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Mage's Blessing over 
Warrior's Blessing here on 
Cthulhu, especially after the recent nerfs. If you still want to dedicate yourself to Warrior's Blessing, feel free.
I honestly prefer Mage's Blessing over Warrior's Blessing here on Cthulhu, especially after the recent nerfs. If you still want to dedicate yourself to Warrior's Blessing, feel free.
Mage's Blessing
Breastplate
Healing Potion
Multi Potion
Cthulhu, especially for his solo laning.
Stone of Binding is a great tool to shred enemy protections and help yourself with boxing; this couples very well with Cthulhu's Torment stacks.
Bulwark of Hope then adds to the survivability of Cthulhu during 
Descend Into Madness, which is otherwise a dangerous ultimate as it lacks no escape and makes you a large target.
Gem of Isolation helps to ensure you can confirm the root and extra damage of 
The Mire whilst also adding even more utility to the remainder of Cthulhu's kit. I sometimes consider building this earlier in the build if I feel the extra aggression is warranted and enough to compensate for the higher price.
Ethereal Staff boosts Cthulhu's already massive health pool while decreasing that of the enemies. This is a huge tool for Cthulhu, and is often considered core to his builds in my experience.
Mantle of Discord helps on top of Bulwark of Hope to ensure that extra bit of survivability so that you can continue CC'ing and causing chaos in the enemy team without dying.
Elixir of Speed and sell your 
Shoes of Focus to buy Mantle of Discord later in the game.Breastplate of Valor is a fantastic first item on Cthulhu, especially for his solo laning.
Stone of Binding is a great tool to shred enemy protections and help yourself with boxing; this couples very well with Cthulhu's Torment stacks.
Bulwark of Hope then adds to the survivability of Cthulhu during Descend Into Madness, which is otherwise a dangerous ultimate as it lacks no escape and makes you a large target.
Gem of Isolation helps to ensure you can confirm the root and extra damage of The Mire whilst also adding even more utility to the remainder of Cthulhu's kit. I sometimes consider building this earlier in the build if I feel the extra aggression is warranted and enough to compensate for the higher price.
Ethereal Staff boosts Cthulhu's already massive health pool while decreasing that of the enemies. This is a huge tool for Cthulhu, and is often considered core to his builds in my experience.
Mantle of Discord helps on top of Bulwark of Hope to ensure that extra bit of survivability so that you can continue CC'ing and causing chaos in the enemy team without dying.
Elixir of Speed and sell your Shoes of Focus to buy Mantle of Discord later in the game.
Breastplate of Valor
Shoes of Focus
Stone of Binding
Bulwark of Hope
Mantle of Discord
Gem of Isolation
Ethereal Staff
Elixir of Speed
Bulwark of Hope, much like the explanation provided in the example build, is simply an excellent tool to allow Cthulhu the time he needs to transform out of his ultimate and escape using 
Rushing Terror after being bursted down. This extra layer of safety is absolutely worth the 2,300 gold.
Genji's Guard is an alternative for Breastplate of Valor if you are laning up against a magical solo such as Cthulhu, 
Baron Samedi, 
Aphrodite, etc.
Hide of the Urchin helps apply a constant shield to Cthulhu which helps because of the enemy adc's high likelihood of running maximum-health based damage such as 
Qin's Sais or other players building 
Heartseeker/
Soul Reaver.
Void Stone adds a bit more bruiser capabilities to Cthulhu's build. This reduces the enemy magical protections in an area, and helps ensure you deal more damage to enemies whilst taking less yourself.
Oni Hunter's Garb is an interesting choice to build on Cthulhu. If you find that you constantly dive the enemy team using your ultimate and are in the middle of fights, the damage mitigation can be very good to help keep you alive. Keep in mind for this item, however, that you are capable of reaching up to 30% damage mitigation already through the use of 
Sanity Break.
Pridwen is a choice I see a lot of people favor on Cthulhu. This targets the same issue as Bulwark of Hope, but I feel as if it is simply less effective. Where Bulwark of Hope provides a shield at a time indicated by a percentage of your maximum health (which is high) and provides time to transform out of your ultimate, Pridwen serves the purpose of buying time to escape AFTER transforming out of [[Descend into Madness]. Bulwark of Hope, much like the explanation provided in the example build, is simply an excellent tool to allow Cthulhu the time he needs to transform out of his ultimate and escape using Rushing Terror after being bursted down. This extra layer of safety is absolutely worth the 2,300 gold.
