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S8 Vladimir... i mean, Hades

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8.5
by ZanitoGG updated February 16, 2021

Smite God: Hades

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Build Summary

Starter

Build Item Vampiric Shroud Vampiric Shroud
Build Item Tiny Trinket Tiny Trinket
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
2
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads

Full Build

Build Item Sacrificial Shroud Sacrificial Shroud
Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Typhon's Fang Typhon's Fang
Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Hades's Skill Order

Death From Below

1 X Y
Death From Below
2 10 11 12 14

Shroud of Darkness

2 A B
Shroud of Darkness
4 15 16 18 19

Devour Souls

3 B A
Devour Souls
1 3 6 7 8

Pillar of Agony

4 Y X
Pillar of Agony
5 9 13 17 20
Death From Below
2 10 11 12 14

Death From Below

1 X
Hades descends into the ground and erupts from below at his ground location, doing damage to all enemies in the area. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Slowed. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow Duration: 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14s
Shroud of Darkness
4 15 16 18 19

Shroud of Darkness

2 A
Hades silences all enemies in a cone in front of him. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Feared. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Cone, Crowd Control
Silence: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10s
Devour Souls
1 3 6 7 8

Devour Souls

3 B
Hades devours the souls of his enemies, dealing damage in an area around him. Blighted enemies hit by this ability are Detonated, dealing damage to enemies and healing your allies around the Detonated targets. Enemy gods only take 50% of the damage from Detonating Blights.

Ability Type: Circle, Heal, Damage
Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Healing: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80
Detonation Radius: 20
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Pillar of Agony
5 9 13 17 20

Pillar of Agony

4 Y
Hades calls to all enemy souls nearby, creating a Vortex which drags targets toward him, dealing damage every .5s for 4s. For each enemy hit Hades reduces his ability cooldowns by 0.4s. If the enemy is Blighted, their Protections are reduced. Hades also gains Protections and 10% damage mitigation for the duration.

Ability Type: Circle, Vortex, Damage
Damage per Tick: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Protections: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160
Protections Debuff: 10% + 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Protections Debuff Lifetime: 4s
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Hades Threats

Tap each threat level to view Hades’s threats

Max
3
Major
1
Even
0
Minor
0
Tiny
0

Hades Synergies

Tap each synergy level to view Hades’s synergies

Ideal
0
Strong
3
OK
0
Low
0
None
0

Extended Build

Items after elixir

Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard

Honorable mentions (Read notes)

Notes Basically, items you can apply to the build too, but i rather use the original build

Notes

Basically, items you can apply to the build too, but i rather use the original build

Build Item Charon's Coin Charon's Coin
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver

Relics

Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune
Build Item Magic Shell Magic Shell
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet

How to play

Nothing serious, Hades is not that hard to understand, the hard part of Hades is surviving and being useful in the team compared to the other midlaner. Try to be agressive in early but dont be shy to use your 1 to get out fast, thats your only way to be alive after a good gank. If you feel that theres nothing more to do, ult, at least you will damage the enemy mid/jg/sup whoever that tries to kill you. Good Hades players usually time their passive in the exact moment to make good trades, meaning that they dont receive any damage and still one shot the enemy midlaner. Im not an Hades main, i just wanted to make this build since i think its the only god in smite with a mechanic similar to Vladimir in LoL. And before you ask, i prefer Smite over LoL, i just like playing Vladimir xd

Community tips and tricks

I will update this chapter with tips and useful info of Hades mains that comment this Build guide, feel free to put your suggestions in "Discussion" and ill add it :)

(Note: I only do this to have all the info organized and accesible for all)

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Kriega1 (143) | February 10, 2021 6:12am
Go Bancrofts before Typhon’s. Also I’d recommend swapping out doom orb for divine/Deso or shard and selling boots late for Mantle. Also swap frenzy for Shell (for upgrade).
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ZanitoGG (1) | February 16, 2021 9:57am
added!
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Kriega1 (143) | February 16, 2021 10:04am
Why swap Tahuti for Coin?
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fraser424 (3) | February 16, 2021 12:18am
yhea it just makes more sence
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