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Goddess of Saving Your Booty | Aphrodite Joust/Arena/Clash Build | Feedback Needed

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by ThePenguinGodOfHugs updated December 13, 2015

Smite God: Aphrodite

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Aphrodite Build

Purchase Order

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Greater Meditation Greater Meditation
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Lotus Sickle Lotus Sickle
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Potion of Magical Might Potion of Magical Might
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation

Core

Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Lotus Sickle Lotus Sickle

Defense

Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Lotus Sickle Lotus Sickle

Consumables...

Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
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Build Item Potion of Magical Might Potion of Magical Might
Build Item Ward Ward
Build Item Sentry Ward Sentry Ward

Oh, yeah, and Starter...

Build Item Magic Shoes Magic Shoes
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation

Actives

Build Item Greater Meditation Greater Meditation
Build Item Heavenly Agility Heavenly Agility
Build Item Aegis Pendant Aegis Pendant
Build Item Teleport to Gods Teleport to Gods

Aphrodite's Skill Order

Kiss

1 X Y
Kiss
1 15 16 18 19

Back Off!

2 A B
Back Off!
2 7 11 12 14

Love Birds

3 B A
Love Birds
3 4 6 8 10

Undying Love

4 Y X
Undying Love
5 9 13 17 20
Kiss
1 15 16 18 19

Kiss

1 X
Aphrodite blows a kiss to an allied god, making them her soul mate and giving them both increased movement speed. If it hits an ally, it has a reduced 1s cooldown. If the kiss hits an enemy god, they are Damaged, Stunned and Aphrodite's soul mate gets jealous, increasing their damage. Also, Aphrodite's soul mate gains 50% of her MP5 and 10% of her Physical and Magical Protections.

Ability Type: Line, Buff
Damage: 40/60/80/100/120) (+25% of your Magical Power)
Movement Speed: 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10%
Stun Duration: 1s
Jealousy Damage Increase: 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15%
Jealousy Duration: 5s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s
Back Off!
2 7 11 12 14

Back Off!

2 A
Agitated by all the attention, Aphrodite commands enemies to get away from her, doing damage around her, slowing them by 25% for 2s and knocking them back to 25 units from her.

If Aphrodite has a soul mate, an explosion originates on them in addition, dealing the same damage as well as slowing enemies.

If an enemy would be hit by both blasts, they will only be affected by the one originating from Aphrodite.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockback, Damage
Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+85% of your Magical Power)
Damage (Soulmate): 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 25%
Radius: 20
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 12s
Love Birds
3 4 6 8 10

Love Birds

3 B
Aphrodite calls forth a flock of beautiful doves that fly forward in the area in front of her. The doves circle around all enemies in the path, damaging enemies every .5s for 3s. Aphrodite and her soul mate also receive healing when cast and decreased ability cooldowns.

Ability Type: Line, Heal, Damage
Damage per Tick: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Heal per Tick: 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 / 19 + 2 per Level
Cooldown Decrease: 0.2s per Tick
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 16s
Undying Love
5 9 13 17 20

Undying Love

4 Y
Aphrodite pledges undying love to herself and her Soul Mate. While this is active, she and her Soul Mate are invulnerable to all damage and gain the Jealousy effect for a short duration. All Crowd Control effects are also removed when activated.

Ability Type: Buff
Invulnerability Duration: .8 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.7 / 2s
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

I don't really know how to teach Aphrodite's play in some Text, but I can sure give some useful tips.

A good tip for Aphrodite is to always heal who is at lowest health, and of course don't heal people who are retreating unless there's any nearby enemies. (At least halfway through the lane, or in arena, just judge whats too close for yourself.)

I have mastered Aphrodite as of 7 and a half Times when I wrote this guide.
I have mastered Aphrodite as of 10 times when I have updated this guide! :D

This is a Joust guide

I wrote this guide for Aphrodite as I play in Joust 3v3 most often, however it has worked for me well in Arena and Clash - Beta as well.

If you are a conquest player and don't like Joust and Arena, I advise you use this guide with caution. Though it appears to generally mix well with every gamemode I try, it is mostly used in Joust and is built for Joust and Arena situations.

Items: What and why to purchase

Shoes of Focus


In most gamemodes, like Joust for instance, you will not be able to start with a full Shoes of Focus. What you would do is buy some Magic Shoes, and when you come back after whatever you have been doing you would buy some Shoes of Focus.
(I choose Shoes of Focus for the movement speed so allies can't run away from me, but mostly for the Mana, Cooldown Reduction and Magical Power. Why wouldn't you?)

Meditation


Buy meditation after or with Shoes of Focus' last finish. This will probably enable you to stay on the battlefield longer, healing your allies and keeping them alive. Complete this build whenever you like, I put it after Chronos' Pendant because I am assuming once you have that you'll have enough money to complete it.
(I buy Meditation because as a healer, you'll be using your Mana 24/7. It's even worse with Aphrodite when it takes her two moves to heal anybody, and she'll be retreating a lot early game. Meditation can prevent this if used correctly.)

