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"Glad Shield For The Win" Season 9.7 King Arthur Solo Build

48 7 50,764
8.5
by LumberingJak updated August 30, 2022

Smite God: King Arthur

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King Arthur Build

Start against Physical Opponent

Build Item Bluestone Pendant Bluestone Pendant
Build Item Round Shield Round Shield
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Start against Magical Opponent

Build Item Bluestone Pendant Bluestone Pendant
Build Item Enchanted Kusari Enchanted Kusari
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Main Build vs Physical Opponent

Notes Switch out Soul Eater for Sovereignty or another defense item if your team has someone who is going for a lot of life steal.

Notes

Switch out Soul Eater for Sovereignty or another defense item if your team has someone who is going for a lot of life steal.

Build Item Bluestone Brooch Bluestone Brooch
Build Item Gladiator's Shield Gladiator's Shield
Build Item Soul Eater Soul Eater
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard
Build Item Spectral Armor Spectral Armor
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord

Main Build vs Magical Opponent

Notes Switch out Soul Eater for Sovereignty or another defense item if your team has someone who is going for a lot of life steal.

Notes

Switch out Soul Eater for Sovereignty or another defense item if your team has someone who is going for a lot of life steal.

Build Item Bluestone Brooch Bluestone Brooch
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard
Build Item Soul Eater Soul Eater
Build Item Gladiator's Shield Gladiator's Shield
Build Item Spectral Armor Spectral Armor
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord

Relics

Notes Choose whatever relic you want these are just suggestions.

Notes

Choose whatever relic you want these are just suggestions.

Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation
Build Item Cloak of Ascetic Cloak of Ascetic
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Temporal Beads Temporal Beads
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet
Build Item Aegis of Judgement Aegis of Judgement
Build Item Aegis of Acceleration Aegis of Acceleration
Build Item Cursed Ankh Cursed Ankh
Build Item Blighted Ankh Blighted Ankh

Situational Defensive Items

Build Item Pridwen Pridwen
Build Item Breastplate of Determination Breastplate of Determination
Build Item Pestilence Pestilence
Build Item Contagion Contagion
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe

Situational Offensive Items

Build Item Runeforged Hammer Runeforged Hammer
Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick
Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Void Shield Void Shield

King Arthur's Skill Order

Overhead Slash / Hamstring

1 X Y
Overhead Slash / Hamstring
1 4 6 7 9

Battle Stomp / Uppercut

2 A B
Battle Stomp / Uppercut
3 15 16 18 19

Twin Cleave / Bladestorm

3 B A
Twin Cleave / Bladestorm
2 8 10 11 12

Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath

4 Y X
Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath
5 13 14 17 20
Overhead Slash / Hamstring
1 4 6 7 9

Overhead Slash / Hamstring

1 X
Standard (Overhead Slash): King Arthur deals a devastating overhead blow in Melee range that creates a slashing attack that travels forwards. Enemies hit by the Melee strike take bonus damage from the Slicing attack.

Combo (Hamstring): King Arthur swipes low, crippling and damaging enemies that are struck.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Slash Damage: 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Melee Bonus Damage: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
Combo Damage: 70 / 125 / 180 / 235 / 290 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Cripple Duration: 1.25s
Energy Gain: 3
Range: 70/30
Cost: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55
Cooldown: 14s
Battle Stomp / Uppercut
3 15 16 18 19

Battle Stomp / Uppercut

2 A
Standard: King Arthur stomps on the ground with heavy force, causing enemies around him to take damage and become slowed.

Combo: King Arthur charges forward, stopping on first god hit. At the end of the charge King Arthur unleashes an uppercut, knocking up enemies into the air.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Stomp Damage: 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 30 / 32.5 / 35 / 37.5 / 40%
Slow Duration: 2.5s
Uppercut Damage: 50 / 95 / 140 / 185 / 230 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Energy Gain: 4
Range: 20/35
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 14s
Twin Cleave / Bladestorm
2 8 10 11 12

Twin Cleave / Bladestorm

3 B
Standard: King Arthur unleashes two cleave attacks while charging forward. Enemies hit by a cleave take damage and have their protections reduced.

Combo: King Arthur swings Excalibur around him, charging forward and damaging enemies 5 times before winding up a final strike that deals more damage. King Arthur is immune to Knockup for the duration.

Ability Type: Dash, Debuff, Damage
Cleave Damage: 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 (+30% of your Physical Power)
Protection Shred: 10%
Spin Damage: 15 / 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 (+15% of your Physical Power)
Final Damage: 35 / 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Energy Gain: 1.5
Range/Radius: 30/10
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 16s
Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath
5 13 14 17 20

Sundering Strike / Excalibur's Wrath

4 Y
35 Energy (Sundering Strike): King Arthur winds up a massive jab, charging forwards slightly before striking. Enemies hit by this jab are stunned for 1s.

80 Energy (Excalibur's Wrath): King Arthur charges forward with Excalibur drawn. If King Arthur hits an enemy god, he launches them into the air and unleashes a barrage of 6 attacks, after which he launches them back to the ground dealing damage to the target and any enemy below.

Ability Type: Line, Stun, Damage
Jab Damage: 100 / 155 / 210 / 265 / 320 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Charge Damage Per Hit: 10 / 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 (+10% of your Physical Power)
Charge Max HP Damage per Hit : 2% Max HP Damage as Physical Damage
Landing Damage: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Landing Max HP Damage: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9% Max HP Damage as Physical Damage
Mana Cost: 35 (80) Energy & 40 Mana
Cooldown: 20s

King Arthur Threats

Tap each threat level to view King Arthur’s threats

Max
1
Major
1
Even
0
Minor
0
Tiny
0

About the Build

Even if you do not use this build make sure to always max out King's CDR or get 30% CDR and use the potion of power to get 40% or you will always get clapped.

The reason I recommend that you build Soul Eater is for sustain over a long fight. Starting around mid and especially late game the enemy carry and mid will most likely be about to blast straight through your health so having Soul Eater will allow you to stay in the fight longer without having to run away.

***Quick notes about Contagion/Pestilence because for some reason people forget that the anti-heal from Contagion and Pestilence DO NOT STACK. Meaning the aura's from both items that cause anti-heal do not overlap so if you and a teammate get contagion and/or pestilence this is a waste of an item for either of you because only 25% anti-heal will be applied to the enemy and not 50%.***

Just An FYI for King Arthur

If you are new to King Arthur please know that due to King Arthur's passive he is very different from most warriors in Smite.

1) There is a meter that looks like his sword. This is his energy meter for his ultimate ability and there are levels to it, 3 to be exact. The first two levels allow you to use a stun and the third level allows for you to fly forward if you hit an enemy god the enemy god will be taken into the air with you where you deal damage to them.

2) King Arthur can not increase hit Attack Speed through items at all it only increases the amount of energy he gets for his Ultimate ability, but the increase in energy gain from attack speed items is not much so do not ever build them.

3) All of his abilities are instant cast meaning when you press to activate an ability they will go off immediately regardless of what your settings for abilities are.

4) Due to King Arthur having so many abilities you should have aggressive playstyle in your lane.

Best Starter for King Arthur

Because King Arthur has technically 8 abilities you should always start with Bluestone pendent.

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1
BrotherAshton | October 4, 2022 10:53am
How good is soul eater on King Arthur? I never tried it in a defense build.
2
Big Damage (37) | October 4, 2022 1:34pm
It's a cheese strat, high risk for mediocre reward. Better off just building items like Sovereignty, Mail of Renewal or Stone of Gaia.
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"Glad Shield For The Win" Season 9.7 King Arthur Solo Build
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