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Bumba's Mask
Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Death's Toll
Tabi
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Qin's Blades
Tabi
Warrior Tabi
Qin's Sais
Asi
Jotunn's Wrath
Void Shield
Asi
The Executioner
Fatalis
Rage
Malice
Rage
Malice
Deathbringer
Golden Bow
Frostbound Hammer
Hydra's Lament
Runic Shield
Titan's Bane
Transcendence
Breastplate of Valor
Asi
Bloodforge
Devourer's Gauntlet
Shifter's Shield
Hide of Leviathan
Hide of the Nemean Lion
Breastplate of Regrowth
Hide of the Urchin
Sovereignty
Witchblade
Qin's Sais
Warrior Tabi
Void Shield
Malice
Deathbringer
Hide of the Urchin
Exaggeration aside, yeah, the
Fenrir thing has kind of been covered. Has it though? Try mine, see what you think. Also, none of the popular
Fenrir guides on here are updated to cover the new and patched items! Two words: NEW.
QINS. And
Asi? ***** please.
Anywho, I'm happy to answer your questions and update frequently based on new god additions, patches, etc. This is also a fairly open-ended guide - I understand that not everyone plays a god the same way I do, and every game/enemy team comp is different. If you use the exact same build in every game, you're probably doing something wrong (unless you're new and are learning to build situationally).
If you are looking for the end all, be all, IfYouAreUsingthisGuideYouWillWin definitive guide, it doesn't exist. There are a lot of really great physical items with unique passives, as well as some items that are not magically or physically designated... so it's my job, and your job, to weigh the pros and cons and try to figure out what's going to work best for your particular
Fenrir playstyle. This guide was created to give you options and insight.
This is meant as a complete
Fenrir guide. I'm hoping to leave no stone unturned so it's wordy and in-depth. In real life, I write journalistically and creatively, so it's hard for me to turn that off.
I tried to separate the sections for easy navigating (each ability has their own section instead of being lumped in a giant mess, etc.) so by no means do I expect anyone to read all or even most of it. It's more reference material, like the 500 page textbook that you only consult occasionally.
I also recommend using CTRL F to navigate quickly. If you want to know what I think about
Fatalis, or how to counter
He Bo, just hit CTRL F, then type in "Fatalis" when the search bar pops up.
This *NOT* me trying to convince you that my build is the best. This is me going over items and weighing the benefits, downfalls, passives, etc. so you can create your own build, with my guidance, that fits your playstyle. Besides, where's the fun in saying "Oh, yeah, that match I was using KBop a doo's
Fenrir build"? Let's make one more suited for you. :)
I don't claim to be a professional. I'm not going to run too much math here, or crack any coding. I play for fun and I know most of you do too. I do play
Fenrir often, I enjoy playing him, and I generally do well. I hope you will too.
Thank you very much for reading, voting, commenting and being active in the
Fenrir or overall Smite discussion. Don't hesitate to let me know if you see any way to improve the guide! All feedback is welcome.
Fenrir's cool. He bit off
Tyr's hand.
Passive: Unbound Runes
will turn
Mr. Fenrir into something he isn't. You want crowd control? He'll stun. AOE damage? Right here. Massive power increases? Got it covered. Doubled protections during his ult? I wish every god had that.
is activated by landing basic hits. Note that this doesn't have to be on a god... buff camps, minions or furies will work just fine. If you kill another god, you automatically get max runes, which is 5. Using an ability with full runes grants you an additional effect:
Unchained - Stun any gods hit.
Seething Howl - Buff is increased by 50%.
Brutalize - Deal 75% damage to any enemies in the area.
Ragnarok - Protections doubled.
Keybind #1: Unchained
CLICK TO READ FULL UNCHAINED GUIDE
Keybind #2: Seething Howl
CLICK TO READ FULL SEETHING HOWL GUIDE
Brutalize
Brutalize is
Fenrir's bread and butter. This is your heavy hitter, your closer, your whatever... most of your kills will come from this until your basic attacks start critting so hard you forget about it because your opponent is dead before you even think to hit 3.
Brutalize is nice because once you're locked onto someone, it guarantees you 4 powerful hits on them (keep in mind there are lots of exceptions.
Hun Batz's crowd control will displace you.
Freya can ult out, enemies can
Combat Blink out of this, etc). I'm not saying that this isn't still a good attack (because this is a great attack!), but you won't always get those 4 hits.
Brutalize is what made
Fenrir so attractive to me in the first place (well, aside from dat sex appeal). Rarely do kills get away - if you obviously have the upper hand, you can close the distance between you and an escaping enemy with
Unchained and hopefully be close enough to lock on with
Brutalize. At which point you should yell your signature catchphrase, which for me is "Going somewhere?"
