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Healing Potion
Reinforced Greaves (Deleted)
Mystical Mail
Void Stone
Pythagorem's Piece
Sovereignty
Stone of Gaia
Cloak of Meditation
Healing Potion
Reinforced Greaves (Deleted)
Gauntlet of Thebes
Mystical Mail
Void Stone
Pythagorem's Piece
Sovereignty
Cloak of Meditation
Healing Potion
Reinforced Greaves (Deleted)
Gauntlet of Thebes
Wall of Absolution
Void Stone
Gem of Isolation
Pythagorem's Piece
Cloak of Meditation
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Purification Beads
I found when playing Ares It is best to take Meditation. This will allow you to go into any fight knowing that you won't run out of Mana and Ares really does use a lot of Mana, especially when using Shackels three times to initiate a Fight.
By building Ares with Aura items you will become a serious essential to you team. Not only will you be giving your team Buffs from your items, but you will also be granting your team major Resist with Bolster Defenses.
Healing Potion Healing Potion's combined with Health Buff can fix you up from the edge of death. Ares simply because in fights you will use a tonne of Mana. Casting Shackels three times allows you to deal some serious Damage but is your main Mana consuming ability. Ares isn't any exception. They offer great Movement Speed and both forms of Resist. Ares as it gives early Physical Resist and an Aura which will aid your passive whilst helping you clear minion waves and Health Buff. This item should be took second when laning up against Physical Damage dealing gods. Void Stone Pythagorem's Piece Ares' passive whilst increasing the amount of damage you will be able to pull off. Not only will it increase your damage but it will also increase the Magical Power of your fellow team mates. An alternative to this item is Warlocks sash although as Ares it can be quite hard to farm the 80 marks and it doesn't actually offer as much damage as this item does when hes Passive comes into play. Sovereignty Gem of Isolation. Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia will give you that crazy HP5 that every Tank needs. This item will round of your build and will enable you to enter a fight, come out of it alive and to then simply regen your health back. I prefer to take this item of Gauntlet of Thebes because the gauntlets require the user to get last hits and with Ares' lack of minion clearance this can pose very hard. Gem of Isolation Searing Flesh to further slow the enemy for an even longer duration. Gauntlet of Thebes Stone of Gaia as no more Hp5 is needed. Wall of Absolution Ares' passive. Although this item doesnt give an Aura it is still very good to get as focusing Aura item entirly isn't viable. It will give you some MP5 and and a nice amount of Physical Resist.Meditation
An awesome ability to take and an almost essential is Meditation. Take it on personal preference. I personally like to always have mana or know that if I go into a fight i will have Meditation to pop so as I can actually still cast skills. It will really help you in the laning phase by increasing your sustain, almost doubling the amount of time you can stay in your lane.
Heavenly Agility No Escape. One of the problems we all encounter when trying to hit 5 enemies with No Escape is the fact that enemies RUN like babies! Heavenly Agility allows you to run into the enemy team unexpectedly fast and almost 5 pick ups at a time!
Blessed Presence (Passive) Shackles Bolster Defenses Shackles you have currently landed. Shackles as possible. Searing Flesh Gem of Isolation then cast this after casting Shackles as you will benefit from a double slow. Gem of Isolation then hit the enemy with as many Shackles as possible and then cast this straight away. Your damage even though playing a tank will be quite significant. No Escape No Escape is seriously hurt by Purification Beads no doubt about it, however it doesnt render Ares' ultimate useless. Purification Beads has a 120 second cooldown/ No Escape has a 90 second cooldown. This means that after casting No Escape the enemy will be forced to use their Purification Beads. Now, in 90 seconds you will have a 30 second window in which No Escape can be cast again whilst Purification Beads are on cooldown still. This is very Important to keep in mind during the early laning phase as it's very easy to keep track of which enemy has used what and what their cooldows are. Ares' can lane with so many people. Simply pick up the enmy and place them right down infornt of your lane partner ready for your teammate to pull of what ever combo they need to.
Ares' Passive. Although this build has a lot of Aura items they aren't there to simply focus on he's passive. Although there are a lot of alternative Tank items, there are a lot of Aura Tanky items that are just as good... With Auras that simply put your passive to use, so why not use them.
Mystical Mark
Stone of Gaia with Gauntlet of Thebes and build them earlier on. If you are good at Farming then this build might be more appropriate to you. Gauntlet of Thebes give you a huge amount of Health whilst granting you decent HP5.
Wall of Absolution is used to to be used as both a Tanky yet Damaging item. It lowers the Magical Resist of physical enemys whilst building some Physical Resist. Beings as this build gets a little more Magical Power from Gem of Isolation you will find yourself doing a fair amount of damage but more importantly Slowing the enemy for double the length. When chasing an enemy make sure to use Searing Flesh after the slowing effect from Shackles has dropped off so as Searing Flesh slows also.
Shackles when going in to fight, here use it 3 times to get the most damage out of it. By doing this, you should find yourself with a pretty juicy amount of Mana at all times and therefore always ready for a fight. This phase of the game is one of the most effective times for No Escape. The earlier the game the less likely the enemy will have brought Purification Beads. It is also the point of the game in which you can use your tower to your advantage. Pulling the enemy in and Stunning them under your tower and seriously secure some quick and easy kills.
No Escape is really hurt by this point simply because of the enemy having more time and money to buy Purification Beads. Although you need to remember the 30 second window. After Purification Beads are used to cancel your No Escape you have a 30 second window in which you can cast it again as soon as your ultimate has came of Cooldown. Heavenly Agility also helps you land No Escape on more people as you can charge in unexpected and rip them all back.
Thank you for taking the time to read my forth Smitefire guide, I hope I have covered the basics and have achieved what I aimed to do, a simple yet descriptive guide for people new to Ares and the Duo Lane Guide or even Smite.
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Gauntlet of Thebes is no longer in the game.
Also, I think it would be better to just get mana pots than to waste an active slot on Meditation.
If you're tanking, you should most likely have HOG3 instead. I could see Heavenly Agility if there are healers on your team, but also consider blink for initiating.
I really like this build. The only difference I would make is get Pestilence instead of Pythagorems Piece. That way, you decrease their healing, which can be pretty useful against Ra or Hel or Change
Hey! Thanks for the suggestion, i like it and will be sure to include it when I eventually get round to updating this guide! :D
Ares was the first god I've used in SMITE. To me he was AWFUL... But since I've seen this guide, it's my main character. Of course I tweak it every now and then, depending on who are the enemy gods but it sure is the best baseline build for him. I've noted all the other tips from comment section but I have to agree with you on the whole build. I.E: Bracer of replenishment offer a good MP5 and HP5 but would hurt your protection against magical from Stone of Gaia but if it works for you give her. More than certainly a +1 in my book
The Main Reason I take BOR is Because it helps his Passive and other Items E.G Sovreignty covers Protection
2nd time with Ares, this time on Assault and i demolished the game - with a little help from hades and anubis of course - but there were literally 5 kills that i did not have a part in that entire match - and i died a few times at that.
SO! despite being "expired" this guide is absolutely still relevant.