Genji's Guard is an alternative for Breastplate of Valor if you are laning up against a magical solo such as Cthulhu, Baron Samedi, Aphrodite, etc.
Hide of the Urchin helps apply a constant shield to Cthulhu which helps because of the enemy adc's high likelihood of running maximum-health based damage such as Qin's Sais or other players building Heartseeker/ Soul Reaver.
Void Stone adds a bit more bruiser capabilities to Cthulhu's build. This reduces the enemy magical protections in an area, and helps ensure you deal more damage to enemies whilst taking less yourself.
Oni Hunter's Garb is an interesting choice to build on Cthulhu. If you find that you constantly dive the enemy team using your ultimate and are in the middle of fights, the damage mitigation can be very good to help keep you alive. Keep in mind for this item, however, that you are capable of reaching up to 30% damage mitigation already through the use of Sanity Break.
Pridwen is a choice I see a lot of people favor on Cthulhu. This targets the same issue as Bulwark of Hope, but I feel as if it is simply less effective. Where Bulwark of Hope provides a shield at a time indicated by a percentage of your maximum health (which is high) and provides time to transform out of your ultimate, Pridwen serves the purpose of buying time to escape AFTER transforming out of [[Descend into Madness].
Bulwark of Hope
Genji's Guard
Hide of the Urchin
Void Stone
Oni Hunter's Garb
Pridwen
Breastplate of Valor is my go-to starting item on Cthulhu. The cooldown reduction is incredible and allows his ultimate to be up every 70 seconds, whilst also remedying his problematic long ability cooldowns. Additionally, the item brings along nice physical protections to help in the solo lane and couples with the blue buff to resolve his mana problems entirely.
Jade Emperor's Crown is an obvious bruiser tool to help lessen the damage output of enemies. This can help if you are being out damaged in your lane or the enemies have a lot of physical damage in their composition. Cthulhu's only healing ability is in the form of 
Transfuse during his ultimate. However, that ability has the potential to reach and affect your entire team; this can result in an immediate boost of protections during a teamfight to your entire team, potentially swaying the course of battle.
Mystical Mail provides some passive damage over time to enemies around you. This is not one of my first choices for a physical defensive item, but can be used to add a bit more of a passive bruising option during teamfights.
Tyrannical Plate Helm is a fantastic item to pick up early game if you aren't winning lane as much as you would like. This item will help you out-clear the enemy solo laner and use minion damage to your advantage during boxing. Breastplate of Valor is my go-to starting item on Cthulhu. The cooldown reduction is incredible and allows his ultimate to be up every 70 seconds, whilst also remedying his problematic long ability cooldowns. Additionally, the item brings along nice physical protections to help in the solo lane and couples with the blue buff to resolve his mana problems entirely.
Jade Emperor's Crown is an obvious bruiser tool to help lessen the damage output of enemies. This can help if you are being out damaged in your lane or the enemies have a lot of physical damage in their composition.
Lotus Crown is entirely up to you and your playstyle to determine whether or not you wish to pick it up. Cthulhu's only healing ability is in the form of Transfuse during his ultimate. However, that ability has the potential to reach and affect your entire team; this can result in an immediate boost of protections during a teamfight to your entire team, potentially swaying the course of battle.
Mystical Mail provides some passive damage over time to enemies around you. This is not one of my first choices for a physical defensive item, but can be used to add a bit more of a passive bruising option during teamfights.
Tyrannical Plate Helm is a fantastic item to pick up early game if you aren't winning lane as much as you would like. This item will help you out-clear the enemy solo laner and use minion damage to your advantage during boxing.
Breastplate of Valor
Jade Emperor's Crown
Tyrannical Plate Helm
Lotus Sickle
Mystical Mail
Hide of the Nemean Lion if the enemy ADC has opted to build more critical chance/strike damage than standard basic attack damage. If you deem it necessary however, it is not necessarily bad to build both.
Pestilence and 
Contagion are both anti-heal tools. If the enemy team has any healing which has caused problems for your team, these are excellent items that come with no drawbacks. If the enemy team has more physical damage, you would typically want to build Contagion here. Similarly, if they have more magical damage, Pestilence would be the better option.