Seething Howl AND
Brutalize TOGETHER! Pop your 2 and then 3 to power up
Brutalize.
Golden Bow? Similar! But this hits for 75% instead of 50%, which is massive. Sometimes I get so preoccupied in a fight that I don't realize my
Brutalize just wrecked like 3 people. Not only that, I don't think everyone is aware of this little trick. They're not going to make huge efforts to run away from you while you're locked onto the guy next to them, so you can pick up some kills in a teamfight for yourself, or at least assist somebody else's.
Brutalize to help with buff camps in the early stages of the game. Target the ground on the big guy (it really won't let you lock onto him like you can with a god) and you'll hit the two smaller buff dudes as well.
Ragnarok
Ragnarok. A lot of gods' ults are their heavy damage-dealers, their killing stroke. You don't need
Ragnarok to kill someone, especially once you're fed. What your ult does is help with positioning, initiating, etc.
Ragnarok to the face:
He Bo,
Poseidon,
Anubis, *insert every mage or carry here*) See the opposing gods section, some squishies can be scary to your
Fenrirliness however.
Ragnarok as an escape. Absolute last resort though, nobody likes wasting their ult on escaping, that's always depressing.
Aegis Amulet, gods in the process of doing an ult that they're immune to to crowd control during (like
Ymir's
Shards of Ice), etc. You'll still deal damage upon contact (not with
Aegis of course) but you'll shrink back to normal size and speed, and there will be no carry effect. This is why ganking and the element of surprise are your friend. Your ultie will also end if you kill an enemy on impact (happens occasionally, this does start hitting pretty hard late game).
Ragnarok.
Bumba's Mask OR Death's Toll?
Bumba's Mask. You're going to get killed on mana without its passive (+15 MP5).
Bumba's makes it so you don't need to worry about mana potions as much, and can stock up on health, but, again, it's all in your playstyle. My starting build for a jungling
Fenrir is usually:
Death's Toll,
Tabi and one of each potion is a pretty standard starting build, much like building
Vampiric Shroud and shoes as a mage.
Death's Toll will give you some health and mana regen upon basic hits. You shouldn't be getting hurt too much if you're staying in line with your minions, and avoiding getting too close to any enemy gods. STAY AWAY FROM ARCHERS! They hurt. Owwww. Make sure enemy minions have spotted your minions before you start attacking them, or they will target you.
Whenever you have the cash, you should consider upgrading that
Hand of the Gods.
Try to get eye of providenceEye of Providence as soon as possible too. Keep up with your warding so you can be aware of ganks before they happen (not when your team is mashing VHH! VHH!) and catch enemies unawares when they're distracted by a buff camp. Especially if you're playing public matches with randoms, some people are really, really bad about warding. Set a good example and cover your own ***.
Before you get your lifesteal going, keep a good supply of health and mana potions on you. I always keep a few of each on me anyway as the game goes on.
Qin's Sais and Warrior Tabi
Qin's before my
Tabi? I like the little bit of lifesteal, and you get the same amount of physical power as the first rank of
Tabi. Weigh the pros and cons:
Tabi will give you increased attack speed with the first rank vs.
Qin's lifesteal. Then do your thang, gurl.
Fenrir until you get your attack speed going. Especially for me, it's rough playing him at the beginning of a match, because chances are I'm just coming off a game where I was a fully upgraded, scary
Fen, so going back to that starting attack speed is awkward at first. He is much more fun to play once you have decent lifesteal and attack speed. Jungling will be so, so much easier too.
QIN'S SAIS:
Qin's rock! You build the first two ranks of regular
Qin's Blades and then branch off to the right to buy
Qin's Sais for the last rank. The passive is, "On basic attack hits, deal physical damage equal to 20 + 6% of the target's missing health. This only affects gods". So basically what this says is, you are going to HIT HARDER as the target gets weaker, which is probably OP and ridiculous considering you're already a sexy, hard-hitting assassin. So enjoy this before it is patched, okay? And when it is patched, use regular
Qin's Blades anyway because those were already awesome.
Mid-Game: More Penetration? Protection? Power?focused voidblade
Ascendence and
Transcendence. God, it pains me to write that. It's spelled "ascendance". Just because "transcendence" ends in "-ence" doesn't mean "ascendance" does too. Damn you Hi-Rez. So. You understand the difference between these two items, yes?
