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i really like getting the pestilence as early as i possibly can, if you need more phis early i rush breastplate or get a midgard if i really need one. you can pick up a glad shield if you really want one but i think breastplate or midgard do alot more against adcs. sov is always an option too the hp is nice.
I've put close to 1200 hours into Achilles over the last couple months, i currently play him in diamond joust and plat conquest. he is my main and favorite god so i wanted to share how i play him and some of the builds I've been having success with. i hope it proves helpful. the guide is mainly for conquest but these should totally work in joust or slash too, Achilles cannot die.
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Suggested Support build for Achilles: War Banner > Prophetic > Void Shield > Oni's > (Glorious) Pridwen > Runebreaking Hammer
Instead of Sunder get Blink.
Axe Solo Suggested build: Sundering Axe > Jotunn's Vigor > Glad Shield > Oni's > Void Shield > Archdruid/Binding/Fill
Bluestone Solo Suggested build: Corrupted/Brooch > Glad Shield > Prophetic > Genji's > Void Shield > Archdruid/Binding/Fill
Building Heartseeker with no power items except starter is not worth it. Just go Brawlers if you want a raw damage item.
Flameforged isn't really worth it on Achilles, your only CC is a 1 second stun. It's better on gods like Shiva.
if im playing him in sup i absolutely need 40% cdr, you can get it with tiki but i like it in the build. runebreaking is solid specially with the health and passive its a support ish item i just prefer the full defense.
the rest of this is just random thoughts.
the reason i get hammer instead of jotuns is partly because i get my cooldown elsewhere with breastplate and pridwin, jotuns vigor healing is really nice in the laning phase but falls off hard late game (NOT THAT THIS ITEM IS EVER BAD) where hammer is good all game. the real value i feel comes from hitting both of my 3s on them while they're stunned if your fast you can pull it off and it makes his poke way more scary it also procs with your stone of binding every time since you only have 1 cc ability. its also good in team fights.
ps. you're right about heartseeker, peep the blue stone build again, someone else told me something similar the other day, my eyes have been opened to soul eater Achilles. i was going heartseeker partly for the mana sustain but that was just dumb so im sorry to anyone who built that, i also think i had proph first which was really really bad
Achilles' abilities have very good scaling for a warrior. Many of the other warriors' scaling (and guards) is going to be lower...usually 60s or below. Achilles has 80% in his 1 and 90% in his 2 (if counting both hits), so he's definitely one of the gods that can benefit more from building at least 1 or 2 damage items in an otherwise tanky build.
Consider also his power increase from his 2 is a % increase, so it's nice that way if you want to build more power.