Anubis-Gatekeeper of the Dead S4

Hi my name is Aaronsharkgo2 and I'm an Anubis main. Over the past year my experience and understanding of Anubis allows me to understand what he is useful for. So today I'm gonna introduce you to items that are invaluable to Anubis. Beginners tips and Advance tips. Grab a noob who wants to learn Anubis. I'm sure he'll/she'll be able to figure out counter building and Anubis' strengths and weaknesses so without further ado here's Anubis Egyptian God of Death (Also I love him to death.) Anubis is a mage that focuses on doing a lot of damage output. Though defensively weak, it is possible for Anubis to hold his ground due to his lifesteal and damage. Anubis is also very immobile due to the face he has no escapes. Anubis is a burst mage meaning he's very good at taking out targets through his abilities combined.

This is Anubis' passive Sorrow. Sorrow is NEEDED on Anubis because one his protections are **** and two he scales off lifesteal a little. Here's what the passive does: All of Anubis' abilities steal Physical and Magical Protection from the target and he gains increased Scaling to his item-based Magical Lifesteal. In addition, Sorrow grants Anubis an additional 30% reduction to all Crowd Control durations. When Anubis steals the protections he adds them onto himself for a duration allowing him to survive 1v1's easier.
One of the reasons Anubis does a ton of damage, Plague of Locust enters his kit with a bizarrely short range yet large cone in front of him. Unlike most mages Anubis doesn't simply burst down a opponent. Burst means to quickly and efficiently deal LARGE amounts of damage to a single opponent. Instead all of Anubis' damaging abilities are in ticks. Plague of Locust doesn't reach very far, but the cone is almost a complete 180 degrees meaning anybody who is circling you isn't going to come unscathed. You can rotate during the channel.
Damage:35/50/60/80/95(+40% of your total magical power) if all ticks hit then Damage:210/300/390/480/570(+240% of magical power). Play Video

This is Anubis' setup ability Mummify. This is a one of the best stuns in the game capping at 2 seconds max. Not only if the opponent doesn't have purification, if a smart Anubis decides to use this he ain't going to combo you instead he wants to bait out your purification so he dish out the pain. Remember if a opponent has purification BAIT it out FIRST! You don't want to end up in a sloppy situation. Mummify is also a skill shot stun so careful aiming and timing is required to be good at Anubis. Take note this ability applies a stack of Sorrow. Play Video

Grasping Hands is Anubis' 2nd main damaging ability. It does tick damage like Plague of Locust, but it's a large ranged area of effect slow as well. Grasping hands will slow and do damage allowing this ability to do more overall damage thanks to the slow. Use grasping hands when you mummify a target to do very good overall damage.
Damage:25/40/55/70/85 per tick (+35% of Total magical power), if all ticks hit Damage:100/160/220/280/340 (+140% of total magical power)
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The Anubis ult his bread and butter the one thing everyone should fear Death Gaze enters Anubis kit as his MOST damaging and brutal ability of his entire kit. If all of his ticks hit on this ability he can essential One shot squishy enemies and kill a huge chunk of a tank's health. When using this ability he roots himself and gives himself CC Immunity. If you mummify someone use this ability to hit almost all of your ticks and probably get a kill.
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: Bancroft's Talon is essential on Anubis. The lifesteal it gives you is amazing while be 13% less than Pythagorem's Piece , but the passive is what makes it shine. As Anubis takes damage you become more powerful for every 1% health missing you gain 1 magical power. This passive allows a low health Anubis to turn around a situation that normally would have killed him due to his increase power and lifesteal. This item should be on all Anubis' in my opinion.
: Oh Swagni blessing us with this trinket. Pythagorem's Piece is a direct upgrade of Bancroft's Talon stat wise due to the aura this thing actual gives 90 magical power and 25% lifesteal with 10% cooldown, but I say this should be combined with Bancroft's Talon why? Well one Bancroft's Talon increases your power when you are taking damage. Pythagorem's Piece can allow you to regain most of your health due to the fact Bancroft's Talon is also in play. A Turn around can be achieved almost every time with both of these guys. So go ahead give them both a try, if your not amazed then go play someone else.
: This item is beginner friendly for all coming Anubis players. Though this should not be underestimated as this will increase Anubis' health and power for every stack he gets. He gains 100 stacks for a grand total of +300 HP and +60 magical power, but combined with the raw stats it gives. This item gives you +600 HP and +110 Magical Power!! Wow. This item should be used if you are expected to be focused on or if you feel you need increase survivability.
: This item is to give Anubis a extra "bite" in his power. Due to Anubis' being a mage his mana pool is obviously very high, so Book of Thoth converts 3% of his mana into magical power. Not bad, recommended for beginners, but I find it useful when combined with Warlock's Sash. Also remember stacking both Warlock's and Book of Thoth is expensive and if you lose your lane you'll fall behind on stats and stacks, do not attempt double stacking unless you can rely on your team to help you out and your own skills.
: A must have boot on Anubis. It gives him a little bit of everything plus Cooldown Reduction. Don't have much else to say.

