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Quick Zeus Conquest Guide

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Smite God: Zeus

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Zeus Build

Start for Timeline Build

Notes Go for the Sands build if you want a stronger mid game build spike. Both the Sands and Conduit builds have a similar lategame, though you can ditch Myrddin from the Sands build and rely on Sands/Pendulum for lone CDR without needing to invest in other CDR.

Sands of Time

Spellbook

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Timeline Ability Build

Notes is the typical go to option with / builds, and you'll also need most games.

If Anti-Heal isn't needed, you can trade for or a late .

The Alternate Timeline

Book of Thoth

Divine Ruin

Staff of Myrddin

Obsidian Shard

Soul Reaver

Start for Focus Build

Notes Go for the Conduit build if you want stronger early clear. Both the Conduit and Sands builds have a similar lategame. buffs proc damage, which can give a *slight* boost to damage to very high HP targets.

However, you are forced into with this build somewhat, as is your only real early game option otherwise for CDR as is both weak/out-of-meta and lategame focused, and is mid to late focused as well.

Conduit Gem

Lost Artifact

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Focus Ability Build

Notes If Anti-Heal isn't needed, swap out for .

Can swap for .

Gem of Focus

Chronos' Pendant

Divine Ruin

Charon's Coin

Soul Reaver

Staff of Myrddin

Start for Sacrificial Build

Vampiric Shroud

Spellbook

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Sacrificial Ability Build

Notes Great lategame damage build that works well with Zeus' strong base damage.

Can swap for .

Can swap for .

Sacrificial Shroud

Book of Thoth

Spear of Desolation

Staff of Myrddin

Typhon's Fang

Soul Reaver

Relics and Shard

Notes Replace / at level 12 for .

Upgrade relics to their upgraded versions once you're full build. especially is the more important relic upgrade to prioritise.

Temporal Beads

Aegis of Acceleration

Wing Shard

Horn Shard

Alternative Items

Notes - More damage focused upgrade.

- More CDR / utility focused glyph option compared to Calamitous Glyph, with good synergy with and .

- Niche anti-tank bruiser option.

- Strong defensive option especially into physical damage and can be paired with .

- Could be considered as a 2nd stacking option after .

- Could be considered over for mobility.

Pendulum of Ages

Perfected Rod of Tahuti

Ethereal Staff

Breastplate of Determination

Warlock's Staff

Doom Orb

Zeus's Skill Order

Chain Lightning

1 X

2 8 11 12 13

Aegis Assault

2 A

1 15 16 18 19

Detonate Charge

3 B

3 4 6 7 10

Lightning Storm

4 Y

5 9 14 17 20

2 8 11 12 13

Chain Lightning

1 X

Zeus fires a bolt of lightning that arcs between enemies, doing damage and applying a charge on each hit.

Ability Type: Projectile
Damage: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Arcs: 4
Slow: 20%
Slow Duration: 2s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

1 15 16 18 19

Aegis Assault

2 A

Zeus throws his shield forward dealing damage to nearby enemies and apply a charge. The shield remains for 5s, and Zeus may target it with Basic Attacks or Chain Lightning. Each Basic Attack or first Chain Lightning arc that hits the shield will deal additional static damage and apply a charge in the area. While Zeus' shield is deployed, he gains Attack and Movement Speed. Zeus may refire the ability to recall the shield early.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Initial Damage: 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Static Damage: 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Attack Speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%
Movement Speed: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s

3 4 6 7 10

Detonate Charge

3 B

Zeus detonates any charges that have accumulated on enemies, doing damage, multiplied by 1/1.7/2.4 depending on the number of charges.

Ability Type: Instant
Damage: 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 10s

5 9 14 17 20

Lightning Storm

4 Y

Zeus conjures a Lightning Storm, striking enemies in the area every second. Applies a charge with each hit.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage per Hit: 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 / 280 (+55% of your Magical Power)
Max Damage: 500 / 650 / 800 / 950 / 1100 (+275% of your Magical Power)
Lifetime: 5s
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Intro

Hi, this guide is brought to you by Kriega1, I started playing Smite on PS4 in 2016 around Erlang Shen's release in Season 3, and eventually long term migrated to PC Smite around mid Season 7. I have peaked GM/Masters on PS4 and Masters in Ranked Conquest on PC. I also am a Mentor on the Official Smite Discord where I focus on general building for each role. I hope you find this guide as a useful learning resource for playing Zeus in the Mid lane.

Abilities

Zeus' Abilities

WIP

Passive -

Ability 1 -

Ability 2 -

Ability 3 -

Ultimate -

Example Combos:

Main Combos:

WIP

How to Play

Gameplay Start / Early Game:

