Smite Aphrodite Build Guide: A Strong Bond! Aphrodite Conquest S2 (updated 6/10/2015)

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Smite God: Aphrodite

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Aphrodite Build

Starting Build

Vampiric Shroud

Lost Artifact

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Core Items

Shoes of the Magi

Chronos' Pendant

Winged Blade

Offensive Options

Gem of Isolation

Spear of the Magus

Void Stone

Defensive Options

Hide of the Urchin

Midgardian Mail

Witchblade

Magi's Cloak

Spirit Robe

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Healing!

Rod of Asclepius

Lotus Sickle

Actives

Improved Sprint

Heavenly Agility

Greater Purification

Aphrodite's Skill Order

Kiss

1 X

2 15 16 18 19

Back Off!

2 A

3 9 10 11 12

Love Birds

3 B

1 4 5 7 8

Undying Love

4 Y

6 13 14 17 20

2 15 16 18 19

Kiss

1 X

Aphrodite blows a kiss to an allied god, making them her soul mate and giving them both increased movement speed. If it hits an ally, it has a reduced 1s cooldown. If the kiss hits an enemy god, they are Damaged, Stunned and Aphrodite's soul mate gets jealous, increasing their damage. Also, Aphrodite's soul mate gains 50% of her MP5 and 10% of her Physical and Magical Protections.

Ability Type: Line, Buff
Damage: 40/60/80/100/120) (+25% of your Magical Power)
Movement Speed: 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10%
Stun Duration: 1s
Jealousy Damage Increase: 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15%
Jealousy Duration: 5s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s

3 9 10 11 12

Back Off!

2 A

Agitated by all the attention, Aphrodite commands enemies to get away from her, doing damage around her, slowing them by 25% for 2s and knocking them back to 25 units from her.

If Aphrodite has a soul mate, an explosion originates on them in addition, dealing the same damage as well as slowing enemies.

If an enemy would be hit by both blasts, they will only be affected by the one originating from Aphrodite.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockback, Damage
Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+85% of your Magical Power)
Damage (Soulmate): 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 25%
Radius: 20
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 12s

1 4 5 7 8

Love Birds

3 B

Aphrodite calls forth a flock of beautiful doves that fly forward in the area in front of her. The doves circle around all enemies in the path, damaging enemies every .5s for 3s. Aphrodite and her soul mate also receive healing when cast and decreased ability cooldowns.

Ability Type: Line, Heal, Damage
Damage per Tick: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Heal per Tick: 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 / 19 + 2 per Level
Cooldown Decrease: 0.2s per Tick
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 16s

6 13 14 17 20

Undying Love

4 Y

Aphrodite pledges undying love to herself and her Soul Mate. While this is active, she and her Soul Mate are invulnerable to all damage and gain the Jealousy effect for a short duration. All Crowd Control effects are also removed when activated.

Ability Type: Buff
Invulnerability Duration: .8 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.7 / 2s
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

Hi, I'm FemFatalis, I've been playing Smite since the Agni remodel patch, and this is the first guide in a series of solo lane guides. I enjoy playing solo in conquest, and today, I'm writing about an underrated yet powerful solo laner: Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love.

Roles

In the start of Smite's competitive scene, Aphrodite was a powerful player in the support role, alongside Sun Wukong, Guan Yu, and Geb. Shadowq, currently of Denial and formerly of Team Dignitas, displayed the potential of Aphrodite support in a famed series of jukes and heals that led to a free double kill for his ADC. However, since the start of Season 1, Aphrodite has transitioned to a powerful solo laner, played most elegantly by Confrey of Titan. While she became a support, Aphrodite was designed to be a solo laner, with serious sustain, gank survivability, and late game teamfight potential.

Pros / Cons

Pros

Love Birds is a powerful heal for multiple players
At level 7, Love Birds will almost singlehandedly clear the wave
Ultimate Undying Love is practically an Aegis Pendant for multiple players on a shorter cooldown
Powerful cc with Kiss's stun and Back Off!'s knockback-slow.
Late game teamfight is INSANE if played right
Counters most meta picks

Cons

Aphrodite's first few levels are trash
Easily invaded on
Can be weak without blue buff in the first few minutes
Subtle misplays can ruin teamfights
Squishball

Skills

Loving Embrace

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Kiss

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Back Off!

