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Starters may vary, but I like going 2 Multi Potion for any trades instead of a Mana Potion that works better for jungle clearing
Relics vary depending on the enemy setup, I like to start with Purification Beads most of the times, because it let me be more aggressive in the jungle against Thor or Awilix for example
Claw Shard or Wing Shard?? Both do really good but I prefer Claw Shard for the extra life steal and physical power on the abilities, specially when I'm facing enemies without jumps or leaps that makes Brutalize really strong in early game
Horn Shard has proved to be a really powerful early game relic that helps in both situations, aggresive or defensive but I usually use it for ganks only
Party Punch Gives some extra damage on ganks, but Bountiful Bao it's also really useful in overall situations
Protector Of The Jungle vs Seer Of The Jungle: Both are from the same starter but with different stats, one gives more protections and power while the other gives extra attack speed and the ability to see wards, I choose protector here in order to maintain the a full power/tanky standard build, but there's more options like Bumba's Spear or Bumba's Hammer which offers extra 10%cdr, etc.
This build focus on the early/mid game with fen, choosing Hydra's Lament or Serrated Edge as 2th item will grant different early advantages... Hydra's Lament helps a lot on 1v1 situations and mana sustain and Serrated Edge mostly focuses on the early snow ball with high power and movement speed
Last item it's flex, I would usually choose Heartseeker or The Crusher as offensive options and Mantle of Discord or Berserker's Shield as defensive options
Jotunn's Wrath stills pretty strong as an starter item even though the early flat pen from the assassins' has been removed.
Other defensive items like Magi's Cloak or Spirit Robe could be added into the build
Bumba's Hammer or Bumba's Dagger, both will work with this build, but I prefer to choose hammer so it doesn't overcap on %pen
Heartseeker and Hydra's Lament both increase Transcendence passive with the extra mana
Last item can be flex depending on your starter and the enemy comp
Rage can be bought even earlier as 1th/2th item, but it would be a risk to take
Bumba's Spear fits perfectly on this build for capping cdr and %pen
Magi's Cloak: Makes u immune to cc when using Brutalize and works extremely good against hard cc comps
Runebreaking Hammer: It's passive works pretty fine with Fenrir's stun on his first ability Unchained along with excellent defensive stats (The extra mp5 helps a lot too)
Brawler's Beat Stick: Situational item for anti healing and extra flat pen (which is really important right now)
Berserker's Shield A defensive option that works really good with Fenrir due to his boxing potential with basic attacks
Max Seething Howl first, instead of Brutalize if they have jumps and high cc on their comp
Seething Howl extra power and attackspeed helps a lot with the snowball that Fenrir generates in early game towards the mid game with Bloodforge online
I think that, Ragnarok it's an underrated ultimate that should be maxed properly in order to have that extra damage and protections when used, but you can leave it at last if u want
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In order to be more aggresive in the early game, Fenrir benefits from having high damage midlaners like Kukulkan that can push waves with ease improving your early fights and rotations on the mid camps, but in general any mage with a decent wave clear and good chase like Poseidon are gonna be helpful
Speaking of other good synergies with Fenrir, we have to look for those teams comps with Purification Beads wasters like Ares to make sure we can use our ultimate more often and make those carries more vulnerable
On the enemy side, there's a few gods who can be a problem... a Geb with his shield that cancels your ult, Awilix who counters your jumps and has really good early game like you and ofc, any god in general with immune ults and jumps combined like Anhur for example
Your gameplay it's gonna be pretty much the same every game, but having these things in count are gonna be helpful in the long run, so remember to check builds and items, watch some people play and keep trying new things to build some confidence with fen, just keep it up and have fun
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I agree with you with some things that you say, Fenrir is well known for his strong boxing potential, something that I tried to clarify a few times on this guide cuz I saw bunch of people playing really scared with him on ranked matchups and your opinion on this it's very convenient, since that's how it should be played.
However, I'm gonna hold my point on Fenrir's decrease on his carry potential in late game, I'm not saying that he's useless, just not strong enough to fight close to any gods with strong cc as Artio// Ares or peel gods as Khepri// Ganesha. There is a lot of situations to mention, but I'm trying to make a general point of view on late game gameplay, that we already know how it works in respect of the comps, teammates, timing, actives, cc's, etc.
Don't get me wrong, Fenrir it's a beast in late game and it should be played aggressively all the time, but the main job of junglers/assassins will always be to kill the enemy carries without dying and FG teamfights are a really good example for this.
I'm not expecting that people play like the pro's they see and use advanced game mechanics as well, but in general Fenrir can be played more defensively, catching enemies on a bad position, as I specified before and I don't think it's a waste. In fact, I think that's a good way to play it for not fully experienced players, we can't teach pro's or old players how to play, people should learn on their own, this is just a guide for new guys to start learning the basics of this god
I hope I have expressed myself clearly, I'm currently learning how to express myself in English, So I'm sorry if something it's out of place and I'm gonna try to change this portion of the guide to clarify my point of view. Thanks to you again!
Another situational item that could be used its brawlers, it depends on the match, some people dont like heartseeker on fenrir and prefer titans instead.
I personally disagree with buying crusher right now, i think its a little bit behind from the rest of pen items, anyway this is only a thought and its an item that's still working with fen