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Sometimes, Athena is needed! (Conquest Support)

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Smite God: Athena

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Athena Build

Normal Start

Notes This should be your build when you leave base! gives you a nice boost to your health and makes it so you can build earlier!

Sentinel's Gift

Glowing Emerald

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Core

Notes These items feel like the best option for your first 3 items. Glauntlet of Thebes gives you a lot of protections and stacks quite easily, which is always good. Priotize or depending on the enemy team and how they're performing.

Gauntlet of Thebes

Sovereignty

Heartward Amulet

Worth your consideration

Notes Both these items give you amazing passives and also give you amazing stats all supports want. You should consider choosing one of them for your build!

Relic Dagger

Witchblade

Outstanding last item options

Notes All of these items are worthwhile last item options, giving you bonuses on where you may be lacking.

Mantle of Discord

Spirit Robe

Pridwen

Full Build Example

Sentinel's Embrace

Gauntlet of Thebes

Sovereignty

Amulet of the Stronghold

Witchblade

Mantle of Discord

Chalice of the Oracle

Relics

Notes Communicate with your ADC on which relic he would prefer for you to take first! and are both solid options!

Heavenly Wings

Magic Shell

Cursed Ankh

Horrific Emblem

Important Situationals

Notes If you feel like you need one of these items, use them.

Magi's Cloak

Mantle of Discord

Stone of Binding

Void Stone

Contagion

Genji's Guard

Pestilence

Breastplate of Valor

Shogun's Kusari

Bulwark of Hope

Oni Hunter's Garb

Athena's Skill Order

Preemptive Strike

1 X

4 13 14 15 16

Confound

2 A

2 6 7 9 10

Shield Wall

3 B

1 3 8 11 12

Defender of Olympus

4 Y

5 17 18 19 20

4 13 14 15 16

Preemptive Strike

1 X

Athena powers up for a dash. While dashing, Athena will pass through minions, stop and hit the first enemy god she encounters, dealing damage. If she hits an enemy, Athena gains a stack (max 3), reducing the next source of Basic Attack damage from any god that hits her. Athena may also gain these stacks by hitting an enemy god with Reach, once per attack.

Ability Type: Dash, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Range: 55
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 15s

2 6 7 9 10

Confound

2 A

Athena releases a shockwave of power from her shield, Taunting enemy gods and decreasing their Attack Speed as she forces them to fight or chase her.

Ability Type: Cone, Taunt, Damage
Taunt Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Damage: 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+20% of your Magical Power)
Attack Speed Slow: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 18s

1 3 8 11 12

Shield Wall

3 B

Athena summons a group of Athenian warriors who do damage and Slow upon arrival. After 2s, they strike again, dealing additional Damage and Slowing.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Initial Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Secondary Damage: 70 / 135 / 200 / 265 / 330 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 15%
Radius: 15
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s

5 17 18 19 20

Defender of Olympus

4 Y

Athena picks a single allied god anywhere in the world, and launches herself up into the air, landing next to that god 3.6 seconds later. During that 3.6 seconds, both Athena and the allied god gain Damage Mitigation, and the allied god also gains Movement Speed. Enemies nearby when Athena lands take damage.

Ability Type: Teleport, Buff, Damage
Damage: 330 / 405 / 480 / 555 / 630 (+90% of your Magical Power)
Ally Mitigation: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%
Movement Speed: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%
Radius: 20
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 120s

Athena Threats

Tap each threat level to view Athena’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Athena Synergies

Tap each synergy level to view Athena’s synergies

Ideal

Strong

Low

None

Introduction

Welcome to my guide for Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

My name is Prism. I am a Veteran and a Guide Writer on SmiteFire, who loves playing smite, mainly in the jungle, solo and support roles !

This was my FIRST smitefire guide, at the moment I have 11, so I hope you enjoy it !

This guide uses BBCoding from BBCoding masters like Zilby, xZeroStrike, and FemFatalis, already wanting to thank them for their kindness and their friendship.

Nevertheless, lets move on to Shield Woman herself, Athena!

Pros/Cons

Athena - Pros & Cons

........ Pros ........

Amazing CC
Global Presence
Versatile Kit
Can support any hunter
Dash slows enemies
Can turn tides of teamfights easily
Amazing Damage from Shield Wall and Defender of Olympus
Reach

....... Cons .......