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Love Birds

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Undying Love

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Items

The starting build is Vampiric Shroud, Lost Artifact, a Healing Potion, and a Mana Potion. Vampiric Shroud is self-explanatory - really the only viable and safe starting item for mages. Lost Artifact will build into Chronos Pendant second. The potions are for worst-case scenarios.

As Aphrodite, you don't really have to back at any time. I've stayed in lane until after my second blue buff wears out, then backed and bought the first two items. If you're forced back before you can start Chronos' Pendant, just buy Shoes of the Magi. I never buy Shoes of Focus on Aphrodite, since with Chronos' Pendant and Winged Blade, you have close to max CDR, and the blue buff will still have an effect on CDR.

Gold numbers at which you should back are:

1550: Shoes of the Magi
2850: Shoes of the Magi and Restored Artifact
3350: Shoes of the Magi and Chronos' Pendant

However, staying in lane with only a past 3350 gold will put you at risk to ganks and the enemy solo laner, who, it is to be assumed, has backed multiple times while you're sustaining in lane.

After finishing the core build of , , and , there are many options for the next three items. If you're fed, and are both options, one being more offensive and controlling, and the other pointing towards a more supporting build. Lotus Crown is always a good option on a healer. and are both good items for a support mage, especially if you have another mage with enormous burst, a la . is a perfect item on if you want more protections, since you will be guaranteed assists in teamfights. Magi's Blessing is an amazing item all around. and are both counters to auto attack gods, and in the ADC meta, one of them should probably be bought. and are niche items, but both viable.

Always, always buy and . is criminally underrated in the meta, and can change teamfights in your favor. is the best active in the game and can save your life.

Matchups

Matchups in the solo lane are vitally important. Good thing Aphrodite crushes the majority of the meta right now! (long list warning)
EASY

ANUBIS

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It's almost like they made this god for to counter. is a combined that can be used under cc (think ), so has no effective ult. can him out of his . will negate some of the slows from , and will heal up his poke. I've been seeing a lot of solo recently, and destroys that lane. You'll never die unless you're ganked or you totally misplay.

AO KUANG

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This matchup is fun. will try to teleport to you with his and burst you down, but if you can pop at the right moment, you can fall back to tower and heal back all that damage. will transition into a hyper carry if he gets fed, but he won't have the support that you will provide your hyper carry, so hopefully in the late game you'll do more work.

BASTET

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is all about that burst, from to Cat Call. plus or Back Off will usually counter the cats, can heal back the poke from a Declaw or , and will stop the two slows has. doesn't scale as well as you, so you can crush her late game. Be careful around level 5, however, as you won't have a lot of healing, 's cats can kill you if you overextend even a bit.

CHAAC

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kinda sucks right now in general. As warriors go, he doesn't bring much to teamfights or laning phase, so you won't see much of him. is easy to avoid, and stop his from sticking to you, and 's silence is disruptive, sure, but not much. Don't expect to get kills in this lane, but don't expect to lose either. You will most likely take tower before he does.

FENRIR

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Easy. Buy and you outright win. You can his main form of clear and poke: , and with that, becomes nearly useless. counters . Plus you have presence late game. loses this lane hard.

GUAN YU

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Also easy, for similar reasons. is very vulnerable to a nicely aimed , and loses all clear until it comes back up. still does some damage, but you can the stun to prevent gankability. Kill early during teamfights and the enemy team loses a potent frontliner.

HUN BATZ

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All about timing. Counter 's teleport with a before he can land a crit, heal up from , him if he jumps at you with , and out of . You will definitely have more push than him, but both of you bring enormous teamfight presence, so be careful late game.

LOKI

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Kill him. It's easy, since applies a tick, so even under you'll see the damage numbers. can be countered by . If you land a kill on while he's stacking , he'll fall behind and you can win lane with ease. However, once you start rotating, he'll backdoor your towers, so just be careful and don't lose your phoenix.

OSIRIS

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with has nothing to fear from . If he wants to dive, will stop your healing, but will give you distance from his . is bad right now, so don't expect to see him much, but is a respectable counter.

