This guide has not yet been updated for the current season. Please keep this in mind while reading. You can see the most recently updated guides on the browse guides page
Vote received! Would you like to let the author know their guide helped you and leave them a message?
Reinforced Greaves (Deleted)
Healing Potion
Void Stone
Pythagorem's Piece
Rod of Tahuti
Sovereignty
Gem of Isolation
Chronos' Pendant
Polynomicon
Warlock's Staff
Book of Thoth
Purification Beads (Old)
Creeping Curse
Mystical Mail
Cloak of Meditation
Y
B
A
X
Hey everyone, and welcome to my first Smite God Guide on 
Ares, The God of War.
I hope that you all benefit from this guide, and that it improves and influences how you play Ares.
I prefer to play Ares as a Magical Damage Bruiser, although he can be played as a Pure Tank (however I think you would have to be really silly to build him as a pure tank). Ares is a great asset to any team, and can change the tides of a battle with his impressive skill set.
Just to let you guys know (if anyone is interested) I am Australian, yet come from Greek descent. I can speak Greek, and the title was influenced by the fact that Ares literally means "Avenger" in Greek.
Enjoy the guide!
Pros
Very good at chasing people down using Shackles.
Is tanky, yet can deal a lot of damage.
Very versatile- works well with many laning partners.
Amazing ult, which can change the tide of a group battle if used correctly.
Can hurt other tanks using Searing Flesh.
Usually is equipped with Aura items, which can support a team greatly.
Cons
No escapability.
Mana hungry from levels 1-10.
Can be easily countered with 
Purification Beads, as well as numerous god skills.
Healing Potion Void Stone
Blessed Presence at rank 3. This also provides Magical Resist, and effectively Magical Penetration, allowing you to inflict more damage against other gods. Pythagorem's Piece Ares. +105 magical power, and and additional +40 magical power from Blessed Presence at rank 3. Also provides Magical Lifesteal, and additional mana to help your sustain. Rod of Tahuti Void Stone Pythagorem's Piece Chronos' Pendant Gem of Isolation Rod of Tahuti to this build, and that ends up at a total of 552 magical power. That is an increase of 217 magical power, from one item! Sovereignty
Bakasura or 
Thor. This item will greatly improve your tankiness, and you'll find any physical opponents cringing in despair at their lack of damage output. This item helps your team, providing them with physical protection (in a radius), which will make a huge difference during teamfights. Also gives you +90 physical protection, and +40 magical power at rank 3 from Blessed Presence. Gem of Isolation Ares. The slow is amazing, and will make you very effective at chasing enemy gods. Also provides a generous amount of magical power, and increases your sustain. Chronos' Pendant Purification Beads. This item will reduce the cooldown of all your skills, reducing the cooldown time of No Escape by 18 seconds. That gives you a 48 second window to use your ultimate (cooldown on beads is 120 seconds). Skill cooldown reduction is extremely useful, and it also provides a fair amount of magical power. In terms of magical power, you are better off buying this than Sovereignty, and receiving the third 40 magical power stack from Blessed Presence. This also increases your mana regeneration rate greatly. Polynomicon Polynomicon provides you with +75 magical power, magical lifesteal and mana. Best of all though is this- Say you just used Searing Flesh in a 1v1. Your next basic attack will then deal 100% of your magical power in additional damage. That is easily a 700+ damage basic attack (60 damage for basic attack and an additional 550+ magical damage). Ares, I usually don't buy it, as it can be hard to farm with him. This item gives you up to +90 magical power, +460 health and +560 mana at full stacks. This will greatly improve your sustain. Book of Thoth Sovereignty as it provides more physical protection. Another reason I dislike this item is because if you are within 20ft of a god, you will damage them, and attract minion fire (which hurts early game), or be targeted by a tower/phoenix/minotaur. Don't buy it. Please?
For abilities, you want to go with:
Creeping Curse Ares! You never run away! Just pretend to run away, lead the enemy to your tower, and use No Escape to drag them to their doom! :D Purification Beads Ares, 
Hades or 
Guan Yu. Pretty much a no-brainer actually, as this ability is useful to have regardless of which god you are using. Ares. Why? Creeping Curse, Purification Beads or an item- all of which will leave you better off. Searing Flesh! Use your basic attacks!