Stone of Gaia is a very underrated item right now, and is increasingly seeing use and play competitively. If the enemy team has any of the CC which will proc this effect (knock-ups, pulls, knockbacks, and grabs) then this could be a fantastic choice. Consider that the healing is all based off of maximum health, which is convenient provided Cthulhu's naturally high base health (especially in Descend Into Madness)and likelihood of further increasing it using items. Examples of gods that may motivate this purchase are 
Bacchus, 
Sobek, 
Ganesha, 
Awilix, and of course many others.
[{Spectral Armor]] should absolutely replace Hide of the Nemean Lion if the enemy ADC has opted to build more critical chance/strike damage than standard basic attack damage. If you deem it necessary however, it is not necessarily bad to build both.
Pestilence and Contagion are both anti-heal tools. If the enemy team has any healing which has caused problems for your team, these are excellent items that come with no drawbacks. If the enemy team has more physical damage, you would typically want to build Contagion here. Similarly, if they have more magical damage, Pestilence would be the better option.
Stone of Gaia is a very underrated item right now, and is increasingly seeing use and play competitively. If the enemy team has any of the CC which will proc this effect (knock-ups, pulls, knockbacks, and grabs) then this could be a fantastic choice. Consider that the healing is all based off of maximum health, which is convenient provided Cthulhu's naturally high base health (especially in Descend Into Madness)and likelihood of further increasing it using items. Examples of gods that may motivate this purchase are Bacchus, Sobek, Ganesha, Awilix, and of course many others.
Spectral Armor
Pestilence
Contagion
Stone of Gaia
Cursed Ankh is probably one of the best relics right now, and it ALSO can mesh super well with Descend Into Madness.
I feel it necessary to mention here that upgraded Cursed Ankh is probably one of the best relics right now, and it ALSO can mesh super well with Descend Into Madness.
Teleport Fragment
Shield of Thorns
Magic Shell
Cursed Ankh
Horrific Emblem
Ward
Sentry Ward
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Cthulhu has a very unique design with an entirely unique size to him, which scales upwards even further when he uses his massive ultimate to intimidate enemies.|
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....... Pros .......
- Good disruption abilities - Moderately safe outside of ultimate - Absolutely incredible teamfight |
...... Cons ......
- High health can result in heavy damage from items such as Qin's Sais- Ultimate makes Cthulhu a very large target |
Cthulhu is a very unique god addition to the game, which is fantastic news for Smite. However, this also means that he may not be as straightforward as some other gods in the game. I believe there are certain methods which make best/most effective use of his kit. Please keep in mind that this build and guide is developed according to my own playstyle which I have grown accustom to over years of playing Smite and over the recent few days playing Cthulhu since his release. I will discuss his playstyles here in this guide later on, though.
Baba Yaga, Cthulhu has a bit of role flexibility and everybody is scrambling to determine what is best for him. I have seen builds working him into support, solo, and even jungle. As as preface to anything else, I believe that these are the only roles he should even be tried in. I will break down each of these roles in two sections. Cthulhu is unique to me in that he seems like he has some flexibility in what playstyle he should build around, however I feel as if each of those playstyles have limited potential items which will be best for that style.
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Passive - Prey on Fear
Ability Description & Stats
Prey On Fear is an interesting passive with some really unique visual effects and potential to amplify other parts of Cthulhu's kit. Both his abilities, and the third basic attack in his attack chain will apply stacks of Torment to enemies. When an enemy has four stacks of Torment on them, they go "insane," and will begin seeing abnormal effects on their screen and potentially hear noises which aren't really there. Cthulhu also gains 25 magical power per enemy within 70 units that has insanity. This insanity will last for 20 seconds, and stacks of Torment last only 5 seconds. The Mire is especially good at applying these stacks as both strikes of the ability apply a stack (resulting in 2 total stacks gained immediately).
1 - Sanity BreakAbility Description & Stats Cthulhu. If an enemy is already insane, this will consume their insanity effect and fear them whilst increasing the damage mitigations of this ability. These damage mitigations are probably my favorite part of this ability. Sanity Break will cause all enemies hit to deal 20% less damage to Cthulhu for 6 seconds. However, if enough stacks of insanity are consumed using this ability, the percentage may reach up to 30%.
2 - The MireAbility Description & Stats The Mire may be the most difficult part of Cthulhu's kit for most people to grasp. Being able to confirm this can be very difficult. This ability creates an area of increasing size as Cthulhu continues to channel the ability. As it is a channel, CC may interrupt this process. As channeling continues, there will be two strikes of "corruption" which damage enemies within the area and apply additional effects. The first strike of "corruption" will apply 1 stack of Torment and slow enemies by 35%. The second strike will then root enemies. Both of these effects last for 1 seconds from the time that they are applied. The Mire will last for 3 more seconds after the ability is finished being channeled or has been canceled.
