Item 1
Boots are an excellent starter item for
Bellona, giving her some early mobility. Once upgraded to
Warrior Tabi they also provide great power. I would recommend
Warrior Tabi over
Ninja Tabi since
Bellona needs power more than attack speed, especially during her early game.
Starter
Bluestone Pendant is my go to starter item since it provides you with enough mana sustain to hold lane against other solo laners regardless of how good their lane clear is. More mana simply means more poking and more damage.
ALTERNATIVE
Death's Toll is a decent alternative to
Bluestone Pendant. I personally like the early game stat boosts it provides that help me have an edge on enemy players, but you really must rely on obtaining your mana buff if you choose this route.
Active 1
Shielded Teleport has recently overtaken
Hand of the Gods as my favorite active for Warriors in the solo lane.
Bellona generally has an easy enough time taking out her blue buff without
Hand of the Gods so why not take advantage of
Shielded Teleport? This item is one of my favorites for solo laners because it allows those with good sustain to keep constant pressure on their lane, as well as rotate more easily allowing you to escape 'solo island'. I prefer to purchase the full 900g
Shielded Teleport the first time I return to base. Fully upgraded, the cooldown of
Shielded Teleport is vastly shorter allowing you to heal more often and typically outpressure the other solo laner and allow you to teleport to wards which is much better for ganking other lanes.
Shielded Teleport is also great late game, allowing you to heal up your health and mana and then immediately rejoin your team in a teamfight even if they're on the other side of the map. Finally, this item can also be used as an escape as long as the enemy you're fighting doesn't have any hard CC.
ALTERNATIVE
Hand of the Gods is commonly my starter active with
Bellona (always if I'm jungle) because it provides an easy way to take out jungle camps and/or blue buff. Mid/late game
Fist of the Gods allows you to get an extra stun on enemies as well, or
Wrath of the Gods can help you guarantee objectives if your support dies, making this an all around good investment.
Active 2
Purification Beads are most often essential for
Bellona so that she can escape from hard CC. Alternatively, Magi's Blessing can replace this active.
ALTERNATIVE
Greater Aegis is used basically the same way as
Greater Purification, the only difference being damage avoidance. This is entirely dependent on who you're fighting. Aegis is generally better against gods with high burst damage like
Anubis,
Poseidon and
Scylla to block their ultimates.
ALTERNATIVE
If the other team lacks CC or you invested in Magi's Blessing,
Heavenly Agility can be useful for moving around the map, pursuing enemies and escaping. Overall a worthy investment.
ALTERNATIVE
Like sprint, if the other team lacks CC or you invested in Magi's Blessing,
Shield of the Underworld can provide some additional protections as well as returned damage to really screw basic attack users (as if you didn't already).
Item 2
Overall,
Hide of the Urchin by far provides the best defensive stats once stacked for a single item. Since you're mostly relying on base damages early game anyway, buying this item second will allow you to build its stacks as well as make you incredibly hard to burst down.
Item 3
Jotunn's Wrath is a great all around item, providing 40 power, 11 penetration, mana and 25% CDR (*woot*). This will give you a good power upgrade and allow you to use your abilities far more often all packaged together for a relatively cheap price.
Item 4
Winged Blade provides a huge amount of benefits: attack speed, movement speed, CDR, 300 health and a passive that massively benefits your escape potential. This additional health also pairs well with the next item which only provides physical and magical protections.
Item 5
Shifter's Shield is a massively powerful item, providing 40 + 20 physical power when above 50% health and 15 + 20 physical and magical protections when below 50%. This will not only make you incredibly tanky, but incredibly powerful as well. Do note however that this is weak against gods with huge single hit ultimates like Release the Kraken or
I'm a Monster since you will not gain the added protections until after the initial hit.
Item 6
The Executioner is my preferred final item for this build since it provides power, attack speed and penetration which is especially helpful against tanky late game gods. This can and should be swapped with other items situationally however (eg: Magi's Blessing if dealing with lots of CC,
Brawler's Beat Stick if enemies have a lot of healing, etc.)
To have a good feel for the meta just look at the pros playing (although that shouldnt be your number 1 thing to learn from) and top Smitefire guides. Just go to the gods name in the bottom and look for the guide thats-
1) At least somewhat recent, maybe 1-2 months since last update.
2) Has good views. Still dont depend on first impressions on views.
3) Comments on those guides give good criticism and lots of new ideas (usually)
I just want to stay relevant and learn you know? But thatks GGF
What is the meta right now anyways? I dont know Smite mechanics well enough to even understand that
Doesnt matter if you know now anyways, a new season is about to start in the new year, or even sooner. With a new season comes a new meta.
You still have to be more specific though. You cant just say "meta". Its alot more complicated then that. Think of it like preferred builds and items.
Honestly with all the nerfs/meta-changes the given builds could use an update. Will get on that soon.
What is the meta right now anyways? I dont know Smite mechanics well enough to even understand that
Not a good build trust me...
Honestly with all the nerfs/meta-changes the given builds could use an update. Will get on that soon.
Hope this helps.
If you're talking about the Latin, it's "Roma Invicta!" which translates to Rome Unconquered or Undefeated.
Yes thank you lol I never could make it out. Thanks for the info, I love those fun facts