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Watcher's Gift
Shoes of Focus
Rod of Asclepius
Breastplate of Valor
Bulwark of Hope
Rod of Tahuti
Ethereal Staff
Potion of Magical Might
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hi there this is my 6th over all guide and it will be on Aphrodite the goddess of love and i will explain how she can fit into your team as either a Support in duo lane/ a solo lane pusher and or a mid carry/support
Pros:
+great Sustain with her Love Birds
+can share 30% of her mana gain from any source with soul mate thanks to her passiveLoving Embrace this works withmeditation and blue buff ect...
+Can be a life saver and hard counter to many gods with her ultimate Undying Love
+Can give her soul mate a strong steroid with Kiss
+Can do a lot of damage with her Back Off! and to the burst of her soul mate
+ Strong pusher with Love Birds
+ Back Off! has a knock back effect is she does not have a soul mate
Love Birds unlike other sustain type supports like 
Hel Back Off! can sometimes steal a kill by accidentPassive:Loving Embrace: you share 30% of your Mana Gain with your soul mate and this works with the activemeditation so having a high mana pool is great as you can recover a low Mana or OOM gods which can be a tide turner depending on the situation
in general: a fine passive which helps with mana issues this makes her a fair pick with 
Neith 
Xbalanque or 
Anhur
spell 1: Kiss: you throw a smooch/kiss that determines the soul mate it also stuns if it hits a enemy god and gives you and the soul mate a movement speed buff it will prioritize ally gods over enemy gods
Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana.
Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds.
in general:a fair spell that can be used to initiate or make sure that your Love Birds land max this last
spell 2: Back Off!: this spell is a short AoE push that deals good damage its size is rather small but it also slows and can be a life saver usually max it 2nd
Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana.
Cooldown: 12 seconds.
in general: good spell can be used to push enemy gods into creeps and similar if your careful
spell 3: Love Birds: you call forth a flock of doves that heal you and your soul mate while doing damage to any foe in the AoE
Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana.
Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds.
in general:your main skill maxed first all the time no questions asked it heals and deals damage in the form of a dot
spell 4: Undying Love:you make yourself and your soul mate immune to all CC and Damage for a short period of time (2 sec at max tank take 0.3 - 0.4 sec off of that for every rank in reverse]]
Cost: 100 mana.
Cooldown: 90/85/80/75/70 seconds.
in general:your ultimate this can counter many gods and ultimate spells so we get it when we can it also has a short CD on its own so with max CDR its somewhat 50 sec or less this spell can determine if your a good 
Aphrodite or a great one
here i will give a fast explanation on why my im using the items im using and some other item options
Watcher's Gift is a good support started item gives some sustain and helps us get gold faster Shoes of Focus they gives us magic power and CDR which we want Breastplate of Valor this item gives us a lot of mana to work with and this means meditation will bring back more mana which means our soul mate gets even more mana back him self Bulwark of Hope we need something to give us HP and magic Protections and this does just that its passive is also a life saver Rod of Tahuti obvious for its high AP values and passive Ethereal Staff gives us a lot of HP and some magic power and its Passive gives us even more magic power which we like
Pestilence is a good option if the enemy has healers or a lot of life steal or a hecules
Hide of the Nemean Lion this is a good pick up if the enemy team has a lot of AD type damage/burst
Sovereignty this is also a good pick up if your fine without the max CDR from Breastplate of Valor Shoes of Focus - for magic power and CDR
Book of Thoth - for its huge magic power boost and mana as well as MP5 it also works well with the Breastplate of Valor Rod of Asclepius - for above mentioned reasons gives 3 vital stats and a awesome passive aura Breastplate of Valor - for above reasons protections CDR Mana works with above item Book of Thoth Rod of Tahuti - again lots of magic power and its passive is even more magic power
Focused Void Stone - we usually need some magic protection but i like this item over other magic protection items as it gives protections but in solo lane your gonna get ganked a whole lot less then in mid so its batter to stack up the book there and since we need all the other items mentioned above we get its last but we can also instead of this get a Ethereal Staff instead if we can doge the enemy with our movement speed
Warlock's Ring are optional items to replace the breastplate of valor and depend on HP for survival along with jukes this also works well with a Ethereal Staff as the last item though this does give you a lot of HP and more magic power then the normal build above you will take more damage in case you go with this item get it 2nd instead of Book of Thoth and then get the Book of Thoth your 3rd item and adjust the build according to that