3 - Rushing TerrorAbility Description & Stats Cthulhu dashes forward and creates two damaging lines on either side of him for the duration of the dash. Enemies hit by the damaging portions of Rushing Terror are not only damaged, but are also knocked back and stunned for 0.4 seconds. The ability also applies 1 stack of Torment to all enemies hit.
4 - Descend into MadnessAbility Description & Stats Descend Into Madness transforms Cthulhu into a massive, highly destructive monster which can EASILY sway the course of a teamfight. Cthulhu's maximum health is increased by 30% during this form. All enemies near Cthulhu as he transforms gain stack of Torment similar to Sanity Break; one stack for being within the area, and another if they are facing Cthulhu at the time of transformation. This also applies the debuff effect of Sanity Break as well.
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1 - SeverAbility Description & Stats
Sever is both Cthulhu's first ability while in ult, and his basic attack. By default, this has a cooldown of 1 second because of this fact. Sever is a massive strike towards the ground of 3 projectiles that all apply a protection reduction debuff to enemies hit. This debuff stacks, with 3% per hit up to a maximum of 15% reduced protections for 5 seconds. This has a surprisingly long range, and is a pretty massive area of effect. Additionally, there is no mana cost for using this during the ultimate. This is consistent and very high damage output during his ultimate, and a fantastic tool for Cthulhu.
2 - DevastateAbility Description & Stats
Devastate is a much more self-explanatory ability. Cthulhu can fire a circular area-of-effect blast up to 70 units away which deals damage and knocks up enemies. This does cost mana unlike Sever, however also has a very short cooldown sitting at just 5 seconds. This knockup can be used effectively as either a simple damage option, or as an excellent crowd control (as knock-ups are the best CC in this game) for yourself or your team.
3 - TransfuseAbility Description & Stats Transfuse is another unique ability, and probably one of the most interesting parts about Descend Into Madness to me. When using this ability, Cthulhu damaged enemies in a massive area of 60 units around him. However, he also damages Cthulhu for 6% of his maximum health (increased due to the ultimate) and healing all allies in the area for up to 14% of their maximum healths. Additionally, they receive up to 40 bonus power and a flat 20% movement speed increase for 3 seconds. Cthulhu is below 20% health he will not take any damage - this does, however, come with a drawback in that the effects granted to allies will be reduced by 1/2. Transfuse. I unironically do believe that this is the single greatest ability in Cthulhu's kit.
Cthulhu has a potential slow up to 45% or an easy to confirm 10% slow in the form of The Mire. Cthulhu has successfully driven an enemy insane using his stacks of Torment, his Sanity Break ability has a CC in the form of a 1.5 second fear. Otherwise, this has an ensured attack speed debuff of up to 30%. Rushing Terror is accompanied by a 0.4 second stun and a knockback. The Mire can be hard to confirm as almost all hunters will have a mobility to escape it early game. Rushing Terror will either displace you in lane or require you to get behind the enemies in order to properly peel with it. [Sanity Break]] requires Cthulhu to have stacks of his Torment in order to be put to use with full effect. Without those stacks, there is not a technical hard CC within this ability. Cthulhu has a slow, attack speed debuff, a 0.4 second stun, and a brief knockback. Cthulhu in conquest as of now according to my experience. Cthulhu has an extremely easy time applying stacks of Torment throughout typical solo lane boxing, allowing him to make full use of his kit much more. Although he does not have any sustain built into his kit (actually the exact opposite), he is fairly safe due to his ultimate and decent escape ability. Cthulhu's wave clear is incredible when using The Mire, and the base damage of the god allows for some very strong early-game pressure. With any sort of cooldown reduction built, his ultimate also has a very short cooldown. To use Cthulhu to his fullest potential in solo lane do not be afraid to use his ultimate simply for the massive damage potential in his new kit. However, be mindful of using Transfuse when in solo lane, as you sacrifice your maximum health ONLY for the sake of damage due to the lack of nearby allies. Cthulhu's ultimate, which would otherwise not get nearly as much worth when playing as a support. That being said though, the ultimate is still effective when played by a support role. Cthulhu. However to be fair, I must evaluate his ability to jungle according to role standards and kit requirements much like I did for support. Cthulhu has a mobility in the form of his Rushing Terror. This ability has a 16 second cooldown, and costs 60 mana at level one. The distance traveled here is just 5 units shorter of 
Fenrir's jump (
Unchained), reaching 50 units. For transparency, Unchained also costs 60 mana at level one, and has a 15 second cooldown. Cthulhu begins seeing some problems. According to base damage alone, The Mire is the better option for Cthulhu when attempting to clear camps in the jungle. However, it is important to consider other aspects of these abilities. Assuming a typical jungle start with 
Assassin's Blessing and beginning to build an item such as 
Spear of Desolation (Credit to SwifterHypno for this jungle build that I used for testing and reference), I did some further testing. It is first crucial to consider that Sanity Break has a cooldown of just 10 seconds at level 1, whilst The Mire has a base cooldown of 18 seconds. If clearing a full camp on his own, Cthulhu should expect to receive about 100-120 damage from the minions at the start. The third basic attack in Cthulhu's basic attack chain is a cone which can hit all minions of a camp, which is an essential part of his kit for this role. Clearing a camp at level one will take approximately 10 seconds using either his 1, OR his 2, meaning there is no significant difference in clear time. Therefore, due to the much shorter cooldown, Sanity Break is by far the better option for clear in the jungle.
