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Smite God: Cernunnos

Choose a Build: Attack speed build

Attack speed build Insanity

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Cernunnos Build

Starting (Choose either pendant or toll)

Bluestone Pendant

Death's Toll

Boots

Mana Potion

Healing Potion

Till mid game

Ninja Tabi

Ichaival

Asi

Titan's Bane

Qin's Sais

Demon Blade

Swap Asi for Bloodforge , Ichaival for Deathbringer

Bloodforge

Deathbringer

Late game full build

Ninja Tabi

Deathbringer

Bloodforge

Titan's Bane

Qin's Sais

Demon Blade

Relics

Purification Beads

Aegis Amulet

Heavenly Wings

Cernunnos's Skill Order

Shifter of Seasons

1 X

2 8 11 12 14

Bramble Blast

2 A

1 3 6 7 10

Horn Charge

3 B

4 15 16 18 19

The Wild Hunt

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 8 11 12 14

Shifter of Seasons

1 X

Cernunnos imbues his glaive with the power of the 4 seasons. Activating this ability rotates him through 4 different bonuses to his basic attacks.

Spring Growth: Bonus Physical Lifesteal
Summer Heat: Bonus Damage
Autumn Decay: Debuff for 10s
Winter Chill: Slows for 1.4s

Ability Type: Buff
Spring Growth: 6 / 8.25 / 10.5 / 12.75 / 15% Physical Lifesteal
Summer Heat: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+8% of your Physical Power)
Autumn Decay: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 Reduced Physical Protections
Winter Chill: 9 / 10.5 / 12 / 13.5 / 15% Slow
Cost: None
Cooldown: 0s

1 3 6 7 10

Bramble Blast

2 A

Cernunnos fires a bramble forward in a line that roots and cripples a single enemy hit. Upon hitting an enemy, wall, or reaching max range it will explode dealing damage and spawning an area of brambles at the location. This area deals damage every .5s and persists for 5s.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Damage: 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 (+75% of your Physical Power)
Root/Cripple Duration: 1s
Area Damage: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15s

4 15 16 18 19

Horn Charge

3 B

Cernunnos charges forward, damaging and crashing through all types of enemies.

Ability Type: Dash, Damage
Damage: 70 / 125 / 180 / 235 / 290 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Range: 55
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s

5 9 13 17 20

The Wild Hunt

4 Y

Cernunnos selects an area where The Wild Hunt will begin. After a 1s delay, enemies in the area will be damaged and Polymorphed into wild boars. Polymorphed targets are silenced, disarmed and slowed. Polymorph is not affected by diminishing returns.

Damage: 200 / 250 / 300 / 350 / 400 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Polymorph Duration: 1.5s
Slow: 20%
Radius: 25
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Cernunnos Build

Start off with

Bluestone Pendant

Boots

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Early - Mid game

Devourer's Gauntlet

Warrior Tabi

Ichaival

Hastened Fatalis

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Gauntlet > Bloodforge , Ichaival > Qin's

Bloodforge

Qin's Sais

Late game full build

Bloodforge

Warrior Tabi

Qin's Sais

Hastened Fatalis

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Optional

Titan's Bane

Malice

Frostbound Hammer

Cernunnos's Skill Order

Shifter of Seasons

1 X

2 8 11 12 14

Bramble Blast

2 A

1 3 6 7 10

Horn Charge

3 B

4 15 16 18 19

The Wild Hunt

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 8 11 12 14

Shifter of Seasons

1 X

1 3 6 7 10

Bramble Blast

2 A

4 15 16 18 19

Horn Charge

3 B

5 9 13 17 20

The Wild Hunt

4 Y

Introduction

Please be kind with critics , feel free to share your own opinion on guide.
This guide is based on observing of gameplay of different Cernunnos players and his kit.
Near Hades guide , this is my second ever guide.

Builds

Build #1 is attack speed - crit steroid with some bonus lifesteal.

Build #2 is mostly based on Cernunnos first ability Shifter of seasons.

– Spring Growth: Bonus Physical Lifesteal - Combined with Bloodforge this is lifesteal steroid.

– Summer Heat: Bonus Damage - Great with malice

– Autumn Decay: Debuff for 5s - You can build in Titan's bane and shred some more protections

– Winter Chill: Slows for 1s - Reason why Fatalis is in this build, combine these 2 and you get free Frostalis *-*

Skills

Ranking up skills order

V

Difference between good and perfect Cernunnos player is that perfect player knows when to switch to certain seasons.

Spring Growth: Bonus Physical Lifesteal - OFC you'll use this season when you're low hp or trying to survive on low hp.
Summer Heat: Bonus Damage - want to make cancer cells inside your enemy grow in size ? No problemo amigo just use this season. You can also use it when killing jungle bosses.
Autumn Decay: Debuff for 5s- Use this seasonal effect once on enemy then swap to either Summer or Winter.
Winter Chill: Slows for 1s - Enemy god too fast ? Ha lol not anymore, welcome them to slow-motion life ! Also use this when chasing enemies.

