Smite Artio Build Guide: Artio Support (Defensive/Sustain)

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Smite God: Artio

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Artio Build

Final Build

Notes Once build is full and you have the coin swap Boots for Pythag,then if you want swap Stone for Oni's.

Shoes of Focus

Gauntlet of Thebes

Stone of Binding

Sovereignty

Void Stone

Midgardian Mail

Pythagorem's Piece

Oni Hunter's Garb

Obv Starter

Notes multi or blue is good and Barons is still fairly solid though expensive.

Guardian's Blessing

Shoes

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Mana Potion

Baron's Brew

Situational/Swap able items

Emperor's Armor

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Magi's Cloak

Mystical Mail

Heartward Amulet

Spirit Robe

Gem of Isolation

Jade Emperor's Crown

Lotus Sickle

Main Relics

Magic Shell

Horrific Emblem

Cloak of Meditation

Heavenly Wings

Belt of Frenzy

Situational Relics

Purification Beads

Shield of Thorns

Phantom Veil

Cursed Ankh

Aegis Amulet

Bracer of Radiance

Consumables at the Start

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Multi Potion

Ward

Chalice of the Oracle

Baron's Brew

Consumables at the end

Chalice of Healing

Chalice of Mana

Elixir of Speed

Multi Potion

Baron's Brew

Chalice of the Oracle

Elixir of Defense

Artio's Skill Order

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

1 X

2 6 8 13 15

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

2 A

3 9 14 17 18

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

3 B

1 4 7 11 12

Shapeshift

4 Y

5 10 16 19 20

2 6 8 13 15

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

1 X

Druid Form: Artio pulses out a strong wave of energy that damages enemies. She will heal herself and allies within 65 units for each enemy god hit by this ability.

Bear Form: Artio slashes twice with her claws, damaging enemies with each swipe.

Ability Type: Cone, Heal, Damage
Druid Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+35% of your Magical Power)
Druid Heal: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
Bear Damage Per Swipe: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Range: 25
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 12s

3 9 14 17 18

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

2 A

Druid Form: Artio creates a thicket of vines around herself that cripples enemy gods and decreases their Magical or Physical Power as long as they are in the area.

Bear Form: Artio lets out a ferocious roar that Stuns all nearby enemies and increases her own Physical and Magical Protections for 4s.

Ability Type: Circle, Cripple
Druid Area Duration: 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6s
Druid Power Debuff: 9 / 10.5 / 12 / 13.5 / 15%
Bear Stun Duration: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Bear Self Buff: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 Protections
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 15s

1 4 7 11 12

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

3 B

Druid Form: Artio channels for 2s, draining the life from enemies. While channeling she deals damage up to 5 times and heals herself up to 5 times. Each hit increasingly Slows enemies and enemies hit all 5 times are Rooted for 1s.

Bear Form: Artio charges forward at an increased movement speed for 3s. Enemies she charges through take damage and are Slowed for 2s.

Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage
Druid Damage Per Hit: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Druid Heal Per Hit: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Druid Slow: 10%
Bear Damage: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+55% of your Magical Power)
Bear Slow: 30%
Range: 55
Cost: 55
Cooldown: 15s

5 10 16 19 20

Shapeshift

4 Y

Active: Artio Shapeshifts between her Druid stance and Bear stance.

Passive: Every time Artio hits at least 1 enemy with an ability she gains 1 stack of Invigoration. Invigoration stacks increase her Movement Speed and MP5. Stacks last 6s, and stack up to 8 times.

Ability Type: Buff
Movement Speed Per Stack: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3%
MP5 Per Stack: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10
Cost: 0
Cooldown: 1s

Artio Threats

Tap each threat level to view Artio’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Does it work?

For the most part if you have a competent team you'll be fine and won't die unless you feed really, you'll do enough damage to help in team/solo fights. However you'll probably have more assists than kills by far and if you're cool with it, then this is your build.

Pro/Cons

Pros
High Sustain
Ton of Health
Decent Damage
Great in Team Fights

Cons
Maybe forced to always fight with someone instead of lone gunning
Towering isn't great
Incredibly mana hungry until mid/late game

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(81) |

Alright, so here's the more in-depth feedback regarding items:

You don't list a start, but I would go: , , 3x s and s. Sure you have healing in your kit, but it takes a bit to come online.

Full build with boots:
: power, mana, and CDR, all of which can make good use of.
: its passive is great if your ADC follows up with your initiation. Since it's considered a bridge item, you would sell this for something else before you bought the and traded out your shoes.
: physical protections and HP5 to help with your healing, plus it's an aura item that provides prots and HP5 to nearby allies.
: Artio's an aggressive guardian, so the extra magical protection, power, health, and protection reduction really help her; it'll also help any magical gods on your team.
: good health, double prots when fully stacked, and HP5. Note, you can get this instead of sov 2nd if you like depending upon how the match is going.
: grab this after your build is finish, sell your shoes, then buy your 7th (or 8th) item.

