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Smite God: Apollo

Choose a Build: Basic ADC (Double Crit)

Basic ADC (Double Crit) Unicorn

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Apollo Build

Start

Death's Toll

Boots

Build

Warrior Tabi

Devourer's Gauntlet

Ichaival

The Executioner

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Replacements for ichaival

Hastened Fatalis

Odysseus' Bow

Qin's Sais

The Crusher

Final build (swap Warrior Tabi for Ninja Tabi for higher DPS)

Ninja Tabi

Devourer's Gauntlet

Hastened Fatalis

The Executioner

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Apollo's Skill Order

So Beautiful

1 X

1 4 6 7 9

Serenade

2 A

2 8 10 11 12

The Moves

3 B

3 13 14 15 16

Across The Sky

4 Y

5 17 18 19 20

1 4 6 7 9

So Beautiful

1 X

Apollo strums a single cord on his lyre. It's so beautiful it hurts, and all enemies in a long range line take damage.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 90 / 150 / 210 / 270 / 330 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 11s

2 8 10 11 12

Serenade

2 A

Apollo uses his amazing voice to mesmerize all nearby enemies and bolster himself with additional Protections. Any damage done breaks the effect.

Ability Type: Circle, Mesmerize
Mesmerize Duration: 1.5 / 1.7 / 1.9 / 2.1 / 2.3s
Protections: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Buff Lifetime: 5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s

3 13 14 15 16

The Moves

3 B

Apollo runs forward and slides on his knees, dealing damage, knocking aside all enemies and adding a stack of Audacity for each enemy hit. At the end of the slide, the movement speed is decreased for enemies and increased for himself and allies.

Ability Type: Dash, Buff, Damage
Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed Buff/Debuff: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%
Buff Duration: 5s
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 15s

5 17 18 19 20

Across The Sky

4 Y

Apollo rides his chariot across the sky, choosing when to land, dealing damage every .15s for .6s as he lands. Enemies hit by the last tick of the landing will also be knocked up.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 (+25% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 60/20
Cost: 20 + 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 per second
Cooldown: 110s

Introduction

Apollo Online!

Hey there! Welcome to my guide. is a hunter and typically seen in the ADC and Solo roles. He is also one of the best boxers in the game. This guide is still in the making but will be complete soon. This guide is about and items you will be using. If you're wanting to learn more about conquest or just some tips I would recommend reading this this first, if you are new to conquest it will help you considerably.

Skills

- This will help you with clearing wave in early and shred people late game.

- Your main wave clear, max this ability out first.

- A very useful ability in boxing and setting up kills for the team. Also grants physical protections upon use.

- One of your two escapes also knocks up anyone in your way.

- Perfect for split pushing, engaging the enemy, or escaping. The only downfall is that it takes awhile for the chariot to arrive.

Pros / Cons

Apollo - Pros & Cons

........ Pros ........

- High mobility.
- Amazing passive.
- One of the best boxers.
- Ultimate is good for split pushing.

....... Cons .......

- Very weak early game.
- Item dependent.
- Ultimate drains mana.
- Ultimate could get you killed in certain situations.

Items

	Gives 40 physical power and 18% movement speed.
	Your only source of lifesteal. Gives 25 physical power and 10% lifesteal. You gain .4 physical power and .20% lifesteal for every stack. Can stack up to 75 times.
	Gives 20 physical power, 15% attack speed, and 15% crit chance. Passive slows players by 20% and reduces damage by 20% percent every time you crit.
Wind Demon	Gives 30 physical power, 10% attack speed, and 20% crit chance. Every time you crit you gain an additional 20% movement and attack speed.
	Gives 30 physical power. Passive gives you 33% physical penetration.
	Gives 50 physical power and 20% crit chance. Passive increases all crit damage by 40%, this a major boost to your damage.

Combos

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Early game

This is where the game goes really slowly and there isn't much action. Usually from the start of the game to 5-6 min. During this period you will just stay in lane with your support and farm. You will usually have full boots and one complete item by the end. Most importantly don't die! Dying will make Mid-game a little more difficult for you.

