Charon Support Conquest Guide

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Passive - Ferryman of Souls Charon passive grants him additional maximum HP per coin he picks up, he also gets 1 gold per coin. This is very important to stack because it buffs your Heroism shield and it buffs Damnation shielding. You also become tankier because it's pretty much giving you a free item of health. To stack just simply collect coins from fallen allied minions and jungle camps.

Ability 1 - Spectral Surge This is Charon's primary CC, aside from his ultimate. Use this ability to cancel channeled abilities from enemies since it's a 1 second silence. It also has a very quick animation time which allows it to be pretty good peel if you use it at the right time. It also creates a slow trail that sticks to the target hit for a few seconds. This slow enables chase potential and a tiny bit of setup because it'll be easier for your allies to hit enemies that are moving slower.

Ability 2 - Damnation This ability is a form of peel for your allies. No not CC type peel, but it allows your allies to gain a shield = to a percentage of your maximum HP that they can keep refreshing for a duration. It also slows the targets attack speed by a pretty decent amount. So in a sense it a buff to your allies and debuff to the enemy. I would primarily try to use this on autoattackers first since it has an attack speed debuff to enemies, so it'll reduce their DPS. Try to also hit people in front of your carries with this so they can easily get the shield granted from this ability.

Ability 3 - Swift Voyage Swift Voyage is a very simple ability. It provides Charon with slow and knockup immunity while being channeled, and of course increased movement speed since it's his dash ability. When you run over an enemy character with this, you will root them for about a second, if they're hit by the water instead of the boat, they get rooted for about 0.5 seconds. Use this as an escape tool or a tool to chase down targets if you're winning the fight or peeling for carries if they need it. It provides a little bit of setup, but not too much.

Ultimate - Summon Styx Charon has a really good ultimate ability allowing him to have an extremely massive fear CC that will go throughout the battlefield. This is really good for any tight corridor fights, phoenix sieges or defenses. It essentially forces beads from any target hit. I would use this towards the beginning of a fight. You can use this as an engage tool or hold it for a good opportunity where you see multiple targets you can CC with it.

Combos: Use your 1st ability, then pop your second ability on the target affected by your 1. The tic damage from your 1 will proc the shield from your 2 immediately and help you confirm your 2 on the enemy target.

• 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. Charon is great at either starting a fight or following up off someone else's engage. He has a massive AOE ultimate that should hit just about anyone it's being aimed at, granted they're close enough. You can use this to control a teamfight and where you want the enemy players to go. I recommend taking fights in small corridors such as the jungle or even sieges. In lane enemies have a lot more room to move out of the way of Charon's ult. Use your 1 as a form of ability cancellation on targets and peel for your allies. Your 2 should be directed on targets going towards your allies so your allies can receive a shield from hitting them.

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.