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Smite God: King Arthur

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King Arthur Build

Starter

Notes King Arthur, despite the change to Glad Shield still remains one of the top solo laners in the game. With a fairly dominant early game you can easily snowball your late game, so Bluestone is a great pick up for that reason. It'll give you the extra damage you need to have sufficient lane clear and do more damage to outbox your opponent. Chalice/pots for the sustain. Blink for engage and aggression, beads for extra safety. I do not suggest thorns as your damage on Arthur is so high already and having beads will allowing you to continue a chase or continue an escape.

Bluestone Pendant

Chalice of Healing

Healing Potion

Blink Rune

Purification Beads

First Back(If Possible)

Notes Here, I believe you have a choice between being tankier or doing absurd amounts of damage. Most warriors have one really good boots choice whereas Arthur has these two:
Warrior Tabi is suggested for more aggressive players who can easily snowball a lane against a good matchup.
Reinforced Greeves is a more defensive option making you a little harder to take down giving you an edge against a lane bully opponent/bad matchup.
Pots for sustain or wards for vision/safety.

Bluestone Pendant

Warrior Tabi

Reinforced Greaves

Healing Potion

Ward

Defense(Mag)

Notes If you're laning against a magical opponent, this should be your purchase order for these next two items.
Runic Shield will increase your power and defensive stats while reducing the damage of your opponent, so long as they're magical.
Glad after that will allow you to do much more damage, but remain tanky to the jungler, who will most likely be physical.

Bluestone Pendant

Reinforced Greaves

Runic Shield

Gladiator's Shield

Defense(Phys)

Notes If you're against a physical opponent, this should be your next two items. Glad shield first followed by The Sledge. Though this item is receiving nerfs, I feel it will still be viable for the stats alone.

Bluestone Pendant

Reinforced Greaves

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Defense(Mag)Continued

Notes This will be a near full build if you're against a high magical team comp and laned against a magical solo. The Sledge, once again. Followed by Pridwin, which gives you all prots and CDR. The health shield you receive after ulting is really nice and cozy on King Arthur as well.

Bluestone Pendant

Reinforced Greaves

Runic Shield

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Pridwen

Defense(Phys)Continued

Notes If you laned against a physical character, here is where you should be in the build. The Sledge, once again, then Pridwin. Oni Hunter's Garb is really good on Arthur because of the passive. You have increased mitigations when you're near enemies, and trust me, you'll near some enemies. You will be overcapped on CCR because of your boots and The Sledge, but when you sell your boots you no longer will be.

Bluestone Pendant

Reinforced Greaves

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Pridwen

Oni Hunter's Garb

Selling Starter(Mag Def Start)

Notes Spirit Robe is a great item giving you all prots, CCR, and CDR causing you to cap out on both. Plus, the passive gives you 15% damage mitigation after being hit with a hard cc ability. Lasting 3 seconds refreshing every 15.

Spirit Robe

Reinforced Greaves

Runic Shield

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Pridwen

Selling Starter(Phys Def Start)

Notes Hide of the Urchin is a great way to end off your physical opponent build. Though Spirit Robe or Mantle of Discord can be purchased in place of this item, I didn't want to over cap on CCR/CDR. Hide is still great, giving you 51 all prots when stacked and plenty of health and mana.

Hide of the Urchin

Reinforced Greaves

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Pridwen

Oni Hunter's Garb

Selling Boots(Mag Solo)

Notes Elixir of Speed will give you movement speed that you lose when selling your boots. Void Shield will replace your boots giving you power, pen and protections. Making it the perfect last item for your magical solo build.

Spirit Robe

Void Shield

Runic Shield

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Pridwen

Elixir of Speed

Selling Boots(Phys Solo)

Notes Again, Void Shield will replace your boots and be sure to purchase Elixir of Speed. This build gives you everything you need in the late game. A great way to round of you physical opponent build.

Hide of the Urchin

Void Shield

Gladiator's Shield

The Sledge

Pridwen

Oni Hunter's Garb

Elixir of Speed

Other Items to Consider

Notes These are some alternative items you can purchase for King Arthur.
Pestilence gives you magical prots and health while causing an aura of antiheal to your opponents. Good for high healing team comps.
Mantle of Discord gives 60 all prots and CDR. The passive grants you 1 second of cc immunity and a 1 second stun shockwave. Good for teams with high cc or if you're dying easily.
Stone of Gaia is a lane sustain item, really good for sustained combat. If you're needing extra sustain in lane this is your go to.
Genji's gives plenty of magical prots and CDR with a passive that reduces your cooldowns after getting hit by a magical ability. Perfect for diving and chasing as well as consistent damage against the carries.
Spectral Armor is only good against comps with a lot of crit. eg. Jing/Merc. If you need the anti crit this is your item.
Hide of the Nemean is also really good against teams with a lot of auto attacking gods. eg. Heim/Kali.
Mystical is a lane pressure item. I wouldn't buy it any later than third item. It loses some of it's value late game where there's better items to be had. Still a way to out pressure your lane opponent.

Pestilence

Mantle of Discord

Stone of Gaia

Genji's Guard

Spectral Armor

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Mystical Mail

King Arthur's Skill Order Notes Your 3 at level one is really garbage so putting a second point into it actually increases it's damage dramatically. Grabbing your 2 at level 2 doesn't help with your clear, but instead your setup. With Bluestone you want to aggress meaning your 2 can knock up your opponent and you immediately use your blue stance 1 causing incredibly amounts of damage. Then putting 2 points into your 3 as mentioned before. Putting points into your ult whenever you can and maxing your 1 from then on.