This ability is perfect for lane clear, that's why you should max it first , it also provides bloody diarrhea of root & slow. You can combine this ability with Bluestone pendant to deal more damage to minions/gods early game.

Upgrade this on level 4 just to have it. Chase enemies or escape them with this.

This ability is funny. Invite Peppa the Pig to watch how you slaughter her wild cousins. Ok now seriously ... This is great ability for dispositioning enemy team. Enemies about to use ult ? Ha lol nope , YOU'RE ALL PIGS ! This ability is great if combined with Bramble blast, this way you root them and then you can freely ult. Higher chance to hit your ult.

Pros / Cons

Pros

- Hyper carry with insane damage late game
- Great ult for dispositioning
- Diversity of builds and ways to play him , you can build anything
- Shifter of seasons is like a whole kit

Cons

- Ult takes time to activate , countered by beads
- Shifter of seasons is hard to master , u must know when to use which season
- Long cooldowns

Changelog

16.3.''17. - Added Frostbound hammer to the build.
19.4.''17. - Swaped Hastened fatalis with Titan's bane in build
- Fixed Cons

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(46) |

Even though Autumn Decay has built-in shred, building 10 flat pen isn't enough.

Dude, you have little to no pen. You won't be able to burst down tanks late game with only 10 flat penetration

(14) |

You only have 10 flat pen. You're really handicapping his damage potential, basic attack damage anyways.

Wouldn't you want Wind Demon before Qin's Sais as it gives you 20% crit chance and attack speed, Ik Qin's Sais give more attack speed unless you can get a few hits on them -- which would then give you 5 seconds of more attack speed and movement speed -- I think Wind Demon should go before Qin's Sais, but then again I am really new to build/guide building.

Just an opinion but what do you think about it since you guys are way more experienced in this than me. Lol

(401) |

Hey Kami, actually when you incorporate Qin's into a build, it is best to be built fairly early...usually 3rd or 4th item. It provides the single best DPS increase of any one item, and is usually used in the mid-game for the DPS boost to be an aggressor.

As a comparison against a squishy/bruiser/tanky god, my numbers in my setup comparison using Smite Builder show 436/245/214 DPS for Qin's in Serp3nt's build #1 order...if I replace Qin's with Wind Demon, the values are either 299/148/112 (before crits activate the passive) or 325/161/122 (once passive is functioning). Even in the case the passive is active, it is seriously inferior to Qin's.

That said, there's a general issue, in my opinion, with the standard build. Specifically, sure, it's nice that there are a lot of low cost items...but if you look at the build (not sure if is an option as a starter, as it's not listed), the mid-game is going to be fairly weak. Why? 2 items in a row have 0 additional power... and . This is going to seriously hurt damage of all types. You might even count in that group, if you're just starting an attack or you initiate with a damaging ability and don't have stacks.

Build 1 would be fine with some slight revisions...if you concentrate on , probably best not to build crit items like Wind Demon...better to get more significant pen in there...either or . Also would suggest considering early in the build so you're not stuck with 2 items with 0 power...just an option though.

Build 2 is better, and does incorporate Devo's, but at that point, I might go for as the movespeed item, since Devo's has good power. Strong pen via should definitely be in there, either before crit items (against a tankier team) or after the crit items (squishy focus).

(16) |

Wouldn't be better with Winter Chill? I only say this because with built, you're already ignoring ALL Basic Attack movement penalties thus, making the activation of Winter Chill completely useless.

At Max Rank, you're getting a 15% Slow with Winter Chill activated and combined with (which has a 30% Slow) you will be slowing for 45% while also reducing their Attack Speed by 15%. You will be losing the Attack Speed and Penetration from , but you'll be gaining +25 Physical Power and +300 Health, and a Passive that has a direct synergy with Winter Chill from . Plus, you already have a decent amount of Attack Speed with , , and procs from Wind Demon.

What do you think?

**Sorry for all the colors**

(46) |

Try:

This Green
This Pink
This Teal

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(16) |

I changed the colors :D but no yellow?

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(46) |

I couldn't think of a one-size-fits-all yellow. Sometimes you want something that stands out a lot, sometimes you need something more subdued. This chart should have a decent shade for every purpose.

#fff399

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#ffed66

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Pick one that is to your liking.

Actually that is pretty good , Thank you , will add that to build now.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Builds

Skills

Pros / Cons

Changelog

Hunting season open ! [Cernunnos guide]

Smite God: Cernunnos

Cernunnos Build

Starting (Choose either pendant or toll)

Till mid game

Swap Asi for Bloodforge , Ichaival for Deathbringer

Late game full build

Relics

Cernunnos's Skill Order

Shifter of Seasons

Bramble Blast

Horn Charge

The Wild Hunt

Cernunnos Build

Start off with

Early - Mid game

Gauntlet > Bloodforge , Ichaival > Qin's

Late game full build

Optional

Cernunnos's Skill Order

Shifter of Seasons

Bramble Blast

Horn Charge

The Wild Hunt

Introduction

Builds

Skills

V

V

V

Pros / Cons

Pros

Cons

Changelog

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