Dash needs to charge
Allies can block your ult
Ult damage is unreliable

Skills

ABILITIES

's abilities are very powerful in the CC element, which includes a slow and a taunt. She has two high damaging abilities, which helps her with her viability and her ability to be played in multiple roles

REACH

is a vary straightforward passive. It increases your basic attack magical power while making it a ranged attack, that goes through walls, after using an ability, making it a very useful execution/poking tool

This ability can not be leveled, and is active at all times.

PREEMPTIVE STRIKE

▼

#1

is a dash,
which has a charge up time of 1,5 seconds, that goes through minions. but stops at enemy gods, dealing 80/130/180/230/280 (+50% of your magical power), and applies a 25% slow to enemy gods for 2.25s

This ability should be leveled third, after and before

Use this ability for the following circumstances:
- Disrupt Enemy Team Escape/Chase Potential.
- Getaway and Chase
- Clear Wave with .

CONFOUND

▼

#2

is a CC ability, which forces enemies to walk in 's direction, while basic attacking.
The duration goes up by the level (1/1.25/1.5/1.175/2.0s) and also has a damage increase of 40/65/90/115/140(+20% of your Magical Power).

This ability should be leveled first

Use this ability for the following circumstances:
- Force enemies to use .
- Initiate teamfights.
- To force an enemy to attack you, and not your teammate.

SHIELD WALL

▼

#3

is an important ability for and her combos. This ability has 2 states, the first, when the ability is activated (70/110/150/190/230. (+50% of your Magical Power)), and, after 2 seconds, when the ability disappears, it applies a second roll of damage (70/135/200/265/330. (+50% of your Magical Power))

This ability should be leveled second, after and before .

Use this ability for the following circumstances:
- Main Damage Tool to attack Minions/Creeps with.
- Apply damage to the enemy team.
- Use it to zone choke points

DEFENDER OF OLYMPUS

▼

#4

certainly deserves its name. It allows you to select an ally, and you'll teleport to him, after 3,6 seconds, dealing area damage (350 / 430 / 510 / 590 / 670 (+90% of your Magical Power)), and it mitigates 30% of the damage taken by him. On top of that, it also makes you CC immune].

You should put 1 point in at level 5. From there, it should be leveled last.

Use this ability in the following circumstances:
- Deal insane burst damage.
- Become CC immune and avoid high amounts of CC.
- Force Enemies to Relocate.
- Become Globally present

Items

Starter item - Protections / Health / Mp5

is our starter item. It gives +10 Magical and Physical protections, +75 Health, +7 Mp5 and a passive that gives us bonus gold and regeneration.

This is the starter you'll want to pick for most matches when playing . The protections it provides allows you to tank more damage earlier on, which is always an amazing thing to do. It also gives you some health, which helps suppress early game aggression issues. The Mp5 and passive make you more capable during the laning phase as well as making it easier to build your itens.

Core #1 - Health / Hp5 / Passive

is the first core item. It gives +300 Health, +15 Hp5 and an AoE Passive, that increases Physical and Magical Protection.

plays best as a tank for her team, and since her playstyle is heavily focused on helping her teammates, she works best with items that increase stats for her allies. The health it provides allows you to stay in combat longer. You need this since 's can be relatively squishy, depending the enemy team combination. It also gives you some Hp5, which helps you in recovering some of the lost health, and this can help a lot. Lastly, this item's passive is a mix in between 's and 's, increasing efficiency

Core item #2 - Protection / Health / Passive

is the second core item. It gives +45 Physical Protections, +250 Health, and a passive that gives AoE Protections and Hp5.

This is the physical protection item you'll always want to pick when playing . The protections it provides allows you to tank more damage, which is always an amazing thing to do. It also gives you some health, which helps with tanking as well. The passive makes you help all your allies during combat situations.

Core item #3 - Protection / Health / Passive

is the third core item. It gives +55 Magical Protections, +250 Health, and a passive that gives AoE Protections and Mp5.

This is the magical protection item you'll always want to pick when playing . The protections it provides allows you to tank more damage, which is always an amazing thing to do. It also gives you some health, which helps with tanking as well. The passive makes you help all your allies during combat situations. When you approach Late Game, you should look into evolving this item into , which will convert part of your physical protections into magical.

