing Flesh

3 B
Flames pour forth from Ares' shield, engulfing enemies in a cone in front of him causing damage every .5s for 4s. Ares is immune to Knockback for the duration.

Ability Type: Cone, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+7% of your Magical Power)
% Max Health Per Tick (Gods): 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 3%
% Max Health Per Tick (Minions): 4%
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 12s
No Escape
5 9 13 17 20

No Escape

4 Y
Ares throws chains out to all enemy gods in an area around him. All enemies hit by the chains are pulled to Ares after 2.5s, taking damage and are stunned.

Ability Type: Area
Damage: 200 / 275 / 350 / 425 / 500 (+40% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1s
Radius: 35
Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
Cooldown: 100s

Introduction

Hello, this is my first build post so if something are odd, that's why. I build Ares as a bruiser, sorry if I don't know the right terms. I see people build Ares in a lot of ways, but they are usually bad. My build is very changable, so that's why I use it.

Items

First off, always get reinforced boots. Why you may ask, it's because Ares becomes way to squish and doesn't do that much damage with the boots of the magi. People my differ but its the way I build my Ares. Voidstone is also very nice item. It helped with damage and protection. Changing items on this build is recommended because if you are fed, pile on the damage.

Skills

All your skills are useful, not one of them are bad. Shackles, easy for hunting down someone who is trying to run, You can max this or Searing Flesh first. Bolster Defenses, Remember this ability, but don't upgrade it first, it is useful when you're in a team battle and you're initiating. Searing Flesh, this is your main damage attack. I usually upgrade this one first and upgrade shackles somewhere among the lines. No Escape, by far one of the best ults. You're thinks, but what if they have beads?, If the whole enemy team buys beads, there'ye down a lot of gold.

Summary

I feel that Ares is one of the most underused gods. I almost see no one play him. But, building him right is crucial to making him good. Hopefully this helped and have a good day smiting!

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Onislayer (1) | October 27, 2012 5:22pm
Add more chapters please. Explain strategies for ability usage, the reasoning behind all of your item choices, and try to correct your grammar.
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