Hand of the Gods at the beginning of the match in order to keep up with the enemy jungler. Despite this fact, I believe Cthulhu does (possibly arguably) have enough clear to support himself in the jungle. Sanity Break). If this is our primary clear in the jungle, this is what will be relied on most in the very early game if any ganks are necessary. There is no immediate CC for this ability as Cthulhu will not have the ability to set up stacks on his gank victims, and this is a fairly closed ranged ability. Compared to The Mire, it is an inferior gank tool. While Rushing Terror may be used to dive into a lane for a gank, The Mire has a large amount of telegraphing. Cthulhu is not a sort of jungler who is capable of surprising his enemies with a gank. When walking near walls, he is often taller than the walls around the map and can be seen by the lane he is about to gank. When going for a gank, he will have no stacks on enemies to output easy CC. His strongest damage, The Mire, is not usually viable for ganks as it offers too much time for the enemy to escape out of the reach of Sanity Break. Cthulhu to be able to apply pressure to lanes, however. I simply do not believe he has the ability to commit to lane ganks unless enemies are misplaying/overstepping.
Kali. Later in the game, Cthulhu has some unrivaled damage output for a jungler when built as a full damage god. Through my testing, when at full build and level 20, Cthulhu should be capable of killing most gods with 3000 health or less in under 4 seconds using his basic attacks, The Mire, and Sanity Break. He is also able to clear any jungle camps using Sanity Break and one basic attack. Just to note, he is not capable of solo-killing the Fire Giant, so please don't try it.
Cthulhu. Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation is, in my opinion, one of the best items you can build on Cthulhu. This is primarily because of The Mire. This ability is usually very difficult to successfully trap enemies within. However, Gem of Isolation helps to make this process infinitely easier. However, the use of the item goes far beyond just one ability. Also worth noting is the fact that every ability in Cthulhu's kit is an area of effect both in and out of his ultimate (during ultimate, his basic attacks to not proc item effects, though). Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor is probably one of the greatest defensive items that can be built on Cthulhu. The cooldown reduction is important due to his longer cooldowns, but he also benefits immensely from the inclusion of more MP5 and protections. With this item built (ignoring any other items), Descent into Madness should be down to a 70 second cooldown which is absurdly short for the quality of the ability. Bulwark of Hope Bulwark of Hope was a super unexpected choice for me. However, the passive meshes so well with Cthulhu's ultimate and playstyle (at least my playstyle with him) that I find it to be a core item. This item offers a shield of up to around 350 health, which may not seem like a huge deal at first. However, due to the nature of Cthulhu's ult and his lack of an escape until he transforms out of the ultimate (whilst suffering from a momentary inability to use any abilities, similar to 
Fafnir), this shield is exactly what Cthulhu needs to be able to stay in for however long he needs to and safely get out with his life. The actual stats of Bulwark of Hope are nothing to shy away from, either. I find that the crowd control reduction of this item is also unexpectedly helpful because enemies will always attempt to stun or otherwise CC you out of The Mire channeling. Pridwen Pridwen should not be combined with Bulwark of Hope due to conflicting shields, but is another viable option. As mentioned previously, Cthulhu is very vulnerable as he transforms back into his normal body and his ultimate ends. Pridwen is an item much more targeted at this issue than Bulwark of Hope, which I actually consider just better than this option; but it all comes down to your personal preference and playstyle. Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff is an item that I also think meshes very well with Cthulhu as a god. Stealing away health and mana from enemies as he hits them, Cthulhu's high health only continues to climb higher and higher as he stays in the fight. This also allows him to use his heightened ultimate damage to exploit the enemy's reduced maximum health. Hide of the Nemean Lion Hide of the Nemean Lion is almost mandatory the vast majority of the time, the way I see it. Items that enemies will built that feature percentage-based damage absolutely cripple Cthulhu's ability to survive in fights. Most notably, these are Qin's Sais, Heartseeker, and Soul Reaver. Particularly for Qin's Sais and hunters in particualr though, Hide of the Nemean Lion is the only hope that Cthulhu has at defending himself from the massive damage numbers he is struck with when faced with these builds.
