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Smite God: Erlang Shen

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Erlang Shen Build

Starter Items - 2 options

Notes T1 Boots and more reg potions if you're facing a serious threat.
Katana if you're confidend you can rush SCS - combo with 2 multi potions.

Guardian's Blessing

Boots

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Katana

Multi Potion

Core Items

Warrior Tabi

Stone Cutting Sword

Void Shield

Good Situational Picks - Offence

Notes Attack speed and protection shredding are Erlang's bread and butter if he can survive well. The hammers give health and utility so they are kind of situational but can still work. The Katana tree is OK if you're feeling salty/trolly. Qin's is a very good pick against tanky solo-laners and gives you AS.

The Executioner

Qin's Sais

The Crusher

Frostbound Hammer

Runeforged Hammer

Good Situational Picks - Defence

Notes Physical defence against enemy ADC/JNG/SOLO is vital since Erlang can be quite squishy. If you get Mystical, sell it going into late game.
Bulwark's is nice - stacks with Urchin's. Magi's cloak helps Erlang with hard CC as he suffers greatly from it.

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Midgardian Mail

Mystical Mail

Bulwark of Hope

Magi's Cloak

Final Build 1

Notes Good curve, good AS, good prots, good DPS. A bit risky but it fits my playstyle quite nicely. Your experience may vary, depending on your mechanical skill and juking ability.

Warrior Tabi

Stone Cutting Sword

Hide of the Urchin

The Executioner

Void Shield

Qin's Sais

Final Build 2

Notes This is quite a balanced build - not utilising your full dmg potential but how can you kill if you're dead? Switch Bulwark's and Nemean's if you feel you're being overpowered by auto-attacks from enemies. I still build Bulwark's coz of HP and stacking shields.

Ninja Tabi

The Crusher

Hide of the Urchin

Stone Cutting Sword

Bulwark of Hope

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Relics

Notes If you're solo, TP is kinda self-explanatory. Haste/Horrific if the enemy team is weak or have a bad comp against yours. Shield and Blink are very aggressive and do commant respect if the enemy knows what Erlang can do (especially if they have no hard CC to stop you).

Teleport Fragment

Purification Beads

Horrific Emblem

Blink Rune

Shield of Thorns

Heavenly Wings

Other situationals

Notes (Self-)Healers on your lane/magical enemy jng? Get Pestilence.
Winged blade is a terrific multi-purpouse item: helps you chase or stay alive, I do love it, if it's needed.
Golden Blade is also an amazing option if you're already VERY ahead in your lane + your natural mobility, it makes a lot of sense to clear the enemy jng in less than a minute with your own jungler and keep your pressure.

Winged Blade

Pestilence

Golden Blade

Erlang Shen's Skill Order

Spot Weakness

1 X

1 6 8 10 11

2 A

3 15 16 18 19

72 Transformations ES

3 B

2 4 7 12 14

9 Turns Blessing

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 6 8 10 11

Spot Weakness

1 X

Erlang Shen opens his third eye and analyzes the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. When activated, Erlang Shen gains additional Physical Damage and Lifesteal on each strike. He also applies a stacking debuff to enemy gods, reducing their damage dealt to all sources. Stacks last 3s.

If the buff effect has ended and the ability is on Cooldown, successful Basic Attacks reduce the Cooldown of this ability by 1s.

Ability Type: Buff, Damage
Physical Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Lifesteal: 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20%
Damage Reduction: 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.6 / 7%
Max Stacks: 3
Duration: 5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

3 15 16 18 19

2 A

Erlang Shen launches a spear that damages enemies on impact. Enemies in the dead center of the effect when it lands are Rooted in place.

Ability Type: Circle, Root, Damage
Damage: 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+55% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1.5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 16s

2 4 7 12 14

72 Transformations ES

3 B

Erlang Shen transforms into an Mink or Turtle and charges forward, becoming immune to knockups and slows.

Mink: Damages all enemies, stopping on first god hit and increasing Attack Speed and Movement Speed for 4s.
Turtle: Knocks up enemy gods and gains a health shield that is boosted by 75% of your protections from items for 12s.

Ability Type: Line, Buff, Damage
Turtle Damage: 55 / 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Shield Health: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250
Mink Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Mink Attack Speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%
Mink Movement Speed: 15%
Cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85
Cooldown: 16s

5 9 13 17 20

9 Turns Blessing

4 Y

Erlang Shen Taunts nearby Enemy gods, gaining Damage Mitigation for the next 4s. Afterwards, if Erlang Shen is still alive he is Healed for a flat amount plus 12% of his Maximum Health.

