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by Kimi.SMITE updated May 21, 2019

Smite God: Erlang Shen

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Erlang Shen Build

Starting

Build Item Guardian's Blessing Guardian's Blessing
Build Item Shoes Shoes
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3
Build Item Multi Potion Multi Potion
3

Relics

Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune
Build Item Magic Shell Magic Shell
Build Item Shield of Thorns Shield of Thorns

Core

Build Item Talaria Boots Talaria Boots
Build Item Gauntlet of Thebes Gauntlet of Thebes
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Blackthorn Hammer Blackthorn Hammer
Build Item Oni Hunter's Garb Oni Hunter's Garb
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe

Situational

Build Item Reinforced Greaves Reinforced Greaves
Build Item Berserker's Shield Berserker's Shield
Build Item Runic Shield Runic Shield
Build Item Heartward Amulet Heartward Amulet
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Hide of the Nemean Lion Hide of the Nemean Lion
Build Item Void Shield Void Shield
Build Item Shogun's Kusari Shogun's Kusari
Build Item Pestilence Pestilence
Build Item Midgardian Mail Midgardian Mail
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade

Erlang Shen's Skill Order

Spot Weakness

1 X Y
Spot Weakness
2 8 10 11 12

Pin

2 A B
Pin
3 15 16 18 19

72 Transformations ES

3 B A
72 Transformations ES
1 4 6 7 9

9 Turns Blessing

4 Y X
9 Turns Blessing
5 13 14 17 20
Spot Weakness
2 8 10 11 12

Spot Weakness

1 X
Erlang Shen opens his third eye and analyzes the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. When activated, Erlang Shen gains additional Physical Damage and Lifesteal on each strike. He also applies a stacking debuff to enemy gods, reducing their damage dealt to all sources. Stacks last 3s.

If the buff effect has ended and the ability is on Cooldown, successful Basic Attacks reduce the Cooldown of this ability by 1s.

Ability Type: Buff, Damage
Physical Damage: 12 / 22 / 32 / 42 / 52 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Lifesteal: 4.5 / 9 / 13.5 / 18 / 22.5%
Damage Reduction: 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.6 / 7%
Max Stacks: 3
Duration: 5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s
Pin
3 15 16 18 19

Pin

2 A
Erlang Shen launches a spear that damages enemies on impact. Enemies in the dead center of the effect when it lands are Rooted in place.

Ability Type: Circle, Root, Damage
Damage: 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+55% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1.5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 16s
72 Transformations ES
1 4 6 7 9

72 Transformations ES

3 B
Erlang Shen transforms into an Mink or Turtle and charges forward, becoming immune to knockups and slows.

Mink: Damages all enemies, stopping on first god hit and increasing Attack Speed and Movement Speed for 4s.
Turtle: Gains a health shield that is boosted by 75% of your protections from items for 12s.

Ability Type: Line, Buff, Damage
Turtle Damage: 55 / 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Shield Health: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250
Mink Damage: 70 / 130 / 190 / 250 / 310 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Mink Attack Speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%
Mink Movement Speed: 15%
Cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85
Cooldown: 18 / 17.5 / 17 / 16.5 / 16s
9 Turns Blessing
5 13 14 17 20

9 Turns Blessing

4 Y
Erlang Shen Taunts nearby Enemy gods, gaining Damage Mitigation for the next 4s. Afterwards, if Erlang Shen is still alive he is Healed for a flat amount plus 12% of his Maximum Health.

Ability Type: Cone, Taunt
Heal: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+12% of your Maximum Health)
Damage Mitigation: 35%
Taunt Duration: 1.5s
Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
Cooldown: 85s

Leveling Order

The first three levels might be situational or preference, but I always level Erlang's 3 first and then his 1 to clear camps better at level two.

"72 Transformations" is a very strong ability and will probably be focused in leveling order. Not only is the damage from the Mink and the Turtle very high, but come with a lot of utility with the slow, attack speed boost, knock-up, and shield. The shield and the attack speed boost also scale higher when leveling.

Next I focus on leveling "Spot Weakness". It's a very powerful steroid that can be very frustrating to fight against after being slowed by the Mink. The cooldown is shorter than the description says at 14 seconds -- successful auto attacks actually make this ability cooldown shorter so it's always available.

"Pin" is nice to root an enemy for a second and pairs really well with the Turtle knock-up, but be aware that this ability's cooldown does not get shorter as you level it and the root duration does not get longer than 1.3 seconds -- So I put less preference on leveling this ability as the utility does not actually become more useful toward mid to late game.

Erlang's ult "9 Turns Blessing" gets leveling priority over the "Pin", in my opinion. The cooldown does not get shorter, but the heal gets much stronger and scales with your health and the mitigation boost sponges a ton of damage -- Be careful when ulting a team that has anti-heal or a lot of CC as Erlang can easily become stuck in a messy situation.

Dog-Man turn weasel and turn turtle. Okay?

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Gulfwulf (81) | May 20, 2019 6:27pm
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Kriega1 (143) | May 20, 2019 6:40pm
There is one problem though, the author should buy tier 1 shoes with that start because there's enough gold for it.
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Kimi.SMITE | May 21, 2019 10:38am
Oops! I agree and definitely should've put that in there. I'll add it!
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Kriega1 (143) | May 20, 2019 6:40pm
Because you can tank more damage? I would never get mana pots on a support unless I was playing like a Hel or Aphro support.
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Gulfwulf (81) | May 20, 2019 6:59pm
Makes sense. I'm used to buying health and mana pots, but I can see the use of multi. I'll have to update my Kuzenbo guide soon.
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xmysterionz (71) | May 20, 2019 4:22pm
Seems good to me too

+1
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Kriega1 (143) | May 20, 2019 4:13pm
Build seems good, perhaps consider a few more situationals like midgardian, witchblade, pestilence etc...
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Branmuffin17 (394) | May 20, 2019 4:22pm
In a support role, don't know if I'd consider Berserker's Shield...Solo absolutely.

Suggest adding skill leveling direction.
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Kriega1 (143) | May 20, 2019 4:52pm
I've seen it appear in high level PC ranked, could ask EmilZy about it as well.

It's not my preference but I mean you are playing an AA-warrior in support so I can see it being functional.

At least it's not something ridiculous like Bumba's Mask which SoloDoubleJ and Dukesloth have helped spread. There's a reason I don't hold Dukesloth to that high of a regard in terms of reliability, especially when he isn't particularly amazing in regards to theory crafting unless he's parroting from pros.
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