Possible Item #1 - Health / Protection / CDR / Speed

is the first possible item. It gives +250 Health, +30 Physical Protection, 10% Cooldown Reduction, 7% Movement Speed and a passive that reduces enemy attack speed by 25%.

plays best as a tank for her team, and since her playstyle is heavily focused on helping her teammates, she works best with items that make sure she stays alive, while providing buffs or debuffs for our teams. The health and cdr it provides allows you to stay in combat longer and spam more abilities. It also gives you some Physical Protection, which helps against ssassins and hunters.

Possible Item #2 - Protections / CDR / Passive

is the second go to item. It gives +60 Physical and Magical Protections, 10% CDR and a passive that stuns enemies in an AoE while making you CC Immune.

benefits from the multiple stats this item gives her, the protections giving her more survivability, the CDR giving her more frequent abilities, coupled with the passive that allows her to mitigate damage Really helps her become a power house to be reckoned with in the transition from mid to late game.

Relics

Relic #1

is a relic. It gives 20% Movement Speed, immunity to slows and, when upgraded, immunity to movement penalties to auto attacks or rooting enemies in an AoE.

's team benefits from this in multiple ways. It allows her to make her team more mobile, for either closing the gap to a escaping enemy god, or to help herself and her team escape an enemy engagement. It's quite useful early game, especially considering possible early ganks to duo lane, may it be an enemy or an allied gank.

Relic #2

is a relic. It does a 30% Slow, 25% Attack Speed reduction, -15% Damage Dealt and, when upgraded, either increasing the effects or trembling enemies.

's team benefits from this in multiple ways. It allows her to make the enemy team less mobile, while also affecting their attack speed and damage done, which not only is a tool to help destroy, the now immobile enemy, as it decreases the efficacy of hunters and the damage done by mages. Overall, this is an amazing item that, when used correctly, can completely favor the team fight in your way.

Relic #3

is a relic. It takes away 40% Healing and 75% of enemies shields from the enemy team, and, when upgraded, eitherredirect the healing to your team or create a miasma that deals damage based on their maximum health.

's team benefits from this in specific games, when they're playing againts healers. If healers are left unchecked, they'll just heal away all the damage your team deals, effectively winning engagements. Taking away half of that healing not only renders them useless, as it also helps your team burst through the enemy team, if you have this relic upgraded. This is a situational relic, and it works best while it's used together with .

Relic #4

is a relic. It gives a shield based on your god level and, when upgraded, it either gives 15% damage mitigation or allows you to pass through players and player structures.

'steam benefits from this in a simple way, receiving a shield to soak up some damage and up to two auto attacks, which could seem like little, but this could be the difference between winning and loosing a teamfight. However, it's not enough to make it a truly important and must-have relic.

Steps

Early game

Levels	Level 1 - Level 9
What to do?	- Farm as much as you can. - Damage the wave! Don't take last hits! - Punish enemies trying to move forward! - Remember, you should start at the Green buff! - Use your ultimate to gank! - Make sure your adc is safe! - Don't forget to use the Free Ward from your Vision Shard!

Mid Game

Levels	Level 10 - Level 15
What to do?	- Be more aggressive! - Don't forget to farm! - Stay more at mid but keep ganking! - Keep your Preemptive Strike Block counter charged!

Late game

Levels	Level 16 - Level 20
What to do?	- Farm less, fight more! - Use your dash to slow enemies! - Be sure of your teams position, don't be alone in the enemy frontline! - Stay safe!

Combos

Combo #1 "Comin' in Hot!"

>>>>> >>>>>

This combo is one that you'll will use the most. Close in to the enemy with , applying your slow, if possible, and then use for the first tick of damage, then proceed to use to drag enemies back into your so that they receive the second tick of damage and are forced to retreat, either from the damage itself or from the burst your allies will apply.

Combo #2 "Meet My Other Friends!" (Aggressive)

>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>

This combo is the one that you'll normally use when you use your ult to rotate aggressively. Use your on your ally, and, when you land, immediatly use , follow up with to bring them back to the and already charge to attack them and slow them, to give your ally either a vantage at attacking them, or to retreat.

Combo #3 "In Between Olympus and Earth" (Defensive)

>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>

This combo is the one that you'll normally use when you use your ult to rotate defensively. Use your on your ally, and, when you land, immediatly use , and go in the opposite direction of your ally. Follow up with to apply some damage and already charge to escape, either to your ally to continue helping him or to escape yourself.

