Smite Artemis Build Guide: Artemis Arena (very well-rounded, nothing out of the ordinary)

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Smite God: Artemis

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Artemis Build

items I get

Notes To start (in Arena), I get and

Warrior Tabi

Rage

The Executioner

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Bloodforge

relics

Purification Beads

Aegis Amulet

alternate for Wind Demon:

Notes if you find yourself boxing more than chasing

Poisoned Star

Other alternate item(s) worth considering:

Qin's Sais

Introduction

Hey everybody!
This build has been tested by myself and others in the community so it's now officially "out of beta"!
Check out the Patch Notes below to see what's new.

Patch Notes (01/07/19)

Replaced Poisoned Star with Rage at the suggestion of the community. Rage has quickly become my favorite early game crit item and seems many others agree.

Moved Poisoned Star into position as an alternative item for Wind Demon. The point was made that with Artemis already being so CC heavy (not to mention LITERALLY EVERY OTHER GOD also being CC heavy feels like), she maybe didn't need the help from Poisoned Star all that much.

Made Bloodforge the last item as it was deemed less important than the others for this build.

Replaced Ninja Tabi with Warrior Tabi for extra early game power. It was agreed upon that Artemis was already mighty fine as far as attack speed went.

Added Qin's Sais as an alternate item for probably Poisoned Star in the case that you need to face a team with giant health bars.

The logic behind my original item choices

Ninja Tabi was chosen over Warrior Tabi for superior attack speed. The majority of Artemis' damage comes from her basic attacks, and the extra attack speed early game really helps her stay competent as she builds her crit chance.

Poisoned Star was chosen for what I would hope are obvious reasons. Artemis's passive, Still Target, means she does more damage to Gods affected by specific types of crowd control. This includes slows. If I'm already building critical strike chance, I might as well get to take advantage of my passive after every critical strike.
I put it so early in the build to get this effect as soon as possible.

The Executioner is a no-brainer for an AA-focused hunter. Extra attack speed and it tears through protections remarkably well. Additionally, the first item in its tree is cheap enough to be purchased at the start of the game along with Combat Boots so you can start building it right away.

Wind Demon is one I'm on the fence about. I chose it over Rage due to the attack speed, but I'm not 100% sure that was the right decision. Tests have shown Wind Demon is ever so slightly better, but my tests may not have been accurate. YMMV.

Bloodforge was chosen for its strong passive that helps a glass cannon (such as Artemis) escape from battle after diving to finish someone off. Additionally, it lends a massive amount of raw physical power without needing to be stacked at all.

Lastly, I chose Deathbringer to finish out the crit side of the build with something strong. Further cementing her as an AA demon.

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Love this build.

I like the idea of building rage early, and depending on the opposing team makeup, swap it out for wind demon to help with the attack speed buff.
Great work!

(46) |

My opinion:
The poison star, wind demon, deathbringer combo you had was fine. Anyway, +1

(394) |

My own feedback on my slightly adjusted build order from two games last night.

http://smite.guru/match/pc/891498021
http://smite.guru/match/pc/891511494

In all honesty, 2nd feels a bit underwhelming. Of course, when skipping to go ASAP into , Star's stats aren't all that great. 20% crit, only 15% attack speed, and 20 power is pretty weak in terms of the feel of DPS. It falls in line that at that stage, is still at lower level, because first priority is typically .

The build as it gets deeper into the game is perfectly fine, of course.

But that's probably how it's got to be. The thing I'd like to see is trying to smooth out that early power / DPS curve. Here would be my concept.

Ninja Tabi
Rage
The Executioner (can get PS first if preferred)
Poisoned Star (possible to delay until after DB)
Deathbringer
Bloodforge

Ninja gives a decent AS base. is built first to help with stacking, and because the crit chance from the one item is far superior to . You don't get any benefit from Star unless you crit, so it's actually not all that important to rush it IMO.

Exe and Star are probably interchangeable, but with teamfight modes, the protection reduction will help out your physical teammates, and the higher AS is also appreciated, so I would probably prioritize it. It'll also give you time to stack Rage.

