Smite Arachne Build Guide: Be the Terror that Stalks their Nightmares (Arachne Arena Guide S3)

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Smite God: Arachne

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Arachne Build

Typical Final Build

Ninja Tabi

Hastened Fatalis

Rage

Bloodforge

Deathbringer

Stone Cutting Sword

Core Items

Ninja Tabi

Hastened Fatalis

Rage

Options for Fourth Item

Bloodforge

Asi

Stone Cutting Sword

Jotunn's Wrath

Do Your Damage

Deathbringer

Malice

Final Item Options

Stone Cutting Sword

Jotunn's Wrath

Titan's Bane

Relic Options

Aegis Amulet

Heavenly Wings

Purification Beads

Arachne's Skill Order

Venomous Bite

1 X

1 12 14 15 16

Cocoon

2 A

2 7 8 10 11

Web

3 B

3 4 6 18 19

Night Crawler

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 12 14 15 16

Venomous Bite

1 X

Upon activation, Arachne's next basic attack within 5s does additional damage and infects the target with Venom, dealing damage over time, lowering their healing received and healing Arachne every 0.5s for 3s.

Ability Type: Buff, Damage
Initial Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 18 / 26 / 34 / 42 (+8% of your Physical Power)
Healing Reduction: 40%
Healing Per Tick: 8 / 15 / 22 / 29 / 36
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11s

2 7 8 10 11

Cocoon

2 A

Arachne spindles her webbing, increasing her Attack Speed for 4s. If 3 enhanced Basic Attacks hit the same target, that target is Stunned and have their active cooldowns increased.

Ability Type: Buff, Stun
Attack Speed: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%
Stun: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Cooldown Increase: 2s
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 14s

3 4 6 18 19

Web

3 B

Arachne shoots a line of Web forward. She is Immune to Slows and moves faster on Web. If the Web reaches max range a Web trap will spawn. Enemy gods who walk through the trap or get hit by the projectile are Slowed by 15%, revealed to Arachne, leave a trail of Web behind them, and are attacked by Pet Broodlings. Arachne can only have 3 Web traps or projectiles active at a time.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Slow Duration: 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6s
Movement Speed: 40%
Broodlings: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3
Broodling Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60(+20% of your Physical Power) per hit
Web Lifetime: 240s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s

5 9 13 17 20

Night Crawler

4 Y

Arachne flips up to her infinite web, hanging upside down above the lane and increasing her movement speed. She may leap off the web to deal damage to all enemies in the target area and create a large web around the target area. The web area provides the same slow to enemies and benefit to Arachne as her Web Trail.

Arachne may activate Ability 1 and 2 while running on this web.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 / 450 / 550 (110% of your Physical Power)
Duration On Web: 5s
Movement Speed: 40%
Damage Radius: 15
Web Radius: 25
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Introduction

Hi! I'm SpectralTangent and this is my second god guide. Again, I am a casual Smite player who spends most of his time in arena. As such, this is an arena guide. Please let me know if you have any suggestions/comments/complaints/issues/whatever with my guide. I welcome constructive feedback/criticism and look forward to what you have to say!

So let's get started. This is a guide for Arachne, The Weaver, who has recently become my favorite assassin in most game modes. She is very strong and has the potential to quickly punish enemies for being out of position.

Strengths
+Amazing chase potential
+Great at 1v1s (stun from landing basics)
+Outstanding escape
+Can grant vision on stealthed enemies

Weaknesses
-Escape is her ult
-Dies quickly when focused
-Countered pretty easily by enemy grouping

Changes

04/27/2016 - Guide published

Abilities

Passive: Predator

's basic attacks gain more power the lower the target's health.

Stalker

Ability #1: Venomous Bite

After using this ability, 's next basic attack does extra damage, applies DOT, and heals her over time.

Spider Bite

Ability #2: Cocoon

gains additional attack speed for the next three successful basic attacks (within a time limit) and stuns the target if all three hit the same target.

Gotcha!

Ability #3: Web

places a web which, when passed through (or if placed dierctly on an enemy) slows that enemy makes them visible, spawns two broodlings that will chase the enemy and deal damage, and leaves a trail of web behind where they walk which gives increased movement speed and immunity to slows.

Lie Dormant my babies, Your Time Will Come...

This ability is one of the best in the game at chasing and sticking to an enemy. Not only does it slow them down, it speeds you up and makes you immune to slows while you follow them. You can chase down an enemy affected by even after they use Sprint if you follow them. Outside of that amazing utility, it also spawns two broodlings, which are some of the most obnoxious little pests in the game. They will follow the enemy and deal damage to them as long as they are alive. Early game, these can be a huge issue for an enemy god as they actually do a considerable amount of damage and are rather hard to kill quickly. broodlings are also effective at distracting and slowing down minion waves and tanking hits from jungle monsters.

is such a highly versatile skill it is hard to cover all the things it can do. Its primary use is to place it directly on an enemy you want to chase and then simply use it to chase them down. You can do this either before or after stunning them with , but it is usually best to lead of with . The chase potential makes it much easier to land the stun from , which will secure your chase and usually the kill. However, you can land a free while they are stunned from , allowing you to run after them after they recover from the stun. You can also use it to help clear camps and minions, or just leave them in areas an enemy assassin is likely to enter, such as on the sides of the pillars, to help notify you when they are trying to come into a fight and give you an advantage over them.

