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Specialist's Blessing
Shoes of the Magi
Bancroft's Talon
Rod of Tahuti
Spear of Desolation
Spear of the Magus
Obsidian Shard
Soul Reaver
Divine Ruin
Shaman's Ring
Void Stone
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First guide, everything is down below plz leave comments for me
Zeus: lacks mobility,lacks Survivability, ability mage,and High damage
Early game: Zeus is Mana heavy,Always Slow,the early penetration and cool down are a plus
Specialist:Takes care of cool down,Mana recover, and will give movement speed
Penetration Boots:Adds Power,10 Penetration
Mid-game:Needs Survivability, massive power scaling,and more Mana
Bancroft's Talon: Massive power jump plus Life steal and Mana
Rod of Tahuti: Massive power and Mana recovery plus augments your passive(30% add on each basic attack up to three) with an extra 25% when enemy is below 50% health also all abilities do an extra 25% when enemy is below 50% health
Late game: True Damage
Spear of Desolation: Massive power,Cool down, and 15 Penetration
Spear of Magus: Penetration and most importantly the passive(reduce magical defense by 10 per ability hit) so minus 50 off their defense total plus the amount of penetration you have
Obsidian Shard: for the passive of ignoring defense up to 45%
Switch for obsidian Shard:
Soul reaver for high health God's
Divine ruin for healing shutdown
Shamans ring for troll
Void stone to also troll
First four levels put one point in each ability 1-3 and one more in 3 ability,making it 2 points.
Fifth level goes in your ULT
Sixth-Eighth level goes AB1,AB3,AB1. They should be even on points
Ninth level back in ULT
From their max out AB1 AND AB3,Then ULT,AB2 gets points last
Zeus has no escapes so never stop moving ever and be paranoid at all times
Lane clearing: shield back minions, chain lightning front minions, pop or basic till clear
Shield is to help hit your chain lightning, to detonate, watch out for minions.
Use ULT defensively or to secure kill
Stay shield distance off your engage, move in a half circle back and forth, poke when possible, when the engage happens, advance and Brun kit for kills
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It's just outdated now and with S7 item changes, the build is no longer relevant.
Full Build 1:
Full Build 2:
Other good items:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6XTX7mjiIE (recent build from prettyprime, one of the best Zeus players other than Moswal).
Unless you're fight against 3 or more tanky enemies (with 265 or more protections), I wouldn't recommend combine
I also recommend you build pen as 4th item in most cases or even earlier if you feel you need it earlier.
I'm not sure about this blessing you chose. I would rather much more
As such, there's no straight build that's terrible. Tahuti 3rd or 4th or whatever isn't bad, but then again, you might still question efficiency. Yes, it's strong, but might not other items be just as strong at that point or stronger? You always need to keep a bit more open mind to flexibility. This is why, in my explanation below, I said I just personally don't like Tahuti that early...but I'm not going to argue it. It can work. Just like almost any other offensive item.
Overall, just because a pro builds it doesn't mean it's automatically "the best."
Then there was that time I saw Pandacat build Magus, Obsidian and Demonic on pre-rework Freya this season... (4 magicals on his team, but still...)
- I can understand a bit of cheap extra MS and CDR from
Specialist's Blessing, but the MP5 isn't enough outside of a slower mode like Conquest to be worth it IMO. I'm not sure it would be an item I would consider for him.
Mage's Blessing either. The stats just aren't good enough. The only blessing I would consider for him outside of Conquest would probably be 
Attacker's Blessing, which is super quick to stack and the 10 pen is nice early. Combine that with your shoes of choice, 
Shoes of the Magi, and you're powering through most of an enemy's early inherent protections. If I didn't choose Attacker's, I probably would just rush shoes and bypass blessings altogether.
Chain Lightning differently, to get the slow.
- The next questionable item is
Bancroft's Talon. Yes, you can get some really good power from it, but it's not a best-fit for him. Bancroft's is really meant for gods that are going to exchange damage a lot. They expect to take damage, and want to deal even more back as they're hurt. This is not 
Zeus, at least not in normal situations. He's got some of the best distance poke of any god, due to his 
Chain Lightning, extended Lightning range from 
Aegis Assault bouncing, and the practically unlimited range of 
Detonate Charge. So in many cases, he's not going to get a lot of function out of the passive. Not saying it's never functional, but if you're looking for lifesteal, then you need to open your options.