Poseidon or 
Mercury who have passive movement speed
Ymir way more scary as he goes in stuns hits his 2 and then your Back Off! hits those near him for 600 - 900 damage and then Love Birds would do about another 500 - 850 or so damage in dot
Vampiric Shroud - this is not a must have pick up but it can be great as it gives us a bit of everything we want but for the most part Love Birds can wipe creep waves and thus gives us awesome sustain with this Shoes of Focus - this is the item that we always get the boots that give us CDR and magic power Focused Void Stone - chances are you will have a magic power based god in mid this will help you with dealing with there burst while making everything else bothersome for them aka gives them a hard time vs you
Gem of Isolation - a great slow for you and with your skills makes you much harder to catch Rod of Asclepius - more speed HP magic power and healing all we needed at this point Rod of Tahuti - here comes the pain once this is done chasing you when your low can often catch you a kill if they walk into Love Birds and Back Off! Ethereal Staff - we get this if we need more HP or 
Chronos' Pendant or Breastplate of Valor if we need max cdr we also have the option of winged wand in case the enemy has a lot of slows this item can be a life saver in those types of situations
Polynomicon as the last item in case your team needs a hard carry and your the only one that can do it... just add a singe AA after every spell and time your spells with 2 sec gaps to make the most out of it
Spear of the Magus in case they build protections in fear of your great magic power this renders there protections useless since Love Birds are a DoT and thus are perfect for this item
Obsidian Shard in case they build 2 - 3 protection items or that there team is composed of heavy bruisers or more then 1 tank (usually 2) and a bruiser(usually 1) with 2 glass canon type gods (the ADC and Mid in most cases) your team can manage to focus the glass canons while your Love Birds shred there armors1- 
Eye of Providence - great pick up for solo lane keeps you safe from ganks its your job to get this if your in duo lane and its good to ward the mid neutrals to stay safe from ganks
2- 
Purification Beads - in case of heavy CC on enemy team
3- 
Aegis Amulet - combined with her ult this can make her immune for a long time in case she starts to get focused and blasted ect...
4- 
Heavenly Agility - for when the team needs to run
5- 
Combat Blink - for when you need to run as in from point A to point B in a instant
6- 
Creeping Curse - if you must for enemy healers or in case of strong chasers this can be a life saver
in case your playing support make sure to follow these rules:
1.You Shall Ward for your team with Eye of Providence and even some normal wards or sentry wards if you must but late game those are a must
2.You shall not take the kills from your carry no matter what happens unless your literally 100% sure that in no way will the enemy die without you taking it
3.You Shall not engage a fight unless the advantage is yours (fight is on your side of the lane wont get ganked by there jungler/ there not at full HP ect...)
4.You shall not split apart from your team unless its a part of plan or tactic otherwise you may be the reason for a defeat in a game that could have been a victory
Love Birds when you need to aka to either push(when you need to push) or when you need the actual heal dont spam the spell or poke with it to much early Kiss then Love Birds in case they were near you or your soul mate while linked hit Back Off! Back Off! only works when you dont have a soul mate and when your linked only originates from the soul mate so be careful to not get mixed up Polynomicon and are doing the carry sort of role for reasons unknown to me (maybe your team is simply bad) in that case as mentioned above make 2 sec gaps between all spells and max CDR if you can it can help you keep/get Polynomicon every 2 or so secReally dont its in your job description but in case you dont know were to ward here are some general spots:
1. near the path that leads to your blue buff/lane
2. near the GF/FG and mid neutrals
3 the enemy sided versions of the above 2
4. in case there counter warding you can put rank 3 Eye of Providence wards behind the walls of the FG/GF to ward those directly as they ignore walls in there vision
5. you can use the above no.4 type warding with the red buff and other speed buff camps as they let you see through those walls and can help avoid counter warding to a degree
Aphrodite is a very good support pick and is a often underestimated mid and solo pick and i would advise her to you if your interested in learning a easy 2 learn but hard 2 master support i hope my guide helps you i will at a latter time put links to my other guides here as well and ill update those since we now have some new items ill be doing this as i develop and test new builds and such...
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