Average Hel Build [ By 24 Star Hel Main ] [ ProfessorHel ]

Thank You for this, helped a lot!

Thats a lot of cooldown fam

One thing I don't like about this build is the skill order. Her 2 is a set up for her 1 and 3. It can also be used as a huge help in team battles.

I have to downvote as there is 0% penetration in a mid mage build. You need minimum 30% for a cookie cutter build like this. To follow your current builds goals I would suggest:

Sands of Time > Shoes of Focus > Spear of Desolation / Divine Ruin > Soul Gem > Rod of Tahuti > Obsidian Shard > Pendulum of Ages > Swap boots for Mantle of Discord

I would normally recommend Charon's Coin > Rod of Tahuti but with the MP5 from your passive this gives you a total of 99MP5 late game. If you wanted Book of Thoth still then maybe start T2 Book of Souls and do this:

Book of Thoth > Shoes of Focus > Breastplate of Valor / Chronos' Pendant > Rod of Tahuti > Obsidian Shard > Gem of Focus > Swap boots for Soul Gem / Mantle of Discord

This build caps your MP5, gives you a lot of mana to use but instead of opting for Pendulum of Ages it opens you up to Gem of Focus, which feels great on Hel because she generally spams abilities and can make great use of the passive effects.
(If you go Breastplate then get Soul Gem, if you get Chronos' then get Mantle)

Aside from those points about the builds, I also wouldn't suggest:

• Aegis Amulet first over Purification Beads. Standard should be beads every game and aegis situationally first.
• Building chrono's pendant in a Pendulum of Ages build.
• Strange skill leveling order. Levels 1-5 should be 1 > 3 > 1 > 3 > 2. Continue maxing the 1 and 3, then max the 2 then 4.
• Hide of the Urchin recommended and Magic Shell (although shell change is recent)
• No mention of Obsidian Shard.

Thanks for this. I just got back in after 2 years without playing, and this was quite helpful. I've moved on from it, but it was certainly a helpful refresher/starting point while I got used to the game again.
Edit: ah... sorry for the necro, but maybe you appreciate the thanks anyway.

How's the build looking to you guys now?
Im not convinced fully on the relics (horrific) and the mantle being core

Let me fill you in on what to do against Anubis:
Pretty much the deal against him is just like with a Hades he will heavily out pressure you. Combine this with Hel weaker early game and having to get close to minions, will result in a harder early lane. On top of that, he can kill anyone that gets mummified if his ult is up. The last problem a lot of people have is the healing he gets from lifesteal. The only disadvantage that he trades in for this is his immobility since he roots himself during 2 abilities and has no escape.

So from this, we have some goals when playing against him.
The first one is to predict and dodge as many Mummifys as we can. Since you're playing Hel, you also have the goal of cleansing them from your jungler. This becomes especially important if Anubis has his ultimate up.

The second important early game goal is (like with any god) to not let him get kills. Compared to other mages, he can snowball pretty harshly with some early kills. Part of this lies in not taking to much unnecessary poke. As Hel your best moment to clear the wave is after he used his Grasping Hands.

The last early game goal normally depends on the strength of the jungler. Since Anubis is immobile bad positioning can easily kill him. However, since Hel early game is pretty bad I would recommend the jungler to play safe and not gank if his ult or mummify is up.

The last goal during a game against Anubis is pretty simple: get anti-heal. This is also the reason he falls of late. A lot of damage dealers can outburst Anubis lifesteal if he is affected by anti-heal. Do keep in mind that multiple sources work best against this and are needed if he grabs Typhon's Fang.

Meditation ewwwww

Meditation cloak? What mode is this for? Med is terrible in Conquest; you're better off with Purification Beads. Yes I know Hel can cleanse CC via her Cleanse, but that won't always be up. As Boogie pointed out, you don't need Mantle of Discord in every game and Hide of the Urchin is built a bit too late to be of any real use unless you're snowballing the enemy team. You're better off getting Lotus Crown as your primary defense option because it has inherent physical defense for dealing with assassins, as well as magical defense whenever you heal yourself and/or an ally. No offense, but this is far from a "perfect" Hel build.

Skill order needs work
Relics need work
Mantle is not core in every single game. Defense in a damage build is situational.
I don't agree with mantle and hide in the same build together.