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Athena is a guardian God has high burst damage, crowd control, global presence and can support any hunter. So, I suggest you should use Athena solo, support. Find best Athena build guides (Solo/Support) for Smite. Learn more about Athena’s abilities, Items, Relics.

Guardian | Greek | Melee | Magical

Pros: High Crowd Control, High Defense

Difficulty: Easy

God Tier: S

Health: 700 (+105)	Damage: 35 (+ 1.5) + 20% of Magical Powe
Mana: 190 (+34)	Physical: 28 (+3.5)
Speed: 365 (+0)	Magical: 35 (+1.6)
Range: 12 (+0)	HP5: 8 (+0.9)
Attack/Sec: 1 (+1.2%)	MP5: 4.6 (+0.42)

Athena Relics Build

Shard Relics:

Relics – Duo Lane (Support):

Relics – Solo Lane:

Athena Items Build

Pro Build:

Meta build:

Duo Lane (Support):

Solo Lane:

Athena’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Shield Wall (Skill 3) > Confound (Skill 2) > Preemptive Strike (Skill 1) > Defender of Olympus (Skill 4).

		Preemptive Strike
	Confound
Shield Wall
			Defender of Olympus

Athena Combo

Find best combo skill for Athena, I will help you do it.

Combo 1: Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2.

Preemptive Strike -> Shield Wall -> Confound.

Combo 2: Skill 4 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2 -> Skill 1.

Defender of Olympus -> Shield Wall -> Confound -> Preemptive Strike.

Combo 3: Skill 4 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2 -> Skill 1.

Defender of Olympus -> Confound -> Shield Wall -> Preemptive Strike.

Athena’s Weak Against & Pairs Well

Weak Against	Pairs Well With

Athena is weak against: Kumbhakarna, Sylvanus, Erlang Shen, Jormungandr.

Athena is pairs well with: Anhur, Loki, Kumbhakarna, Janus.

How To Play Athena ?

Win/Pick/Ban rate:

	Conquest	Joust	Duel
Win Rate	51.09%	47.93%	33.80%
Pick Rate	15.31%	16.80%	0.18%
Ban Rate	16.80%	6.08%	0.15%

Best Relics for Athena:

You can use Shard Relics: Wing Shard or Horn shard.

You can use Relics: Cloak Of Ascetic + Fortifying Shell or Heroic Teleport + Emblem Of Trembling Terror.

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Best items for Athena:

Start items – Duo Lane (Support):

Start items – Solo Lane:

Full Items – Duo Lane: If you like Athena support, you can refer this way: Sentinel’s Embrace, Chronos’ Pendant, Gauntlet of Thebes, Prophetic Cloak, Stone of Binding, Spirit Robe.

Full Items – Solo Lane: If you like Athena solo, you can refer this way: Sundering Axe, Pythagorem’s Piece, Gladiator’s Shield, Bewitched Dagger, Breastplate of Valor, Oni Hunter’s Garb.

Full Items – Pro Build: If you like Athena pro build, you can refer this way: Compassion, Evolved Prophetic Cloak, Breastplate of Valor, Stone of Binding, Pestilence, Manticore’s Spikes

Best lane for Athena:

Lane
Solo Lane	X
Duo Lane – ADC
Duo Lane – Support	X
Mid Lane
Jungle

Tips and Tricks:

You can use alternative items for Athena as: Physical Protection, Magical Protection, Health, Crowd Control Reduction, HP5, Cooldown Reduction, Mana, MP5.

Early game: Farm as much as possible and use the ultimate to gank mid.

Mid – late game: Set up team fights to achieve lofty objectives.

Athena’s Ability

Passive: Reach

Athena’s next basic attack will be at long range when using a skill. It deals additional damage and can penetrate enemies.

Skill 1: Preemptive Strike

Athena rushes to attack the first enemy, dealing damage, gaining stacks and reducing damage from enemies.

Skill 2: Confound

Athena releases power from her shield to taunt enemies and reduce their attack speed.

Skill 3: Shield Wall

Athena summons Athenian warriors that damage and slow enemies.

Ultimate: Defender of Olympus

Athena launches herself into the air and lands on a selected ally. Athena and her allies will have reduced damage and increased movement speed.

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