SWK

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heals back the poke from . Back Off or stops from hitting you, and stops ganks.

MEDIUM

AH PUCH

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This matchup is interesting. is a big deal in this lane, since it counters both and . However, if you get hit by , you won't be able to use to clear unless you are at 100% health, since the ability will do extra damage and stun you. Dodge the and let clear before you, and you'll have more influence late game.

BAKA

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Everyone thinks this matchup is impossible, and after watching some DMBrandon and Confrey, I have no idea why. The key is to buy , a slow immunity on a 60 second cooldown. is also helpful here. In addition, the punish combo (, Back Off, ) will stop him after he clears the wave when he tries to poke you, probably with . Just survive the lane and you'll do fine, but if you and your jungler can get a kill, this lane will be extremely easy. WILL NOT drop a kill to you alone unless he misplays terribly, since Eat Minions and are very good at survivability.

BELLONA

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This is all about trades. Trade for , for , for , for . is much better against characters that use auto attacks, and since will be on a 5s cooldown by 15 minutes, you won't be using auto attacks too much, so isn't broken against you. Otherwise, play it safe, rotate when she rotates, and if she dies in a teamfight, take the tier 1 tower as soon as possible.

CABRA

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This matchup is simple, if not easy. his , heal up from his with , avoid . When he ults, use , then Sprint around the walls and get to your tower as soon as possible.

CHRONOS

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Neither of you are going to die. is a second life for him, and your sustain counters his poke. when he s so that he can't burst you down with auto attacks.

HADES

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Another stalemate lane. clears faster than you early game, so you'll be under pressure, just don't give up your tower. When he tries to use , use and Sprint to get out and heal .

HEL

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has one goal in this lane: outlast . When she uses 3 abilities to clear/heal the wave and 1 to poke, you'll use 1 to clear and back up. without a blue buff is awful, so she'll have to back, and you can take her tower easily. With that lane advantage, you'll crush late game. Don't die though; fed is disgustingly good. Stay safe and focus on objectives.

HERC

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This matchup relies on one thing: dodging . can be immuned even under the effect of with , doesn't matter, but if s you into tower then s you further into the tower's range, you'll have a tough time getting out. Be careful, and play teamfights the same as .

HUNTERS

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goes very even against hunters. Right now, hunters are arguably overpowered, so they will scale most better than you, but that's the only reason this is in medium. Let them use their clear ability, whether , , etc, then clear the wave with and heal back their poke. can punish them if they try to attack you, and is a last resort if you screw up.

TYR

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Stalemate. Watch out for his , clear the wave, and bait dives if you can. This should be a tie.

VAMANA

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is harder than most warriors. could put you in tricky positions, slows, and is a big nuke. However, if uses , use to immune the first few auto attacks, then run for tower. Don't poke him with , since each tick will increase his ult's duration by a second.

HARD

CHANG'E

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*******, this lane is hard. As soon as you use , she will in, heal the wave back up, and reduce the healing you get by 50%. You can out of , which, especially in teamfights, is helpful, but the laning phase is extremely difficult. Be careful and don't let her kill you. If you can, an early invade with a jungler like , , or will give you an advantage.

SOBEK

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counters your healing, cancels your abilities, puts you in dangerous positions, and gives sustain. He's a guardian, so you won't be able to poke him out. Good luck winning this lane, it requires constant concentration.

Early Game

The most important part of the first 30 seconds is to tell your jungler to save their Hand of the Gods for your blue buff. Here is a step-by-step way to clear the two camps.

Let the jungler tank the speed buff while using auto attacks and Love Birds to provide additional damage ( Bumba's Mask will heal them up)
Hit the blue buff with Love Birds then immediately move to the blind spot in the buff's circle, pulling them to that side
Tank the jungle camp for two hits, then leash it to your jungler, who can finish it and heal again from Bumba's Mask
Kiss your jungler while entering the lane and begin clearing the wave

The first two or three levels are hard for ; most meta solo-jungle pairs can outclear and outpush with any jungler besides . Still, you'll have sustain with , and when the junglers rotate, the real fun begins.

The last part of what I refer to as the early game is level 5. If the enemy solo laner has kill potential at level 5 (the two most important being and ), take . If not, put a third point in for increased clear and healing.

