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Watcher's Gift
Creeping Curse
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Sovereignty
Heartward Amulet
Spirit Robe
Traveler's Shoes
Shoes of Focus
Shoes of the Magi
Stone of Gaia
Bulwark of Hope
Lotus Sickle
Midgardian Mail
Mail of Renewal
Hide of the Urchin
Witchblade
Gem of Isolation
Pestilence
Enfeebling Curse
Weakening Curse
Shell of Absorption
Shield of the Underworld
Greater Blink
Heavenly Agility
Shoes of the Magi
Sovereignty
Heartward Amulet
Mail of Renewal
Lotus Sickle
Spirit Robe
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Sylvanus (and of course grover). He is currently one of the strongest supports right now, with the ability to pressure heavily early due to his auto attacks, the ability to heal team mates and finally his huge amount of cc. Not only that but he is a pain to kill and just a pain in general (Those heals though). If you like this guide, please make sure to check out my 
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ADVANTAGES
Mana Regen Plant
Great Clear Tons of CC Large Area Knockup Heals |
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DRAWBACKS
Decent Late Game
Slow movement speed Hard to land pull Wisps only effects gods Small Root |
expansion
Verdant growth
My thoughts
Wisps
My thoughts
Nature's Grasp
My thoughts
Wrath of Terra
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Now you may be wondering why I have picked Watcher's Gift over  Mark of the Vanguard. It's pretty simple really, Watcher's Gift is good if your ADC can get last hits. A lot of the time you can't guarantee this as you may get pushed into tower or such. But as Sylvanus it's pretty hard to not be the one pushing, as he has immense clear with his auto attacks. Meaning it should be relatively easy for your ADC to get last hits, and you get more gold making watcher's a great item.
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With the latest changes to HOG, it is no longer needed on supports. While you might find this hard to believe, it is really not that strong anymore. In the early game rank 1 only hits 1 minion, meaning it is pointless picking it up to start with. The rank 3 version of hog was also nerfed, as it was changed to do 900 health to Objectives, rather than 30%. Meaning that it is also not needed to secure objectives. Hence why I pick curse here. It increases your kill potential inlane, espically if you get a Verdant Growth Nature's Grasp combo. It can also be upgraded into weakening, or enfeebling, both of which are strong. This can also be switched out for blink, which is good for getting a kill in mid.
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These are pretty simple, pick up 2 Healing Potions and 5 Mana Potions and you should be set for lane. You don't need many health potions due to wisps, but to keep using wisps you need mana, hence the high amount of mana potions.
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Sovereignty and Heartward Amulet both speak for themselves as to why they are core. Heartward is core due to it being a relatively cheap item that offers sustain, protections, and most importantly offers your team protections. This item literally makes your team fight better. That's the reason it's core, no question asked.
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As mentioned above, Sovereignty and Heartward Amulet are both really good items due to being cheap, giving you and your team proections as well as sustain. However, Sovereignty is the worst of the two due to lotus crown. lotus crown offers a similar thing, but gives you power, and gives your allies more protections. But it's not constant, it's only with heals. Unlike Sovereignty which is constant protections. So while this may be listed as a core item, it can sometimes be substituted out for lotus crown. They are both equally as good, it's just my preference is having constant protections over temporary ones.
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This is such a strong item. It offers everything you want from strong defence, good cdr and a brilliant passive. A must pick for most supports. |
| Travelers shoes | What can I say about this item, offers high movement speed, hp5, and a way to help you from falling behind. This item makes farming much better due to the extra gold, and since supports travel a lot around the map it's a good item for them. This is the best right now of the movement speed items. |
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While its not as good as Travellers shoes, sometimes Shoes of Focus can still be a good choice. It offers CDR which can be a massive benefit when it comes to sylvanus, as having your abilities up faster means more kill potential, more healing, and more CC. I still prefer travellers, but this is also a decent choice.
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Winged blade has fallen out of the meta as a first item for supports, and has been replaced by Shoes of the Magi. This item offers mana, power, and penetration. It is CRAZY good for the price, and is completely worth picking up, even on supports. I'd actually recommend this item over CDR boots, as the mana is useful as well as the penetration.
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Just a good magical defence item that offers HP5, MP5, and a brilliant passive. A good item in general, but a majority of the time there's better options such as magi's blessing or Spirit Robe. If you're against a magic heavy team though, this might be the item for you.
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This is a good magical item when you're a BURST heavy team. Otherwise this item is not really picked up. What do I mean when I say burst heavy? A team that has a large amount of gods that can burst you at once. Heres a example team:  He Bo, Ao kaung,  Medusa,  Ymir and  Tyr. All gods that deal tons of damage in a short time. That's when you should think about picking it up. Just take into mind it only offers magical defence though, so picking it against majority physicals isn't really the best idea.
