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Smite God: Artio

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Solo Guardian

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Artio Build

Solo Start

Mage's Blessing

Breastplate

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Normal Solo

Shoes of the Magi

Breastplate of Valor

Void Stone

Spear of the Magus

Mantle of Discord

Spirit Robe

Against Magical Damage

Oni Hunter's Garb

Genji's Guard

Spirit Robe

Bulwark of Hope

My Relic Choices

Teleport Fragment

Aegis Amulet

Smart Relic Choices

Purification Beads

Heavenly Wings

Horrific Emblem

Shield of Thorns

Bracer of Radiance

If wanting late more power but have to build stacks.

Warlock's Staff

Book of Thoth

Shaman's Ring

Artio's Skill Order

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

1 X

1 3 5 6 8

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

2 A

4 12 13 16 17

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

3 B

2 7 9 10 11

Shapeshift

4 Y

14 15 18 19 20

1 3 5 6 8

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

1 X

Druid Form: Artio pulses out a strong wave of energy that damages enemies. She will heal herself and allies within 65 units for each enemy god hit by this ability.

Bear Form: Artio slashes twice with her claws, damaging enemies with each swipe.

Ability Type: Cone, Heal, Damage
Druid Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+35% of your Magical Power)
Druid Heal: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
Bear Damage Per Swipe: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Range: 25
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 12s

4 12 13 16 17

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

2 A

Druid Form: Artio creates a thicket of vines around herself that cripples enemy gods and decreases their Magical or Physical Power as long as they are in the area.

Bear Form: Artio lets out a ferocious roar that Stuns all nearby enemies and increases her own Physical and Magical Protections for 4s.

Ability Type: Circle, Cripple
Druid Area Duration: 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6s
Druid Power Debuff: 9 / 10.5 / 12 / 13.5 / 15%
Bear Stun Duration: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Bear Self Buff: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 Protections
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 15s

2 7 9 10 11

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

3 B

Druid Form: Artio channels for 2s, draining the life from enemies. While channeling she deals damage up to 5 times and heals herself up to 5 times. Each hit increasingly Slows enemies and enemies hit all 5 times are Rooted for 1s.

Bear Form: Artio charges forward at an increased movement speed for 3s. Enemies she charges through take damage and are Slowed for 2s.

Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage
Druid Damage Per Hit: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Druid Heal Per Hit: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Druid Slow: 10%
Bear Damage: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+55% of your Magical Power)
Bear Slow: 30%
Range: 55
Cost: 55
Cooldown: 15s

14 15 18 19 20

Shapeshift

4 Y

Active: Artio Shapeshifts between her Druid stance and Bear stance.

Passive: Every time Artio hits at least 1 enemy with an ability she gains 1 stack of Invigoration. Invigoration stacks increase her Movement Speed and MP5. Stacks last 6s, and stack up to 8 times.

Ability Type: Buff
Movement Speed Per Stack: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3%
MP5 Per Stack: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10
Cost: 0
Cooldown: 1s

Artio Build

Start Guardian

Guardian's Blessing

Shoes

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Usual Build

Shoes of Focus

Breastplate of Valor

Void Stone

Sovereignty

Heartward Amulet

Mantle of Discord

Taking too much magic damage

Notes Less team help but you can tank a lot more.

Shoes of Focus

Genji's Guard

Void Stone

Hide of the Urchin

Spirit Robe

Mantle of Discord

Artio's Skill Order

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

1 X

1 4 5 6 8

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

2 A

3 13 14 15 16

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

3 B

2 7 9 10 12

Shapeshift

4 Y

11 17 18 19 20

1 4 5 6 8

Energy Surge / Maul Prey

1 X

3 13 14 15 16

Entangling Vines / Ferocious Roar

2 A

2 7 9 10 12

Life Tap / Heavy Charge

3 B

11 17 18 19 20

Shapeshift

4 Y

Introduction

Artio is a very heavy damage and powerful guardian even having been played in jungle. Her start is very powerful and I will play her in support lane or solo. If taking too much magical damage I suggest genji's guard or oni hunters garb.

Team Work

Your AOE Stun is extremely powerful along with your cripple. This cripple can stop most assassins from even doing damage. Serqet can't use her first or third ability making ratio an extremely annoying goddess to play against. Her dash is also some consideration because it gets you out of almost any situation and has a high natural damage cap. You can also cancel your ability during dash so you don't dash too far ahead. I have had games where I was teaching a friend how to play ratio and would dive tower steaming how do I stop her dash. Her dash is just an extremely far range and its quite beautifully insane. I recommend to always check who on the enemy team is doing most damage in order to adjust to your build allowing for less damage done to you and more done to your enemies.

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(143) |

Think these builds need a bit of a revision.

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These are for the guardian build:

Buy Sovereignty second instead of Breastplate of Valor.
Don't buy BoV.
Don't buy Heartward Amulet.
Consider Gauntlet of Thebes early or mid (2nd-4th item). Just remember that you're not very tanky until you get it stacked.
Swap out Shoes of Focus for Reinforced Shoes if you need extra tankiness early.
Swap out Mantle of Discord for Spirit Robe unless the enemy team doesn't have much CC, which rarely, if ever, happens.
Buy Pestilence instead of Void Stone if there are enemy magical healers on the other team (e.g. Hell, Aphrodite and Chang'e).
Consider Shogun's Kusari as a magical defense item if you have 2 or more AA gods on your team.
Oni Hunter's Garb is a great magical defense item even in support since you should be in the thick of things.