Star can even be delayed depending on how you feel. could be purchased immediately after if preferred. Vengeful should be at max rank so her AS with it should be plenty.

As a consideration, I know the concept is to get Star so you can "milk dat passive," but there's so much CC in the game, that she probably doesn't need to rely on it in a teamfight mode to get her bonus damage. She has her stun and trap, and teammates are likely to apply all types of CC. So...I'm feeling Star can be delayed until later. Also, she may have to switch targets often. This isn't a situation where she'll be boxing an enemy ADC in lane.

And of course, you can pick up whenever.

I should be playing tonight and I'm going to experiment a bit more with her if I get the opportunity.

(394) |

Reference to me trying a variant of the build I described above. It's in the first bullet point (Game 1).

Honestly liked a Rage rush with an early . Suggest trying it out sometime, Casey. If you do, let me know how it feels to you.

(46) |

Kriega, check out dat chronos build
http://smite.guru/match/pc/891424447

(143) |

What about it? Divine Ruin against 3 people building lifesteal (+Zhong's own self heal)? Don't feel the Obsidian was too necessary as only Nike built magical defenes, but it's not completely useless. That Book of the dead should have been a winged blade, that last item should have been a mantle of discord but breastplate wouldn't be too awful. And sometimes Thoth in arena is fine if you need to give up damage items in your build for defense, e.g. if im playing Chronos against Loki in arena im always going to build Winged Blade (or magi's?) and mantle of discord, therefore I need thoth to make up for the power loss in my build. But seeing as there wasn't a loki that match I would have gone bancrofts, pen boots, demonic, hastened (or divine ruin), telkhines, power or defense last.

Also that player damage was pitiful.

(35) |

Please don't hijack/post off topic conversation on other people's guide. Come on, man.

(394) |

Agreed.

Or at least make the main point about your success with using a general build discussed here (which is what actually happened). Will give you the choice to revise the comment with your feedback on the build to make it purposeful and applicable, or delete the original post.

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(35) |

I was just messing with boogie. I don't think I made the sarcasm apparent though (oops). I wasn't trying to get his post in trouble.

That being said, it would be nice to hear some actual feedback on how the build felt, etc..

(46) |

Felt good. Weak early due to low attack speed, but pretty good after getting executioner. Missed a lot of autos, otherwise woulda done a lot better. Used surplus $ to buy potion of physical might late game.

(46) |

Lol dv8. I think bran was playing along with your sarcasm.

Yea i was leading up to my success with the build.

(394) |

I'm not messing dammit.

(46) |

Silence BMoofin

(46) |

Casey, we dont hold anything over you for making "****py" builds. We're not mad, and You're always welcome here.

Anyway, build is solid. Just get warrior tabi because you have a large attack speed steroid in your 2. I agree with gulf on this one.

(143) |

Get Devourers 1st/2nd instead of bloodforge, swap wind demon for Rage. E.g: Devourers, Ninja, Rage, executioner, Poisoned Star/Deathbringer (either order).

(46) |

Why not keep the wind demon?

(394) |

The build in general is good, Casey. It's nothing "out there," as these items are all pretty typical for her, but item order makes sense and whatnot.

As others have commented, there are preferences. Ideas of getting early, and getting it late. vs. Wind Demon...etc.

I like two build directions, and either would be fine. It goes with balancing attack speed.

In your build, I agree there's a bit too much attack speed, so that you're overcapping quite a bit when you've got active. Being over the cap with VA active isn't a terrible thing, as your base AS will be higher and your DPS will be better when it's not active/you're waiting for the CD. You just don't want to overcap so much that you're cutting too much into the benefit of an active VA.

So in your base build, the suggestion others have had to get instead of Ninja is a solid one. WD IMO could be bought before or after DB.

, , , Wind Demon or , Wind Demon or . can be bought wherever you want. This one great once you crit, and you'll have very good base AS with the WD passive before activating .

The alternative would shift things just slightly, and we'd see a slightly lower base AS (not including the WD passive being active), but a much higher crit chance. It's also a bit cheaper.

, , , , . again wherever.

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(46) |

So it seems you prefer the later in the build in arena too.
What do you think about getting wind demon before in your first build?