Start at the Fire Giant side Speed/Red buff. When it spawns, hit it with an auto attack to leash/aggro the camp and pull it towards the intersection (towards mid lane) between the Speed and Red buff camps, at the same time your Jungler will have leashed the Red/Speed buff towards the intersection.
As the 2 camps position together use Aegis Assault to clear the camps. Make sure to pickup the Red buff once it has dropped. After these camps are cleared you will be level 2.
Now quickly make your way to the Gold Fury side Speed buff, if your jungler has not reached it yet (they should be) then leash the camp yourself towards the mid lane while you use Chain Lightning to clear the camp. Avoid pulling the camp into tower range if possible. After this you will immediately head to lane while your jungler will typically clear the xp camp to the side of the green buff.
From here you will usually meet the enemy mid in lane on the first wave. Depending on yours and their early pressure/clear and positioning you will decide whether you'll be able to fight or not and whether you'll be able to use Aegis Assault on the whole wave or just be able to hit the front melee minions.
How it goes from here will determine: if it's just a stalemate, you or your jungler has kill potential, if you will have mid camp pressure or if you'll have to back towards your tower line and safe clear.
From here you'll mainly be looking to clear waves, contest mid camps, clear the damage buff, assist support with health buff clear (once they rotate over from duo), and being aware of rotation opportunities.
In some cases you may be able to steal enemy side jungle farm but it is risky and not that generally beneficial for direct farm compared to your own side's farm and controlling neutral farm, but can be useful to put the enemy further behind.

Mid Game:

As the match goes towards the mid game, other than the usual farm opportunities you'll be looking to control the Stygian Beacon for your team and try attempt, contest and steal (if the enemy is attempting to kill them) the Gold Fury and Pyromancer objectives.
When the Beacon spawns often both teams will try rotate over to control it, especially the mid, support and jungle. In 1vs1 cases you'll have to decide whether you or the other enemy has more kill potential and who is more likely to have their teammates to rotate over first to impact your decision if contesting the beacon will be worth it.
As for Gold Fury and Pyromancer opportunities they will vary on factors such as: your team's overall objective shred, your ADC's current objective shred / build, your team's map pressure, how strong each team's teamfight is, where on the map everyone is (i.e. if one team is doing Gold, the other may decide to do Pyro as a smaller trade), if any members of the enemy team are on a respawn timer, etc...

Late Game:

At this stage you'll mainly be looking at wave pushing, contesting Fire Giant, and Phoenix sieging / Phoenix defense, though Pyromancer and Gold Fury (especially Oni variant) will still be somewhat relevant but less important.
As for late game teamfights, most often you will be positioned in the "backline" (behind your team's solo and support - who generally are the "frontline") and will play around your ADC to deal with the enemy frontline and jungler, while making sure to put out as much damage as possible to the highest threats on the enemy team.
When it comes to Fire Giant opportunities, often there can be stalemates where both teams will try to force a teamfight or look for lone picks in order to gain an advantage, sometimes involving one team going for a non fully committing attempt at doing the objective to bait the other team to step up.

Warding

Mid Warding:

Here are your regular warding spots for mid, to help your team be aware of the enemy team's general rotations especially when you're not in mid lane. Generally with good map awareness you shouldn't need to rely on wards much yourself for safety.

Green: Placing wards at these locations on both sides of the lane give you good general vision of the nearby jungle, giving vision of the entrances to your lane so you can see incoming ganks.
Purple: You can place a ward directly in front of the enemy tower (but not within its range), which can give you a lot of information if you keep an eye on the mini-map. If they are sitting on the ward in mid, you know where they are. If their icons push further into the lane, you can assume they are pushing. If they go towards the right or left jungles you can make early calls on "Be Carefuls" or "Enemy Incoming" or you can assume they are doing their buff camps. If their icons move backwards towards their tower you can generally assume that they are going to one of the back pathways into the jungle, likely to clear camps.

Late-Game Warding:

Over here is shown the ideal lategame warding spots around Fire Giant, though often you will be sharing the responsibility for this rather than handling it alone, especially when it's not safe for you to step up to place deeper wards. Any wards placed closer to the objective within the Fire Giant pit tend to get destroyed by Sentries more often than not, so they tend to not be reliable.

Remember, minions act as moving wards in the lanes, and are able to spot nearby gods. If your towers are down, keep your minions pushed up as much as possible to provide an extra set of eyes.

White Circles: These are all offensive locations that allow you to spot enemies near to or approaching objectives, and are helpful in covering multiple approaches. The closer you get to the Fire Giant, the more contested those spots will be and the more likely enemies will try to counter-ward.

The ones closest to the enemy base can give you very early notice.
Red Circles: Fairly obvious, but it's always good to have vision on the main jungle objectives, especially the Fire Giant. Sentry Wards are key here, as they allow you to spot and remove enemy wards. You can place wards directly on top of the objectives, or put them slightly to one side to try to spot enemy wards or protect yours from being detected.

Counter-Warding: Enemies may drop wards on your defensive side in similar (opposite) spots to where you would place yours. If the Fire Giant is already covered and you have a spare , place them in these spots to limit the enemy's vision on your team.

Defensive Warding: If you're pushed back to your phoenixes or inside your base, locate your wards in the nearby jungle and general approaches.

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Table of Contents

Intro

Abilities

How to Play

Warding

Quick Zeus Conquest Guide

Smite God: Zeus

Zeus Build

Start for Timeline Build

Timeline Ability Build

Start for Focus Build

Focus Ability Build

Start for Sacrificial Build

Sacrificial Ability Build

Relics and Shard

Alternative Items

Zeus's Skill Order

Chain Lightning

Aegis Assault

Detonate Charge

Lightning Storm

Intro

Abilities

How to Play

Warding

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