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Athena Mid? ;)

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by Arrotxa updated July 14, 2013

Smite God: Athena

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Athena Build

Initial Buy

Build Item Shoes Shoes
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Hand Of The Gods (Old) Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
5
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3

Overall Build, just level in order to keep it simple

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Polynomicon Polynomicon
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Hide of the Nemean Lion Hide of the Nemean Lion

Athena's Skill Order

Preemptive Strike

1 X Y
Preemptive Strike
1 8 11 12 15

Confound

2 A B
Confound
3 13 16 18 19

Shield Wall

3 B A
Shield Wall
2 4 6 7 10

Defender of Olympus

4 Y X
Defender of Olympus
5 9 14 17 20
Preemptive Strike
1 8 11 12 15

Preemptive Strike

1 X
Athena powers up for a dash. While dashing, Athena will pass through minions, stop and hit the first enemy god she encounters, dealing damage. If she hits an enemy, Athena gains a stack (max 3), reducing the next source of Basic Attack damage from any god that hits her. Athena may also gain these stacks by hitting an enemy god with Reach, once per attack.

Ability Type: Dash, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Range: 55
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 15s
Confound
3 13 16 18 19

Confound

2 A
Athena releases a shockwave of power from her shield, Taunting enemy gods and decreasing their Attack Speed as she forces them to fight or chase her.

Ability Type: Cone, Taunt, Damage
Taunt Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Damage: 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+20% of your Magical Power)
Attack Speed Slow: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 18s
Shield Wall
2 4 6 7 10

Shield Wall

3 B
Athena summons a group of Athenian warriors who do damage and Slow upon arrival. After 2s, they strike again, dealing additional Damage and Slowing.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Initial Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Secondary Damage: 70 / 135 / 200 / 265 / 330 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 15%
Radius: 15
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s
Defender of Olympus
5 9 14 17 20

Defender of Olympus

4 Y
Athena picks a single allied god anywhere in the world, and launches herself up into the air, landing next to that god 3.6 seconds later. During that 3.6 seconds, both Athena and the allied god gain Damage Mitigation, and the allied god also gains Movement Speed. Enemies nearby when Athena lands take damage.

Ability Type: Teleport, Buff, Damage
Damage: 330 / 405 / 480 / 555 / 630 (+90% of your Magical Power)
Ally Mitigation: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%
Movement Speed: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%
Radius: 20
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 120s

Basic Summary, Long version will come soon.

Hey Guys! so this is my first guide i've done and it is for Athena! I absolutely love this character and have only tanked with her the 1 game. I quickly realized her potential as a mid mage and have been destroying the mid lane since her release.

WARNING: Almost every game people will tell you that Athena cannot be mid; You will receive hate comments that I am not liable for lol.

Skill Sequence:

So I gave a basic over view; Follow the 123, cuz confound doesnt help you until u can do your other abilities. After the your priority is Ultimate, Shield Wall, Preemptive Strike, Confound. I use to have Confound after Sheild Wall, but I quickly learned Preemptive Strike does some nice damage :)

Fighting:

Your physical attacks suck, so Athena relies mainly on her abilities for damage. You should engage with your Ultimate whenever possible. Once you land one after another hit with Preemptive strike, Shield Wall, & Confound. DO NOT CONFOUND FIRST because it will not keep them in ur circle of death xD! This is basically a rinse and repeat process that works, because mid laners are usually squishy and by mid game you do great magic damage against anything. This is all about time though. I cannot teach you timing, but all I can tell you is that it takes practice and trust in the cycle.

Please leave comments with questions or anything. I much rather have conversations about this lol The only reason I went out of my way to post a guide is that I am tired of people saying Athena cannot mid (I get told every game! with apologize being giving towards the end). I just won three games in a row 12/4/12, 5/3/8, & 14/2/10. I have gone up to 18/2/14.

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Razz90 | July 16, 2013 4:53pm
The people telling you Athena mid doesn't work are right, you have 0 pushing power, and a kit meant to bring some aggresive support to a lane. You also have 0 killing potentional, and if you ult away, the other mid will quickly push your towers down.
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xanderzilla | July 16, 2013 3:55pm
This build could work. Though early game instead of getting actives why not get say watcher's gift for the HP5 and MP5 or Vanguard of the Tank or Even Vampiric Shroud. Other than that this is a solid build but against Ao Kuang or anubis you could very easily end up feeding. How do you play this God effectively in the Mid
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League of Legends Build Guide Author Arrotxa
Athena Mid? ;)
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