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Hades the King of the Underworld (ultimate build)

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by Hiromitsu updated August 1, 2015

Smite God: Hades

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Hades Build

Start

Build Item Vampiric Shroud Vampiric Shroud
Build Item Spellbook Spellbook

Mid game

Build Item Vampiric Shroud Vampiric Shroud
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor

Late game

Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Bulwark of Hope Bulwark of Hope

Hades's Skill Order

Death From Below

1 X Y
Death From Below
2 8 11 12 15

Shroud of Darkness

2 A B
Shroud of Darkness
4 14 16 18 19

Devour Souls

3 B A
Devour Souls
1 3 6 7 10

Pillar of Agony

4 Y X
Pillar of Agony
5 9 13 17 20
Death From Below
2 8 11 12 15

Death From Below

1 X
Hades descends into the ground and erupts from below at his ground location, doing damage to all enemies in the area. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Slowed. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow Duration: 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14s
Shroud of Darkness
4 14 16 18 19

Shroud of Darkness

2 A
Hades silences all enemies in a cone in front of him. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Feared. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Cone, Crowd Control
Silence: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10s
Devour Souls
1 3 6 7 10

Devour Souls

3 B
Hades devours the souls of his enemies, dealing damage in an area around him. Blighted enemies hit by this ability are Detonated, dealing damage to enemies and healing your allies around the Detonated targets. Enemy gods only take 50% of the damage from Detonating Blights.

Ability Type: Circle, Heal, Damage
Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Healing: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80
Detonation Radius: 20
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Pillar of Agony
5 9 13 17 20

Pillar of Agony

4 Y
Hades calls to all enemy souls nearby, creating a Vortex which drags targets toward him, dealing damage every .5s for 4s. For each enemy hit Hades reduces his ability cooldowns by 0.4s. If the enemy is Blighted, their Protections are reduced. Hades also gains Protections and 10% damage mitigation for the duration.

Ability Type: Circle, Vortex, Damage
Damage per Tick: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Protections: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160
Protections Debuff: 10% + 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Protections Debuff Lifetime: 4s
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

My IGN is Hiromitsu and i mostly play Conquest with hades as MID or SOLO lane.


I can say as a conquest player i don't see many hades players out there (at least i have not met many) and most are just bad. BUT, the god itself is really good and it should be played more, especially with the right build and skill sequence.

I play hades mid mostly, because it's easier to kill other mages rather than warriors or assassins. ( They have more escapes :I )

Pros / Cons

Pros


[*] High sustain
[*] Amazing clear (blight + 3 - devour souls)
[*] High dmg (++ more dmg if more minions with blight around)
[*] Great crowd control
[*] Especially good at solo and team fights.


Cons


[*] Only one escape that is also one of his dmg abilities
[*] Highly dependant on skills
[*] Hunters/ADC - they are your worst enemies -late game (however with this build they don't prove to be very difficult to deal with,yet they are annoying anyway)

Skills

It's simple really as far as skills are concerned, for clear:
2 - 3 basic attacks into the minions to get them into a cluster then use 3(that's if you get blight on 3 minions but even 2 works)
OR
Use 2 on most of them and then 3 should do the job. Keep your escape unless you want to initiate or at lvl 2 when you have to use it for dmg.


For 1 v 1 fights
- Harass with autos! Yes, keep blight on him as much as you can. The passive is important!
It gives good boosts to skills EX: blight + 1 = 20% to a 40% slow for 2 sec at max lvl, that's quite alot. blight + 3 gives dmg, heals you and bonus dmg to enemy!
Other than this, try to get them to 75% life, and lure them into minions, use 3, more auto harass and finish with 1 or 1+ ultimate.
Try to avoid using the ult at start, unless you know it will really dmg them alot and you can finish.
Team fights: Pretty much the same as 1 v 1 but against more enemies - go for the squishy ones i recommend. Late you are tanky enough to get rid of most anyway.

Items

I dont think there is a better item choice for Hades
Why this item choice? I'll go into detail below.
Vampiric - Magic power, gives life and mana so it's helpful as starter
Book of thoth - Gives you mana, alot of MP, and stacks well with Breastplace of Valor.
Rod of tahuti - If you complete this item and book stacks then your MP should be amazing for mid game, you can kill people with 1 + 3 and a few basics sometimes!
Breastplate of valor - It's now time to get tanky + CDR + MP with book
Ethereal staff - Life and mana which in turn gives you more MP ofc.
Bulward - This item isn't really necessary, i pick it for the magic def and life for some more MP and survival. It's your choice if you take it or choose something else.

