Smite Hel Build Guide: How the Hel (Arena Build)

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Smite God: Hel

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Hel Build

Blessing

Notes 9 out of 10 times I'll go with Mage's Blessing, but I have had success with Specialist's Blessing too.

Mage's Blessing

Specialist's Blessing

Core

Notes With the cooldown from your blessing, this brings you to 30% cooldown, and max with blue buff. This is usually good enough for Hel, and I do not like to go lower. With Spear of Desolation as 4th item you'll be at max cooldown without needing blue buff, and can take red buff when possible.

Shoes of Focus

Soul Gem

4th and 5th item

Notes Typically go spear first, unless some high magical damage dealers on opposing team.

Spear of Desolation

Void Stone

6th item and Blessing replacement options

Notes Will usually go Ethereal Staff in 6th item for some extra survivability. If being bullied by physical damage dealers, I'll go Celestial Legion Helm in 6th. If enemy healers, Divine Ruin is the play here.

Ethereal Staff

Divine Ruin

Polynomicon

Celestial Legion Helm

Spirit Robe

Soul Reaver

Gem of Isolation

Relics

Notes I know I know, meditation is a no-no, but because of her dispel she does not often need beads.

Cloak of Meditation

Blink Rune

Purification Beads

Magic Shell

Phantom Veil

Hel's Skill Order

Decay / Restoration

1 X

Hinder / Cleanse

2 A

Repulse / Inspire

3 B

Switch Stances

4 Y

Chapter Title

Performance expectancy.
25k - 45k damage.
12k - 25k healing.

To be continued.

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(81) |

Just an FYI: you can't level until level 5.

(4) |

I think it's more a priority order than what level to level the abilities.

(401) |

Exactly. Stuke also does this in his guides.

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(81) |

And his are just as confusing. :p

(56) |

(81) |

Don't you have a guide to update? :p

(143) |

*Guides

(81) |

Ouch.

(56) |

(143) |

, , , , , (or ).

Can swap cdr boots for pen boots, soul gem or reaver for chronos' pendant, etc...

Asclepius, Tahuti, Oni hunters , genjis, breastplate, mantle , magi's cloak can also be considered.

(81) |

No Lotus Crown?

(143) |

If you want you can get that.

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(81) |

I like it for its defense and mp5.

(401) |

I also don't like in there. She's already got plenty of healing, that she shouldn't really need lifesteal, which will even further put emphasis on enemy counter-building with anti-heal. Granted, with low CD and stance dancing, she can build stacks on SG quickly, so, yeah, I can see it if you're going for a damage build.

If considering , which I feel is actually great for her in Arena, then I would bypass Shoes, and instead get an early . Those two combined will cover your general MS needs until you replace the Blessing late. At that stage, you can consider getting Shoes late (seems weird, but it'll work), or consider another item with MS...for utility purposes, my pick would probably be Shield of Regrowth, as she'll also appreciate being a bit less squishy with the health it provides too.

As you can tell, my preference if picking in Arena would be for utility/healing, not for damage. If I see a Hel going damage as this build basically suggests, then she'll be a main target, since she has no escape.

(143) |

It's not for the lifesteal, it's for the passive heal. Why wouldn't you opt for more healing? Not to mention in arena Anti-heal is pretty rare. And it gives some decent burst too. Pairs nicely with CDR as you mentioned.

You can still go damage build in arena, maybe you will need a discord or magi's (then again she cleanses) if you're focused but perhaps your tanks can peel for you if need be.

Pretty sure the only non-conquest blessing that is even worth it is .

And anyway I did list alternatives for the picky ones.

Also considering you see Hel as a main target in arena, I cant comprehend why you would even fantasise the idea of delaying boots for that long. If you want an early Asclepius get tier 2 of it and then take the mana buff. Or tier 1 boots and tier 1 staff.

Regrowth is a fair choice you could swap soul gem for.

(401) |

I know is for the passive heal and burst damage, but with that + standard lifesteal, that also gets affected by anti-heal. I just think there are maybe better options. I like Asclep, Gem of Iso, a prot item like Mantle, and Chronos...starts leaving very little room for other items, which makes it key to choose the ones that you feel will be of most value. The 2 leftover spaces would likely be Shoes or an MS alternative, Lotus Crown, Tahuti for the passive for both healing and damage, or Shield. SG, in that light, has less priority than almost any of those, to me.

And honestly, I can only speak to my own games. If I see enemy healing, and I'm a god that it makes sense to build BBS, Pest, Divine, then I'm building it. So it's not that rare in my own games. And the people I play with, like Boogie and Gulf, are typically good about spotting the need as well.

I'm saying if I see Hel building full damage (rather than utility/healing), then she's an automatic target, as her own sustain will be somewhat hurt...with not much added health or protections. Getting Specialist's + Asclepius as first 2 items means her MS is standard.

My other option as Hel wouldn't be getting , personally. I would typically build no blessing OR Specialist's. If no blessing, I'd build right into Shoes, and continue from there. If Specialist's, Asclep right after.

And I do feel Specialist's is functional, specifically for in Arena. Moving very quickly into Asclepius with no real drop off in standard MS is very functional in my mind.

(7) |

There are better items than polynomicon, celestial helmet, and spirit robe for hel.

Meditation is such a terrible relic in arena. Your base is so close.
Blink rune is troll.

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How the Hel (Arena Build)

Smite God: Hel

Hel Build

Blessing

Core

4th and 5th item

6th item and Blessing replacement options

Relics

Hel's Skill Order

Decay / Restoration

Hinder / Cleanse

Repulse / Inspire

Switch Stances

Chapter Title

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