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Heavenly Agility
Greater Meditation
Combat Blink
Fist of the Gods
Greater Sprint
Obsidian Shard
Watcher's Gift
Cloak of Meditation
Book of Thoth
Obsidian Shard
Soul Reaver
Gem of Isolation
Chronos' Pendant
Rod of Tahuti
Ethereal Staff
Warlock's Staff
Void Stone
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Breastplate of Valor
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-I added a ****-ton of BBCoding, and I fixed some descriptions and/or added onto them.
-Sylvanus' healing was nerfed, but it is still very effective.
-Updated the skill sequence for more optimized playing
-Removed 
Bancroft's Talon from the purchase order, as it was ineffective
Sylvanus is a Guardian, and that means that you'll want to go a full tank build. However, like 
Ymir, I have found another build that utilizes Sylvanus' abilities like never before. Almost all of Sylvanus' abilities boost from magical power, but with a tank build you cannot achieve the magical power required to really make good use of his abilities. Now we all know about 
Hel and how she is such a great healer, but with the right items your Wisps ability can be on par with her healing ability. As a bonus it also damages enemies at the same time, so your sustainability really kicks in when you need it.
Your items should reflect how you like to play, so use my items as a kind of baseline for yours. My items maximize damage only, nothing else. So if you don't want too much damage but still want to help, go a half-and-half build. Half tank, half damage.
Sylvanus is a really useful God if you know how to use him, and he excels in group battles due to his sustainability. Your magical power items directly affect how much health and damage you can dish out, so be on the lookout for items that can help with magical damage and healing etc.
IN ORDER OF HOW I WOULD BUY THEM IN THE GAME
Obsidian Shard- I start with the second or third tier of this item, mostly because it is cheap and perfectly fits the gold given in joust. (2nd tier=1500, starting gold in joust=1500). It's just straight magical power with penetration, that's about it.
Book of Thoth- I usually buy this second, mainly because you need to build it's stacks, and you need the MP5. It's magical power is pretty great for an item, and the added MP5 helps your sustainability.
Next is Soul Reaver. I buy this mostly before, but sometimes after Chronos' Pendant. It gives you a good amount of magical power, and the 15% of health that is taken away is really good in tandem with your Verdant Growth.
Ethereal Staff-
Pro-tip!
Combat Blink if I need it, but other than that i'll typically wait to buy items.
To start with, you should make Wisps your first priority, next Verdant Growth, and then Natures Grasp, and finally Wrath of Terra.
Sylvanus' skills and basic attack is hard to get used to at first, once you get the hang of them you can dominate your opponents. Sylvanus' Wisps and Verdant Growth abilities are what I focus on first. Natures Grasp and Wrath of Terra I focus on mid to late game because they don't get much better than their starting stats.
You should start the game by grabbing a mana buff or damage buff, then placing Verdant Growth on the backside of your tower (as it will be protected from basic attacks), and it will provide much needed MP5 to your team. I always unlock all three of his skills at the start of the game as they are all useful in such a small map. To learn more about the items you should use, go back to the items chapter.
Joust was actually the hardest gametype for me to get used to as Sylvanus, and this is because I started off using a full tank build. Now i'm not saying that a full tank build won't work on joust, i'm only saying that it wasn't working for me. The good things about Sylvanus is that you still have a good amount of health, while balancing damage and healing.
Sylvanus works best with an assassin or powerful mage, as his Verdant Growth ability gives MP5, very essential for a mage and assassin. It is possible to lane with a warrior or even another guardian, but it is difficult because Sylvanus' skills somewhat rely on someone else to help you. As with the joust build, place your Verdant Growth ability behind your tower and hold back to heal your lane partner (if you have one) or deal some damage from the tower. You should also use Nature's Grasp to pull enemies into the tower and then stun them with Nature's Grasp.
Click Here for Sylvanus and Hel duo tactics
Pros-
High damage
High healing
High support
Average waveclear (At level 20)
Average speed
Lot's of knock-ups and CC utilities
Cons-
Low mobility
Low waveclear (At low levels)
Long cooldowns
Relies on another God to aid in kills in early game
I devoted a chapter to his basic attack because it is difficult to get used to, but actually really useful.
Verdant Growth ability) and hits the ground target in a 15 ft AoE. Sylvanus a slight advantage in the fact that you can hit an enemy God without them being able to hit you (because your minions are battling his minions and this creates a sort of "shield" of minions that you can shoot over with your basic attack).
Sylvanus is especially good with a team (I excel with him in joust). Like I said earlier, Sylvanus and Hel are great in a lane or team together. Sylvanus works best with an assassin or mage. While he is somewhat squishy against assassins with my build, he can escape with a well placed Verdant Growth ability while healing himself and damaging the assassin with his Wisps, and if you have Heavenly Agility or Greater Sprint then you should be fine.
Verdant Growth ability is essential against an assassin or guardian.
Hel (surprise surprise) or any guardian (especially Ymir) with a damage build. He can go toe-to-toe with just about anyone in this stage of the game and his Wisps are an essential part of his role in the game.
Haha thanks for reading this guide, I hope you enjoyed my take on Sylvanus and thanks again!
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Cool build, a lil confusing at first cause you clunked all your items in one row
Add:
- Some more skill explanations
- More item explantions
- more Team work Strategies :V
But it's just my opinion
I can see the potential of that duo team though !^.^
And are you mad? no boots XD
Yeah I just got mastery III on him. It's a pretty solid build, but thanks for the suggestions. I'll work on updating my guide as soon as possible. And yes, still no boots.
Add:
- Some more skill explanations
- More item explantions
- more Team work Strategies :V
But it's just my opinion
I can see the potential of that duo team though !^.^
And are you mad? no boots XD
This is a pretty nice guide and I like how you dedicated a chapter to
Thanks so much! I actually don't use boots with any of my gods (I know, shocker), but I prefer to go for more magical power, or an active that helps me escape/persue.