Mid-game

Typically from 5 min to around 15 min. Around the 5-6 min mark your support will rotate to go help whoever needs it. So that means you will be by yourself 1v1ing the other adc. You will more than likely have 4-5 items done. Unless you died in early game, dying more than once will drastically decrease your gold income and xp. If a team fight ever occurs just remember, you're Apollo! You can fly to the fight with Across The Sky. After the team fights just return to base or lane. Or your team could sneak a gold fury or fire giant.

Late game

15 min+ and most players will have full builds. Your whole team should start rotating together and taking towers and phoenixes. You could also try to force a fight at Fire Giant, the fight could go either way so be careful! This is basically the point where you just want to wipe the team and force a win. Do NOT leave the team and go out by yourself, unless you have your ultimate ready.

Ending/Credits

If you have any other suggestions for a build please leave a comment. Criticism-recommendations are always welcome, not hate. Good luck with Apollo!

Special thanks to xZeroStrike for the BB coding guide and allowing for people like me to use templates.

Also, a big thank you to Zilby and his A Template For Guides.

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This guide will more than likely not be getting updates throughout the summer. I will also be on the inactive side for the summer as well. Just a short announcement and everyone have a great summer!

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"More than likely". The only way I'll update it is if the meta for hunters changes drastically, which never happens.

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Throw in some of my item explanations? You can mostly copy and paste unless you don't agree with my writeup.

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After all the work I did to help?!? NoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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NoOOooOOOoOo!!!

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Nooooöo!!!

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Got a suggestion for you Circles should you explain why we should pick up the main items in the build except just saying what they do?

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Maybe in the future. I'm not very good at explaining or just writing in general.

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It's easier when you have Bran at your side.

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XD

Circles, here...

use it if you want

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I said it was easier.

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What are you trying to say, Bernardo?

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Generally speaking is more dps than for hunters. Its more pen and attack speed at the tradeoff of it having to stack. But mathematically it is more dps, has been tested in game, and should be 100% bought on every hunter in the game, including skadi.

The other thing I wanted to say that triple crit is actually less dps than double crit + more pen. I dont feel like rage is as good as everyone is making it to be after its buffs, and that having an ichaival earlier in the game would give you better boxing, gives you earlier pressure, and cheapens the build price by a lot, making it affordable in arena as well as conquest, and actually does more dps. Try it out yourself, go boots, ich , lifesteal, exe, then double crit. This is the basic build for every hunter for the most part at this current time.

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is just a personal preference, I value more structure damage. Exe is listed as a replacement for TB.

As for the triple crit I've been meaning to change the whole build, just haven't gotten around to it.

Thanks for the response and the reminder.

I like ur second build for appolo, i think fatalis is a waste against good opponents tho, have u ever tried grabbing quins instead?

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Thank you! I buy when I find myself boxing the opposing ADC for the majority of the game. If not, I will usually go or, very rarely, . I will add in as another choice.

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Circles, you need a gravatar... I can't recognize you if you change your pic every other day.

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I like to spice things up. I got one tho

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Niiice.

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And this one actually includes a circle!

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It does😮😮😮

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And it's a round one!

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Nice build of apolo!

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Audacity - This will help you clearing wave in early and shred people late game.

*you with clearing

Quoted:

Across The Sky - perfect for spilt pushing, engaging the enemy, or escaping. The only downfall is that is takes awhile for the chariot to arrive.

*Perfect
*split pushing
*it takes

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Ninja Tabi - The perfect boots for a hunter! Gives 20% attack speed and mana really helps clear lane in early-mid game.

Not totally necessary, but I would add a comma after "mana".

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This is where the game goes really slow and there isn't much action.

*slowly

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Thanks

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Starting to add some types of BB coding. I'm still new to it so it might take awhile for me to implement it into the guide.

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If you haven't done the coding for pros/cons yet, here it is with xZeroStrike's format:

Apollo - Pros & Cons

........ Pros ........

- High mobility.
- Amazing passive.
- One of the best boxers.
- Ultimate is good for split pushing.

....... Cons .......

- Very weak early game.
- Item dependent.
- Ultimate drains mana.
- Ultimate could get you killed in certain situations.

code

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The pictures look off to me, one of the pictures is below Pros and Cons. Maybe it's because I'm on my iPad and it messes it up, not sure.

