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Death's Toll
Warrior Tabi
Mana Potion
Devourer's Gauntlet
The Executioner
Deathbringer
Titan's Bane
Rage
Voidblade
Aegis Amulet (Old)
Purification Beads (Old)
Heavenly Wings
Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Heavenly Agility
Cloak of Meditation
Blink Rune
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Pros + High damage potential + Great at ganking + Great at escaping + Has hard CC + Great team fight |
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Cons - Easily focused - Main attack is skillshot - If not farmed has a hard time helping the team |
Impale to slam them into the obelisk and throw out Desert Fury to land all your hits.
Disperse and Shifting Sands. If an enemy gets too close for comfort you can just Impale them away.
Impale an enemy as soon as you land. If near a wall you can then pop Desert Fury to secure a kill. However you shouldn't use it this way often. Only use it offensively if you're very far ahead. You should use it defensively to jump away. This is the first skill to use while escaping.
Pillar of Agony if your jump is down.
During the items section I will explain what each item does and why you should get it, and when to get them. Be sure to look at the gamestate to be able to tell what is going on.
Deathbringer or devourer's gloves. This item will open up early game sustain and will allow you to stay in lane longer and in turn getting more farm.
Deathbringer to further increase your damage. Get this if very ahead of even match.
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Aegis Amulet: Anhur is easily focused during the lategame. Grabbing an Aegis amulet can help you defend yourself and wait out the cooldown on your jump.
Purification Beads: CC is Anhur's worst enemy. Anhur is incredibly mobile, taking that away leaves a squishy god ready to be eaten.
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Hand of the Gods: Anhur is not a jungler or a support tank. Leave this to those who can use it best. Heavenly Agility: Creeping curse is better.
Intro WIP
Early Game
Noxious Fumes and 
Rain Fire combined with Anhur's own Impale+ Shifting Sands combo make for an easy lane. Both are also excellent pushers with Impale and 
Flame Wave.
Mummify will keep the opponent in place for Impale. Other than that they have very little synergy.
Impale someone into his spirit tempest. You can also Impale someone into his tornadoes. Other than that you do not have much synergy other than very high push making an easy lane.
Aphrodite should go to them.
Serenade into Impale.
Impale stop 
Drain Life so make sure to time Impale to after Drain Life is done.
Shackles is so good for chasing with 
Anhur's already excellent chasing skills. His 
No Escape will set up a Desert Fury for a group or Impale-> Shifting Sands-> Desert Fury for a single target. SO GOOD.
Calydonian Boar into Impale. Just please don't try it. PLEAAAAAASE.
Belly Flop giving you ANOTHER knock-up combined with Disperse. Use the knock up time from Belly Flop and stun time from 
Belch of the Gods to land your Impale. His 
Intoxicate makes the enemy movements predictable allowing you to land your skills. Do it
Bakasura goes jungling while Anhur goes and solos the lane for SUPER FARM. (Aka mid farm). When Bakasura ganks with 
Regurgitate stun the enemy with Impale and use Desert Fury to score a kill. A competent opponent usually won't fall for this though.
Brutalize to finish then use Shifting Sands into Impale to score the kill most of the time. If Fenrir drops 
Ragnarok then wait for him to bring the treat and stand still. Drop your Shifting Sands and ready Impale. When they drop immediately use Impale into Desert Fury while 
Fenrir uses Brutalize for an easy kill.
Death's Toll. He can stun and silence the enemy giving you time for Desert Fury and Impale. His taiyou assault will give you good poke making it easier to kill.
Shroud of Darkness will give you more time to land Impale and Shifting Sands. His 
Death From Below and 
Devour Souls has amazing poke. Pillar of Agony into Desert Fury will cause major damage to gods without jumps or dashes.
Impale. Hel is just so good at supporting Anhur.
Earthbreaker into 
Driving Strike combo then use Impale to drive them back even farther into lane. Attempt to go for a kill. If he gets away just repeat this process.
Impaleing him to a wall and burst him down.
Impale you. Try to stay in the center of the lane so that he cannot Impale you to the sides if he gets too close. If he attempts to engage disengage with a Disperse or Impale him away. Outfarm him and try to obtain the advantage. It's all about the farm.
