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Erlang Shen Guide (Updated For Patch 3.16)

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Smite God: Erlang Shen

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Erlang Shen Build

Tank Build

Ninja Tabi

Breastplate of Valor

Asi

Hide of the Urchin

Bulwark of Hope

The Executioner

Attack speed Build

Ninja Tabi

Jotunn's Wrath

Ichaival

Hide of the Urchin

The Executioner

Bloodforge

Power Build

Ninja Tabi

Transcendence

Asi

The Executioner

Rage

Bloodforge

Relics

Cloak of Meditation

Cursed Ankh

Aegis Amulet

Purification Beads

Alternate Penetration

Titan's Bane

Qin's Sais

Stone Cutting Sword

Alternate Cooldown

Spirit Robe

Breastplate of Valor

Mail of Renewal

Erlang Shen's Skill Order

Spot Weakness

1 X

1 8 11 12 14

2 A

2 4 6 7 10

72 Transformations ES

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

9 Turns Blessing

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 8 11 12 14

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: 6s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

2 4 6 7 10

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: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s

3 15 16 18 19

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: 70 / 130 / 190 / 250 / 310 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Mink Attack Speed: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%
Mink Movement Speed: 15%
Cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85
Cooldown: 18 / 17.5 / 17 / 16.5 / 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: 85s

Intro

Erlang Shen... In Chinese lore he is a badass. In Smite his design is Badass. His posture.... is fabulous!

Erlang Shen is either a massive tank that can take tons of damage or a attack speed beast that can melt everything in his path. Basically Erlang Shen is a male Athena and quick Wukong. Personally, I would have liked to see something more intuitive in his abilities and passive. Yet he is still a very great addition to the game. I always appreciate how Hirez constantly pushes out great new content and with the addition of Erlang Shen, it really shows just how much work was put into him.

Note: I will try to keep this guide as up to date as possible. Also I am open to any of your opinions on how I could improve this guide.

Patch Update 3.16

Patch 3.16 increases the cooldown from 12s to 16s on Pin. Which is alright I guess. It definitely helps when facing off with an enemy Erlang Shen. However, when facing off with an extremely skilled Erlang Shen it will still be a challenge. Although the same thing can be said about any other god when facing off with skilled players.

Pros / Cons

Pros

Double attack passive with doggo
Insane attack speed if built for it
Great mobility
Very nice support
Agro ult
Can stun, agro, and knock up
Ult can heal
Could literally be build as an assassin
He owns a doggo, can turn into a flying ferret and a drifting turtle

Cons

Can get locked down easily
Mid to late game god
Very manna hungry early game

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So as a diamond Erlang player this guide is pretty bad and IMO was probably made by someone who doesn't really play Erlang. Most of the items on here don't make sense to use with him. Attack speed and crit are big deals with Erlang and our what make him so great. These builds dont really take advantage of his stats or kit.

I agree with you. I seem to be doing verry well with this build: warrior tabi ichaival{sell late game for wind demon} ASI qin sais the executioner and deathbringer. I've gone 22/1/8 with the build i just said then turned around next game and went 17/0/6. Tell me what you think Ben24.

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Something i disagree with here, Qin's is 110% core on him, more than executioner, and more than asi. (The Dog Proc's The Item Passive To!!) On your attack speed build, you should list that you will sell ichaival and pick up qin's, its an early game item that functions well in late game, but qin's is alot astronger. finally, on the power build, switch ninja tabi for warior tabi, you get alot more out of it. oh one last thing, for the love of god, max your 1, save you pin for the root itself, your 1 is what makes you such a strong fighter, without, you have very low fighting potential. If your maxing it for clear, don't. your auto attacks clear very well with death's toll sustaining you, and you can save pin for trades and poke.

I use Warrior Tabi instead of ninja but oh well

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is getting a sweet buff though. Guess people building this will be even more better off :p

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The buff is only for gods who need attack speed and mana.
I feel like is still better aswell, since usually allready has another mana item, and he has attack speed in his kit, so the power provides usually provides better benefits than what provides on . Ohwell, just my opinion.

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I never play but the builds look solid.

However for the "attack speed" build you may want to switch to , at least during the late game.
And I can see you build only for its CDR. In that case you could perhaps use for some more defense if needed. Call it a "situational".

So I mostly wanted to post this comment for anyone to answer to get more in depth opinions or analysis from other Shen users.

1. What is the direct purpose for using bloodforge on erlang. Does it prove invaluable?
2. I think in the attack speed build I would actually consider building Ritual dagger or winged blade over jotun's first then maybe jotun's second. Possibly ichaival, maybe even o-bow if well ahead. just thoughts there.
3. I agree with urchin in almost any build particularly althought sometimes situationally i prefer spirit robe as it is lovely especially properly used on shen, that's just from my experiences.
4. I would actually like an explanation on the usage of Asi for shen. I see it however don't "feel it." Would love to hear how it has helped others or affected them in it's integration.

Thanks for the post though!

Sorry for the extremely late reply. I don't really use Erlang Shen that mutch. I like using Blood forge for having a large increase in physical power. As for Jotun, I mainly use it for having 20% cooldown. The builds that I use, purely fit my own playstyle, so I would suggest using it as a template and switching out items for ones that fit your own playstyle. As for you last question. I like building items that are cheap when it comes to gold. Whenever I want to build a god that has decent attack speed, I use Ninja boots followed by Asi as my third item. I could replace it with something like Ichival. I just prefer Asi for decent mid-game life- steal with a little bit of penetration.

I feel like for the attack speed build, something like or even would be a better alternate for because his already removes the movement speed debuff, and also just for the overall utility of these two items.

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Any particular reason you have listed being a utility/AA God as a con?

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is a veery bad idea for Erlang...
IF you purchase it you buy it for what?
The Minx damage on his 3? For the dmage on his Spear Throw?

Or does his 1 benefits from the 33% Penetration?

No my friend is a much better choice if you want some effective pen on Erlang ,or for enemy Gods that amass bulks of Health through items such as Warriors,Guardians AND Mages with Warlock's Sash Sash...

You might even consider the if you want some pen and mobility in case you want to jungle with the Sage...

Thanks, I will look into using those items.

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also affects basic attacks.

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I like better for considering his one gives a Hastened effect, so it is not a bad idea, but yeah is a cheaper way to get that same pen immediately.

Either way, both can be good for him. I feel that is needed though.

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I thought it would be because of his passive that is better.
Since his passive also procs item, that means each basic attack apply 2 stacks.
So, after dealing only 1 basic attack, you already get 24% reduction.

Male Athena who shreds face.

lol yeah

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Erlang Shen Guide (Updated For Patch 3.16)

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Table of Contents

Intro

Patch Update 3.16

Pros / Cons

Erlang Shen Guide (Updated For Patch 3.16)

Smite God: Erlang Shen

Erlang Shen Build

Tank Build

Attack speed Build

Power Build

Relics

Alternate Penetration

Alternate Cooldown

Erlang Shen's Skill Order

Spot Weakness

Pin

72 Transformations ES

9 Turns Blessing

Intro

Patch Update 3.16

Pros / Cons

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