: Need I say more? Rod of Tahuti is basically a **** load of power! Giving you so much power that when you had 567 Magical power it rose to 734. I'm serious get this thing your life will depend on your damage output and Rod of Tahuti gives you the magical power you need to dish the pain.
: This item complements well with Anubis' stealing protections passive, but this reduces magical defense instead of stealing it so Anubis won't gain protections. But! His tick damage will be insane due to your passive and this thing reducing 30 Magical protections at max stacks. This is a must have on tick damage gods like Anubis.
: This item is decent providing you a great amount of physical protections, but remember ONLY build defense items on mages if a enemy hunter is building little to no pen. If they are building a lot of pen ditch this item as most likely the defense increase will be non existence. The mana increase and cooldown reduction is nice especially if building Book of Thoth.
:Outdated Needs to be replaced. Build Dynasty Plate Helm early on now.

: Chronos' Pendant. This item is straight forward and not mechanical confusing. Chronos Pendant allows your abilities to be on a low cooldown being 20%! That's half of the maximum cooldown allowed in the normal game. Offering decent power and mana this item can be considered if you really need your abilities more.

: Welcome to our last stop (I will not discuss obsidian as it's kinda obvious what it does.) Now then Divine Ruin is a absolute must if your support decides not to get pestilence. I don't know why your support won't get it, but anyway Divine Ruin reduces the healing a enemy can do. So if an Aphro is healing her tank like crazy, buying this will reduce her effectiveness really hard due to him getting 40% less healing if your abilities hit. Do not buy this item if your support bought Pestilence, Weakening Curse OR your warrior bought Brawler's Beat Stick.


: Hide of the Urchin is one of the best defensive options I've picked in Anubis in such a long time. Sure it may lack a decent passive in the fact all it does is give you +3 protections per kill. (Stacks up 10 times so +30 Protections) But this item gives Anubis over 90+ protections his magical armor is usually 108 while his physical goes to 96 it's a VERY good defensive item on Anubis. I've learn that my experience at playing Anubis is relying on my teammates to protect me. Which is still true, but now I'm buying one defensive item as mages now and I have to say, best choice ever. Anubis gets so much more tankier with Hide and combined with the 600+ health benefit of a fully stack Warlock's and his lifesteal, Anubis is really nearly unkillable. Sure with enough burst he can die, but it will be a lot harder considering he has more burst due to the fact his entire kit combos so well.