After you get the above items, it's time for situational ones (you can skip sov if you don't need it):
: power, health, cdr, lifesteal, and its aura gives your team lifesteal. This is a great item for those team fights provided you don't need something else.
: This is mainly for the passive: 9% damage mitigation is nothing to sneeze at though the other stats are great as well.
: even though the mitigation is situational, it's still a great item with good stats all-around, plus its passive is on a shorter cooldown than . And it stacks with Oni.
: a very situational item you should only get if you're facing 4+ magical gods; otherwise there are better magical protection items like Oni.
: if you're having trouble taking down objectives or defending your own, this can help. I say it's pretty niche, but it depends on the matchup and how the game's going.
: for dealing with gods building crit. Be careful because they may stop targeting you once they figure out you built this.
: great against AA gods who are not building crit. Don't buy this and Hide together because you want crit gods to hit you as much as possible so you can reflect as much damage as you can.
: good if you're facing a lot of gods with slows in their kit. Note that its passive does have a fairly long cooldown.
: works pretty well with Midgardian, but I consider it a niche item on Artio since she doesn't have very good attack progression.

Relic choices depend upon matchup, but these are always good choices:
: helps defend you and your teammates against AA gods and those with executes.
: helps retreat or chase a low enemy.
: a decent 2nd relic for helping take down objectives.

Situational relics:
: mainly used to counter an enemy who bought wings.
: so you can blink in and stun grouped up enemies. Make sure your team knows what you're doing before you blink in.
: for countering 's, 's, and 's walls. I'd only get this 2nd if you really need it because it's very niche.

Remember that CDR is capped at 40% and gives you 10%. You can over cap CDR, but you're not building efficiently then.

Thoughts? Also, I haven't voted because I'm waiting to see how you update this guide. :)

Give me a little while to finalize this because i'm busy but wow genuinely thx what you gave is gonna help lots

(81) |

Take your time and I'm glad you found my feedback helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions.

I was watching and Inters3ct video today on how to build supports and he mentioned preferring over . I can see his point if you're going with right after shoes, but I think it depends upon playstyle and matchup. Something to consider and maybe note in your guide though.

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I seen that as well lol was wandering what was better for overall uses so thx again

(81) |

Shoes (not greaves, Wulf, get your facts straight), has CCR and protections, while Focus has mana and CDR. I think which one you should choose depends on your playstyle and how the duo lane is going: if you're ahead, then get focus. If even or behind, reinforced might be the way to go.

I may some changes and would like to see what you think

(143) |

You still haven't got rid of ...

I mainly keep it because in team fights people are grouped up so with void stone there's always a constant tic of damage whilst also giving me decent protections,idk it seems like a decent team fight item

(143) |

wrote:

And where are you positioned that you get effective use out of it's passive? Close enough to only the enemy frontline? Who are built tanky and already have high magical prots at that point? (and therefore who the item is quite ineffective against?) If it was a solo lane build then I would maybe see a use, but this is a support build and supports need to peel for their backline making this item less suitable for such a role.

Not to mention it does have quite a high price for what it provides that it definitely shouldn't be considered a common pickup.

Would midgardian's be more suitable?

(143) |

Yes, but even that item isn't always necessary. I guess replacing it with midgardian would be a start.

(81) |

Inters3ct likes mantle for some reason. But I'd get whatever you feel would help your team more; do you need some power to help peel? Do you need some more health? Protections? You can even get a late Thebes if you haven't already. Hell, even emperor's can help late game with pushing the enemy's titan.

(81) |

Looks good though I would probably drop from your situational items because sov has better protections, health, and a better passive while jade's passive falls off real quick. And I can see mystical mail working as a late game pickup if the enemy team is grouping up a lot. It's certainly too expensive to get as your first physical protection item. I'd consider it situational instead of core, though. But if it works for you, keep it in there.

Anyway, I gave you a +1. I like what you've done with the guide so far despite what Kriega may say. :P

[Edit]: you may want to list in your notes why you should pick up certain situational items or do a chapter on them.

Will do and thanks again you've been a HUGE help.

(81) |

You're welcome. Try the suggestions out and let me know how they work for you. I don't play much Conquest, but I do watch a lot of Conquest videos and talk to the vets here who do play that mode to get an idea of what's good and what isn't.

(143) |

I would probably get rid of mystical mail. In 99% of cases you do not need this as a support.

(81) |

I have some serious concerns with your build, Usatells. I'll provide my feedback if you're interested in hearing it. Ultimately this is your build and you can choose what items you want but I cannot recommend it in its current state.

Any suggestions on what to replace it with?

(81) |

I'll provide more in-depth feedback when I can access my computer again, but for now look at items like stone of binding, gauntlet of Thebes, lotus crown, spirit robe, oni hunter's garb, and void stone. A replacement for lotus would be sovereignty because I don't think Artio's aoe healing is all that great. I'd test the ywo and go with the one that seems to provide mote for your team.

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(143) |

Not sure I would recommend Lotus Crown on Artio.

(81) |

Neither am I, which is why I mentioned sov.

(81) |

Stupid phone.

(17) |

rude

(81) |

Yes you are. Now shut up and get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich.

I'll look into it then, thanks for the feedback

(143) |

pythags, typhon and mystical mail?

(46) |

pythags may not be an awful choice, because the aura by itself is roughly equal to a tier 2 item.

(81) |

Pythags is a decent choice, but isn't because it doesn't bring enough to the table to justify the price; besides, it's a very selfish item and supports should be looking for items that help their team and it doesn't do that at all.

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Does it work?

Pro/Cons

Artio Support (Defensive/Sustain)

Smite God: Artio

Artio Build

Final Build

Obv Starter

Situational/Swap able items

Main Relics

Situational Relics

Consumables at the Start

Consumables at the end

Artio's Skill Order

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

Shapeshift

Artio Threats

Ah Puch | Major

Arachne | Major

Jing Wei | Major

Kukulkan | Major

Kumbhakarna | Even

Ymir | Even

Does it work?

Pro/Cons

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