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Fairly sure it's your iPad. It's showing up fine for me on multiple PCs.

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Well that's a bummer, I can make it smaller and that might fix it just so it shows up fine for other people that are on mobile.

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It shows up wrong for me on my computer as well, scaling can change depending on browser and OS a small amount (eg: rn I'm on my mac laptop, but it would probably show up fine on my windows desktop). I'd adjust the column sizes like this:

........ Pros ........

- High mobility.
- Amazing passive.
- One of the best boxers.
- Ultimate is good for split pushing.

....... Cons .......

- Very weak early game.
- Item dependent.
- Ultimate drains mana.
- Ultimate could get you killed in certain situations.

code

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That looks shoved way over to the right to me. o_0

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It looks "shoved over to the right" because the width of the box in which his comment is shown is smaller. Just look at the comments, each time somebody replies to somebody else, the comment box' width becomes smaller. That's why it looks shoved over to the right, because it uses columns to be centered, but because the comment box becomes smaller the column's width doesn't correspond anymore. As soon as you paste that in a regular guide page, however, it will go back to normal.

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Does it look fine in the guide as of now?

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It looks great.

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It looks fine for me, yes.

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Yes, browsers, OS and device can alter lay-outs of a website and everything that is presented on them, in some cases.

If it matters, each and every template is created in Google Chrome (latest version) with OS Windows10. Device would be a PC, obviously.

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First off, don't get Asi . That item was only good in season 3. I also don't know why you're getting Wind Demon instead of Poisoned Star . It is also a bad idea to combine The Executioner and Qin's Sais together. Pick one. You also should build Devourer's Gauntlet instead of Bloodforge . Yes, Ichaival is an item to start with, but you need to keep it and replace it with one of it's "brothers"Odyesses' bow late game. Your starter build also contains 7 items, may want to fix. You should never get Soul Eater or Malice And the skill sequence...oh god...you should ALWAYS upgrade your ultimate when possible. Do not wait to upgrade it. You also need to have all 3 abilities unlocked by level 3. It's just common sense. I do like your BB coding, but the guides are quite vauge and not very descriptive.

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To keep on topic, and hopefully help for all readers, I'd like to comment on this.

is definitely a bit less favored right now, depending on the build. The S4 4.1/4.2 patches have improved sustain for hunters via , but more importantly, other items have also gotten some buffs. Specifically, the shuriken tree that includes and Wind Demon added attack speed, and we now have a magical variant of . The biggest S3 difference between the two main lifesteal options for hunters ( and ) was that one provided power but no attack speed, and one provided attack speed (and some flat pen) but no power. I'm not including (highly defensive version of lifesteal) or (due to cost, was a late-game option at best).

So, when there were less attack speed choices, was a nice mid-game pickup...very cheap (basically a bridge item price) with a heap of attack speed, and it fit well especially with , which already provided a lot of power but no attack speed.

Right now, is in a weird place, and while it still fits in with a build, Trans is also not the most favored except in some very specific circumstances.

Some people might opt for over Wind Demon due to any of the following:

Already have crit in their kits, such as Artemis or Jing Wei, so can deal with the preferred minimum 40% crit chance with the slightly lower amount from Poisoned Star.
Want a slightly earlier power spike (due to the lower cost of Star)
Appreciate the honestly quite significant slow and damage mitigation from Star's passive, because they have enough movement speed in their kit that they don't really need the added amount from Wind Demon's passive.

I also want to point out that it is ABSOLUTELY not true that building and together is a bad idea. Any good hunter build should have some strong pen effect, whether from or . There are exceptions, such as you're in a very unique Joust match and you're facing 3 squishies with 0 protections being built, but otherwise, you want one of those two items. With regard to , it has power, attack speed, and a passive where each hit takes of a base 4% of the enemy's max health...but this 4% is before protections and mitigations are factored in. Pen/protection reduction will have a positive effect on the passsive, making it do more damage. In addition, that Qin's passive means that it appreciates high attack speed...and absolutely provides that. It is actually a solid combination, at least depending on the rest of the build. Don't understand where this is a bad idea.

is a unique late-game item, but is not what most would consider core to any build. Higher power makes the passive more effective, though.

