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This is a build focused on lifesteal, high pen, and max damage potential, utilizing only items with bonus damage, CDR, and penetration.
Vampiric Shroud is your standard starter, providing early sustain and some protection against physical threats (including a physical jungler and minions). At level 20, upgrade it to
Sacrificial Shroud.
Spear of the Magus is a strong early pen item providing bonus damage and lifesteal.
Charon's Coin provides high % pen with utility (health, MS) that Anubis appreciates.
Typhon's Fang finishes his lifesteal requirements and adds further % penetration.
Rod of Tahuti is a magical core item for high power and maxes his % pen.
The final item is optional / situational. You can opt for a protection item if needed, or go for utility from a variety of items. Shown here is
Chronos' Pendant for high CDR and ability spamming late-game.
Sacrificial Shroud
Spear of the Magus
Typhon's Fang
Pythagorem's Piece
Calamitous Rod of Tahuti
Mantle of Discord
This is your standard start when building into the Spear tree.
Vampiric Shroud
Magic Focus
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Start with
Sands of Time and upgrade to
The Alternate Timeline (or
Pendulum of Ages at level 20.
This is build based around
Bancroft's Talon, and adding in some CDR (mainly for more ults). Bancroft's provides enhanced lifesteal when taking damage.
The Alternate Timeline
Bancroft's Talon
Spear of Desolation
Typhon's Fang
Obsidian Shard
Calamitous Rod of Tahuti
Sands of Time
Tiny Trinket
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
These items are not essential, but very functional depending on your preferences and needs.
Chronos' Pendant
Gem of Isolation
Spear of Desolation
Divine Ruin
Spear of the Magus
Charon's Coin
Calamitous Rod of Tahuti
Pythagorem's Piece
Staff of Myrddin
Ethereal Staff
Doom Orb
You can consider any of these defensive items if you're behind or are getting focused by specific enemies.
Mantle of Discord
Magi's Cloak
Breastplate of Valor
Standard pickups are
Purification Beads and
Aegis Amulet.
Phantom Shell is specifically useful when facing an enemy
Odin, as his ring is a death trap, due to the healing reduction rendering your lifesteal useless.
Against more slows than hard CC,
Heavenly Wings can be considered.
Blink Rune is for aggressive play.
Aegis Amulet
Purification Beads
Phantom Shell
Heavenly Wings
Blink Rune
Tap each threat level to view Anubis’s threats
*Editor's Note: Daelinn has permanently stepped away from SMITE, but has entrusted me with the maintenance of his guide (the original of which can be found HERE). I am maintaining the guide in the original structure and style he created. However, I will be listening to reader feedback when any is given, and make build adjustments as necessary. As such, feedback is greatly appreciated. Consider this a community-driven guide, founded by a very knowledgeable and helpful individual that will be missed in this community.
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Jungler / Objective Warding
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Watch your step
The storm strikes
Consume
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Rolling waves, go forth
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Time to Shine
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That said, with his scaling, the power contribution is plenty welcome. If he's got all of his core items online, it should suit pretty well as a 6th/7th item, possibly as an alternative to
That said, WTF DV-8? WHERE TF HAVE YOU BEEN???
Forgot I didn't update for Elixir and shoes, will do.
Also how come you don't list the tier 2 bancrofts start for mid lane?
As for being a "viable" jungle pick, no he's not viable in SPL, but people can get him to work in general. Historically he's been a niche pick, and he remains as such here.
Mattypocket is the only listed case of him being used in the Jungle in the past year or whatever per Smite Pro Builds, but he was used with success, going 5/2/9 as a counter pick against a Merc.
And in any case, it's always been niche. He has solid kill potential, but he's super risky. And if you're looking for an Anubis guide for Jungle, wouldn't you rather have this than other options? It's not the first priority...the first presented build is Mid, so people have to make extra effort to find the jungle build.
But I have a slight disagreement with you. I just don't think it's worth selling two items (IMO) to complete your build. However, I agree against a mostly tanky enemy team, I would consider picking up
@Kriega, I'm actually surprised and really intrigued you suggested Mantle. Note I'm just offering build examples, and Mantle is a listed optional item, so people could build it exactly like that if they want...the option is technically there. Agreed?
As for Deso...I'm on the fence there. The CDR will help, but I don't know if I prioritize it over other stuff...
I was referring to conquest. The deso is there for when the cdr and for when you sell magus for obsidian lategame.
So you would prioritize sellings shoes for
Under threats, you list general matchups that you may face, except for
Question...if
As for
Um...it should be nice. I'm thinking more along the lines of the benefits of the MS than the damage boost, though. Anubis has so much damage potential, and will get better damage from
Updated the builds...moving away from
Changed out some items too (as items like
Spot anything wrong, don't agree on the builds, let me know. Thanks for the continued help, everyone!
(Also, chatted briefly with Daelinn a short while ago, he's doing well for anyone that remembers him)