Mid Game

The laning phase constitutes the mid game. By level 9, you'll have full clear with Love Birds apart from the brute minions. With given clear, Aphrodite becomes a poke monster, especially after near-max CDR is reached with Chronos Pendant and Winged Blade. You can clear the wave, Kiss the enemy solo laner, Back Off! them, and lead them with Love Birds again for enormous levels of poke. Blue buff allows an infinite number of these pokes. Unless you die once or twice during this phase, you are guaranteed to win lane and get the tower first. In addition, when other solo laners rotate, it is not as safe for you to do so. Instead, push the tier 2 tower, take jungle buffs, et cetera. Take advantage of farming the lane alone.

Ganks

Ganks will most likely happen during the mid game. During an allied gank on the enemy solo laner, you will want to Kiss the jungler immediately and use Back Off! to slow the enemy. Love Birds will serve as poke and extra damage, but mostly, you'll be playing assist. Kissing the solo laner will increase your jungler's damage, so land those Kisses!

Late Game

As soon as Aphrodite enters teamfights, the game changes. You'll have close to max CDR, so heal your allies whenever possible. You can even spam Love Birds into walls or camps instead of hitting enemies, since the heal is extremely valuable. Don't waste Undying Love - use it only if your soul mate is about to die or if a burst/cc-heavy ultimate ( Release The Kraken!, Pillar of Agony, Searing Pain, Waxing Moon, etc) is used on you and/or your soul mate. Kiss targets that your soul mate is focusing for the increased damage. Use Back Off! to stop enemy aggression. Aphrodite is the mistress of sustain, so use her healing and CC to your advantage. Always stay linked to your jungler or ADC, linking to others only for temporary amounts of time and only if they are low health.

Conclusion

Well, that's it! I hope you've enjoyed my guide to Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love (and the solo lane). I fully expect to see Aphrodite make a resurgence in the meta game, especially when players learn how to win the Bakasura/ Bellona matchups that are so prevalent right now. There is no credible counter pick to Aphrodite right now, especially since there are so few proficient Chang'e players. Have fun winning lane!

Thank you so much for reading my second guide! ^^ Aphrodite is amazing in solo lane, and while I have given myself to the dark side and played Apollo exclusively for the last few weeks, Aphrodite will always have a place in my heart. If you enjoyed, please upvote! Constructive criticism is also appreciated!

Changelog

6/1/15: Published
6/10/15: Updated BBcoding in Matchup section

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Beautiful Design, In love with how you thought of it all, And included the match ups and everything..
I've never tried Aphrodite rather than in Assault like once, This guide made me start thinking of soloing her.
Great job! keep going!

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That's some good *** BB Coding Fem !

#MVG Fem's Guide, of course !

Also, wanted to update and say I'm now Diamond with the Goddess of Love :)

I totally understand I play her with a semi-defensive/semi-offensive strategy. I love the guide regardless of our differing styles (lol) and I am so happy you made such an in depth guide for her. Thank you <3

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Thanks for the comment! I prefer to build as a support so that her presence can be better utilized in teamfights. I also generally only build , since doesn't have AOE healing like , , or to capitalize on Lotus Crown. is also good, but I usually prefer defensive items.

Sorry it is being stupid and removing my indents (forever apologizing for the evil wall)

] I am so so so happy to see an Aphrodite guide I can relate too! I am currently Mastery 9 with the Goddess of Love and am so happy to see the Winged Blade being included. I ran across this looking for a Bellona guide, and I just am so glad that you included it. I am not sure if you made mention of it, but the main reason I have always gone with Winged is just the fact it has a little of everything.

300 health gives you extra sustain, 10% cdr allows you to buy the stronger boots so you have lane clear around level 6 or 7, the attack speed may seem trivial, but I have gotten so many basic attack kills I don't want to hear it! The movement speed may be the main reason behind why most people think of using it with the passive, but I know from experience that Solo lane Aphro is nothing without the Winged Blade. Plus its cheap!