"Never" getting is a personal opinion, and if someone chooses it and can explain their reasoning, I don't see the problem. Besides , it DOES provide the highest power of any crit item, so that in and of itself is at least some reason.

Finally, depending on the god, I don't know if your statements on always upgrading ultimate, and always having all 3 abilities unlocked by level 3 is a blanket statement, or one you're applying just to . With regard to upgrading the ultimate, well, this is again subjective. Leveling his ult is great, as you get higher damage, but that's it, and unless you buy CDR items, you've got a 110 second CD on it. His other moves have multiple uses; let's go over them.

So Beautiful is his wave-clear and easiest poke. Maxing first is usually preferred.
Serenade has a mez that increases duration as you level it, boosts his physical protection for 5 seconds, and reduces his CD. You'll likely use it multiple times between ults. I can see reasons for leveling this while delaying his ult in some cases.
The Moves is his escape, and does decent damage itself if you want to use it to chase. It also provides a move speed buff for him and a debuff for enemies that increases as you level it. It also builds Audacity stacks. So you could technically even blow through a minion wave, get Audacity activated and look to burst the enemy god with the attack speed boost, then if you need to get out, use Serenade to pin them down a bit to create distance.

All of these are solid reasons why you might level them and delay your ult.

Hope these comments are helpful.

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Okay, with all due respect, tigey2003, but this has to stop. You've gone off to every guide you could find that is not yours and left a comment like this, without constructive criticism at that.

One of your comments has been removed already. If I see any more of this I will personally contact an Administrator and personally ask for them to take action against you and this behavior that you're showing right now.

This is a free community site, and everybody gets the chance to create their own guide, including you. We would thus like for you to keep this a fun and enjoyable environment for everybody.

Thanks in advance

Sincerely,
~Zero

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Um...is what I said not constructive enough? Do I need to go further into detail as to why I dislike this guide? I was trying to be nice, but if you want me to hate on it some more...

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Wait but you just edited it! Now it seems that we are wrong >:(

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woh guys wtf he's hacking

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He's not hacking haha. You can edit a comment by pressing the "edit" button (colored blue) at the bottom of your comment. You can only edit your own comments, however.

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No. The reason that we are not wrong is because those who deal with this (aka the Moderators) have already seen his comments before. Hence why one (or more) have already been deleted. Needless to say, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that I would not comment something like that on an actual constructive comment in the first place. He's not getting out of this no matter how many times he edits his comments.

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I agree with theshredder123 I am a level 10000 tech support helper and I have started armageddon! >:D

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Yeah, right.. keep trying. At some point maybe you'll make yourself look like an actual hacker in which case you'll probably just get banned... like immediately. Hacking is not something you joke about, ever, take it from me.

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Keep trying to what? Your sentence needs an object of the preposition. And of course, anyone who would consider me a hacker would be considered unremarkable unintelligent, as implied by the ">:D" it was a complete joke. Please quit harassing me, I even did you a favor and took your advice. Stop being a hypocrite and leave me alone, please and thank you.

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I am not harassing anyone. My sentence has an object, reread it and it'll become clear to you.

And for the record, you're the one who caused this. If you never would've made comments such as your original one, prior to editing it mind you, this wouldn't have happened. And it's not the first one either. It's good that you took my advise and learned from it. Better for you and everyone else involved.

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please quit harassing me I don't appreciate this.

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Then stop commenting, you're just making things worse for yourself.

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Suddenly editing your comment will not get you out of this. There's so far 3 people who have already seen your comment, and it's not the first time you did this, as, like I said, some of your comments have already been deleted for the same reason that I said in my original reply.

And for the record, I am not hating on you. I have only warned you to stop your negative behavior and keep this website and the currently on-going contest fun and enjoyable for everybody. I see you do this again and I will personally take a screenshot of it next time so there's no getting out of it again.

Sincerely,
~Zero

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I guess spam-shaming someone isn't hating. Huh, that's new. If you wanted to warn me you could've done it at least in a neutral way.

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Well if you wouldn't have tried to turn the situation against me by suddenly editing your comment and then acting as if it was like that from the beginning, this conversation would've ended with my first comment. My comment here is purely to remind you that this behavior is not welcome here, and that suddenly editing it to cover it up and then trying to make it seem as if nothing happened also will not work. Accept your wrong-doing, and next time without trying to turn the situation against someone else who is not at fault, and there would be no issue whatsoever.

