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Hulkules

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by Altonymous updated April 2, 2013

Smite God: Hercules

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Hercules Build

Starting

Build Item Death's Toll Death's Toll
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3

Main Course

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes
Build Item Fatalis Fatalis
Build Item Shifter's Shield Shifter's Shield
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner

Situational

Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Qin's Blades Qin's Blades
Build Item Rage Rage
Build Item Ankh of the Golem Ankh of the Golem
Build Item Voidblade Voidblade
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade

Offhand Options

Build Item Girdle of Might Girdle of Might
Build Item Purification Beads (Old) Purification Beads (Old)
Build Item Heavenly Agility Heavenly Agility
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Aegis Amulet (Old) Aegis Amulet (Old)
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings

Hercules's Skill Order

Driving Strike

1 X Y
Driving Strike
2 4 6 7 10

Earthbreaker

2 A B
Earthbreaker
3 8 11 12 14

Mitigate Wounds

3 B A
Mitigate Wounds
1 15 16 18 19

Excavate

4 Y X
Excavate
5 9 13 17 20
Driving Strike
2 4 6 7 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 8 11 12 14

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
1 15 16 18 19

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

Pros / Cons

Pros

  • Excellent team player
  • Great DPS
  • Relatively low cooldowns

Cons
  • Takes a little bit to get built up
  • Little Escapability
  • Lackluster Ultimate
  • Optimal Damage == Low Health

Basic Overview

Hercules is all about putting things where you want them, and auto attacking them to death. Most people are used to using abilities to do the damage. However, with Hercules you have to focus on building Strength from Pain and saving your abilities for "organization" of the targets.

Strength from Pain


As Hercules takes damage, he gains physical power based on a percentage of his missing health.
Physical Power Buff: Up to 20 (+2 * your level)

With that in mind this build helps build health and attack speed so that the more damage hulk takes the more he "Hulks" up and then the beatdown commences. A friend once noted to me that it's ridiculous that he was able to beat Hercules down to 10% in no time then Hercules beat the **** out of him but never seemed to get below 10%. This is what's both frustrating and awesome about Hercules.

General Playstyle

Who reads these days. Watch this video and learn for yourself what's good & bad to do.


Credits: This is not my video, it belongs to "Forcelul"

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