Chronos' Pendant & Rod of Tahuti


Usually after Shoes of Focus I would buy my Chronos' Pendant, followed by Rod of Tahuti. However occasionally I might sell my Chronos' Pendant when I can afford the Rod of Tahuti by doing so, then buy Chronos' Pendant later.
(Cooldown Reduction is why I get my Pendant, and Rod of Tahuti, though recently nerfed, is a powerful item and will help your healing immensely.)

Lotus Crown


Okay, until recently I looked at this item, saw its stats and thought "I don't need no more protection"... But just LOOK at this things passive! It's obviously meant for team supportive healers like Aphrodite, and is pretty much a must-buy.
(I buy it for its passive and Magical Power, because any god being affected by my heals getting more protection is pretty neat, huh?)

Breastplate of Valor


Usually you may have to wait to finish Breastplate of Valor, but this shouldn't matter because at this point you should have greater Meditation, so combined with your healing, you still have great survivability. However the Breastplate of Valor, when complete, is a very powerful item and could be essential when there's a powerful ADC or general physical character on the enemy team, and is still useful outside of Defense anyways!
(I buy it mostly for its Cooldown Reduction, but Mana's a good plus. Its Physical Protection is also good, so if you're dying a lot it might help. Might...)

Ethereal Staff


Ethereal staff will help with keeping your mana, giving healings, and of course, giving you tons of more health. Or so it seems, but in reality it is giving less health and more power then first meets the eye, as its passive converts 2% of your health health into magical power. Useful item, to finish off a useful build!

Actives


Meditation


I previously mentioned this item because I believe it to be most core for Aphrodite, read the previous mention.

Heavenly Agility


I generally do not use a second active, but Heavenly Agility is a good choice. Why not greater sprint? Because Heavenly Agility provides sprinting to everyone including you, so can't be that bad, and allows your teammates to escape or charge with you. But most importantly, it makes everyone affected by it's healing increased by 25%, so whatever situation you are escaping from, you can also heal from more easily. A very useful tool.

Aegis Pendant


Let's face it, your ultimate sometimes isn't enough when the entire enemy team is attacking you. Which they will be, because you're the healer. If the enemy team has a decent Loki, Thor, Thanatos, or all Assassins and Warriors in general, this should let you get out of the situation after ulting. Of course, only use this in situations more dire than simply your ultimate, because it should be used straight after your ultimate for effectiveness. Remember to heal after using this, as you cannot during it.

Teleport to Gods


NOTE: This item is not allowed in Assault and some MOTDS.

Teleport to Gods would be useful for when you have returned to base, and your team is across the map against a enemy Phoenix or Titan. This will make your assistance a lot quicker. Treat it like how some use Athena's ultimate, just without the damage.

Killstealing Strategy!

Is anybody in your team making you angry? Or do you simply feel like killstealing? Then Aphrodite could be a potentially great god for you, if the ADC is already taken.

All you need to do to claim killsteals (note, this strategy is not advised)is:

1) Mainly level up your Back Off! (I'll add a second build later)
2) Make any melee partner your Soul Mate.
3) When your Soul Mate is attacking an enemy, activate your Back Off! When your opponent is nearly dead.

You will get the kill. (Your team will hate you for this...)

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ThePenguinGodOfHugs | December 23, 2015 10:22am
Branmuffin17 wrote:

Hi again Penguin,

Regarding this guide, like Nano said, best to flesh the guide out more if you want more people to read, comment, vote, etc. As it currently is, it's more a build with explanations of the items, and just a teensy weensy bit of tips/gameplay.

Some comments, as you don't offer any alternate builds...

1. You have 2 items that provide physical protection, but no magical protection items (though Ethereal Staff's health boost somewhat substitutes for that). Why? Also, this could be much less effective if you find yourself in a match against a mage, guardian, and only 1 physical god.

2. One major issue with the build...you build both Chronos' Pendant and Breastplate of Valor. CDR cap is 40%, and you're at 65% between these and Shoes of Focus. Chronos' Pendant is a great item for Aphro, so Breastplate is probably the one to go, unless you are playing a more defensive game and/or you're against 2 physical gods in Joust. Best suggestion here is to give an option of either Chronos' Pendant OR Breastplate of Valor, depending on the situation.

3. Lotus Crown: it's a great item for healers in general, but much, much more effective in teamfights where your heals affect more than 1 god. Since Aphro is a 1-god healer, you don't get max potential out of this item, whereas Sylvanus, Hel, or even Ra will get more functionality out of this item. The protections are still helpful, sure, but there are probably better items.