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This item can be a substitute for Sovereignty. It offers both type of defence when you heal, on top of that it gives you power, physical defence and MP5. I've already went into this however on the information about Sovereignty so if you haven't read that I suggest you take a look. Even though so far I've mentioned its a good substitute it is also just another good item to pick up in general. If you have both Sovereignty and Heartward Amulet along with this it means you're giving your team a lot of protections. This is a item that no matter what the circumstance, is always a good pick up. I'd almost consider this item core, but sometimes you need something that isn't lotus.
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This is just a good physical defence item. It should only really picked up when the enemy team relies mostly on Auto Attacks, other then that it really shouldn't be considered. But with the rise of  Ao Kuang again, and with  Ullr becoming more popular in solo this might be a item you will see more of.
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One of the better items in the game as of right now. It gives you good hybrid stats, as well as one of the best passives in the game. If you are ever winning a fight, this will help you stay sustained and allow you to continue fighting. I consider this a must a majority of the time. |
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This is a item you don't see much of due to the fact it takes long to build and takes long to stack. If you're against a good team there wont be a lot of kills, so picking up stacks is long and tiresome. There's just way better options as well, like lotus crown or Spirit Robe. In short, this is a item you will barely ever pick up.
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Similar to Midgardian Mail this is a item you'll be picking up in the face of Auto Attack heavy teams. The only difference between this and midgardian being the fact this slows auto attacks in a aura, and not slow the enemy when they hit you. This is a way better option for that reason, and a majority of the time be picked up over midgardian.
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In all honesty I don't think this is that much of a bad pick up. All of your abilities would apply a slow (Except your pull) and it would apply a long one, especially on Wisps. You probably shouldn't pick this up unless you're pretty far ahead though, as it doesn't help you or the team that much.
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Anti heal in a aura, what else is there to say? If the team has healing this is a decent item, specially if you have spent your extra active slot on blink. Good solid item. |
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This is probably one of your weakest choices for a active. All the other actives do so much more for your team compared to this one. There's also good substitutes for this active, such as Witchblade. However, if the enemy team doesn't really have anything like healing, or slows this is a decent pick up. Defiantly good against auto attack teams, or ADCs who go the  Heartseeker build right now.
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One of the best actives in the game. 100% anti heal. 100%. Its a crazy good active against any healers, and any team. As this applies to lifesteal too. Always should be considered. |
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Like enfeebling this a active which you should only really pick up if you don't need a active to counter the enemy, or if the enemy have a burst heavy team. It's a pretty good active either way, and should be considered when picking your actives. |
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This is a brilliant active. It is so underestimated as you can make your entire team faster and slow immune. It's great at letting you initiate, as well as escape. It even gives you extra healing (Direct counter to weakening). I don't recommend picking it up though, as this is one of the actives that are popular with Mid laners. |
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Ugh. No, bad, terrible, and disgusting. This item only helps YOU. There is way better actives that actually make a impact, this does not. Don't consider this item, as there's way better options. shell is a good alternative to this as it offers TEAM protections. Yeah, don't pick this up. |
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Not much to say about this one, if the enemy don't have anything that needs countering then this is a good item to pick up as it allows you to initiate better. Good active. |
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At the start of the game you will be starting at Red Buff. Kill the Red Buff and give it to your mid laner, then head over to Attack Speed. At Attack Speed you would normally be looking to give your ADC the buff, but when you're playing Sylvanus that's a different story. If Sylvanus gets his hand on Attack Speed duo lane clear is much better. But remember your Auto Attacks do not push back minions, so you can't stack up minions as good as you could before. Remember to keep healing your teammate using Wisps. Doing this makes your ADC's laning phase so much better for him. In lane you should look to hit the wave with your Auto Attacks as much as possible, but also look to keep your adc sustained with Wisps and Verdant Growth. Don't forget that your kill potential in lane is pretty high due to the Verdant Growth Nature's Grasp combo.Eventually you'll hit around level 5 and mid camps will be spawning soon. You should rotate at around 3:00 to get there in time (Assuming they were cleared, they aren't always killed on spawn), but that also means you're going to miss a wave in duo. This is the point where you get a choice. If you are ahead in lane you should rotate. If you're behind then you can stay, but end up giving up a mid camp guaranteed, or rotate with the chance of dying. This is a decision I can't help you with, as I can't see the situation. When (and if) you go to mid camps you'll be going for the ones closest to you. Watch out for the enemy support though, as they will be going for the same mid camp a majority of the time. There might also be a fight here, if there does you need to focus on laying down your CC and healing your teammates. Use Nature's Grasp for kill potential, and Verdant Growth to engage/disengage. If you're ultimate is up try and be in the middle of the fight to use it, and use cc like Verdant Growth and Nature's Grasp after. If a fight doesn't occur, you can always look to get a pick in mid with Wrath of Terra if possible. But you have to access this.
