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Warrior Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Warrior Tabi
Devourer's Gauntlet
Jotunn's Wrath
Brawler's Beat Stick
The Executioner
Qin's Sais
Warrior Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Titan's Bane
Asi
Brawler's Beat Stick
Qin's Sais
Y
B
A
X
You ever see something for the first time, and just weep at the sight of its immense beauty? For some, they weep at the sight of a girl's immense booty. When I first saw 
Cupid's kit, I immediately spent 3000 favor, because he was just so balanced. Now, his kit... GOT BUFFED! IceColdPappsi back here to bring you a Cupid guide.
Cupid is so easy to use, I might have to remove the "For Dummies" part of the title.
Pros
- So much CC
- Fast and safe Dash
- Team Heal
- OK Clear
- Great Team Fight Potential
- Utility for days
Cons
- Squishy
- Mid to Late Game
- Only 2 Damaging Abilities
- Hard Combo
Get ready.
Passive: 
Lovestruck
This is a buff that stacks. Each basic attack gives you a stack, and when at 8 stacks, your 1 and ult have added effects. Each stack increases your 1 and ult's damage and your 2's healing by 2%. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THIS BOOST!
Heart Bomb Share The Love Flutter Fields Of Love Heart Bomb and a few basics, then your ult will mesmerize them, then you 1 will stun them, meaning that they aren't mesmerized anymore, allowing you to kill them with basics. Its optimal that you don't have full stacks when you throw your ult, but that you do have full stacks when you fire your 1.
Now, after reading the above abilities, it may seem like Cupid is a support in disguise. I mean, that kit tho. Time to do him his hunter justice.
Build 1: Parasitic Marriage
It is time to reveal the inevitable truth: people get married and have kids. That's why you're here reading, and why I'm here making this guide. But it is no easy task. It drains you of your mental, physical, and financial stability. This build is here to hopefully get you back and running. If you are true to the ADC name, then this build is perfect. Jotunn's Wrath is there for the basic cooldown reduction and flat penetration. Brawler's Beat Stick is there to reduce the healing of the enemies. The Executioner will help you in the penetration department. Qin's Sais will be your last item to help with your damage against more tankier opponents that are standing between you and your deicide. Lastly, Devourer's Gauntlets is there to increase you lifesteal. However, if you don't know what ADC means, and therefore can't be one, then Asi is there to give more benefits to keep you alive long enough to get another kill. Asi will give you 40% lifesteal when you reach low health. Titan's Bane is a great alternative to The Executioner, as you do not need to stack on the penetration.
Warrior Tabi for power, 
Transcendence for early game mana and power lead, Jotunn's Wrath for cooldown, Titan's Bane for penetration, and 
Malice and 
Deathbringer for that massive crit damage. It is essential to build stacks as early as possible to really boost your damage. Not much changes in the Feeding except for two items. 
Rage to give you more crit chance, and Wind Demon can replace Deathbringer if you are having trouble catching up with your enemies.
Odysseus' Bow chains lightning, Qin's Sais will help shred those health points on tanks and beefy warriors. Lastly, with full attack speed, you can hit more basics with less penalty, proccing The Executioner a lot more. But then you start drinking more. Right now, you're drunk outta your mind, so you really need help with kills. 
Hastened Fatalis will increase your movement speed for hitting basics, almost making it seem as if you're moving twice as fast as them.
True love is adorable
Spoiler: Click to viewThank you for reading through this guide. Hopefully, you have fallen in love with Cupid's kit as much as I have. If you would like, please check out my guides on Agni, Ravana, and Mercury. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please do so in a respective manner. No one needs your sass. Lastly, if you're ever feeling down after getting wrecked so hard in a match, reevaluate yourself while you're drinking a tall glass of IceColdPappsi.
I would like to thank DucksRocks and Branmuffin17 for slapping some sense into me.
