Atlas Support Conquest Guide

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Passive - The Astrolabe Atlas passive allows him to get a heavy autoattack if enough energy is built up in his astrolabe. This heavier auto will do increased damage and also tremble the targets in the AOE area.

Ability 1 - Unburden This is a cool ability that also acts as an autoattack. When you throw this ability out it creates a zoning area and you can do 2 things with it. You can either auto attack with it, which will create a pulse of damage or you can combo it with Gravity Pull to pull players towards the center. If they're in the inner ring it will stick them towards the center for a second them knock them out. If they're in the outer ring then it will pull them towards the center.

Ability 2 - Gravity Pull Gravity Pull is Atlas's biggest lockdown / main form of CC. It's got both offensive and defensive capabilities. If you hit an enemy with it, it pulls them towards him if they're in the outer part. If they're in the inner part then he grabs them and can walk them around for a second before throwing them in any direction he chooses. You can use this ability super aggressively or defensively depending on the situation. It contains both setup and peel.

Ability 3 - Kinetic Charge Kinetic Charge is an AOE dash that grants both Atlas and allies next to him increased movement speed and slow immunity. If Atlas collides with an enemy he does a ton of damage and has an AOE slow. This slow is increased if he cleanses "ally burdens" around him, essentially just giving them the movement speed will act as a burden cleanse and increase the slow value.

Ultimate - Gamma-Ray Burst Super awesome ult, this ability is an AOE ground circle which pulses damage every 0.5 seconds. It shreds both prots and power and after a certain period of time or if Atlas cancels it early it releases a beam that traverses the map, damaging enemies and shredding their prots and power in its wake. Atlas can use this as an engage to create a zoning area. He can also use this as a form of peel which it doesn't really peel but adds a massive debuff to the enemies making their dive on your carries more difficult.

Combos: Combine the slows on your 1st and 3rd abilities then follow up with your 2, all while your ultimate is on the ground under them. This will create massive damage (in some cases even soloing the enemy) and lockdown which should be super easy cleanup for you allies. Your goal is to keep the enemy in your ult for as long as possible for maximum effectiveness.

• Support should start purple and pull it outwards. In this time your ADC should be pulling Green and dragging it towards you (or vice versa). When both buffs are grouped, as you clear them pull them towards the lane. Watch out for invades!
  
  
• From here you should be sitting in duo lane for a majority of the early game. You want to stay there to contest protection (or shield) buff and pressure with your ADC. If you have enough pressure you can also invade their camps, such as Purple buff and their backcamps, even Green buff.

• Around the mid game you want to now start to play around the middle of the map as more objectives are spawning now.
  
  
• These objectives consist of Beacon, Oracle, and Pyromancer. Try to pressure mid t1 tower too if your team has the pressure for it. Once that's down it creates map pressure from mid lane.

• Here you want to make sure to use your kit effectively. Atlas is great at either starting a fight or following up off someone else's engage. He has massive AOE abilities that do a ton of damage and slow. You can use these to control a teamfight and where you want the enemy players to go. I highly suggest you use the 1, 2 combo as mentioned earlier to start a fight.

That ward you're buying in the early game, you want to place it at the area between their purple and shield camp about 23 seconds or sooner before the game actually starts, if you think you'll have pressure.

If you don't think you'll have pressure, place that same ward on your side in the same area about 10 seconds prior to the game starting. This will give you early gank info.

If you're able to get 2 wards at the start, place one defensively and one offensively in the same spots.

As you're playing through duo lane you really want to ward their backcamps for info for your team. Get 2 wards, typically after you buy Thebes, and place them at their purple buff or their back camps and their green buff.

Try to refresh these wards as often as you can. They give very good info on where the enemy jungler is at and if the enemy team is mobilizing towards duo side to setup for a Gold Fury.

In the map below, the red circles indicate the spots that you should ward aggressively and the blue circles indicate the spots you should ward passively.



Of course this depends where you're at in the game. But around fire giant, same concept. Try to get high wards around their backcamps, red, and even blue buff to give your team info.

On offensive sieges, try to place a sentry ward between their phoenixes that you're about to siege to gain info on people playing that gap. These wards are indicated by the Red circles on the map.

On defensive sieges, place a sentry between phoenixes they're about to siege so you and your team can play that gap area without worry. These wards are indicated by the Blue circles on the map.