Actives

BEADS - you will almost always need them + the cdr is good.
CURSE - situational against healers
TELEPORT - some more mobility as you teleport to wards
HEAVENLY AGILITY - helps you and your teammates, always useful against slows.

Summary

Hades is great as a solo laner AND mid lane. Few gods can counter him, i haven't found a counter really, just gods that are harder to kill because of their escapes. Cast the skills right, take advantage of minions and the passive, spam the basic and you won't have much trouble. Give him a try, he's OP and FUN.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AFTER TRYING THE BUILD OR THINGS I SHOULD ADD.
E-MAIL: [email protected]
SKYPE: Mitsu Mizuho (Romania)
IGN : Hiromitsu
CLAN : RomanianRockers

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Vithaliy (8) | August 11, 2015 3:18am
That's a nice guide. Though I completely agree with the order for skills (maybe I would get Shroud of Darkness lvl 1 before going for Devour Souls lvl 2, but that's OK), I have doubts regarding the item set, both mid and late game, at least for Conquest and Assault.

As Hades needs to be real close to his targets to deal damages and/or tank, I would have first bought the Hide of the Urchin. That's absolute priority if you want to be able to tank correctly. If you want to go full damage, your build is OK, but in that case you would probably prefer Scylla to Hades.
Also, the Book of Thoth is no longer a choice of mine. It's good for dealing damages, but it is not what is expected from Hades when you're playing 5vs5.
For Joust 3vs3, it can still be interesting, especially if all enemies are magical or all physical damage dealers (because you can probably remove 1 defensive item).

When I play 5vs5, I first go with Hide of the Urchin, but going with a starter item can be interesting. I'd rather choose Watcher's Gift than the Vampiric Shroud, but that's up to you.
Boots are not mandatory, but I know it's quite frustrating to be the slowest guy on the map, so you can probably afford to buy Boots, that you might improve or sell later.
Then I choose another defensive item according to which ennemy god(s) is(are) doing good in the game. Breastplate of Valor if the god is dealing physical damages, Spirit Robe if there is no clear leader or Bulwark of Hope if the god is dealing magical damages.
At this step, you should already have 3 defensive items. Then you can go for some damages. I prefer to start with Warlock's Sash in order to start stacking. Also you can go for Ethereal Staff for HP and MP because the passive is working better than the Rod of Tahuti at this step (it's the only MP item you have, so it just add up 125 * 1.25 = 31 MP) compared to the Ethereal Staff that probably already add 50 MP (2500 HP * 0.02).
As it can save your life to go average fast (in addition to Death From Below) for escape, you can choose it improve your Boots. Please note that if you use both Breastplate of Valor and Spirit Robe, you would be wise to choose the Shoes of the Magi, because you already have 40% CDR. I usually don't go for movement speed unless the game really requires to.
For the sixth item, I usally go for the Rod of Tahuti (if I have at least another MP item), Warlock's Sash or Ethereal Staff for damages. It is also possible to go with another defensive item if my team mates are already dealing a lot of damages and mostly need a tank.

Regarding actives, Shield of the Underworld is a must have before you throw Pillar of Agony. Shell of Absorption is also interesting. You can also go for an active that will improve your escape skills (either teleport or movement speed buff).

To sum-up, in most cases I would go this way :
Hide of the Urchin, Bulwark of Hope, Warlock's Sash, Breastplate of Valor, Spirit Robe, Ethereal Staff
Actives : Shield of the Underworld + Shell of Absorption or Greater Sprint

If you don't need/want to tank, there is another interesting item set :
Hide of the Urchin, Celestial Legion Helm, Void Stone, Warlock's Sash, Spirit Robe, Rod of Tahuti
Actives : Shield of the Underworld + Shell of Absorption or Greater Sprint

In both cases I do not use boots (I trust my defense!), but you can remove an item to put boots instead if you feel more confortable with boots.

Anyway, that's just my point of view! :)
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Hiromitsu | August 2, 2015 1:50pm
I'll update it as soon as i have time, it was midnight when i made it XD
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Spukky | August 2, 2015 8:15am
Nice build, gone try this out.
The guide could use some expanding, bit more about skills, possible combos. Maybe also add some situational items.
Also not the most beautiful guide out there, bit more work on coding.

Still looks like a good hades build, will vote up if it works in testing.
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