(394) |

Here are the specific times I might consider getting Wind Demon before Exe.

Enemy team is mostly squishies.
A bit more mobility is very important.
I only have 1 other physical god on my team and they're going full tank.

Otherwise, Exe is not only cheaper, but also helps physical teammates' damage as well, and a good idea against any god that has built at least 1 phys protection item. 1 prot item in the earlyish game is likely to bring their protection to around 100, which means 30ish pen at full stacks.

And as for late...it's fine, and I have no specific preference. Rather, it depends on if I feel I need / want that lifesteal early, and am the one securing more kills so I know I can get that passive to trigger a reasonable amount of time. Because in all honesty, that passive is not reliable. With 4 other teammates, your chances of getting the actual kill aren't that high. Once you've got full crit up, your chances are much higher.

(35) |

wrote:

Get Devourers 1st/2nd instead of bloodforge

Personally, I don't advise building in Arena, especially as , who lacks clearing ability. I'd lean more towards .

(143) |

Oopsie doopsie forgot this was arena, yes bloodforge first instead then.

(81) |

You can also swap out dev for late since it gives you a blood shield and a bit more movement speed.

(46) |

Not a good idea, Gulf. Dev takes a while to stack. There's no point in going thru the effort to stack it if you're just going to swap it out. I agree the health shield and movement boost are beneficial in arena, so just get bloodforge late game

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(143) |

You mean early game

(46) |

Hmm, why do you like the bloodforge early?
1) its expensive
2) in arena, just go back to base if you need to regen. You're pretty weak at those low levels, so will you really get that much out of the lifesteal?

On the flip side, I can see it useful for some early kill streaks.

Your thoughts?

(143) |

Early power, extra gold in arena, can rush before boots.

(46) |

Personal preference, but I wouldn't get it before boots because has no escape.

I'm ok with it second item, for all the reasons you mentioned.

(46) |

Please disregard my initial reply to gulf. I misread gulf's comment and thought he meant to sell devos for bloodforge.

(143) |

That is what he meant though

(81) |

Yep. Since this is arena, I'd go with second after and swap it out for late.

(394) |

IMO, negative. For a god like who needs AS less in general than most other hunters, I probably wouldn't use items that don't provide at least some power. Consistent, high AS is also more important in Qin's builds, and less in crit, where you want more power due to the crit 2x / 2.3x scaling from basic damage.

(35) |

is an interesting item on her. Initially, I had the same thoughts that you just described. No Power really lessens its appeal, as well as delays your full build.

However, because lacks mobility and is easy to engage on, escaping isn't always an option for her, as she is more encouraged to fight her way out of tough spots. The passive can really come in handy here in combination with another Lifesteal item (for example, combined with fully stacked gives 64% Lifesteal with passive activated).

So, yes, it can put a slight damper on your DPS, but your sustain while fighting gets a nice increase. I want to also clarify that I've only experimented with this in Conquest (hence used as an example), so the added sustain may not be as needed in Arena, and it definitely shouldn't be built by itself after boots.

(81) |

Fine. Get soul eater then. :p

(46) |

Or just follow casey's build path and use your surplus $ to buy potion of physical might

(81) |

Since you're at 85% or so attack speed with wind demon, I'd think about maybe or instead. The problem with and both and wd is that having both overcaps her attack speed when is active. PS is good for boxing and WD is good for chasing/escaping, so which one you go with depends on the situation. I'd also consider swapping out for late game since you'll have plenty of AS and warrior has a bit more power.

Why isn't listed? is a sitting duck without her ult, so that early life steal helps her box a bit better. You should also start with in conquest, though you can skip it in other modes and go straight for boots.

Art used to be a very crit focused god, but with her passive rework, she also excels using because of her 2. If you're facing more squishy targets than tanky ones, I'd go with crit; otherwise I'd use qin's if the enemy is building a lot of health. You can also consider trading Exe for if the enemy has a lot of protections.

I'm pretty sure Kriega will be by shortly to tell us both how wrong we are, but I think you have a good start, Case. I'm interested to see where you go with this in the future.

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