: Looks like someone wants me to talk about this. Well here are my thoughts on Gem of Isolation. YES! It does confirm much needed ticks like Plague of Locust and a easier to hit ultimate due the slow, but what else can it do. Other than the benefit of 300+ HP and some more mana, this item has really no other uses. Yes, you can considerate it in your build, but most often than not there are better items that can really increase your damage output. Although I won't deny it's usefulness once you know how to step up your kills and how to aim your ult, it's really kind of useless. I mean sure you can probably land all ticks with your ultimate with that, but in my opinion it's not a good item over some of the other ones I mention. HOWEVER You can considerate it anytime you want. It does has it's uses specifically with your ult slowing and your 3 slowing by 50%. I cannot deny yes it does make you do more damage by allowing you to hit more ticks, it just comes down to personal preference. I do not personally build it, but you can build it if you want. It's not too shabby of a item.
Book of The Dead: The Book of the Dead is an amazing item that is one of the most valuable items on Anubis. While I am personally biased toward Bancroft's I cannot deny. This item can replace Bancroft's altogether, any excess life you heal through lifesteal gives you a shield of that's 20% of your maximum health. Now if you cannot tell your Core build should consist of Warlock's, Bancroft's, Shoes of Focus, and a defensive item. However if you replace said Bancroft's with this you realize Warlock's effectively ups the shield's life by a huge margin. +600 HP on Anubis with either a Mantle or Hide of Urchin combine with the shield gives Anubis surprising bulk. This allows him easily turn around situations where he may have died. I can recall many times where the shield saved my life in a 1v2 situation and because of this I was able to get out alive with a double kill. This item is truly amazing and this can really help more than the power Bancroft's gives when you're low.

Introducing Rituals

Learning to Anubis. Well my friend you came to the right stop, here I will show you the basis of what to do and not to do as Anubis as well as things to do if your starting brand new.

Tip 1
Anubis should start off with a level in his Grasping Hands using his Plague of Locust for wave clear is a very stupid idea. Plague of Locust roots Anubis and the enemy could take advantage of his root. Keep your distance and use your Grasping Hands and level it first if you want wave clear.

Tip 2
Starting out with Anubis, it's surprising not being able to move with your abilities. Your 1 and 4 roots you in place for the duration of the ability. Right click to cancel it and be on your way.

Tip 3
Anubis' should keep their distance in teamfights and use their 2 and 3 to help out the
team. Use your 2 to stun important enemies (ADC,Tanks,and Mages) and combo it up with your 3 (avoid using your 1 and 4 in teamfights as the enemy team could take advantage of the fact your rooted. The Right time to ult is when the enemy are focused on the tanks and ignoring you. Right Click to get out of the ult and run afterwards if you get a kill.)

Tip 4
Anubis can be very damaging if use your ability properly. In teamfights keep your distance and when you land your 2 use your 3 on top of the stunned foe and deal a ton of damage.


Tip 5
If your forced into a corner and death is unavoidable try to deal as much damage as possible by placing your 3 under your feet and 1ing. Any warrior or melee assassin will have to come to kill you causing considerable damage if anything your assassin will get the kills.

Trick 1
Anubis is a force to be reckon with. In the right hands he is deadly. When in a teamfight catch a enemy off guard by going behind them through the jungle path this allows you to kill the squishy gods and stay alive (hopefully). Remember killing a mage or Hunter is going to offer your team a HUGE advantage due to their damage dealers well being dead.

Trick 2
If you have a tank with High CC. Communicate and tell them to help you cc combo, use your 2,3 and when that tank uses his stun,root, anything to stop the target from moving fire your ult and land most of your ticks. Remember kids teamwork will get you far in this game.

Trick 3
Punish people who are making mistakes. Okay basically if someone dashes towards you and he's the enemy punish them for going in with your team. A stun and a grasping hands is more than enough to kill that person if your hunter and guardian are with you. Poking them with your 3 will also either force a healer to waste mana (Chang'e, Hel, Aphro have healing skills. Isis does too, but it's unreliable.)

Trick 4
If you suspect a enemy assassin to jump you. Place your 3 under your feet, it will discourage assassins from jumping you because your hands will hurt and also combine with your 2 and 1 you can completely counter a gank.

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