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Smite God: Artemis

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Artemis Build

Bare base build

Notes Buy the second tier of boots, then the first tier of soul eater. Costs 1500 exactly, followed by your relic. Complete boots first. Beads if enemy has high CC.

Talaria Boots

Soul Eater

Heavenly Wings

Purification Beads

Reinforcement, Penetration

Notes Build shifters shield for early sustain/damage. Buy Titans bane if fighting tanks/warriors. Go for Heartseeker otherwise.

Shifter's Shield

Titan's Bane

Heartseeker

Mid/late game stretch

Notes Build crit with Deathbringer if leading. Then ASI for final build. Start with bloodforge blade first if you need more sustain to survive fights, disregard ASI.

Deathbringer

Bloodforge

Asi

Ex: Build vs. Tanky team

Notes Keep the boots, Don't Replace! Lifesteal, and damage with enough pen and crit to take down any healthy tank or warrior. Use beads to avoid crucial Hard crowd control.

Talaria Boots

Soul Eater

Shifter's Shield

Titan's Bane

Bloodforge

Deathbringer

Heavenly Wings

Purification Beads

Ex: Build vs Mage/ADC/Ganker

Notes Flat penetration for low armor gods, attack speed to help burst down assassin's. Replace Atlanta's bow with bloodforge if you can. Increase in damage and lifesteal. Make your shots count... Use Cloak to help you in large engagements or a low Mana mage.

Talaria Boots

Soul Eater

Shifter's Shield

Heartseeker

Asi

Atalanta's Bow

Heavenly Wings

Cloak of Meditation

Artemis's Skill Order

Transgressor's Fate

1 X

1 15 16 18 19

Vengeful Assault

2 A

2 8 11 12 14

Suppress The Insolent

3 B

3 4 6 7 10

Calydonian Boar

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

Artemis Threats

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(35) |

Hey, Rexorama.

So, I actually like the thinking behind some of your choices, but I feel that things could be done a bit differently if we are looking to maximize efficiency.

I'll start with the fact that you aren't starting with . In my mind, this is a Core starting item in Conquest for ADCs (I'm assuming that this is what you mean by "strong lane", which is a term from Dota if I'm not mistaken).

I also think that you may be overestimating your ability damage/significance. Artemis generally gets more damage from auto attack focused builds than ability focused ones. For this reason, considerations should be made such as:

As my final point for now, when considering DPS, it seems like you are placing a lot of reliance on . For example, in your "vs tanky" build, you have no Attack Speed built whatsoever. If you look at the numbers, this will hurt your damage output by a significant margin.

Overall, I feel that the build could use some improvements, and I hope to help in any way that I can.

(105) |

before I decide to give any kind of feedback.

does this guide mostly have arena in mind? or also other non conquest modes which start at lvl 3 (joust etc)? cause assuming the skill lvling I can see it is probably not meant towards conquest.

(81) |

It's pretty bad regardless of mode. You should not take at level 1 in Conquest because is your main wave clearing tool. I would also drop and go with as my main (and probably only) lifesteal item. Also, is better than for pen because even though Art has an attack speed steroid, it won't always be up and the extra attack speed helps against both tanks and squishies. It also helps with her passive when she has enemies slowed, stunned, or rooted. And what's the deal with meditation cloak? That relic is really only useful in Assault, even when upgraded. It's worthless in Arena due to how close the portal is and it takes up a slot for a more useful relic like or . As for , don a ia and laugh as he ults you, gets stunned, and you run away.

So, no, this is not a strong lane build unless you're up against low-level players who don't know how Art works and/or cannot easily escape her damage.

(105) |

reason I asked had mostly to do as yes it terrible in conquest, however I felt like boogie already pointed out the big pointers

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(46) |

I'll CC you in the future as well, devampi. A lot more people could use your help/knowledge.

(46) |

@Gulf/Myst/xZeroStrike

These builds do not help play towards any of Artemis's strengths, and I can not recommend them.

I've added some people to this chat that could help improve your build knowledge.

Your builds are missing:
1) attack speed
2) penetration (kind of...you have penetration, just not the right kind. You need the executioner in there)
3) some sort of dps option: qins sais OR 2-3 crit items.

(46) |

Gulf has most things covered. I'll add, for the creator of the guide, why some items shouldn't be built over others.

Ninja Tabi > Talaria Boots

Now, I've never tried Talaria's on , and I can see the appeal for it in Conquest to get back into lane quicker after a back, but Ninja is overall still a better pick for Art early game. It boosts her attack speed and mana, which she needs as she only has one clearing ability, , and she relies on that and basic attacks entirely to clear her waves. Not running Ninja will make lane clearing that much more difficult, and early game difficulty is something an Art definitely doesn't need.

Devourer's Gauntlet or Bloodforge > Soul Eater

Soul's entire passive goes wasted on Artemis. and her clear don't do enough damage to justify the heal on ability. On top of that, it has less lifesteal than either of the two better options until it is stacked, at which point it ties in lifesteal with Bloodforge.