One thing I did want to make mention of though is your focus on supporting. I don't understand the objective of focusing so heavily on supporting items. I figure if you're able to play and juke effectively half of the items listed are usless. I personally start exactly the same with my first three items, but then if I am against a physical in solo lane will get Lotus first, then Asclepius for extra power/health/speed/team healing, and try to end it with Rod of Tahuti. If the team is more magic heavy/the solo laner is Chang'e or something then I will get Rod of Asclepius before lotus crown, but the fact that the crown gives 60 power, mp5, and extra protections in the passive ontop of base ones I think are essential. I would almost always get the Lotus.

Edit: If I don't get Lotus Crown I'll typically buy Spear of Magus or something cheap/efficient, if super fed with excess gold I'll occasionally buy Soul Reaver. I hope this can help in some way, it's just my little flare for my favorite god. Don't be turned away from her because she seems weak, she is under-rated and excels in mid-late game. Excellent guide Fem, glad to see it! :) -Vero

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Out of the current solo laners in the meta, who has slows? , true, but also

And that's just the meta. is obviously a counter to during the laning phase (although if he hits , his ganks can be effective), , , , , and all have slows. I see as good core stats plus a passive that helps in the majority of important matchups. Hence why I include it.

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wrote:

Great guide Fem! I like all its sections, very in depth (especially the matchups like dayum), however I'm going to have to argue against . was more efficient in S1 when CDR boots were definitively inferior to due to their lack of penetration. Now that neither have penetration, you need a really good reason to be using . Aphro neither needs the mana in solo lane since she has the buff nor the minimal extra power since she's not really an early game god.

is only at its maximum cost effectiveness when everything it provides is needed. Aphro has immunity to slows with when she needs it (since that item is pretty much a staple on her) and can easily obtain the max CDR from . Currently, just consider all the stats that you're paying for that are going unused. There's the 250 mana on which is nullified by blue buff and the mp5 from , there's the 10% attack speed on which will RARELY if at all be utilized and 's passive which is really only going to be helpful if you're being slowed constantly (eg: if you're laning against or someone similar).

All in all, while can be used, I don't believe it should be a core item. All else aside though, this is still a great guide :P +1 from me

Since I can see what Fem was aiming with this guide, I MAYBE able to describe why she got +, instead of a normal CD build ( Like I do most of the times) :

are good on since you don't have the potential to clear the buff for youself and you get tier 3 , resulting in being a target for counter-jungling. Also, until get's her second item ( whatever is it ) her lane clear is pretty bad, due to the inferior damage on .

Personally, I like and on , being a core item on ANY role I play her with ( Even in support. ( Yes this is a shameless warning that I'm building a aphro support guide ) ). I've enjoyed those cores so much I never thought about the item Fem pointed out, and I'm just really surprised on how well they bond with , giving her a edge on what she lacks : Solo-Lane Mobility.

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Thanks for the upvote! <3 Honestly, publishing this was just for criticism; I will be updating this to make it more refined and detailed.

The idea came from hearing from Adanas that was the most cost efficient item in the game. I thought about gods it could be used on, did the math, and figured out that you could build and still retain close to max CDR. It's all theorycrafting.

(56) |

Fem ... I got to say I disagree with you on A LOT of stuff, but ... never expected such a good guide from you. I, with more then a year's worth of experience with never thought about using on solo lane.

Some things I think it's worth including :
has a movement speed buff. This can help you and your team-mate to escape or chase a enemy if paired up with the slow on and a offensive .
can out-heal ANY god in the game with her healing. is a great counter-pick to a or solo lane, since it'll give you that extra healing.
is the best counter pick to for actives, since it let's you heal and denies the 40% ground speed "nerf".

+1 from me ! ^_^

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Roles

Pros / Cons

Skills

Items

Matchups

Early Game

Mid Game

Ganks

Late Game

Conclusion

Changelog

A Strong Bond! Aphrodite Conquest S2 (updated 6/10/2015)

Smite God: Aphrodite

Aphrodite Build

Starting Build

Core Items

Offensive Options

Defensive Options

Healing!

Actives

Aphrodite's Skill Order

Kiss

Back Off!

Love Birds

Undying Love

Introduction

Roles

Pros / Cons

Pros

Cons

Skills

Loving Embrace

Kiss

Back Off!

Love Birds

Undying Love

Items

Matchups

Early Game

Mid Game

Ganks

Late Game

Conclusion

Changelog

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