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Warlock's Staff
Shoes of Focus
Bancroft's Talon
Chronos' Pendant
Rod of Tahuti
Spear of the Magus
Gem of Isolation
Book of Thoth
Void Stone
Breastplate of Valor
Combat Blink
Greater Aegis
Aegis Pendant
Greater Purification
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Hey everyone! I'm OMGASIA, casual Smite addict. While I know how to enjoy all casual game modes, I mostly play Joust and Arena. I’ve decided to start getting basic guides up for new Gods as they are released so there is a starting point for players who weren’t able to test them on the PTS. This isn't meant to be a definitive end all be all on 
Ah Puch. This is the way I've enjoyed playing him so far, and possibly others will enjoy as well!
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5/2/2015
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As HiRez should feel bad for releasing this stupidly broken god. But we all know they don't, they have been doing this since 2008! This one though is really Puching the limit of being OP. He is so ridiculously broken that he has no problem holding off 3 people on his own in Joust while teammates reconnect or respawn. Ungankable(it's a word!), unzonable(it's also a word!), easy sustain, anti-healing, huge burst. Why I am not even sure something so unbalanced needs a guide in the first place.
Good guide for what it's worth still!
After that I build book of Thoth. The mana lets you spam abilities constantly for damage or sustain using your passive. Once you hit mid game with this item you can actually regain mana by using your undead surge and picking up the corpses. When you get ganked or otherwise caught in close quarters this can be very useful as picking up the corpses will heal you and reduce cooldown so you can just keep hitting them over and over while constantly healing yourself.
Anyway back to items, then I go for Rod of Tahuti. It is the clear winner in terms of boosting raw power so that stays the same of course. But after that I actually go for ethereal rod. At this point you have a lot of extra health already from warlock's sash so when I actually run the numbers with its passive and considering the mana it gives which will play into book of Thoth's passive, picking up ethereal rod at this point actually increases my magic power more than most traditional damage items, plus it significantly increases your survivability. Makes getting in close for an ult much easier, and people who focus you won't be able to get a kill as quickly as they expect, often not at all.
Then I end the build with something like gem of isolation. Like you said, the passive works really well with Ah Puch's ult, plus it also gives both mana and health, which both give you additional magic power now with Thoth and Ethereal.
The obvious downside to this build of course is that there is no cooldown reduction. I have found myself wanting shorter cooldowns when I've used this build in arena, but It hasn't really hurt me too much in conquest. Also there's no spear of the magus, which perhaps reduces his burst damage a bit. But I've felt like it's been worth it so far to have the surviveability that comes with ethereal. You have to get in close for max effect on your ult and spamming undead surge and fleeting breath while picking up the corpses (for essentially 60% cooldown reduction and constant max health scaling heals during a fight) can be pretty potent, especially with the slow on undead surge. Anybody have thoughts on that? Also I'm not an expert player either. I've played no more than 10 matches as him so far, but in my last pvp games I went 8-2-12 and I think 5-0-something.
Up vote for that pun about corpses
Haha thanks! I have a weak spot for horrible puns.
I like building soul stone first, vampiric shroud is recommened. But when you get soul stone you can out push players very fast. This works very well with Ap Puch due his passive to keep sustaining. Then I'l like to build book of thoth or shoes of the magi. I do not build shoes of focus because in battle you have to spam your 1, 3 explode or pick them up wich descreases the cd on your first. Book of thoth is very good, it gives you much power. Then I'd like to build bancroft's talon or chronos pendant, situational first. If you have trouble with warriors or other tanky gods get spear of the magus first otherwise get rod of tahuti. That's what I do. Sorry for the bad english :D.
Since I don't play conquest I personally tend to not get starter items. The gold rollout in the other modes is high enough that I prefer to just go for the stacking items and get them going. I also tend to get a pen piece 3rd or 4th, since usually I don't run into issues with tanks really early game. But that could be because I play with a group of friends so we work together really well.
Been checking out this god today. Definitely very into him. I have been building: (if no pen is needed)
Shoes (Either Focus or Magi, I like both on him) --> Chronos Pendant --> Book of Thoth --> Warlock Sash --> Rod of Tahuti --> Ethereal Staff
Obviously if Pen is needed, I don't use Ethereal Staff and get Spear 4th.
So, like you, I noticed he is both mana hungry and squishy with no escape. With a build like this, it boosrs his Mana (and in turn his spell power) as well as his health (which then will also add to his spell power).
This net me around 2975 Health and around 825 unbuffed Spell Power (With Magi). His cool downs are pretty short with Chronos.
As Zilby mentioned, Pen is extremely important. Even on gods who don't build any defenses, they have natural defenses and you'll want a pen piece. You'll do more damage with one pen piece than you would with an extra damage piece and no pen.
As far as build order, when stacking I like to build my stacking pieces all in the first three. This way you get scary earlier in the game. If I'm concerned about health I build warlock's sash first. It also lets you start stacking sooner since it required 100 and
Depending on how the game is going I would get the next stacking piece second, or shoes second. Whichever of those two I don't grab I'd get third. With your last pieces I'd go
I love that you can make such good guides for such new gods! That said, doesn't
To Roboctopus:
You should probably build Warlock's Stash first. Not only does it need more stacks to build, you also gain more damage through the Stash's stacks (60 damage compared to ~24).
Thank you! I felt like this one was rushed since I had next to no time to play with him. Generally I'd like to have an alternate build or two (I may still toss one up, we'll see.) I'm glad it's still helpful!
As far as
Obviously if Pen is needed, I don't use Ethereal Staff and get Spear 4th.
Dude, pen is so important to your damage output you don't even understand. Get penetration if you want to do damage, please, I beg of you.
To Roboctopus:
You should probably build Warlock's Stash first. Not only does it need more stacks to build, you also gain more damage through the Stash's stacks (60 damage compared to ~24).