The Executioner > Titan's Bane

I don't get why people build TB on Art except for structure damage, but Art's structure damage mostly comes from her high AS rather than pen or true power. Exe is by far superior over TB for Art in every aspect, since your abilities are not your main source of damage, your basic attacks are. Always. Your abilities are just there to assist you in hitting those basic attacks easier and faster, as well as helping apply a little bit more damage when they're available, but not enough to pick TB over Exe.

Anything > Shifter's Shield

The only gamemode I'd consider defensive items is Assault, since in that gamemode you're all packed together as a tightly knit group of kindergartners with no way to escape your inner demons. There are a couple exceptions like or to aid you against certain unfavorable matchups, but otherwise I'd steer clear of them. And yes, Shifter's does provide power, but there's better options: Crit or Qin's.

Overall the builds are not viable in any remotely competent level of play. At the moment, it's either Devo or build into crit or qin's or a mix of both. Some examples:

Transcendence + Ninja Tabi + Asi + Rage + The Executioner + Deathbringer -- Replace Ninja Tabi for Poisoned Star or Qin's Sais + Elixir of Speed late.
Devourer's Gauntlet + Ninja Tabi + Rage + The Executioner + Deathbringer + Poisoned Star or Qin's Sais -- Replace Ninja Tabi with Poisoned Star or Qin's Sais (whichever you did not get before) or another item as needed (e.g. Toxic Blade if enemy team is healer heavy) ++ replace Devourer's Gauntlet with Bloodforge if desired.
Devourer's Gauntlet build but instead of Gauntlet, build into early Bloodforge instead. Only effective on good early game where you get ahead as Bloodforge is expensive.

Think that's all said. Anything else I should add to that?

(105) |

After the buff I would not switch out Devo's it gives you 29% lifesteal, if you would combine it late with an assuming the opponent has no anti heal you have ~50%. you will heal each basic as much as you would with only without passive, and this still procs giving you ~80% lifesteal.

if your opponent does not have anti-heal they will have to oneshot you.

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(46) |

That's a lot of lifesteal. Didn't think they'd go as high as that with DR. I'll have to give that a try sometime to switch for Asi late if I don't need Qin's.

(394) |

TB late is still potentially a thing against a tanky comp. This doesn't mean it replaces Exe...normal build structure would get Exe mid-game and TB as probably a Boots replacement.

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(46) |

Alright, I guess if you really don't have anything else to build, I can see that happening. Haven't had a problem taking out opponents with just Exe though, still think third crit or Qin's will be of better value depending.

(394) |

Just letting you know what a lot of people have been doing...pros have been doing it for the past year or so.

(46) |

Oh yeah, I know, no worries bud. Just putting out thoughts and such.

(35) |

Artemis doesn't try to clear the wave early. She is looking to poke out the other ADC and relies on her Support to help with clear (pairs well with Sylvanus, Ymir, etc.). I would recommend Warrior Tabi.

I wouldn't go as far to say that the passive is "completely wasted". Artemis does more ability damage than you may think. Her Cooldowns are extremely short for a Hunter which is why the damage numbers aren't high. This is offset by applying that damage 1.5 times more often than your typical Hunter.
I might also mention that she has a much easier time stacking Soul Eater than something like a Devourer's Gauntlet, especially from behind.

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(46) |

Her CDs are short but if you go more than 2 CD cycles you've already lost the fight, most likely. Artemis doesn't survive very long. Usually if I cannot kill my opponent before my 3 has been used 3 times, I'm not making it out alive. Anyway, Art is still primarily AA focused, Gauntlet, Asi or forge over Soul any day on her.

You will want to clear wave early because you can usually poke while damaging wave with your 3. The radius is fairly large (about half lane width worth, little bit less). You'll need your support for assistance but you'll need your lasthits for gold. Then again, never said Warrior isn't a good choice, just feel like warrior is a more aggressive option and provides less value when you get an enemy trapped as you'll AA slower. Warrior in a Transcendence build is still solid if you're looking for a more aggressive approach early.

(394) |

Solid.

(81) |

I don't think TB affects structures anymore, so that's even less of a reason to pick it up. It's great on characters that can burst down an enemy with abilities, but, as you pointed out, Art relies primarily on her basic attacks for damage, so exe is the superior option.

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(394) |

%Pen doesn't affect structures anymore. Only flat pen.

(35) |

So Titan's Bane is no longer the Bane of Titans?

...TIME FOR AN ITEM RENAME!

(46) |

Renamed to "Stop. Hammertime." We believe Titan's Bane purchase rate will be increased by 30%.

(394) |

Still hurts titans, just not structures/phoenixes. But I know you know that and you're just trying to make an awful joke XD

(81) |

A crit build should basically be , then , and maybe if the enemy isn't building and/or .

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Table of Contents

Artemis Strong Lane/Arena ADC

Smite God: Artemis

Artemis Build

Bare base build

Reinforcement, Penetration

Mid/late game stretch

Ex: Build vs. Tanky team

Ex: Build vs Mage/ADC/Ganker

Artemis's Skill Order

Transgressor's Fate

Vengeful Assault

Suppress The Insolent

Calydonian Boar

Artemis Threats

Loki | Maximum

Anubis | Major

Poseidon | Major

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