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"YOUR SOULS ARE MINE" - Y11 Hades Solo/Mid/Support Guide

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by DongerErin updated April 17, 2024

Smite God: Hades

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Hades Build

Starter #1

Notes Standard starter youll commonly be going

Notes

Standard starter youll commonly be going

Build Item Tainted Steel Tainted Steel
Build Item Lost Artifact Lost Artifact
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Starter #2

Notes Sustain starter you can go if the enemy has equal sustain or no antiheal in their kit

Notes

Sustain starter you can go if the enemy has equal sustain or no antiheal in their kit

Build Item Vampiric Shroud Vampiric Shroud
Build Item Tiny Trinket Tiny Trinket
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Build #1

Build Item Tainted Breastplate Tainted Breastplate
Build Item Doom Orb Doom Orb
Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation
Build Item Typhon's Fang Typhon's Fang
Build Item Calamitous Rod of Tahuti Calamitous Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord

Build #2

Build Item Sacrificial Shroud Sacrificial Shroud
Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Typhon's Fang Typhon's Fang
Build Item Staff of Myrddin Staff of Myrddin
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord

Situational

Notes Swap out any of your items for any of these when facing certain situations

Notes

Swap out any of your items for any of these when facing certain situations

Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin
Build Item Stone of Binding Stone of Binding
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Spectral Armor Spectral Armor
Build Item Contagion Contagion
Build Item Pestilence Pestilence
Build Item Polynomicon Polynomicon

Relics

Build Item Persistent Teleport Persistent Teleport
Build Item Scorching Blink Rune Scorching Blink Rune
Build Item Thorns of Judgement Thorns of Judgement
Build Item Temporal Beads Temporal Beads

Hades's Skill Order

Death From Below

1 X Y
Death From Below
2 9 10 11 12

Shroud of Darkness

2 A B
Shroud of Darkness
3 17 18 19 20

Devour Souls

3 B A
Devour Souls
1 4 6 7 8

Pillar of Agony

4 Y X
Pillar of Agony
5 13 14 15 16
Death From Below
2 9 10 11 12

Death From Below

1 X
Hades descends into the ground and erupts from below at his ground location, doing damage to all enemies in the area. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Slowed. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow Duration: 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14s
Shroud of Darkness
3 17 18 19 20

Shroud of Darkness

2 A
Hades silences all enemies in a cone in front of him. If the enemy is Blighted, they are also Feared. Applies Blight.

Ability Type: Cone, Crowd Control
Silence: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10s
Devour Souls
1 4 6 7 8

Devour Souls

3 B
Hades devours the souls of his enemies, dealing damage in an area around him. Blighted enemies hit by this ability are Detonated, dealing damage to enemies and healing your allies around the Detonated targets. Enemy gods only take 50% of the damage from Detonating Blights.

Ability Type: Circle, Heal, Damage
Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Detonated Healing: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80
Detonation Radius: 20
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Pillar of Agony
5 13 14 15 16

Pillar of Agony

4 Y
Hades calls to all enemy souls nearby, creating a Vortex which drags targets toward him, dealing damage every .5s for 4s. For each enemy hit Hades reduces his ability cooldowns by 0.4s. If the enemy is Blighted, their Protections are reduced. Hades also gains Protections and 10% damage mitigation for the duration.

Ability Type: Circle, Vortex, Damage
Damage per Tick: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Protections: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160
Protections Debuff: 10% + 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Protections Debuff Lifetime: 4s
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Hades Threats

Tap each threat level to view Hades’s threats

Max
2
Major
5
Even
8
Minor
6
Tiny
1

Hades Synergies

Tap each synergy level to view Hades’s synergies

Ideal
1
Strong
0
OK
0
Low
0
None
0

Pros / Cons

SOLO HADES


PROS

    Insane lane pressure

    Great sustain

    Good CC

    Strong early game snowball

    Beads burner

    Strong 2v1 potential

CONS

    Too reliant on lifesteal

    Struggle against ADCs

    Anti heal slows you down

MID HADES


PROS

    Great AOE damage

    Good sustain

    Good CC against immobile gods

    Nice mobility

    Passive decreases enemy's power

    Tankiest of all Mages

CONS

    Anti heal sets you back

    All damage is close quarters;risky

    Beads ruin your ultimate's potential

SUPPORT HADES


PROS

    Great debuffer (-5% power to enemy, Prot Shred)

    Great CCs (40% slow, Fear/Silence, Vortex)

    Good mobility

    Somewhat good healer

    Beads burner

    Tanky ult (160 prots, %10 Damage Mitigation)

CONS

    No longer a Guardian; not as tanky

    Cripples ruin your chase or escapes

    CC Cleansers ruin your ult (Khepri ult, Geb Shield, Aphrodite ult, Hel's cleanse)

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Cowbella | April 13, 2024 6:03am
Such a good mid build I've never gotten past mid game without them f6ing!
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"YOUR SOULS ARE MINE" - Y11 Hades Solo/Mid/Support Guide
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