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Smite God: Hercules

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Hercules Build

Starter

Notes A few things before we start, my Hercules build is a win mid to late-game, so be careful about early. Hunters blessing is for conquest but optional for any other mode, it is used for the mp5 as well as increased basics since Hecules has weak mana regeneration hence the chalice and massive amount of potions (if barons brew is available, replace chalice).

Hunter's Blessing

Chalice of Mana

Multi Potion

Combat Boots

Main build (Bruiser)

Notes This here is the first four items I build for Hercules when matched against physical Gods. Whether you're in solo in conquest, against two physicals in joust or just playing in siege or clash and need a strong offence. These items here are superb against both sides but focus on physical.
-The combo from the passive of Frostbound Hammer and the attack speed of Ninja Tabi makes for a deadly combo. Constantly refreshing the slow passive with the decent speed allows Hercules to decimate the enemy as they try to helplessly get away.
-Void Shields passive makes for dangerous offence while the item itself helps defence.
-Shifters Shield

Ninja Tabi

Void Shield

Shifter's Shield

Frostbound Hammer

Anti-Magical

Ninja Tabi

Runic Shield

Pestilence

Ancile

Frostbound Hammer

Hybrid

Ninja Tabi

Situational

Midgardian Mail

Toxic Blade

The Crusher

Mystical Mail

Bulwark of Hope

Stone of Gaia

Breastplate of Regrowth

Runeforged Hammer

Hydra's Lament

Mantle of Discord

Hercules's Skill Order

Driving Strike

1 X

1 8 11 12 14

Earthbreaker

2 A

3 15 16 18 19

Mitigate Wounds

3 B

2 4 6 7 10

Excavate

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 8 11 12 14

Driving Strike

1 X

Hercules delivers a mighty strike, driving all enemies back, damaging and Stunning them. Hercules is immune to knockback during the dash.

Ability Type: Line, Dash, Damage
Damage: 100 / 170 / 240 / 310 / 380 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

3 15 16 18 19

Earthbreaker

2 A

Hercules smashes the ground, sending a shockwave forward that does damage to all enemies in the path. Enemies at the end of the shockwave are thrown into the air towards Hercules.

Ability Type: Line, Knockback, Damage
Damage: 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 / 310 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

2 4 6 7 10

Mitigate Wounds

3 B

Hercules heals himself instantly and gains increased Attack Speed, Magical and Physical Protections for the next 4s. A percentage of the damage taken during this time is returned to him as an additional heal that at the end of the duration.

Ability Type: Buff
Initial Heal: 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165
Damage Returned as Healing: 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 / 44%
Protections Buff: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Attack Speed: 25%
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15s

5 9 13 17 20

Excavate

4 Y

Hercules rips a huge boulder from the ground. Throwing the boulder does damage where the boulder lands. The boulder continues rolling, doing the same damage to all enemies in its path. Subsequent hits on the same enemy do 50% less damage per hit. Hercules is immune to crowd control while casting.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Damage: 300 / 425 / 550 / 675 / 800 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 15
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Hercules Threats

Tap each threat level to view Hercules’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Introduction: What Makes Hercules Special?

Since Hercules is a pure bruiser with his abilities alone, one needs to deal more damage as well as take more hits. What makes Hercules a great God is that he is versatile with most reasonable item builds and can still control the field. With his self sustain and dealing major damage, he is perfect for aggressive plays.

The Positives And Negatives

Pros:
-Major bruiser
-Can outbox most Gods
-Amazing in team fights and solo
-Abilities are easy to use and deal lots of damage

Cons:
-Is pretty grounded with a lack of escape abilities
-Has a predictable move set that can be avoided
-Can be counter built easily with the right God

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(143) |

Hunter’s blessing, Ninja Tabi, hardly any CDR on an ability based god... this just isn’t going great.

Please read the notes. I don't make Hercules an ability based God, I make him into an auto basic God with powerful abilities. With a small boost of attack speed and Frostbound Hammer's passive with an extraordinary amount of power and protections, he becomes the ultimate boxer. I have outboxed every Hercules I have come across and they built theirs exactly as you said, ability based.

(143) |

And have these Hercules players you went against ever counter built properly against you? (E.g by picking up Midgardian?)

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(3) |

Why pick up midgardian against attack speed herc? I get the reasoning but is it really worth it?

(81) |

Against just an AA Herc? I probably wouldn't; I would if there were other AA gods though.

(3) |

Yeah but idk if it’s worth to get in the landing phase. Good stats just I think cdr is a little more important there.

(81) |

I'd get it 4th or 5th and get bov during the lanning phase. I probably wouldn't get it just to counter an AA based Herc though.

(1) |

I stopped getting BoV, usually nemean or contagion which is cheaper. I just delay the 20% CDR till next item and its pretty cheap. Thoughts?

(3) |

Also for real if you’re leaning as herc which I’m assuming you are, you don’t want mana chalice and multi pots. Mana chalice is garbage and should never be picked up. Just go health chalice and health pots (multi pots if you’re bad with mana sustain).

Of course! Though in my experience they always pick it up too late. For example, I soloed against an Hercules yesterday and in the beginning, he was doing decent and fighting me off keeping me in my tower. Mid-game I began to beat him as he was building against me because of my abilities, not my basics. Then he started to realize what was happening and bought Midgardian Mail to keep me at bay. That was late game and I was four levels ahead of him, he was under leveled constantly targeted by me teammates as I took the fight to the squishy Gods. My Hercules is all about playing it smart in an unorthodox manner. I understand your skepticism but I have found ways to fight against counters, you just have to play it smart and have some foresight of the future

(143) |

And what’s your reasoning behind the teamfight potential with this build versus an ability based one? And how to explain your starting choices? Mana chalice when you get hunter’s Blessing, multi pots and have blue buff in solo? And what about dealing with non-Hercules matchups? What are you gonna do Against warrior’s building glad/berserkers Shield in lane? You don’t even have listed as an option.

There is more to come on my list. I didn't mean to publish it until I was finished. So far this is a work in progress but once I am done I will answer your question. Also, gladiators/berserkers shield is pretty easy to counter

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Table of Contents

Introduction: What Makes Hercules Special?

The Positives And Negatives

Hercules

Smite God: Hercules

Hercules Build

Starter

Main build (Bruiser)

Anti-Magical

Hybrid

Situational

Hercules's Skill Order

Driving Strike

Earthbreaker

Mitigate Wounds

Excavate

Hercules Threats

Bakasura | Even

He Bo | Major

Olorun | Major

Loki | Tiny

Hel | Maximum

Introduction: What Makes Hercules Special?

The Positives And Negatives

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