Placing properly can be difficult, as you usually need to anticipate where the enemy will be travelling so you don't miss. It is very frustrating to have a web appear harmlessly behind someone as they run away from you. It takes getting used to, and is still pretty easy to miss with. The best advice is to simply place it just in front of where they are walking so they will run into it.

A final note on this ability: it reveals enemies to you! If you land this on, say, a , he will be visible when he uses ! Sure, he will remove the slow, but you and your team can see him and you will be able to chase him with about the same movement speed increase he gains, making you a dangerous opponent for any sneaky player. This applies to any other gods with stealth (, ...).

Ultimate Ability: Night Crawler

becomes CC immune and leaps up onto a series of webs above the ground (essentially where a ceiling would be if there were one on top of the walls in-game), crawling away at increased movement speed. She can drop down at any time to deal damage to enemies in a small radius.

No, Not Like the Worm!

A note on my skill leveling:
It does look a bit strange, I know. But the Broodlings do so much damage early game and throwing two points early on doubles their damage potential, along with giving you an added second of following your enemy. After that, you do get the most out of leveling up , as you will have the power to make it really worth it by this point in the game.

Items

Typical Build:

Pick Your Shoes... All 8 of Them I Guess?

Hunt Them Down

Finishing off the Build. And Your Opponents

Other Options for Finishing the Build

Sanctuary

Sprint

Purification

Relics to Consider

General Gameplay

Early Game

Mid game

Late Game

Conclusion

That is what I have on Arachne, The Weaver! I'm really excited that she just got her model remastered, and I think she looks great, but the database here has not yet updated to her new pictures, so I'll get that up as soon as I can.

Also, I would like to note that I am working on trying out some different builds that do not rely on criticals, and I plan to add them in the future. If you have any suggestions on that, let me know!
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Just started to play this build and it works fantastic for me. I don't usually get to build past Death Bringer but all good!

Alright, so the combination of a weekend out of town with approximately zero wi-fi connection and me becoming entirely re-addicted to Fire Emblem means I haven't been on Smite in about two weeks... and therefore this build is essentially worthless at this point. The massive increase in price to and the addition of some very fancy looking mechanics on Wind Demon play the biggest part in this.

I really appreciate the feedback Bran, and I think that a build that revolves around and could actually work very well, and my initial response would be to throw Wind Demon and some other crit item into the mix, maybe keeping around for the low price.

I haven't gotten around to playing with anything new yet, so I'm not going to put out a build just yet; I'll see what I can come up with.

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If you really like the you currently have, what do you think about splitting move speed with that and , like I do for my build? (which, by the way, I really need to adjust, I need to get out of there but I've been lazy)

Granted, is cheaper now, but between and , do you ever get to finish the build? Seems like it would be expensive, but I haven't checked total price (again, lazy right now but mostly just wanted to view and comment really quick)

I want to upvote, but I haven't actually read through the guide yet, though of course BBcoding and stuff is solid. I'll vote after I read tonight. =)

Edit: Okay, so the total cost of all items is $14,405. I'd say a bit high for the average Arena game. What might you be able to fit in after that is more of a reasonable price? I'd probably just say , and you do have it as an option.

I'm sure the build works fine as-is, though, and your explanations are good. +1 of course.

@SirNerdsAlot5 Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean? I'd like to address your concerns, but I'm not entirely sure what you would like to see.

@Jobraoj Thanks for the feedback! Maybe someday we can get you into the arena! And yeah, I am trying to get a build that doesn't focus on crits put together, and you do bring up some of the items I'm thinking about. At the moment, I'm kind of considering , , , , , and maybe something like . Although I think also could be a solid pick on her... As I said, I'm working on it, but I won't have much time to playtest this weekend, unfortunately.

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I Love she's one of my favorite assassins.However I hate playing arena,(I dunno why)So just like my comment on another guide,I have no idea if i could test this.I have however a build for which is sort of like this except for the fact that there is no lifesteal and crits.What i do is build A lot of penetration and more attack speed., and are what I usually use to take place of and .And then get then max out the 2 for more attack speed to compensate for my slow attack speed afterwards And .For abilities,I usually max the then ,getting my ult whenever I can and lastly the .Not that I'm trying to diss the Guide,I really like the guide since it explains 's abilities easily,Helpful tips and tricks,Why we need to get the items are reasonably explained and then there are alternatives,which I like as well.If you managed to read this far,Conglaturations.Thumbs up for me mate :)

I think the focus for this build is split.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Changes

Abilities

Items

General Gameplay

Conclusion

Be the Terror that Stalks their Nightmares (Arachne Arena Guide S3)

Smite God: Arachne

Arachne Build

Typical Final Build

Core Items

Options for Fourth Item

Do Your Damage

Final Item Options

Relic Options

Arachne's Skill Order

Venomous Bite

Cocoon

Web

Night Crawler

Introduction

Changes

Abilities

Items

General Gameplay

Conclusion

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