Notes

Your 3 at level one is really garbage so putting a second point into it actually increases it's damage dramatically. Grabbing your 2 at level 2 doesn't help with your clear, but instead your setup. With Bluestone you want to aggress meaning your 2 can knock up your opponent and you immediately use your blue stance 1 causing incredibly amounts of damage. Then putting 2 points into your 3 as mentioned before. Putting points into your ult whenever you can and maxing your 1 from then on.

Overhead Slash / Hamstring

1 X

1 6 7 8 10

Battle Stomp / Uppercut

2 A

2 15 16 18 19

Twin Cleave / Bladestorm

3 B

3 4 11 12 14

Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

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(5) |

These builds are really weak.

(1) |

Really? I’m sorry you feel that way. Oddly enough they’re not much different than the ones you have now and I actually made good points for each item whereas you left a short sentence that half *** explained your reasoning for purchasing the item(s).

(5) |

The guide itself is fine, you made it well. The items are the issue.

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(1) |

Thank you for the compliment. I did leave a few items in the “Other Items to Consider” category towards the end of the guide. And though I may not have built the exact way you’d be building now in this current season. I think some things will be changing going into the Season 8. So I kind of made the guide around that, but I can see your concern with the lack of Gaia. The addition to the Scorpion and your chalice/pots should sustain you enough plus totem and blue buff. I’m noticing that the new season won’t be as much about sustain as it will be about snowballing lane and making an impact from solo.

(5) |

I’m going to mess around with Urchin over Gaia but Sledge will be a definite no go in 8.1 because of the nerfs.

(1) |

I’m still going to try out Sledge and see if I works. I don’t think it’ll be too detrimental on a warrior but in case it is I may have to revisit my guides. Until then I stand by saying it won’t lose too much of it’s value.

(349) |

Didacted, mind explaining a few keys for this determination?

(5) |

No mention of Gaia early. Runic is a bad item on Arthur because he doesn’t benefit much from the power and the other stats are lacking. Warrior Tabi is bad on Arthur for the same reason. The Sledge hasn’t ever been good on Arthur because he doesn’t need the power and Gaia is a far better health item since it gives sustain (which Arthur doesn’t have) and mp5 early in the build. Void Shield is better earlier. You’d either sell blessing for it, or get it the item slot before. Hide of the Urchin isn’t great on Arthur unless you substitute Gaia for it. Either way you want it 2nd or 3rd item after boots.

For example a standard build would be Bluestone Pendant, Reinforced Greaves, Stone of Gaia, Gladiator’s Shield, Genji’s Guard, Void Shield, Pridwen.

Urchin would be Bluestone Pendant, Reinforced Greaves, Gladiator’s Shield, Hide of the Urchin, Genji’s Guard, Void Shield, Pridwen.

Boots slot is situational but you could just put Mantle.

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(32) |

Yeah Runic isn't a great item right now for pretty much anyone, average base stats with a passive that falls off after level 8.

You're right about Urchin positioning too, I would probably build it if I was against 4 magicals and take out Genji's to keep the sustain. Building it too late doesn't stack it quickly enough.

(1) |

You can still stack Urchin quite quickly within a team fight or two. It shouldn’t be that much of a hassle. You can build it wherever I’m just giving some general ideas. Runic Shield isn’t as bad of an item as you’re making it seem. Though the stats are fairly average the item itself into a team with maybe a Hades Solo/Olorun Carry it may come in handy seeing that it’s a little hard for Olorun to escape and you’ll be lowering his damage output and at the same time Hades blink ulting you and your team will reduce his ult ticks making it a little less dangerous for whoever was ulted. Also, in lane he won’t half health you because you have magical prots and you’re reducing his damage.

(105) |

I'm going to agree here stacking items like () and stack way more situationally. Yes, you do get more value out of them if picked up earlier, however, if you do not really get any kills or assists it doesn't;t matter as much if you delayed it a slot.

I do have to say that I do think that after a certain point in the game you should consider over it as it is more likely to reach full potential if you're looking for dual prot and hp.

(1) |

Thebes can be good on certain solo laners that are more support-type such as Herc, Horus or even Baba Yaga(she stacks it herself)if you REALLY wanted to play her in solo. I have a guide on Horus solo that I believe makes sense and I admit, it is very situational. I would personally stick with Hide of the Urchin as I won’t be around my team as much on hard dive solo laners so Thebes loses it’s value. Plus, it doesn’t stack with itself so if my support has one it’d be a waste of an item.

(32) |

It isn't very situational. It's a standard late game tank pick up because its cheaper than urchin, stacks quicker than Urchin, provides more base HP than urchin and has more prots than urchin. The only thing it doesn't have is urchins passive which is meh in comparison.

Just because thebes is designed to be around teammates doesn't mean it loses its value in stat efficiency.

(1) |

I suppose you’re correct. I definitely wouldn’t be building it unless I was playing any of the aforementioned gods. While in comparison it sounds like Thebes is better, but 50 less hp and 9 less all prots isn’t really that big of a deal. The aura is really nice but I’m not going to be around my teammates for the item to matter for the purpose it was made for.

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(349) |

Tone, note that it's all context. Stating the builds are weak isn't necessarily being a jerk, it just doesn't have any real context to explain his statement.

That's partially why I asked Didacted to elaborate. But on the flipside, you can also start by asking to elaborate as well, rather than just jumping to conclusions about people.

(1) |

I suppose you’re correct on this. I could have asked for context yet I overreacted.

(349) |

No big deal. Just trying to get to a point where everyone has a good conversation without starting any issues. I get it too, when you've put in work it can be disheartening hearing that something isn't good, opinion or not.

(1) |

I didn’t have an issue with his opinion at all. I can simply hack up my opinion and/or take what he said into consideration. It was how he did it that bothered me. He approached me with seemingly no respect. So I retaliated.

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