Also spam-shaming? Please, I think you got the definition of spam and shaming wrong there.

Edit: If you want to take this any further, which I strongly advise against, please PM me for it. We're sort of cluttering this guide with our convo, which we shouldn't. And before you think I'm "spam-shaming" you again, yes we're both in the wrong-doing for this fact. Thanks.

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Can we just delete this ****? I didn't even notice the comments until I edited the guide. I edited it because I got the mail from the mod. Just please delete the comments and we can move on with this.

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Not only that, but by starting this argument you caused a lot of hate to my guide, which I actually put A LOT of time and consideration into. The reason I act hateful towards this one is because I have seen no effort in making it(no offense) and feel that it is unfair that mine is being ignored for some reason. I mean, honestly, commpare the two. I'm not saying the person that made this is a bad person, but the guide just seems generally unprofessional, lacking grammar and consideration for the fact that it is now SEASON 4 and you need to research items that are good in SEASON 4.

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I just suggest you stop commenting now then, before this actually gets alot worse for you.

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About grammatical errors, There are many people on the site (Such as me) that don't speak english natively (I think that is the right word, lol), so if you are going to critic about it, you should make something like Techno does (Pointing typos and helping correcting them). He knows that I commit grammar errors quite frequently, lol.

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My ears are burning.

*errors, there
(Comma after a subordinate clause does not require capitalization on the next word like a period does.)
*site (such
(Generally, capitalization/punctuation is only required within parentheses when a complete sentence is entirely within them.)
*going to critique (remove "about") or *going to be a critic (keep "about")
("critic" is a noun, while "critique" is a verb. While "critic" has been used as a verb in the past, using "critic" as a verb is obsolete.)
*pointing out typos
(Unless a typo is some kind of spear.)
*helping to correct them or *helping by correcting them
(I'm not quite sure which you meant.)

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Urgh. I will let your ears burning this time D:<
Don't forget to also check Cirlces' grammar and see if he missed something like our friend mentioned.

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^ That would be appreciated

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Will do, friend.

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I mean, considering English isn't his first language and I understood everything he said, I'd say his grammar was on-par.

(Also you misused the word obsolete, critic has never been used as a verb in that way in past English dialects, thus it cannot have gone out of use).

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wrote:

I mean, considering English isn't his first language and I understood everything he said, I'd say his grammar was on-par.

I agree. I only corrected him because he mentioned me (and because this is how I study for tests).

Quoted:

(Also you misused the word obsolete, critic has never been used as a verb in that way in past English dialects, thus it cannot have gone out of use).

Are you sure?

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The reason is because I'm still in season 3 since I play console, and the guide will be updated when I get some personal experience with the new items/changes. I also don't see any grammatical errors and I would appreciate it if you could point them out for me. Also I did put effort into the guide and I'm sorry it's not up to your standards. If I didn't want to put effort into it I wouldn't have made it at all.

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This statement actually shows that you really put effort into it, as you listed some S4 items so it's clear that you had some research before updating it.

Oh, and I think that icons like this could improve your presentation:

CODE:

Code:

[icon=Apollo size=50]

Just a little tip ;). If you want to know more about BB-Coding, check out Zero's BB-Code guide.

P.S.: Icons work on gods, abilities and Items.

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Relax, your guide is not being ignored, lol.

In fact your guide scored more views than mine when I first released them in such small timeframe as this.

The reason that your guide is less viewed, however, is mainly due to your own doing.

Let me summarize:
To start, you first tried to promote your guide with an alternative account. That was your first mistake. You could've just said "hey guys, just made this guide and would really appreciate it if you could check it out and keep track of it for updates, I'm puttin a lot of work into it, thanks!".

The second mistake was you going to other guides and doing that which lead to this comment, and it wasn't just this guide. Not only that, you did it both with this account as well as with your alt account. Not cool, man.

If you really feel like your guide is being ignored, ask somebody in person to review your guide, comment on it and thus bringing it to light in a fair way.

