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Attack Type: Ranged
STRIKES ENEMIES NEAR AND FAR WITH LIGHTNING
Zeus’s Pros and Cons
Pros
- High magical damage output.
- Easy to play.
- Global abilities.
- Easy to snowball.
- Has two cheap and spammable spells.
- Ultimate has a global range and high damage.
- Strong at defending high ground.
- Has True Sight in two of his spells.
Cons
- Has only short stuns as disables.
- Demands mana.
- Countered by spell immunity.
- Low mobility.
- Ultimate’s damage can easily be negated by going invisible.
- Easy to gank in the early game.
- Bad attack animation and attack range.
- Low damage to buildings.
Zeus Items build
Start
- Gauntlets of Strength
- Gauntlets of Strength
- Ring of Protection
- Clarity
- Soul Ring
- Bottle
- Arcane Boots
- Wind Lace
- Infused Raindrops
Mid Game
- Aether Lens
- Veil of Discord
Core Items
- Aghanim’s Scepter
- Octarine Core
Full Items
- Boots of Trave
- Aghanim’s Scepter
- Octarine Core
- Bloodstone
- Dagon
- Ethereal Blade
Zeus’s Ability
ARC LIGHTNING
Hurls a bolt of lightning that leaps through nearby enemy units.
LIGHTNING BOLT
Calls down a bolt of lightning to strike an enemy unit, causing damage and a mini-stun. When cast, Lightning Bolt briefly provides unobstructed vision and True Sight around the target in a 750 radius. Can be cast on the ground, affecting the closest enemy hero in 325 range.
STATIC FIELD
Zeus shocks any enemy hit by his abilities, causing damage proportional to their current health.
THUNDERGOD’S WRATH
Strikes all enemy heroes with a bolt of lightning, no matter where they may be. Thundergod’s Wrath also provides True Sight around each hero struck. If an enemy hero is invisible, it takes no damage, but the True Sight is still created at that hero’s location.
STATIC FIEL – DSHARD ABILITY UPGRADE
Static Field can be cast to perform a Heavenly Jump, shocking the closest visible enemy (prioritizing heroes) within 2000 range, dealing Static Field damage to them and reducing their movement speed by 100% for 2.5 seconds. If Zeus was moving forward, he will jump towards that direction. Cooldown: 11. Manacost: 100.
NIMBUS – SCEPTER GRANTS NEW ABILITY
Creates a storm cloud anywhere on the map that automatically casts Lightning Bolt on nearby enemies.
Zeus’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Arc Lightning -> Lightning Bolt -> Thundergod’s Wrath -> Static Field.
Combo Zeus
Heroes combo: Zeus + Ancient Apparition
Zeus’s Tips and tricks
Lightning Bolt has a ministun which allows you to cancel channels.
If you target the ground with Lightning Bolt from the fog of war, you won’t reveal yourself to the enemy who gets hit by it. If you directly target them, they’ll get vision of you.
If an enemy you are chasing is about to escape your vision, cast Lightning Bolt on the ground right beside them rather than targeting their hero directly.
Zeus can dominate lanes, take easy kills, deal massive damage and give vision to your team for easy ganks. He is not very item-dependent but can benefit greatly from them.
Counter Zeus
Bad against:
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Good against:
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Zeus’s Lore
Lord of Heaven, father of gods, Zeus treats all the Heroes as if they are his rambunctious, rebellious children. After being caught unnumbered times in the midst of trysts with countless mortal women, his divine wife finally gave him an ultimatum: ‘If you love mortals so much, go and become one. If you can prove yourself faithful, then return to me as my immortal husband. Otherwise, go and die among your creatures.’ Zeus found her logic (and her magic) irrefutable, and agreed to her plan. He has been on his best behavior ever since, being somewhat fonder of immortality than he is of mortals. But to prove himself worthy of his eternal spouse, he must continue to pursue victory on the field of battle.
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