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Hercules Damage / Tank Hybrid

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by PaniniLithium updated April 15, 2019

Smite God: Hercules

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Hercules Build

Starter:

Build Item Warrior's Blessing Warrior's Blessing
Build Item Round Shield Round Shield
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
2

Then Buy:

Build Item Gladiator's Shield Gladiator's Shield
Build Item Breastplate of Regrowth Breastplate of Regrowth
Build Item Hastened Katana Hastened Katana
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard
Build Item Blackthorn Hammer Blackthorn Hammer

Sell Warrior's Blessing For:

Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer

Playing Solo Lane Relics:

Build Item Teleport Fragment Teleport Fragment
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads

Good Relics:

Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet

Team Fight Relics:

Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation
Build Item Magic Shell Magic Shell
Build Item Phantom Veil Phantom Veil

Full End Game Build:

Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Gladiator's Shield Gladiator's Shield
Build Item Breastplate of Regrowth Breastplate of Regrowth
Build Item Hastened Katana Hastened Katana
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard
Build Item Blackthorn Hammer Blackthorn Hammer

Hercules's Skill Order

Driving Strike

1 X Y
Driving Strike
1 6 7 8 10

Earthbreaker

2 A B
Earthbreaker
3 15 16 18 19

Mitigate Wounds

3 B A
Mitigate Wounds
2 4 11 12 14

Excavate

4 Y X
Excavate
5 9 13 17 20
Driving Strike
1 6 7 8 10

Driving Strike

1 X
Hercules delivers a mighty strike, driving all enemies back, damaging and Stunning them. Hercules is immune to knockback during the dash.

Ability Type: Line, Dash, Damage
Damage: 100 / 170 / 240 / 310 / 380 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Earthbreaker
3 15 16 18 19

Earthbreaker

2 A
Hercules smashes the ground, sending a shockwave forward that does damage to all enemies in the path. Enemies at the end of the shockwave are thrown into the air towards Hercules.

Ability Type: Line, Knockback, Damage
Damage: 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 / 310 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s
Mitigate Wounds
2 4 11 12 14

Mitigate Wounds

3 B
Hercules heals himself instantly and gains increased Attack Speed, Magical and Physical Protections for the next 4s. A percentage of the damage taken during this time is returned to him as an additional heal that at the end of the duration.

Ability Type: Buff
Initial Heal: 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165
Damage Returned as Healing: 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 / 44%
Protections Buff: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Attack Speed: 25%
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15s
Excavate
5 9 13 17 20

Excavate

4 Y
Hercules rips a huge boulder from the ground. Throwing the boulder does damage where the boulder lands. The boulder continues rolling, doing the same damage to all enemies in its path. Subsequent hits on the same enemy do 50% less damage per hit. Hercules is immune to crowd control while casting.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Damage: 300 / 425 / 550 / 675 / 800 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 15
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Good Game!

This build is an all around, good damage and good durability build for Hercules. Very good for survivability and team fights. The only real downside is that you'll be a little slow and your mana won't regen well until you get Shield of Regrowth.

Once you get your build, you can buy health pots or wards or whatever else you'll need to increase your already good survivability.

If you're playing solo, be sure to use your ultimate (Excavate) to clear waves and maybe get a hit or two onto the enemy god.

Combos:

Hit Earthbreaker and knock them up, then use Driving Strike to either push them into the wall or towards your team.

If they're low, use Excavate to try to snipe them and get an easy kill.

No Boots?

No Boots:
Boots aren't necessary because you have Hastened Katana, and Mitigate Wounds (3) will proc with Shield of Regrowth, giving you the boosted speed. With this build, your Shield of Regrowth will always proc because the lowest cooldown is 10.4 seconds for Mitigate Wounds (3).

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Vini_sds (13) | April 15, 2019 7:36am
The extra MS from Hastened Katana and Shield of Regrowth is not enough to justify the lack of boots, especially since Elixir of Speed is now a thing.
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