Mummify you. If he attempts to use 
Plague of Locusts then Shifting Sands into Impale to show him who's in charge. If he manages to Mummify consistently buy Purification Beads into a Disperse or Impale. If he uses 
Death Gaze you can either Disperse away or follow up with Desert Fury.
Shifting Sands into Impale into Desert Fury. Then push. Rinse and repeat.
Aphrodite is both an amazing laning partner and annoying enemy for Anhur. The main goal is to not stay in front of Aphrodite, but rather to her sides, so they she cannot land her 
Love Birds. When laning against her you will want to focus on her and not the partner. Focusing on her cuts off the laning partner's sustain and instant Aegis Amulet aka 
Undying Love.
Serenade. You do much more damage than him so abuse this by going offensive when he comes up to you. However if he has 
Audacity active or he uses 
The Moves towards you use Disperse to get away unless you are 100% sure you can take him on. The main goal is to outfarm him in order to kill him. Both of you should have similar builds, so in the end whoever has more farm gets the win.
Arachne is an easy matchup for Anhur. The only problem you will face with her is her tangled web. The 
Broodlings are easily taken care of. Though Arachne will normally be jungling so make sure to place 
Ward and be cautious of Arachne. If you see Arachne coming out from the jungle be sure to get out of range of her 
Cocoon in time. In team fights Arachne will not help in the fight, just be wary of Cocoon.
Aegis Amulet or Purification Beads in the early game in order to fight against 
Ares. To be honest their is not much you can do. His Shackles will cripple you disabling your Disperse, so if you get shackled use your shifting sands and impale Ares away from you. Try to stay away from him.
Purification Beads for her Calydonian Boar though. Be wary of 
Transgressor's Fate.
Belly Flop and Belch of the Gods. His ultimate, Intoxicate, will make it incredibly hard to his your Impale and Desert Fury. Wait for all his skills to be on cooldown then finish him off or harass him.
Regurgitate simply Impale him away. Bakasura is incredibly squishy so follow up Impale with either Shifting Sands and basics or Desert Fury.
Bastet uses 
Pounce on you simply Impale her away. Bastet is so squishy so she will be easy to burst down. Just kite and she will easily fall.
Shifting Sands, Impale and Desert Fury. If you don't his 
Share The Love will heal him right back where you started wasting your mana. His 
Fields Of Love will cripple you so watch out for that.
Unchained, Brutalize and Ragnarok. He will most likely catch up to you and do damage. The trick is to wait for him to start his Brutalize then immediately use Disperse to cancel it. Same thing with his Ragnarok. When he puts you down instantly jump towards your base. Once you've gained much needed distance Impale him into a wall and Desert Fury.
Freya uses her 
Irradiate+
Pulse combo Impale her away before she can do major damage. If Impale is down then use Disperse. The goal is to not be hit by her 
Banish. The only thing to do against Freya is to catch her off guard and use your Impale combo to score a kill.
Tranquil Gift will make it hard to poke him down. His tankiness makes it hard to burst him down. His 
Warrior's Will just does a ton of damage. Be sure to Impale him away before he can use Warrior's Will. His 
Taolu Assault makes him immune to your Impale so Disperse away from him while he does this. When he uses 
Tactician's Advantage use an Aegis Amulet or Disperse away before you get silenced and stunned.
Death From Below use your impale before he uses Devour Souls or Shroud of Darkness. This will get off good poke, waste his mana and puts his jump of cooldown. When Hades uses Pillar of Agony use Disperse to get out. If Disperse is down use Desert Fury for the CC immunity if you really need it.
Water Cannon. If he runs towards you with his flood waters jump behind him and impale him into your minions or a jungle wall then pop Shifting Sands or Desert Fury for a kill.
Impale her away and Disperse if Impale is down. When she is stunned pop your Desert Fury.
Earthbreaker Disperse back into position to avoid being hit by Driving Strike. His 
Mitigate Wounds will stop your pokes. Burst him down before that happens. Move in zig zags to avoid 
Excavate
Dispel Magic does next to nothing to you. Her 
Wing Gust is easily countered by Impale. Her 
Spirit Ball will keep you in a tough spot and 
Circle of Protection will disable half the lane to walk in. Stay a safe distance.
Impale to avoid the blood lash. If she uses 
Frenzy then Disperse away. Keep her a safe distance or regret it.