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first of all, you telling bran to "just change the build in game" is just completely disrespectful and is one of the wrost answers you could have come up with. that is why i downvoted before seeing your responce.
your build includes: building stacks at the 3rd slot, and
you have no attack speed. at all. you use double lifesteal, your second build is legit full of item combinations on hunters that should never be done ever.
your tough love build is actually better, but why don't you build trans first and where's the lifesteal? plus,
and tbh, bran covered everything perfectly. but you threw that review out the window. sorry if this was unpleasant, but i despise that response of "just change the build in game". your just refusing to recognize the many issues with these builds, which is horrible.
The meta is helpful. The meta is formed for a specific god or class because it's effective, specifically at the high-end level of pros. Consider that most of these players do a lot of research, with trial & error to figure out what works best for the specific god and their playstyle. That said, the meta isn't the only way to be effective, especially in more casual settings. And that's where the problem with the meta lies. There are those that don't have an open mind, and feel that if you don't build the meta way, you suck, or your build isn't viable, or whatever. That's not me.
I also understand that you don't want your build to just be cookie-cutter like everything else. I've talked to others that felt the same way, and even I feel that way a lot of the time. A prime example is my
When I provide feedback, I try to be helpful, and I try to respond positively, as I'm not trying to hurt people's feelings. I've been playing the game quite a while, and I've thought about builds, and talked with others a ton, so my understanding of the basics and mechanics is generally pretty solid, I think. I've written guides and have definitely gotten some feedback, not all of it positive. I use it to increase my understanding, and I ask questions when I don't know something...it's definitely helped me over time.
So my feedback on your builds was already pretty open-minded...I didn't just dismiss
It's absolutely okay to not follow the meta, but when making guides, the point is to still be as helpful to others as possible. When looking to help beginners, providing them with a build is already the main step in making the process easier for them. But building
there are a lot of flaws in these builds, which gets new players to use them. once they dont work, they turn to reddit for advice. you can imagine what happens next.
Oh, and Pappsi, 38.
I see you're starting to produce a bunch of guides...this is the first one I've looked at, but I can also take a look at others if you'd like.
You may or may not agree with my comments...just understand that I'm here to help, and am not trying to insult or otherwise put down your builds...just offering my opinion.
You haven't indicated (or I've missed it) which mode(s) this is for, but for now I'll assume it's universal...just so you know where I'm coming from.
If you DO specifically adapt this for Conquest, you really want to add starting items...usually
In teamfight modes (e.g. Arena/Clash/Assault), I definitely build
With regard to your skill leveling, in pretty much any mode, you're going to want to level
Parasitic Marriage Fed Build
That said, in pretty much any mode,
As for the rest of your items...well, they're all nice with regard to power and pen, but I don't think it's optimal. Now that his attack speed steroid (though low) is a passive effect from his
Also...definitely don't go
How I'd see this build going, using Jotunn's and no Devo's:
With Devo's:
Parasitic Marriage Feeding Build
This one is a yikes. You're just not going to be very effective when 3 of your items have 0 power.
Tough Love (both builds)
Just like the idea with
Not sure what's going on, but in these builds, you have 0 lifesteal items...you went the other direction!!! Lifesteal is great when you're boxing...maybe you're looking to burst the enemy down, and then heal up later with
Drunken Booty Call (both builds)
I like you putting in some humor in your guide. Always appreciate humor. I can DEFINITELY tell you that being drunk SLOOOOOWS you down...not speeds things up. Way slower reaction time. See my
That said, the point of a build shouldn't ever be to skim the attack speed cap...it should always be about DPS. It's good that you're not overcapping on either build, but I'm just not sure
Also...you're making this a hybrid build...you've still got
You have
Also...in your Feeding build, you have both
Any basic attack build should be centered around either
I like your effort, but I see some definite room for improvement in the builds. If you have questions or want further feedback on any of the details I've provided, please let me know and I'll try to explain.
I can understand not gearing toward Conquest, at which point, items like
I will point out that I very much prefaced my comments by saying they're my opinion. And I also didn't just look at your build and said they could be changed. I read what you wrote on them too.