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Smite God: Cerberus

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Cerberus Build

Start 1

Assassin's Blessing

Imperial Helmet

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Blink Rune

Purification Beads

Start 2

Assassin's Blessing

Druid Stone

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Blink Rune

Purification Beads

Full Example

Shoes of Focus

Jade Emperor's Crown

Void Stone

Gem of Isolation

Hide of the Urchin

Spear of the Magus

Alternate Items

Pestilence

Genji's Guard

Dynasty Plate Helm

Divine Ruin

Cerberus's Skill Order

Paralyzing Spit

1 X

2 8 10 11 12

Ghastly Breath

2 A

1 4 6 7 9

Soul Expulsion

3 B

3 13 14 15 16

Stygian Torment

4 Y

5 17 18 19 20

2 8 10 11 12

Paralyzing Spit

1 X

Cerberus's snake tail spits venom that passes through and damages Enemies. If Cerberus's dog heads are Alert, they then also spit venom when the ability is fired. Each head is alerted upon hitting an Enemy with a Basic Attack, and all are alerted after Ghastly Breath. Each projectile that hits the same target deals 20% less damage, but hitting an Enemy with all 4 Stuns them.

Ability Type: Area, Stun, Damage
Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+20 of your Magical Power)
Stun Duration: 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8s
Range: 55
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11s

1 4 6 7 9

Ghastly Breath

2 A

Each of Cerberus's 3 heads releases a cone of noxious breath in front of them, damaging all Enemies in range 7 times over 2.4s and reducing their Magical Protection up to three times. Enemies in the center of his breath are also Slowed up to three times. This attack immediately puts all three of Cerberus's heads on Alert for Paralyzing Spit.

Ability Type: Cone, Debuff, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+12.5% of your Magical Power)
Slow Per Tick: 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12%
Protection Reduction: 5 / 8 / 11 / 14 / 17
Slow Duration: 2s
Max Stacks: 3
Range: 35
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

3 13 14 15 16

Soul Expulsion

3 B

Cerberus leaps a short distance forward, dealing damage on impact and severing the souls of Enemies. These souls will not block Cerberus's attacks, and killing the souls heals Cerberus, and for each god soul killed, the cooldown of Soul Expulsion is reduced by 2s.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Soul Health: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150
Heal Per Minion: 12 / 19 / 26 / 33 / 40
Heal Per God: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100
Radius: 15
Cost: 55
Cooldown: 16s

5 17 18 19 20

Stygian Torment

4 Y

Cerberus's haunting wail summons below him the souls of the damned, which then knockup all Enemy Gods into the air while stretching the link between their bodies and souls, Damaging them. This knockup can be cleansed. A short time later, Cerberus uses this link to pull the Enemies to him. This attack immediately put all three of Cerberus's heads on Alert for Paralyzing Spit.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Damage: 180 / 255 / 330 / 405 / 480 (+55% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 30
Cost: 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110
Cooldown: 100s

Why (and how) would I play cerb jungle?

Cerberus is one of the best utility / setup gods in the game. his 2 shreds protections, his 1 and 4 are amazing setup and beads burners, plus he has mobility and healing on his 3 if you mess up and get poked out. i like to summarise cerberus jungle as "press 2, point the mage at them, they die." cerberus 2 plus spear of the magus is 42 + 50 protection reduction. thats basically true damage for your mid laner, even against an assassin with a defense item. this can also allow them to skip their penetration items like spear of the magus or obsidian shard for more raw damage, like a soul gem, or rod of tahuti, which means even more damage for them. This means that cerberus jungle is best played with a premade midlaner, but regardless cerberus 2 plus gem of isolation means free setup for your own 1 and ult which will kill a squishy by itself due to cerberuses nutty base damage.

Start: Start your 2. speed > blue > xp (long *** cooldown). then go mid and 2>1 the mage, could well be a kill.

Teamfights: Find someone in range of your mage, 2 > 1 them. mage uses abilities, they die. if you have a chance for a good ult, take it. save your 3 to finish kills, or escape / sustain yourself, try not to jump in unless you are safe to do so.

Downsides vs Upsides

- Bad early clear (long cooldowns on 2 and 1)
- mediocre mobility (slow movement speed and long cd short jump)
- 2 can be interrupted

VS

- Good control with strong CC and gem of isolation
- Protection shred for days
- Strong burst mid to late game
- Pairs amazingly with a good midlaner to setup for
- Tanky and good sustain

Alternate Items

Pestilence & Divine ruin: Antiheal (duh). replaces void stone (pesti) or can be bought when you sell boots (eiter).

Dynasty: Replaces jade. a cheaper option if you want to get into the build faster or if you are behind.

Things i havent experimented with but could be useful: Ethereal Staff, Mantle of discord, Spirit robe, Oni hunters garb.

Good & Bad Matchups

Good:
Immobile mages and hunters. Free combos, cant really escape you
Tanks & Bruisers. You can shred them like paper.
Healers. Cerb passive plus pestilence means they dont heal very much, but your passive heal steal is unaffected.

Bad:
Hard cc. Cancels your 2, you can be locked down.
Mobility. Cerberus chase isnt that amazing, you will never catch a god like serqet.
Slow immunity. This strat kind of relies on the 2 + iso combo, slow immunity really just negates that completely.

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(143) |

Jade Emperor's over Dynasty and Celestial Helm?

(13) |

Wouldn't be better for Cerberus since his cooldowns are way too long? Or even if you want a better bruiser option?

Also, isn't he too tanky with this build? Won't his damage output suffer, since he's a jungler?

(3) |

breastplate is more expensive, doesnt have power, and has no health. its generally just a bad item. legion is ok but jade is better imo.

no such thing as too tanky really in this situation. cerb is all setup and base damage, no real reason for raw power.

(81) |

Legoin has more protection and Jade's health isn't anything to write home about.

(400) |

@Vini: Many non-Assassin junglers go fairly tanky, just depends on the god, their kit, their burst damage potential, mobility, etc.

@Disco: Regarding your comment on , I'm guessing you mean just in this case for Cerb, right? I'd consider it a solid item in Solo for someone like or , for example.

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(3) |

meant in jungle not specifically cerb but yes i can see it in solo in certain gods

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Masters Cerberus Jungle - Yes It Works!

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Table of Contents

Why (and how) would I play cerb jungle?

Downsides vs Upsides

Alternate Items

Good & Bad Matchups

Masters Cerberus Jungle - Yes It Works!

Smite God: Cerberus

Cerberus Build

Start 1

Start 2

Full Example

Alternate Items

Cerberus's Skill Order

Paralyzing Spit

Ghastly Breath

Soul Expulsion

Stygian Torment

Why (and how) would I play cerb jungle?

Downsides vs Upsides

Alternate Items

Good & Bad Matchups

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