Summary

This was my guide for Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

is, by far, one of the best guardians of this game. With Jungle potential, is pretty versatile for a lot of stuff, from Split Pushing to changing the fate of a enemy/ally. If you are going againts a , be on your feet. If you are , prepare to save everyone's life while also changing some fates.

Other Guides

....All of my other guides, awaiting your review ! Go check 'em out !....

WARNING: These guides are out-of-date at the moment, but I plan to update them soon!

..................................................Nu Wa Mid

...................................Aphrodite Mid/Solo

Guide Updates

04-29-15 : Actives recieved a tab !
05-02-15 : Updated the build, due to and can eff you up sometimes
05-04-15 : Corrected some english problems, and changed with
05-17-15 : Changed for travelers shoes since the extra gold is better then the cd
06-08-15 : Changed the starting items, taking out tier 1 and replaced it with 4 potions of each.
06-14-15 : Fixed some old typos from the 1.0 Version of the guide, Corrected BB Coding mistakes and changed the Skill Order. Yep ^^
07-11-15 : Revamped the guide, tried to make it look "nicer", and removed the information about .
08-08-15 : HoG nerf update.
09-10-15 : . Nuff said.
09-24-15 : Spelling mistakes. Again.
10-18-15 : Added the video :" SMITE ! Support Athena - A guide on how to make a comeback. " by the authory of myself.
10-21-15 : Arena Build
11-03-15 : Shadow of Olympus Patch, Tank Item Nerfs and Build Re-ordered + Other Guides
11-12-15 : Correction of typos yet again
11-27-15 : The Black Friday Update.
01-01-16 : No Update, just making the guide still "Up-To-Date"
03-02-16 : Updated to Season 3 ! Deleted the "How To" Section until meta has been fixed !
04-02-16 : Finally finished the Season 3 update !
04-30-16 : Small fixes, added notes and such
07-10-16 : General Update !
07-16-16 : Advertasing for Solo Aphro guide
09-11-16 : BBCoding Correction
10-20-16 : ACTUAL GUIDE UPDATE HOLY HELL THIS WAS OUT OF DATE !
12-03-16 : Started to update the BBCOding
02-11-17 : S4 UPDATE!
06-18-17 : BBCoding and information update
02-08-18 : HOLY JEEBUS AN UPDATE UPDATE!
01-22-19 : Updated the guide + Bran Corrections
02-16-19 : Corrections, changes and updates.
03-06-19 : Added mentions to and
04-08-19 : Pre-Update for Adjustments.
05-07-19 : Changed build order and some of the terminology used inside the guide.
06-01-19 : Finished ' threat description and added .
07-18-19 : Changed Main Build, updated information.
07-27-19 : Added and mentions.
08-20-19 : Updated outdated numbers.
12-13-19 : Updated to patch.
02-01-20 : S7 Update. Added mentions and Steps tab.
04-24-20 : Updated broken BBCode.
06-12-20 : Updated build to change away from auras.
09-08-20 : Updated starting build and some language in the guide.
11-23-20 : Information still up to date, updating for freshness.
12-16-20 : Mobile Compatibility update!
03-04-21 : Added synergies, updated the build for the new season.
04-26-21 : Added changes
02-23-22 : Unexpected update for the new season!
04-06-22 : Updated gramatical mistakes and CC mistakes (mentions to stun on sylvanus instead of root, others)

~Thx to Zilby & xZeroStrike for the BBCoding;

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Concise, direct. I like it

(401) |

Pris,

Welcome back. About time. Some feedback:

Relic Dagger is often standard now in the spot right after Gauntlet of Thebes. I wouldn't always get it, or get it there, but since the price is still super cheap, it should be a very strong consideration. Maybe you offer 2 build examples to show some variation, and have it in the other build?
Personal pref, getting better mana sustain can be important. While I get Pridwen's popularity, and Sovereignty is always a solid item, I prefer Breastplate of Valor to bridge the gap between the two, and I'd get it either immediately after Gauntlet of Thebes or after Relic Dagger. I think both glyph upgrades are functional so I wouldn't identify one over the other. But BoV solves any early mana issues, and the earlier CDR is always appreciated. Also, Prid's passive isn't always going to be super helpful, especially if you're ulting over to a teammate to help extract them (rather than to get the jump on the enemy).
If you're identifying Heartward Amulet as core, I would just clarify it as Amulet of the Stronghold. Amulet of Silence is just meh right now IMO.
You should still have Spectral Armor in your situationals list to counter crits.
If you're doing well early, you can also consider an offensive item. Spear of the Magus should work well since you have easily-applied CC in her 1 and 2, and since her 2 also provides some damage now, it can be nice having the buffed flat pen Magus just got.
Suggest adding a couple more relics. Actually a lot of them can work really well right now, but I think Frenzy is a good one for aggression, and even Beads might be considered Temporal Beads specifically, in case you get cc'd and need to peel for a teammate.