Also, I doubt I generated hate towards your guide, but should that be the case I want to apologize sincerely. It was, isn't and never will be my intention to hurt somebody or their work, no matter the level of detail.

All I want is for you to learn from this entire ordeal that what you did is wrong. No matter the reason, it is still wrong, and I've given you some options that you can do instead of this.

Hopefully you understand, and hopefully you learned something from this before severe action has to be taken against you. I don't want anybody to get in trouble, but also try to avoid seeking trouble.

Sincerely,
~Zero

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Alt account?

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Ring a bell?

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No?

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Account created on the 9th of February.

Account made a total of 3 comments. 2 promoting your guide. Yours, out of all the guides, even though your guide was so called "being ignored". The 3rd comment was a negative comment without anything constructive, similar to what you've done on this guide, twice now.

The account has never been seen again after that day.

That's something very coincidental, right? Or is it...

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That's not me...it was probably one of my friends. I told a lot of my friends about my guide (I did NOT tell them to makes alts), one probably really liked mine and wanted to give it 2 votes? Idk, but it's not me.

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Regardless, the issue is hopefully resolved now and hopefully this won't occur again. That would be the best for everybody involved, anyway.

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Does anyone want to review my guide? I just updated it.

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SAVAGE

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Lol

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Hey Circles,

Figure I commented on the other Apollo guide, so I'll do so here as well (and at least give you constructive feedback XD )

Anyway, here are the thoughts I have:

That's a lot of attack speed there

Death's Toll absolutely the only good start right now. No problems.
In S4, most people are opting for move speed first, e.g. Warrior Tabi or Ninja Tabi, with greater preference right now for Ninja Tabi overall. Having Ichaival (or the variant Silverbranch Bow) before Tabi has the following potential negatives: 1) less move speed to get back to lane a bit earlier, grab camps and get back to lane quickly, or escape (yes, you at least have The Moves and Serenade so he's perhaps a bit safer than most). 2) no extra mana (it's minor, but it's something). BUT...you GAIN: 1) a bit more power at full stacks. 2) slightly higher attack speed. 3) better boxing if you're doing that extremely early. In the end, I guess it's preference, but I think I'd prefer the move speed, just for safety.
Your main lifesteal choices right now are Devourer's Gauntlet and Asi. One provides high power and high lifesteal, the other provides attack speed, flat pen, and lower lifesteal (situationally higher). Both are functional, so it's best to consider the positives and negatives, especially in combination with the specific god. Now, Apollo has the best steroid of the group, attack speed-wise...100%. The next closest, I think, is Artemis at 70%, only at max level. Difference here is that hers is activated for a long duration, and his is only 5 shots after 10 successful basic attacks. In the end, for both, I think Devourer's Gauntlet is the superior item, because other items in the build provide attack speed, so they're not lacking...and so the extra power and lifesteal are going to benefit them a lot when boxing. Also, it's usually gotten in this order right now: Tabi, Devourer's Gauntlet, Ichaival / Silverbranch Bow. You don't have to follow that order, of course.
Qin's Sais is a solid item...it's one of the best mid-game items for basic attackers. But it's slightly on the expensive side, and usually is preferred with high pen along with high attack speed...not in combination with crit items. If you do really like this item, you would look to use Apollo as a split-pusher, and get Titan's Bane next to maximize his damage to objectives. Otherwise, you'd usually forego Qin's and look to move into crit instead (still considering pen though).
You DO note to get Exe instead of Qin's Sais "if the team isn't very tanky." I find that to be confusing, and not fully accurate. Qin's' passive hits harder the higher the HEALTH of an enemy. But the term "tank" is often associated with both health AND protections, and The Executioner is absolutely a protection shredder. As it is, you're definitely missing pen in your standard build. Yes, you give concessions, but I'd argue that either Exe or Titan's Bane would be a core item, and so your presentation, even if you give options to switch, is important.
Finally, you say to replace DT, but you don't say to replace Ich. If it does get to late game, you'd replace Ich also. I'm not going to tell you what to replace it with...it's your guide so you provide the suggestion, but you should be considering multiple factors when deciding on the replacement.
Your job is to destroy squishies (and even tanks). I think I'd leave the Cursed Ankh to others, and just make sure YOU'RE as safe as can be.

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