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During this part of the game Gold Fury will be the main point of contention, and you will be rotating quite a fair bit. You should really start buying wards as often as possible at this point, as knowledge is power. You shouldn't forget about farming either, make sure to leech from duo and mid lane, along with the jungler on the left side of the map. Small camps have a low respawn time and offer lots of XP, so you should aim to clear those often. You can look to attack the Gold Fury when certain things happen. For instance, if you have killed the enemy middle laner then Gold Fury can be possible. The support may of just backed on a ward, you might of had a brilliant teamfight etc. One of the best times to go for a Gold Fury is when you know there's more than one enemy in solo lane. This means that's one less person to contest, and it also means you can out number the enemy. It's a good time to get the gold fury, or get a teamfight of which you outnumber them. When doing a Gold Fury you need to keep some things in mind: |
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This part of the game is going to be a lot like level 5 - 10. The only difference is one fight can be the difference between a win and a loss due to the Fire Giant. Take all the tips I mentioned about the Gold Fury and apply it to the Fire Giant, as they are very similar when it comes to taking them. At this point of the game Peeling becomes a important factor. If you don't know what Peeling means to put it in short you can say it means Delaying. Using your crowd control to stop a enemy from attacking others. So using Verdant Growth to stop someone hitting an adc, etc. Peeling is very important due to the current meta, which is a meta where the adcs deal all the damage and you don't. You have to keep them alive, if you don't then your fight is MUCH weaker. So you've got to use your CC to protect your adc at all costs. They are the ones who will carry this game, and you need them.Other than what I've already mentioned there's not a lot more to say. All the tips from 5 - 10 apply here, so as long as you know what I mentioned there you should be fine. Look to initiate with Blink if possible, or counter initiate if they attack you using your ultimate. |
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Sobek DIFFICULTY Medium
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 Sobek is one of the better gods against Sylvanus. He has an Anti heal on  Sickening Strike and he has TONS of CC. He can also get cheeky kills early with  Charge Prey and set his teams up for kills with  Lurking In The Waters. He will like to pick on Sylvanus due to his lack in speed.
Tips and Tricks
In lane you should be able to outpush him due to your auto attacks. You need to constantly look to not be pulled, and look to aggress when his pull is down. In fights he's going to dive straight in with Charge Prey to intiate, and use  Tail Whip as often as possible. You need to support if anyone get's pulled, and if he misses his pull use Verdant Growth and Wrath of Terra for kill potential.
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Ymir DIFFICULTY Easy
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Ymir is all about aggression. Like Sobek he has a lot of cc, but unlike Sobek he has much more damage. He will look to get a kill at mid camps due to  Ice Wall and  Frost Breath as well as do early gold furies due to  Shards of Ice. Always be weary of his kill potential and peel potential, you can't beads a wall.
Tips and Tricks
Much like yourself Ymir is a slow guy. He is a easy target to kill a majority of the time due to this, and you should look to kill him when possible. You also need to watch out for the mid camps fight, as Ice Wall is the difference between life and death. You should look to keep him off of your team using Verdant Growth, as well as keep them sustained with Wisps.
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Athena DIFFICULTY Medium
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Athena is a god with high mobility and high kill potential. She has one of the best CCs in the game known as taunt, as well as the ability to be anywhere with  Defender of Olympus. She isn't really early orientated, she shines mostly in the Mid - Late game. She'll be looking to aggress whenever her team are looking to aggress as well, or when they are under attack.
Tips and Tricks
Athena might have high mobility, but you have lot's of pressure. You should focus on really punishing her rotating by looking for early gold furies, kills on the adc, etc. You can try and also shut her out early so that if she rotates she isn't as big as a impact and she puts herself more behind. I'm not saying you shouldn't always follow her, but if she goes to solo then you're not getting there anytime soon. |
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This guide is really comprehensive and well put together! +1
To Zilby's point, I agree,
Edit: not sure if you missed this in your guide, I think you briefly mentioned it, but
I do mention it in the gameplay, but I'll talk more about it in the skills. Thanks for the feedback :D
Also, JohnTheScout
this is true, but in Conquest most tanks need a
To Zilby's point, I agree,
Edit: not sure if you missed this in your guide, I think you briefly mentioned it, but
Sweet guide! Not really any criticism to offer, all your info is solid, your build and skill order are good, just overall pretty great.
Only thing I would mention is that if enemies are building a lot of healing reduction items, it can be good to have
Anyway, nice job! +1 from me
Thanks for the feedback!
I dislike
Cool guide, I may try it out sometime, you got most of the Support items in there and have all the actives a Support could really use.
But sometimes I feel with tanks with Dots or biggish Aoes, if the enemy has a lot of powerful healing, such as an
These are some good points. The only reason I dislike
But sometimes I feel with tanks with Dots or biggish Aoes, if the enemy has a lot of powerful healing, such as an
Only thing I would mention is that if enemies are building a lot of healing reduction items, it can be good to have
Anyway, nice job! +1 from me
I really like this guide for
btw. MihayTM here
+1
Thanks!
We haven't played in ages, we got to get around and play some conquest when we can :P
Great guide for
I think you should consider
+1
~Prism
Thanks for the feedback!
I think
btw. MihayTM here
+1