That's what I've got for now. Thoughts?

Oh also... 1.45/10.

(56) |

Hey bran, thank you so much for you feedback!

I do believe Relic Dagger is a really strong item, especially for supports, but I've seen lots of AA ADCs and AA Jungles recently, which is why I prioritized Witchblade over it. If I see a shift in that, I will return Relic Dagger to it's spot.
I will add a more "greedy" build, with less aura items using other items. I also love Breastplate of Valor and still use it a lot over Sovereignty
I will do that!
Ah I might have misclicked and removed it accidentally, will fix it, thanks!
Hmmmmm I love the idea of getting a damage item on Athena, but for the purpose of a guide for starting/returning/doubtful players, I think I'll stray away from that
... Which is also the same reason I won't recommend [[Temporal Beads]! I feel like that's just asking for people to flame them and maybe put on some bad habits on the player, but it is a possible relic.

My only thought is that I'm grateful you're always so thorough and helpful whenever I majorly update or ask for your insight. You're the best!

(1.45 is your nose, old man)

How do you counter Athena? i play as achilles lately and ive been getting ripped by this lady

(56) |

Hey Tripp! I would listen to Big damage's advice, but there are also some other options. As Achilles, she's going to use her taunt a lot at on you, but you can also use , you can juke her with your own dash backwards, you can stun her as she comes comes, and so many more!

(37) |

Her dash has a long wind up before she can close the distance and taunt which is her main strength. If you have a leap like Anhur, long dash like Agni or a CC immunity like Ravana you can pre-emptively hit your abilities to avoid the taunt.

Isnt midgardian just bad witchblade?

(56) |

Personally, Midgardian feels nice on Athena. Especially when you're using your taunt against the ADC and they turn doing aa's for free. On other supports I wouldn't recommend the item, but I feel like it's quite justifiable on Athena. Witchblade is also an amazing item tho

(401) |

Agreed, and as of right now (before 8.3), Witch and Midgardian DO stack.

*Edit* here I was thinking of Winged providing Magical prots, not Witch (Thanks DV-8)

When you can force a god to basic attack you, Midgardian retains function. And while they may not be your initial target, if you can get in their face and body-block, you still get good effect. Not to mention, it also provides an MS slow in addition to the AS slow.

(143) |

Witchblade got buffed in 8.1 and also next patch different attack speed slows from items won’t stack

(2) |

Congrats on the million views

(56) |

Thank you so much!!

(4) |

Hi! how's blink on Athena support? X

(56) |

Hi Foot! Blink isn't a bad relic on her, but I feel as thought other relics bring more to the table since already has a lot of mobility in her kit.

(401) |

Although she does, her dash has a somewhat long CD, and if you used it recently, there's no way you're going to catch a fleeing enemy. But you have a taunt that, if you can use it on them, allows your teammates time to catch up and secure a kill...so in this, Blink provides an additional way to help control...if you don't find a major need for other relics.

(143) |

Not bad, but not the most necessary relic on her. Early game the taunt won't be levelled much so it's definitely bad as a first relic on her.

(401) |

Agreed. 2nd relic can be great when you're chasing...catch up to the enemy, taunt them to bring them back to your team to secure a kill.

(46) |

Wow 82 upvotes.

(46) |

Make that 83

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Make that 84

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(56) |

lmao thanks guys s2

(81) |

should probably be your first item after boots because it's a bridge item that can be sold late. I'd also get fairly early, either 2nd instead of stone or 3rd after sov. Other than that, looks good.

(401) |

I would probably put a point into at level 3, rather than a 2nd level in . The mobility that provides is important, and adds additional CC to her kit.