Blessed Presence (Passive) Ares don't feel pressured to buy 3 just to utilise his passive. As I have highlighted in my build, you can never go wrong with Void Stone and Pythagorem's Piece. The only other aura item you should consider buying is Sovereignty, and this is highly situational. Don't be afraid to only have two aura items! Shackles Shackles as enemy gods are running away from you, and their movement is more predictable, rather than using Shackles in a situation where your enemy is strafing. Bolster Defenses Bolster Defenses activated. Pair this low cooldown time with Chronos Pendant, and you can have it active 75% of the time. That is amazing. Take advantage of this late game. Searing Flesh Searing Flesh on the archers, when my mana is above half full. Shackles on a fleeing enemy, and then using Searing Flesh. When paired with Gem of Isolation this ability is even more deadly and effective. Ares as a magical damage bruiser, and it will be devastating mid to late game. It is also super effective against tanks. No Escape Purification Beads. However the cooldown on beads is 120 seconds, whilst the cooldown on No Escape is 90 seconds. That gives you a 30 second window in which enemies are vulnerable. Build Ares with Chronos' Pendant, and that's a 48 second window. Even if your ult is countered by beads, you didn't waste it- as your enemies are now vulnerable. Ares uses No Escape to drag all the enemy gods towards his team. Hades uses 
Pillar of Agony where Ares lands after his ultimate.
Zeus activates 
Lightning Storm directly overhead Hades, as he activates his ultimate.
Artemis uses 
Calydonian Boar, after Hades finishes his ultimate.
Arachne uses 
Cocoon to pull back any enemy gods who managed to survive this assault (highly unlikely).
Cupid in this combo? Because he isn't GREEK. He is ROMAN. GET IT RIGHT HI-REZ.
Yes and No.
Ares as this guide has explained you should, Searing Flesh should be at the stage when it should be able to kill the non-buff-wielding creeps. There are only 2 rules when it comes to jungling with Ares:In the early stages of the game be sure to keep and eye on your mana. My general rule is never to use a skill if you have under half mana, unless it will land you a kill or save your life. Running out of mana will mean you will have to recall, and will potentially result in XP loss. Rarely use Shackles at this stage, and don't overuse Searing Flesh. No Escape will be very effective at this stage in the game. Use it when your laning partners ultimate is also ready, and try and lead enemies towards your tower, then drag them into it with No Escape for easy kills.
Start using skills more frequently now. Now is the time where Shackles really shine. Use them to chase down enemy gods and secure kills. By this stage you should have pushed at least the first tower in your lane. Make sure to use [[Bolster Defenses}] when pushing towers. If you have pushed at least one tower, try to look to gank other lanes, especially mid. Pay attention to gank requests and pinging on the minimap. Feel free to start jungling buffs now, although as mentioned earlier, don't make it your main priority.
Your should have pushed both the towers in your lane by this stage. Look to eventually push the phoenix, and remember to use Bolster Defenses when doing so. At this stage you can also afford to spam Shackles, Searing Flesh and you should have Bolster Defenses activated whenever you are in the vicinity of a god. No Escape can be hurt at this stage, due to the fact that everyone will have enough gold to have bought Purification Beads at some point. Remember the 30 second window you have to use No Escape (48 seconds with Chronos' Pendant)!
Teamfights should be occurring the majority of the time during this stage in the game. Make sure you talk with your teammates, and coordinate your attacks, as well as letting your teammates know when you are going to use No Escape.
Ares is possibly my favourite god. His skill set is amazing, and he can be so much fun to play with, especially when built for damage output.
Thanks for taking the time to read my first Smitefire guide. I hope you have benefited from it and that it will have improved your understanding of how to play and build Ares.
Please let me know what you guys think of the guide, and I will continue to add new content to it and improve it based on your recommendations.
Also, feel free to ask any questions, as I am happily willing to answer any you have.
Thanks again, best of luck in game,
RoyaltyHD.
SMITEFire is the place to find the perfect build guide to take your game to the next level. Learn how to play a new god, or fine tune your favorite SMITE gods’s build and strategy.
Copyright © 2019 SMITEFire | All Rights Reserved
check wiki and ingame it has beeen roman since release of cupid.
Also rest of guide seems similar to msotguides here but will check it