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Warrior's Axe
Chalice of Healing
Multi Potion
Read the below information on buying order.
Warrior's Axe
Shoes of Focus
Breastplate of Valor
Void Stone
Mantle of Discord
Spectral Armor
Preemptive Strike or 
Confound. If your jungler is looking for an early gank, Confound is typically a good option assuming the enemy solo laner is being aggressive on the wave. Preemptive Strike can provide some safety to clear wave in unfavourable match ups. Caution is to be taken, as your dash may be cancelled by the enemy. Confound first still. Preemptive Strike is better to level last as majority of the time the ability will be used for getting close enough to taunt.
At level two, you can choose either Preemptive Strike or Confound. If your jungler is looking for an early gank, Confound is typically a good option assuming the enemy solo laner is being aggressive on the wave.
Preemptive Strike can provide some safety to clear wave in unfavourable match ups. Caution is to be taken, as your dash may be cancelled by the enemy.
You will max out Confound first still.
Preemptive Strike is better to level last as majority of the time the ability will be used for getting close enough to taunt.
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Warrior's Axe
Sylvanus or 
Anubis? - 
Tainted Steel
Warding Sigil
Key reasons to choose each starter:
Physical Solo? - Warrior's Axe
Healing Comp or gods such as Sylvanus or Anubis? - Tainted Steel
Magical Solo? - Warding Sigil
Warrior's Axe
Tainted Steel
Warding Sigil
Spirit Robe
Pridwen
Witchblade
Reinforced Shoes
Pestilence
Shogun's Kusari
Contagion
Stone of Binding
Ethereal Staff
Mystical Mail
Staff of Myrddin
Genji's Guard
Talisman of Energy
Midgardian Mail
Stone of Gaia
Not limited to, but often these items can be used. Very situational.
Spear of the Magus
Oni Hunter's Garb
Ethereal Staff
Winged Blade
Teleport Fragment
Horrific Emblem
Cursed Ankh
Shield of Thorns
Blink Rune
Athena as a solo laner is a bit of a grey area, if you have a good synergy of gods within your team such as 
Ares or 
Scylla she can really turn team fights. Athena taunting full hp enemies, completely ignoring junglers jumping on their back line. Your taunt, whilst a really useful engaging tool, can be a defensive ability allowing you to peel enemies of your mid or adc. If there is one thing to say about playing her, try to hold back on using your taunt, make sure you are using it for a reason and not just because its off cooldown.
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Starter Items:
Key reasons to choose each starter:
Physical Solo? - Warrior's Axe
Healing Comp or gods such as Sylvanus or Anubis? - Tainted Steel
Magical Solo? - Warding Sigil
Build 1 Stats:
Assuming starter item is upgraded to Hero's Axe (change depending on against CC heavy comp)
Power: 95
Physical Defence: 309
Magical Defence: 203
Health: 3150
CCR: 30%
CDR: 40%
Breastplate of Valor, always an easy go to item for physical protection, mana and CDR.
Void Stone, in my opinion, is always a nice option as it acts as a safety net for mages who seem to be unaware what penetration is.
Spectral Armor, depending on how fast a game is going this can be delayed to after Mantle of Discord, this is more ideal to make fights with the mid laner easier.
Mantle of Discord can come in use when using your ultimate when low health or in a risky situation. Spirit Robe is a healthy alternative that should be picked against heavy CC comps, as no doubt you will ult straight into stuns quite often.
Replacing boots, you may of noticed Spear of the Magus as an option, now this is something you can choose when you are absolutely confident in your team following up on attempts to blow up a single target. It is a riskier option when an item such as Winged Blade is on the table which provdes: extra magical defence, movement speed and health.
Of course your current build should be taken into account, you don't want to be overcapping any stats. This is why for this specific build Stone of Binding is not a replacement option as physical defence will overcap.
Spoiler: Click to viewDon't be afraid to use Defender of Olympus on team mates dis-engaging a fight, it provides them with useful damage mitigations and can help scare them away.
Don't over use Confound.
Damage isn't a requirement, setup your main damage dealers with kills.
Remember your Preemptive Strike can be cancelled and has a wind up, keep it ready when moving around the jungle.
05/06/2021 - Start guide, wip
05/06/2021 - First combo and build with video clip
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Siphon Darkness
Stone Shield
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My go to build for Athena solo if you want to try it is:
If the game goes late enough to finish the whole build you can sell Binding for another item, either defence or damage whatever you feel.