Ascendence will GIVE you the stacks over time, but take a smaller percentage of your mana as additional phys power than
Transcendence, which will make you earn the stacks. I personally do not stack as
Fenrir. Up to you though. If I did, I'd combine it with
Jotunn's Wrath and
Breastplate of Valor so you can spam your abilities. Which is slight overkill on cooldown since you max at 40%... but you'd gain 16.5 phys power if you were doing your own stacks... plus the phys protection...
Asi is a neat little recent addition, and can be a fun item or good fit depending on your situation. When fully built, it grants +15 penetration, +30% attack speed (insane) and +15% lifesteal. No power. You can try it for yourself, and having that attack speed is definitely fun, but you may find you're not hitting as hard as you would like (depending on the rest of your build).
The Executioner. Definitely a solid item, but I don't find myself using it very often. You really, really have to be a basic attack-minded player or the power bonus is the only thing benefiting you. If you're not going to make use of the passive, don't use it.
Fatalis... I'm not a huge fan, honestly. As you may know,
Fatalis isn't designated physical or magical, so it DOES NOT grant any power, pen or even protection. So, again, you will be hitting faster, but not harder. I have used this on
Fenrir before, and it's a pretty fun item for a fast-paced game. I do like being very quick (+10% movement speed and a nice passive). But I also to drop someone with 4 basic hits.
Frostbound Hammer. Medium power boost. The passive (basic attacks reduce an enemy's speed by 25% for 2 seconds) is situational for me. Are you up against
Chronos and
Poseidon? Or poor, slow, escape-less
Anubis? If you're having trouble keeping an enemy in your basic attack range, this will help.
Jotunn's Wrath. You can really work Jotunn's if you know what you're doing. I recommend this to players who aren't comfortable using basic attacks as their main damage dealer, so if you're more ability oriented, try this. Can't argue with +40 physical power, either.
Titan's Bane. Straightforward item, phys power and pen boost. Not a bad choice since it's cheap. If you grab it, I would recommend selling it for focused voidbladeFocused Voidblade (if you want the power and pen) or toward one of your other items if you find you still have it during late game.
eye of providence
focused voidblade
Late Game: The Part Where People Start Running When They See You
Bloodforge. Sick item. Seriously, if I had Facebook, I'd be rockin some type of
Bloodforge fan club. +40 physical power for tier 3, and you get more lifesteal (20%). This item works for me because I like to dive in and start wailing on enemies with my basic attacks. Read the passive. Like Qin's, you will hit harder with each hit, and be regaining back health (through your lifesteal) to boot. Again, this is an item really tailored more toward basic attackers, so buy accordingly.
Deathbringer. I use this a lot as well. Typically, I get
Malice and then follow it up with
Deathbringer as a nice critting combo. The passive increases your critical strike damage by 50% (read: A LOT) so you do want to make sure you've got a high critical strike chance, so you can, you know, critical strike more often. Definitely I would recommend comboing this item with another crit item, and you do get the nice +50 physical power bonus.
Bancroft's Talon, a power boost for missing health. Typically you'll see this as the finishing item in a build. 12% lifesteal and +50 physical power, which, you may have noticed, is the max you will see on any item (stacking items like
Heartseeker excluded).
Golden Bow. A fun, situational item. More of a late game item since you want all your enemies in a group (for the passive - basic attacks hit enemies in a 15 ft radius for 50% of the damage), and there usually aren't big, 5 on 5 teamfights in early game. A nice addition to any Arena (AKA orgy mode) build.
Hydra's Lament. Check the passive. Got it? Works pretty well because after using
Brutalize, you'll notice you always get at least one basic swipe at your target before they can (if they can) escape. Only occurs once every 2 seconds (still pretty generous) so wait the 2 seconds if you're using back to back abilities. I do caution about mana though. Anything granting cooldown reduction is tempting you to use abilities more often, and this item doesn't offer you any extra mana or MP5.
Malice/
Rage.
Malice is the new variant of
Rage (branches off to the right once you're at the top tier). It's slightly more expensive (2755 vs. 2650) and ditches the passive in favor of 5 extra phys power (25 vs. 20) and more crit chance (40% vs. 30%). You get +9% attack speed with either pick. Solid item, not sure what future patching holds for it. If you are comboing it with another item like
Deathbringer, you may want to go
Malice. But if you're not comboing it,
Rage will increase your crit chance each time you DON'T crit, so that may work better for you.
Malice +
Deathbringer = 60% crit chance, plus the bonus 50% critical strike damage passive = slaughter.
eye of providence
focused voidblade
Bumba's Mask by this point, and have upgraded
HOG. I like
Fist of the Gods, for the stun. Late game you can easily solo Gold Fury, and if someone else on your team has rank 3
HOG (automatically kills Fire Giant/Gold Fury at or below 25% health) there's no reason for you to have it too.
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