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YOU ARE THE ALPHAMALE. YOU DO WHATEVER THE **** YOU WANT AS LONG AS IT PROTECTS YOUR PACK. BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN DYING FOR THEM - YOU'RE HERCULES, WHO THE **** HAS TIME TO DIE? AIIGHT. SO, FIRST OFF:
SO YOU'VE READ THE INTRO AND ARE PREPARING FOR PLATINUM I PRO DIVISION. YOU MUST BE THINKING "HOW DO I BECOME DAFFODIL? HOW DO I HAVE 0 PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE *****ES ARE ALREADY MINE?" SIMPLE. BUY THE BUILD MENTIONED. FEW NOTES HOWEVER -
HERCULES IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE RUDEST **********ER EVER BECAUSE HE GIVES NO *****. YOU HEAL DAMAGE LIKE YOU HEAL *****ES WITH YOUR 40" THIRD MEMBER. EVEN THE GROUND BELOW YOU KNOWS THAT THE OTHER GODS ARE MISSING OUT ON LIFE ITSSELF BY NOT HAVING YOU; SO STEP ON IT EVERY NOW AND THEN AND LET THEM GET TO KNOW YOU AS THE EARTH PULLS THEM IN TOWARDS YOU. SMACK ABOUT A BIT WITH YOUR BATON THINGY (WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SPIKIER MINIATURE MODEL OF HERCULES' PIPECLEANER) AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU ALL THEIR MONEY AND BOW DOWN TO THEIR FEET. AND REMEMBER TO PUSH PEOPLE AWAY FROM BAD INFLUENCES, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ALPHAMALE; PUSH ENEMIES AWAY FROM THEIR BASE AND TOWARDS YOURS SO THEY CAN KNOW WHATS ITS LIKE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ACTUAL GOD.
and throw rocks at people.
HERCULES IS EXTREMELY UNDERRATED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE BARELY ANY PLAYERS WHO CHOOSE HIM IN RANKED, AND FEEL TO FOLLOW THE DUMB-**** ***** META WHICH LEAVES THEM IN A DEBT OF ELO. INSTALOCK HERCULES ALWAYS. HE COUNTERS EVERYONE. HE'S A GREAT SUPPORT WITH HIS AMAZING PEEL, HE'S A GREAT MID WITH HIS CONSTANT HARASS AND LACK OF WORRY FOR MAGIC, HE'S A GREAT JUNGLER BECAUSE HE PUSHES CRITTERS INTO WALLS AND ****S EM UP, AS WELL AS HEALING BACK ANY PUNY PROTEST THEY THROW BACK AT HIM, AND A GREAT SOLO LANE BECAUSE A SOLO HERCULES MEANS RAPE. IF YOU'RE AGAINST A RANGED "GOD" IN THE SOLO LANE, SIMPLY STAY BEHIND YOUR MELEE MINIONS AND ATTACK; AS THE ENEMY RANGED'S ATTACKS WONT PENETRATE (UNLIKE HERCULES) AND THEY'LL SIMPLY HIT YOUR MINIONS - HOWEVER HERC HAS AMAZING PHYSICAL PROWESS AND CLEARS WAVE FASTER THAN LOKI FINISHES HIMSELF. I CANT BE BOTHERED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE BUT JUST KITE; BAIT; AND WRECK. YOU'LL GET THE HANG OF IT. I AM ALPHAMALE.
PROS -
YOU USUALLY WON'T NEED A TEAM IF YOU'RE A GOOD HERCULES. BUT ANY WHO, IF YOU'RE PLAYING SUPPORT; YOU SIMPLY PULL IN ENEMIES WITH YOUR 2 AND PUSH BACK WITH YOUR 1; THEN ATTACK THEM LOW ENOUGH FOR YOUR AD TO FINISH THEM OFF AND THEN SET SIGHTS ON THE ENEMY SUPPORT (WHO WILL ALWAYS BE INFERIOR). ALL YOU MUST DO IS BLOCK THEIR PATH WITH A-D SPAM AND THEY'LL USUALLY BE A BIT WORRIED AND HESITANT, AS THEY CAN'T TAKE ON HERCULES, LET ALONE WITH HIS SUPPORT AD CARRY. IF YOUR AD ****S UP AND DOESN'T GET THE FINISHING BLOW, THROW THE EARTH AT THEM AS THEY RUN AND GET THAT MONEY.
IN TEAM FIGHTS, YOU THROW EARTH AT THEM AND MAKE SURE TO BRING IN KEY TARGETS; AD CARRIES, AP CASTERS AND BRUISERS (TO 1V1 AS NOBODY CAN TAKE HERC ON IN A 1V1). YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT TANKS AS THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU. YOU MUST ALSO PROTECT YOUR SUPPORTING CAST AS YOU ARE THE ALPHAMALE AND YOU LOOK AFTER YOUR PACK; YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS BY BLOCKING ENEMY FIRE, KILLING ENEMIES AND/OR SOLO'ING EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU'RE HERCULES.
YOU ARE HERCULES. ACT LIKE IT.
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Also I can't read this, my eyes hurt xD
Funny thing is I didn't laugh at the guide. I laughed at the Death's Toll...
-serious here-
Most people laugh at Death's Toll and assume I'm crazy for getting it; but it works surprisingly well for me. I tend to disregard the enemy laner really early so I can farm, and this usually leads to me taking a bit of damage here and there from cheap shots and/or minions when I attempt to harass, being able to gradually regenerate my health with some AA's along with Mitigate Wounds mean's I barely need to return to base to get things like health potions, and I can stay in lane for longer periods of time. This also works well with my "bait" strategy, as people don't expect the Death's Toll + Mitigate combo to work so efficiently and thus end up in leaving a fight with a bad exchange or death, I can easily lure them into tower range if I push up lane on low health, make them chase me (with some returned AA's so they remain interested), and simply 3>2>1>4 under tower for an easy kill and barely any health lost.