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If against physical Solo laner choose "Brawler's Beat Stick", if against magical Solo laner choose "Pestilence"
Choose this item if the god is naturally a strong character but is not build a defence
Build "Titan's bane" if you are not taking damage, build "Void Shield" if you are taking damage.
If you are dying incredibly quickly press "y" to see who is dealing the damage if it is a physical god build "Breastplate of Valor" if it is a physical god build "Bulwark of Hope"
Tap each threat level to view Achilles’s threats
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1. This build is too squishy for the Solo lane.
2. Achilles doesn't exactly needs CDR on his build, so you can skip items like Breastplate of Valor and Jotunn's Wrath.
3. Combat Dodge and Radiant Glory should be your priorities, and not Shield of Achilles.
An example-generic build would look something like this:
Gladiator's Shield > Warrior Tabi > Blackthorn Hammer > Void Shield > Runic Shield > Hide of the Urchin > Spirit Robe > Masamune.
3. Combat Dodge and Radiant Glory should be your priorities, and not Shield of Achilles.
I thought priority was Combat Dodge > Shield of Achilles > Radiant Glory > Fatal Strike ?
Anyway Shield of Achilles is still useful for waveclear (are you sure the power from radiant glory outweighs the extra damage from ranking shield of achilles?)
Also not to mention that you don't put further points into the ult so it's not like you would max Radiant glory that late in the levelling I proposed.
At least for jungle you would use my levelling priority surely?
Its because I started playing more with him and realized how busted this ability is. The buff only made it better.
I won't deny that its useful for waveclear, but Achilles' early clear is trash no matter what.
And the main reason I prioritize Radiant Glory is the healing and protections, the power is secondary.
Yes, since Shield of Achilles will be your main clear in jungle and you won't be fighting that often for Radiant Glory to be useful. You could also do something similar to Pele and Da Ji and put 2 points in Shield of Achilles to help with early clear and then prioritize Combat Dodge afterwards.
Its because I started playing more with him and realized how busted this ability is. The buff only made it better.
Not just the ability buff but the extra health in the build from building blackthorn. Achilles was fine but Hi Rez decided "lets buff Achilles" because why the hell not. Probably had a skin released when the buff came as well.
You could also do something similar to Pele and Da Ji and put 2 points in Shield of Achilles to help with early clear and then prioritize Combat Dodge afterwards.
Why would you do that? Surely you have better clear with 2 abilities, and not 1? Even 1 combat dodge on it's own is surely better for clear than just putting an extra point at level 2 for shield of achilles.
Not just the ability buff but the extra health in the build from building blackthorn. Achilles was fine but Hi Rez decided "lets buff Achilles" because why the hell not. Probably had a skin released when the buff came as well.
Knight of Mordred was released that time, I believe.
"You could also do something similar to Pele and Da Ji and put 2 points in Shield of Achilles to help with early clear and then prioritize Combat Dodge afterwards." - why would you do that? Surely you have better clear with 2 abilities, and not 1? Even 1 combat dodge on it's own is surely better for clear than just putting an extra point at level 2 for shield of achilles.
I don't think I made myself clear.
With Pele and Da Ji I put two points in their clear abilities before level 5, but prioritize the other damage ability after that.
Pele:
First 5 levels: Magma Rush > Pyroclast > Eruption > Pyroclast > Volcanic Lightning.
Skill Order: Volcanic Lightning > Eruption > Pyroclast > Magma Rush.
Da Ji:
First 5 levels: One Thousand Cuts > Horrible Burns > Trickster Spirit > One Thousand Cuts > Paolao.
Skill Order: Horrible Burns > One Thousand Cuts > Paolao > Trickster Spirit.
So, my skill order for Achilles jungle would be:
First 5 levels: Shield of Achilles > Combat Dodge > Radiant Glory > Shield of Achilles > Fatal Strike.
Skill Order: Combat Dodge > Shield of Achilles > Radiant Glory > Fatal Strike.
Does it make sense now?
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2. Achilles doesn't exactly needs CDR on his build, so you can skip items like Breastplate of Valor and Jotunn's Wrath.