Cthulhu, please let me know and I'd love to include some information here about your particular style of play. The Mire is excellent at clearing minions, and in the words of Branmuffin18, Minions are an EXTREMELY important aspect of Arena!!! Sanity Break is a nice tool to instantly deal a good chunk of damage to all minions in a wave. But if the enemy is applying too much pressure or poking you away from the wave, The Mire is also an excellent tool. My only reservation about using The Mire on the wave every time is that you lose your biggest base teamfight ability and peel. Breastplate of Valor and Gem of Isolation are built, you can start to play a bit more aggressively. You can put on that poke and pressure now using The Mire because of the stacking slow you apply to enemies within the area. Keep in mind when using this that there ARE multiple objectives to be considered when trying to root an enemy. Firstly, there is the obvious damage and potential for team follow-up on the ability. However, you can also use this as a tool to force out an enemy's movement ability. Also consider that the second strike roots, but that DOES NOT mean the enemy has to be within the circle for both strikes. If an enemy is chasing an ally, don't place The Mire on top of the enemy, but instead do so on your ally so that they can easily escape as the enemy attempts to avoid the second strike. Still be very careful with Descend Into Madness at this point, as you lack any escape or "get out of jail free card." Bulwark of Hope online. Once this is done, you can honestly go wild with your ultimate. But as soon as that shield comes up, don't stick around. If you've let yourself fall to the point of receiving that shield then it is time to transform out of your ultimate and use your Rushing Terror to get away. The Mire to clear waves. You can throw out some hits of Sanity Break as well just to whittle down the enemy solo laner's health. Your mana should be perfectly fine if you've got the blue buff, so you can go wild. The Mire is a good tool if you are about to contest the Totem of Ku, as it offers the damage you need to progress through the totem, but also dissuades the enemy from getting within range to attack it themselves. Breastplate of Valor built, there really isn't too much the enemy solo laner can do against your cooldowns. Descend Into Madness is a super useful tool here, though as I mentioned before, be very mindful when throwing away your health in lane to use Transfuse - there are no allies to receive benefits. Worth noting with this ability though is that you can see over the walls of solo lane, you can see to the enemy blue, in between the enemy towers through the jungle, look around pyromancer, etc. Transfuse and don't be shy to use it to support your team. Cthulhu is very similar to what I've explained regarding the other two roles. However, I feel it necessary to reiterate how The Mire is best used as a peel. Do not place it on top of the enemies while trying to save your ally and let them escape. Place it on your ally who is running away (hopefully) so that the enemies are either forced to go around and out of their way, or are slowed and rooted. Descend Into Madness (your ultimate) before an enemy jungler is ganking your lane. If you have the knowledge or suspicion that it will happen, don't wait until they arrive, it is infinitely more difficult to gank a lane with a 160 foot tall beast ready to heal, peel, and damage than it is to gank an 80 foot tall beast with a slow and a dash.
Let me know if there are any tips you have, or any recommendations you have for my guide! I'll be working on adding a general tips section within the next day or too as well.
Thank you!
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Boots
Sovereignty
Heartward Amulet
Mana Potion
Silver Breastplate
Reinforced Shoes
Traveler's Shoes
Shoes of the Magi
Hel
This is a very, very solid writeup and evaluation. I really like all of your explanations and considerations.
As we discussed to the side, I don't personally like the choice of
And as we also discussed, a different presentation of item choices might be better. It reads as very limiting for those that are checking this out just to see the build and don't read anything else.
But again, overall a great effort.