Ability Type: Cone, Taunt
Heal: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+12% of your Maximum Health)
Damage Mitigation: 35%
Taunt Duration: 1.5s
Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
Cooldown: 70s

Erlang Shen Threats

Tap each threat level to view Erlang Shen’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Ymir | Maximum

Ymir has all the problems of Ares, Ah Puch, Zhong, Baron, etc. He lacks mobility (but he can take it away from you as well) and relies on cooldowns (but his passive means that he can auto-attack you a bit more successfully than the rest). The real problem here is that he is tough and has a wall + hard CC + slows. Which means you have to invest at least one item/relic to counter one of his abilities. You're basically playing with 5 items if he is good. He utilizes his starter item better - HE IS A FROZEN GOD, man. He does NOT mind freezing the lane. He has ONE major flaw, though - if the enemy player is not sufficiently experienced, you can clear faster and steal some more XP from his jng. Once you're 2-3 levels ahead, you get your item back (he is presumably a full item behind at that stage).

Disclaimers

I do not claim to be a great player but I do have fun when playing Erlang.

Please, do read the text in the bubbles - I would like to know what you think about my rationalizations.

My first build here - all comments and feedback are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

Summary

Erlang saw a huge uplift in play in recent patches. I've enjoyed him since the start of Season of 4, when I first started playing, so... pretty recently. Keep that in mind when going through this build guide.

Pros / Cons

Pros:

* High Single-Target Damage
* Good Attack Speed
* Good Crowd Control

Cons:

* A bit squishy
* Gets a very hard time with CC (like many others); especially if he's used his 3 to initiate.
* Other than CC, he has trouble with ranged gods since he needs to be in your face in order to deal dmg and be dangerous.

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A bit of a problem here. Jungle items are listed here and no mention at all of Beserker's shield, pestilence, mantle of discord, shoguns, ancile, runic shield etc...

Also wouldn't go Guardians blessing on Erlang Shen. Instead go tier 1 beserkers shield, health chalice, and 2 health pots.

Hey, Kriega! Thank you for the feedback! Both Erlang and the shield got nerfed so I still think that SCS is better at this point. Pestilence is mentioned and I've already given my 2 options from the mantle tree which fit much better, IMO. Stacking shields is nice and the balloon is just more useful than the silence. Shoguns is a good option but for Erlang I think a pure defensive item/other hybrid items are better. It's better suited for other non-AA-based gods. You're solo or jng - not support. Runic shield does not help you box - if you have a mage without an escape, you're a threat to him anyway, just get more dmg or a different sustain item. Runic's stats are OK but there are better items out there that increase your effective HP as well. The passive is more of a tank's priority than yours if you're Erlang.
And, lastly - for the starter item. I have stated that this suits my playstyle very well. If I'm switching, I'm just gonna go SCS earlier. Use my 3 to go through creeps, box the enemy, get HP+Mana if he sticks near the wave... It's probably more of personal preference in my case, I guess. I don't feel like Warrior's Blessing is bad or anything - dmg blocking in early levels is probably better than T1 shield... unless you're like in competitive play (we saw what you mentioned at Dreamhack this year but it was pre-1-nerf so I guess boxing that well on lvl 1 is out of the question (at least using those options).

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You realise you sustain off minions with berserkers Shield as well right?

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Yup. If I'm attacking them... :) I am not going to add it, since I myself do not build it anymore and haven't missed it the slightest since I stopped. It used to be a very powerful and non-expensive item on him. It's not anymore. You have better boxing items AND better sustain items that ALSO increase EHP at the same time AND defence items in the list. Also, there are plenty guides that DO include it so I guess it is not exactly under the radar. I, for one, have not - and, I've done so knowingly and with purpouse.
TBH, I'm much more intersted in discussing how to counter Tyr, for example. If you got any ideas? I suck against Tyr. :/ Well, against others as well, but I digress. :D

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Erlang in Conquest - Season 5 (5.23)

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Disclaimers

Summary

Pros / Cons

Erlang in Conquest - Season 5 (5.23)

Smite God: Erlang Shen

Erlang Shen Build

Starter Items - 2 options

Notes

Core Items

Good Situational Picks - Offence

Notes

Good Situational Picks - Defence

Notes

Final Build 1

Notes

Final Build 2

Notes

Relics

Notes

Other situationals

Notes

Erlang Shen's Skill Order

Spot Weakness

Pin

72 Transformations ES

9 Turns Blessing

Spot Weakness

Pin

72 Transformations ES

9 Turns Blessing

Erlang Shen Threats

Ah Puch | Maximum

Tyr | Maximum

Vamana | Maximum

Ymir | Maximum

Amaterasu | Even

Ares | Even

Baron Samedi | Even

Geb | Even

Neith | Even

Zhong Kui | Even

Bakasura | Major

Bellona | Major

Chaac | Major

Freya | Major

Hercules | Major

Kuzenbo | Major

Raijin | Major

Ra | Tiny

Aphrodite | Minor

Disclaimers

Summary

Pros / Cons

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