A few mistakes, its seems you mixed up CDR and CCR in a few of the Item descriptions and in the guide explaining them

(56) |

Hi Rumrunna, I Double-Checked the items (Cuz I do mistake myself / forget to update certain informations after patch) but I didn't find the mistakes you referenced. Could you say the otems you meant?

(81) |

I did a once over and couldn't find any mistakes either. Then again, I didn't look very hard.

Great Guide man. I think Ima try out athena using this. Feel like this should be all you need to know. Much appreciated.

(30) |

Prism! Where is your option?

(81) |

I've seen EmilZy build that on supports before. Is it really that useful for non-mid/solo?

(13) |

EmilZy builds it when he wants to “carry” his games as a support, but I believe it only works for very aggressive supports (like and ), especially when paired with . You can also build Thebes after core to make up for the lack of Sov aura.

However, both items got nerfed in the last patch. Don’t know how that’s gonna affect this strategy.

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(81) |

wrote:

However, both items got nerfed in the last patch. Don’t know how that’s gonna affect this strategy.

That's why I was asking.

(30) |

The nerf only made it so the item isnt broken. Its niw balanced and still arguably the best physical defense item for bruiser mages

(81) |

isn't a bruiser mage though. :P

(13) |

Well, still gives you the same protections as before, so I still find it useful.

, on the other hand, will make you less tankier than other physical protection items, at the cost of more damage. Personally, I don’t think that’s what a support needs. We’ll have to wait and see if EmilZy still thinks it’s a viable item :p

(143) |

Damage is always relevant for supports.

(56) |

What do you mean? It's right there *wink wink*

(Lol, all jokes aside, it wasn't on the guide but I've been experimenting with going + in the place of and , then selling boots for if the game does reach that point. So far I've been getting good results from that, but I haven't made up my mind on it yet. Maybe 2-3 more games and they'll transition to the main build)

(401) |

Pris, good to see the guide updated...just in time for you to maybe adjust further for S6 in a week or two XD

Some current comments:

Note that you can now put comments in with the item listings at the top, for easy / quick reference. You don't have to, but it can be helpful.
I'd suggest keeping the relic out of the starting items lists. That relic choice is going to depend on preference to a degree, and you should just have Heavenly Wings listed with the other relics below.
At least situationally, you should include Genji's Guard (maybe), Heartward Amulet, and Witchblade. Witch's and Midgard's slow can stack, which can be particularly powerful. Heartward can still be functional against a team with 3 magical gods.
I know and understand the purpose for maxing Confound first, but I'm not sure I'd agree with that exact skill order. With Athena's high damage on Shield Wall, she can venture into the jungle and get some extra farm that way efficiently, if you level it a bit more. In addition, 0.25 seconds per rank is functional but not huge, and the damage potential on Shield can also be good for ganks and whatnot. If nothing else, I'd perhaps level Shield to 3 or 4 before switching over to Confound. Just a thought.
In your writeup for Preemptive Strike, you say to use the ability to disrupt enemy escape/chase, and for your own escape/chase potential. However, it also has good early wave-clear potential, especially in combination with Reach.
For Shield Wall, you say it's to clear the lane...but again, also for jungle camps. Just a wording choice, perhaps, but you can generalize and just say minions and it'll cover them all.
For Sovereignty, note also that the physical protection helps against minion and objective damage (e.g. towers).
You need to update the stats you state for Oni Hunter's Garb, as they've changed significantly.

(56) |

Braaaaaaaaaaaan

How does one do that?
I'll fix that
I was torn between putting Genji's, but I feel like, if someone is coming to my guide to learn more about Athena, maybe they're a newer players, that could maybe go out of their way to get an attack by a magical god just so they get that 3s from the passive, and that's why I didn't put it. I thought Amule was already in the situational, I'll adapt. What you say about Witch + Midgard is interesting, but I feel like using both at the same time would be to cover a more AA-Based team (Let's say Ao Kuang jg + Xbalanque adc + Neith mid), so it's a bit too much "specific", but I'll test it out if I have a chance and see it's effect.
I feel like the leveling on those two abilities depend a lot about the jungle meta in the game. Considering the current one, which I've been ganked several times prior to level 6, Getting extra points in Confound seems a bit more logical to me at the moment. If you use that site that cheecks the pior version of websites, if you check out this guide, you'll see that I used to say to level up Shield Wall first, as duo lane was more "Babysit the ADC and make sure he gets ahead". But I do agree that, generally, getting 2-3 points in Shield Wall to then go to Confound is more interesting.
It is really good to lane clear, but it's also quite risky, and I don't want newer players to think that they have to dive to lane clear, so that's why I omitted that scenario.
I'll change the wording
Interesting
But I literally did the item thing based on the current description! Are you referring to the S6 patch?