Vanish and aimed strike. If you hear either of these immediately Disperse away. If he manages to catch up to you Impale him away. If he is stunned to a wall pop your Desert Fury for the kill.
Armillary Sash follow up with a Disperse away from him. Ne Zha does a lot of damage and will screw you up. Deal with Ne zha like any other melee carry. Impale combo and kite them.
Impale combo. Try to avoid 
Spirit Arrow.
Disperse so you don't get stuck in 
Ring of Spears. If he attempts to use 
Gungnir's Might or 
Odin's Shout immediately Impale him away from you. If he uses 
Lunge then follow up with a Disperse away. Lunge is usually followed by Ring of Spears, so be careful.
Whirlpool. Don't stand directly behind your melee minions or prepare to be hit by 
Tidal Surge. If he tries coming close to you immediately Impale him away. If a 
Poseidon tries coming near you he usually has activated 
Trident or is about to use release the kraken. If you hear him use his release the kraken; if you're fast enough you can use Disperse to get away before getting hit.
Solar Blessing is easy to avoid if you keep a safe distance. The second he moves closer to you use your Impale to keep your distance. An advancing 
Ra usually means 
Divine Light or 
Celestial Beam. Always move in a zig zag pattern to avoid his Celestial Beam and 
Searing Pain
Impale. Just keep your distances and you should be fine. If he does manage to land his 
Charge Prey immediately use Disperse back into position.
Overhand Smash. His furious monkey is easily countered by staying a distance away from your minions and laning partner. If he uses his 
Somersault then Disperse away to keep your distance. Just be careful of year of the monkey.
Berserker Barrage he is immune to Impale so use Disperse to get away. His 
Mjolnir's Attunement will hurt badly if he lands the front and back swing. Move in a zig zag as if you're avoiding Ra's skills to prevent this. His 
Tectonic Rift will end up stunning you if you're not careful. To prevent this make sure you're not standing directly in front of 
Thor. His 
Anvil of Dawn is easy to dodge. Listen for the sound when he goes down, then immediately Disperse away into an Impale if still within range.
Clear The Path is incredibly easy to dodge. The worst mistake you can make is to jump forwards. This idea is to jump behind him while he uses Clear The Path. When you Disperse behind him he cannot turn around and he must cancel it. When he gets within range of any of his other skills just Impale him away. If he uses 
Sleeping Giant just run.
Inferno Cannon and thumper xvi. Let the minions take the hits then focus them down. If he's within range for 
Backfire use Impale. He goes backwards either way, but this time he takes damage,not you c:. If he uses volcanic overdrive just Disperse away. Not worth it to take the damage.
Branching Bola just move in zig zags to avoid them and waste his minions while hiding behind multiple minions. If he uses his 
Poison Darts then follow him with Impale to stop the 
Rising Jaguar. If he manages to use Rising Jaguar use your Impale on where he would be on the ground. It'll knock him away anyways. During his 
Darkest of Nights just keep moving until the last second or risk behind ganked.
Ice Wall Disperse through it. Impale him away. An advancing Ymir usually means a follow up 
Frost Breath which will be followed by 
Glacial Strike. If Ymir uses blink immediately Disperse away. Stay a distance away.
Impale so you don't collect charges. Stay a safe distance away from your laning partner/minions to avoid the 
Chain Lightning. If he uses lighting storm either walk out and impale 
Zeus into a Desert Fury. Or Disperse out and do the same.
6/2/2013
Made guide
6/2/2013
Added match ups against Anhur up to Fenrir.
6/2/2013
Added Freya to Hercules
Added Isis to Neith
6/3/2013
Reformatted items
Finished matchups
Added new chapters to be completed
Started laning partners
6/4/2013
Added laning partners up to hercules
Remember this is a work in progress. I intend to make a section dedicated to matchups and how to play Anhur during the stages of the game.
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Will finish as soon as I can
Your level (30) is the right level to write a guide and I'm happy you read a guide on making a guide
- Great use of coding, icons and banners
- Good detail
- Good item build
- Really the only one I can see is that it's WIP :(
- Just finish it and you got a masterpiece
Final verdict is... 8.5! this is a very great and possibly the next leading Anhur guide, but you have to finish it first
I just finished the match ups section
Will do the laning partners section tommorow and hopefully gameplay after that.
Keep it up
Keep up ze good work. An upvote from me with the assumption that there will be more to come for this guide.