Soul Gem should be considered, IF you decide you need lifesteal. I'd probably argue that you'd question your need for lifesteal at all in a mode like Arena, though it will be of more benefit in Joust/Clash. In any case, SG has less power, sure, but it has some CDR that Bancroft's doesn't have, which is great for teamfight modes. And of course, the passive is easy to stack, and benefits nearby teammates when the heal goes off.
- I've always been one that has a problem buying
Rod of Tahuti early. I can understand the function, but feel it's got more effect late-game when you've built more power for the passive to enhance. I won't argue its place in the build, but I wouldn't build it in the 4th spot, personally.
Spear of Desolation is fine. It would be a flex/optional pick for me, but one I would probably build more than not.
- My biggest problem is combining
Spear of the Magus and 
Obsidian Shard. If facing a lot of tanky enemies, it's fine, because you won't always have Magus stacked, and Shard will punch through high protections. But in those cases, I might just build Shard for the tanks, and flat pen for the squishy gods, and leave it at that.
- As an FYI, you screwed up your skill leveling. Your last 2 points in your ult are too early. 17th level is when you can level to 4, and 20th for 5. This needs to be fixed.
- I saw your comment on another's Zeus build, about how
Gem of Isolation is "redundant" with Chain Lightning. No offense, but this is far from the truth.
Chain Lightning already has a slow...but none of the rest of your abilities do. Also, the Gem slow stacks with the Lightning slow, so you slow to a higher degree. Hence...absolutely not redundant.
Gem of Isolation is probably close to a core item for him in a teamfight mode. It gives you a wide measure of CC/control for your teammates, as well as helping with your concerns about Zeus' lack of MS. It gives an incredibly frustrating slow to his Lightning, and then reapplies the slow when you Detonate. It also makes a slow apply on your ult, giving you a higher chance of multiple hits before the enemy escapes the area.
Gem of Isolation is a huge oversight. You don't have to get it every game, but you obviously haven't used it enough to understand exactly how effective it can be.
So those are all of my comments. I'm okay with the majority of item mentions, but I don't necessarily like the build order, feel some items are situational, and some very functional items aren't mentioned. Would like to hear your thoughts.In the same vein, I would probably not bother with
If you're worried about lack of MS that early, you should change your gameplay up and deploy your
As DV-8 mentioned,
The thing is, Magus isn't necessarily the most efficient thing for him. In many cases, you'll get 1 or 2 stacks due to a couple of Lightning hits. Magus requires 5 stacks for max function. That said, even one or two stacks might be great if you've got a couple other magical damage dealers on your team, as they'll benefit from any protection reduction you apply. Magus and Shard would be situational items for me, depending on the enemy comp. Again, in most cases, probably wouldn't build them together.
Just to clarify, redundant means "it has no use." I get your concept, that
In fact,
So...again, no offense, but not even mentioning
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I don't see a lot of magus here.
Could you elaborate on the spear of the magus and why you'd recommend it over Bran's strategy of picking up flat pen items for squishys and a obsidian for some tanks?
Let me know if you need me to clarify anything
There's just no reason to pick up the more expensive Spear of Deso when Magus exists, and is used very well by Zeus, as for the pickup of Obsidian over Magus? I would just ask one of the pros on their stream why.
Also I explained fully on Magus regarding positives and negatives. Never said it wasn't good, just situational, and that you don't always get the max function out of it. Not sure where you think I said it's not good on him, but I might suggest you reread what I wrote like 5 times.
Deso isn't a bad choice in some situations because it has CDR, and the OP isn't building much CDR. Not that Zeus needs a lot, but in a teamfight, you can't say a bit more CDR isn't functional.
And seriously, out of everything I wrote, that's what you get out of all of my explanations? Not that I covered a lot of good points? Just that I wasn't slobbering over Magus and giving my first-born child to it for use on Zeus? LOL
Deso isn't a terrible choice, but Magus is better for damage and helps any magical teammates.
Doesen't really change what I said in the other comments.
But if you go that route, then I'd probably also get a bit of added AS, balance with physical protection as needed, and move to
(Mind, I'm not being pissy, I'm laughing over here)
If you want strong autos early as Zeus get bancrofts.
And yes, Bancroft in a basic-attacking Zeus would be the lifesteal item to get. Shoes, Bancroft, Demonic, Telk and some protections or Iso or something maybe.