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Look carefully at the item listing in the builder. You'll see the notes section.

You can leave Genji out if you really want. For magical prots, Oni, Pest, and balanced prots like your Spirit/Mantle/Thebes are plenty in general.

For Midgard + Witch, it was an example of good synergy/function against a specific comp, as you say. But I don't mean to use that as an example...just that Witch should be an optional item listing.

On using the dash and Reach to help clear wave, after they use their abilities on the wave, you can run right in, dash back toward YOUR side, and then reach through the whole wave. It's a functional strat if you feel you need the dash at level 1.

Your writeup of Oni, when I read it, said 200 or 250 health and some other things that were off, I think. It looks okay now at first glance.

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For Oni hunters you should mention how the damage mitigation can't be countered by titans/exe/demonic/obs shard or qins/reaver.

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Do u have a guide/description/blog that I can link to on attack speed (in attack chains) /power scaling (in attack chains)/basic attack progression? (both physical and magical) Or is it included in one of your guides? Because if there isn't it would probably be a good idea to make one.

After all, we are doing Hi Rez's job one step at a time.

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LOL

It's not directly addressed in my guides as a whole, though I talk about it situationally in different god guides and as examples in like the Qin's section of the Items guide.

I can probably address that. What specifically were you thinking? Just describe attack progressions, basic attack scaling for phys (100%) / mag (20%), etc.?

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Yeah that, maybe also include the thing where magicals/physicals basic attacks do a separate percentage amount (magicals do more I believe which is why Chronos hammers the **** out of them) of damage to towers/pheonixes and maybe include mages/hunters blessing and/or other items as an example for damage comparisons.

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But I do believe that in the S6 Patchnotes structures now have a tiny amount of defense againts Magical damage, or am I going nuts?

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Thats for jungle camps I think. Structures have the same defense.

"When a physical god attacks a Tower with their Basic Attack, Towers will only receive 85% of their Basic Attack damage. However, when a magical god attacks, the Tower will take 120% of their Basic Attack damage. "

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros/Cons

Skills

Items

Relics

Steps

Combos

Summary

Other Guides

Guide Updates

Sometimes, Athena is needed! (Conquest Support)

Smite God: Athena

Athena Build

Normal Start

Notes

Core

Notes

Worth your consideration

Notes

Outstanding last item options

Notes

Full Build Example

Relics

Notes

Important Situationals

Notes

Athena's Skill Order

Preemptive Strike

Confound

Shield Wall

Defender of Olympus

Preemptive Strike

Confound

Shield Wall

Defender of Olympus

Athena Threats

Erlang Shen | Major

Fenrir | Major

Hercules | Major

Jormungandr | Major

Sylvanus | Major

Amaterasu | Minor

Ares | Minor

Artio | Minor

Bellona | Minor

Ganesha | Minor

Guan Yu | Minor

Horus | Minor

Mercury | Minor

Odin | Minor

Serqet | Minor

Terra | Minor

Athena | Even

Bacchus | Even

Baron Samedi | Even

Cerberus | Even

Fafnir | Even

Geb | Even

Khepri | Even

Ne Zha | Even

Sobek | Even

Yemoja | Even

Ymir | Even

Kumbhakarna | Maximum

Aphrodite | Tiny

Cabrakan | Tiny

Hel | Tiny

Kuzenbo | Tiny

Nox | Tiny

Athena Synergies

Anhur | Strong

Cernunnos | Strong

Charybdis | Strong

Chiron | Strong

Danzaburou | Strong

Hachiman | Strong

Hou Yi | Strong

Jing Wei | Strong

Ullr | Strong

Apollo | Ideal

Artemis | Ideal

Chernobog | Ideal

Cupid | Ideal

Heimdallr | Ideal

Izanami | Ideal

Medusa | Ideal

Neith | Ideal

Rama | Ideal

Skadi | Ideal

Ah Muzen Cab | OK

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