Based on all of the above, I think your build might work for you, but it's not optimized. Suggest some of the following:

Shoes of Focus/ Shoes of the Magi, Chronos' Pendant/ Breastplate of Valor as your first two items. Core would also be Rod of Tahuti (probably as item #5 or 6) and a penetration item ( Spear of the Magus or Obsidian Shard depending on your team composition) as item #3, 4, or 5. This leaves 2 items. Options here, depending on the situation, could include Ethereal Staff, Spirit Robe (max CDR and magical/physical protection), and perhaps Void Stone, since you have to stick close to your link, which means you're probably close to the enemy.

Some examples:



This one maxes CDR by the 3rd item, and has two items that provide overall protection. A bit squishy until the end, but pretty good power overall to increase healing and damage.



This one maxes CDR by the 3rd item, and is probably best against a joust team with 2 physical gods. Get the book second if your Love Birds is your team's main wave clear to get stacks up, and it automatically provides a lot of survivability and mana pool. Heartward gets you the magical protection against the other god, and additional physical protection for your teammates. From there, you can build more damage, so Spear and Tahuti.

Dunno, just thoughts...hope some of the above helps!


Thanks for the tips. I dont think I will update this guide though, because I just dont have any more time on my hands these times.

I may change all these aspects, but all these work for me fine. As you say, breastplate and chronos' pendant may not be the best mix, but its worked for me for ages. As mentioned previously, I have no more plans to update this, so sorry about that...
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Branmuffin17 (400) | December 15, 2015 11:37am
Hi again Penguin,

Regarding this guide, like Nano said, best to flesh the guide out more if you want more people to read, comment, vote, etc. As it currently is, it's more a build with explanations of the items, and just a teensy weensy bit of tips/gameplay.

Some comments, as you don't offer any alternate builds...

1. You have 2 items that provide physical protection, but no magical protection items (though Ethereal Staff's health boost somewhat substitutes for that). Why? Also, this could be much less effective if you find yourself in a match against a mage, guardian, and only 1 physical god.

2. One major issue with the build...you build both Chronos' Pendant and Breastplate of Valor. CDR cap is 40%, and you're at 65% between these and Shoes of Focus. Chronos' Pendant is a great item for Aphro, so Breastplate is probably the one to go, unless you are playing a more defensive game and/or you're against 2 physical gods in Joust. Best suggestion here is to give an option of either Chronos' Pendant OR Breastplate of Valor, depending on the situation.

3. Lotus Crown: it's a great item for healers in general, but much, much more effective in teamfights where your heals affect more than 1 god. Since Aphro is a 1-god healer, you don't get max potential out of this item, whereas Sylvanus, Hel, or even Ra will get more functionality out of this item. The protections are still helpful, sure, but there are probably better items.

Based on all of the above, I think your build might work for you, but it's not optimized. Suggest some of the following:

Shoes of Focus/ Shoes of the Magi, Chronos' Pendant/ Breastplate of Valor as your first two items. Core would also be Rod of Tahuti (probably as item #5 or 6) and a penetration item ( Spear of the Magus or Obsidian Shard depending on your team composition) as item #3, 4, or 5. This leaves 2 items. Options here, depending on the situation, could include Ethereal Staff, Spirit Robe (max CDR and magical/physical protection), and perhaps Void Stone, since you have to stick close to your link, which means you're probably close to the enemy.

Some examples:



This one maxes CDR by the 3rd item, and has two items that provide overall protection. A bit squishy until the end, but pretty good power overall to increase healing and damage.



This one maxes CDR by the 3rd item, and is probably best against a joust team with 2 physical gods. Get the book second if your Love Birds is your team's main wave clear to get stacks up, and it automatically provides a lot of survivability and mana pool. Heartward gets you the magical protection against the other god, and additional physical protection for your teammates. From there, you can build more damage, so Spear and Tahuti.

Dunno, just thoughts...hope some of the above helps!
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ThePenguinGodOfHugs | December 13, 2015 5:44am
Thanks for the tips! I shall try and update this more. But I have been working on some Steam guides recently, and that will put me off doing more for this guide..

...But I will try! :D
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nanoyam (13) | December 8, 2015 4:55am
ThePenguinGodOfHugs wrote:

Why has nobody commented?


Because your guide is not the newest on the site, and so on, it's not seen. People are more tempted to comment full guides with good explanations, so maybe add some content to your guide. Explain why you chose those items.

What are you taking for start? Only Magic Shoes? Add the potions to starter section. Explain why you pick Rod of Tahuti so early for Aphrodite. Maybe add more defensive items, you have 2 physical defensive items, but not a single item providing only magical protection. And you seem to build damage, but you have no penetration. Also, you picked Greater Meditation, what is the other active you recommend and why?

Work with your guide, and i'm sure people will start to leave comments behind.
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ThePenguinGodOfHugs | December 8, 2015 3:50am
Why has nobody commented?
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