Smite Sylvanus Build Guide: Sylvanus Pest Support Guide (LITERALLY UNKILLABLE)

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Smite God: Sylvanus

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Sylvanus Build

Start

Guardian's Blessing

Glowing Emerald

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Build (With Starter and Boots)

Guardian's Blessing

Gauntlet of Thebes

Shoes of Focus

Genji's Guard

Mystical Mail

Stone of Gaia

Full Build

Breastplate of Regrowth

Gauntlet of Thebes

Pridwen

Genji's Guard

Mystical Mail

Stone of Gaia

Alternative Defensive Items

Pestilence

Breastplate of Valor

Caduceus Club

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Jade Emperor's Crown

Mantle of Discord

Sylvanus's Skill Order

Verdant Growth

1 X

1 3 6 7 10

Wisps

2 A

2 8 11 12 14

Nature's Grasp

3 B

4 15 16 18 19

Wrath of Terra

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 3 6 7 10

Verdant Growth

1 X

Sylvanus throws a seed to a target location. If it hits an enemy they will take damage, lose Protections, and become Rooted. If the seed lands on the ground, after 5s it will grow into a flower providing MP5 to nearby allies. The pod can be destroyed by Basic Attacks (maximum 3 pods), exploding and releasing poisonous spores that reduce Protections of nearby enemies.

Ability Type: Circle, Root, Damage
Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+50% of your Magical Power)
MP5 Increase: 20
Protections Reduced: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+5%) for 5s
Root Duration: 1.5s
Range/Radius: 45/10
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11s

2 8 11 12 14

Wisps

2 A

Sylvanus releases wisps that seek out nearby allies and enemies. Allied gods are Protected and all allies are Healed while enemies take damage over time.

The initial wisp heals allied gods and damages enemy gods for twice the normal amount. This ability does not create seed pods when hitting minions.

Ability Type: Target, Heal, Damage
Damage: 14 / 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 (+10% of your Magical Power) every 1s for 5s
Heal: 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26 every 1s for 5s
Protections Gained: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 for 5s
Minion Effectiveness: 35% Healing and Damage
Radius: 30
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

4 15 16 18 19

Nature's Grasp

3 B

Sylvanus's treant launches his rooty hand out in front of him. The hand stops at the first enemy god hit, stunning them and pulling them back towards Sylvanus.

Ability Type: Line, Grab
Stun Duration: 1s
Range: 60
Cost: 70 / 65 / 60 / 55 / 50
Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10s

5 9 13 17 20

Wrath of Terra

4 Y

Sylvanus's treant slams his large trunks into the ground causing large thorny roots to break out of the ground around him. Enemies hit are knocked up and poisoned.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Damage: 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 (+25% of your Magical Power) every 1s for 5s
Radius: 35
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Sylvanus Threats

Tap each threat level to view Sylvanus’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

The Introduction of the Pest God

This God is any damaging god's nightmare. They will foolishly and hopelessly slash away at you while wasting all of their abilities in an attempt to kill you. Then, when they least expect it, Sylvanus' teammates come and clean up the struggling roadkill. Sylvanus, at his height, is the definition of a pest. You can't easily kill him, he will torment your family dinners, and he's not going out without a fight. Read this god to get a full insight into what factors are not only important in this build but are also fundamental to how Sylvanus is played as a whole.

The Bread, Butter, and Jelly

Stone of Gaia, Mystical Mail, and Shield of Regrowth are the bread, butter, and jelly to this toast. Stone of Gaia heals you 15% of about 3500 health every time you are knocked up, knocked back, pulled, or grabbed. About every team composition is gonna have a god with a cc ability that procs Gaia, so he'll be gaining about 200 health over 5 seconds on top of the ability passive, which heals you 0.5% of your max health every second. Mystical Mail allows you to be cuddly with your enemies while they will passively take 40 damage per second. Give your enemy a big hug with your 1 and watch as they bleed out without you touching them. Lastly, Shield of Regrowth is the unlocking factor of everything that makes Sylvanus great. S0NIC M0DE. Activate your 2, a.k.a. S0nic M0de, to either chase your fearful opponents down as you ignore their cries for mercy or you can run awa- no, tactically retreat from your enemies to spare their lives of a painful death.

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(143) |

Mystical is not really suitable for Sylv, i'd get a Lotus Crown in the build as well.

And the recommended support start is guardian's, tier 1 shoes, 4 health pots and HoG.

(400) |

Hi Pepe,

Welcome to the site and thanks for posting your build!

Personally, I would go heavier on utility and would list more item options. As a general support, a decent amount of your itemization consideration should apply to countering problematic enemies.

To that end, I personally wouldn't go . Although the health is nice, the physical prots on that item aren't that high and Mystical's passive damage at that point of the game (4th main item) are going to drop off pretty hard. Mystical's best use is usually to pick it up as early as possible, and I don't think that item fits well with his kit. Since he has to be closer to the enemy to get the aura damage, and since he doesn't have any actual mobility (outside of getting ), it's just not that good for him IMO. Note that the magical damage is subject to mitigations from enemy protections, so you're never going to be getting full damage from the item, especially since your build has 0 pen.

And while has amazing regen function, it will be stunted somewhat by anti-heal, which people are likely to pick up in most cases...and you have healing in your kit, so that's already asking for anti-heal to a degree.

Gulf mentioned and I do see it listed in your item options, but that would be a situational option mainly if you wanted added MS and a boost of healing (either to take advantage of a lack of enemy anti-heal, or to slightly counter anti-heal and at least get something from your healing). Rather, you're missing a very functional item for him that works synergistically with his heal, and that is Lotus Crown. If nothing else, it should always be an item consideration and not having it is a pretty big oversight. I would probably suggest it in the same spot to replace Mystical.

While is a solid item, I think you'd also be served well by considering as a replacement.

For more CDR, you should have listed as an option.

My preferred standard item build for him would probably be:

Guardian's Blessing
Shoes of Focus
Gauntlet of Thebes
Lotus Crown
Shogun's Kusari or Genji's Guard or Oni Hunter's Garb
Pridwen
Situational
Replace shoes w/ Relic Dagger

I appreciate the feedback! I've been having a lot of fun with Sylvanus and experimenting with different builds that go with his kit; I appreciate the help with a better build. I had a feeling that the physical protection of the build was a huge weakness for this. I'll try out this build. Thanks again! I'm learning more and more about the complexity of the full defensive items since for years, I've really only played Solo and Jungle, so I'm excited to learn about learning about what items go well with others.

(81) |

Caduceus Shield is a physical god only item; I would get instead.

I would appreciate any feedback or tips for how I could make this build better. I think it's the perfect build but there might be a couple of factors that could be tweaked so let me know! I appreciate everyone that took the time to check this build out and maybe even try it.

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Table of Contents

The Introduction of the Pest God

The Bread, Butter, and Jelly

Sylvanus Pest Support Guide (LITERALLY UNKILLABLE)

Smite God: Sylvanus