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Bow down to the Thundergod - A Zeus mid guide (7.08)

February 16, 2018 by Karoshi san
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Sando (118) | February 18, 2018 3:23am
Guide is very mixed...good presentation and explanation, and you've gone into detail with matchups and items. Like it.

However, there are some serious issues with the skill build - you're maxing Arc Lightning before Lightning Bolt which is bad, bad, bad. Lightning Bolt is the skill that gets you kills, Arc Lightning is a cheap way of last hitting and harassing in lane, and proc'ing Static Field.

Build should look like this Q-E-W-W-W-R-W.

On items, think you should consider Bottle strongly, and Force Staff is very desirable in a lot of matches, as you mention, Zeus is very slow so positioning is crucial.

I'll happily up vote if you fix up with the skill build issues, otherwise, good job.
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Karoshi san | February 19, 2018 8:59am
Hi Sando,

thank you for your comment.

The Force Staff is like you already mentioned very desirable in a lot of matches and in my opinion the best escape item for Zeus. I mentioned it in the situational items-section, and it is always an item to think about it. But in my opinion only, if you need an escape.

But about your issues with my build I really have to think about it. Some friends told me exactly the same and that it would be more effective to max out Lightning Bolt first than Arc Lightning.

I have to check it out those days but there is one point i disagree with you:

To rush items and gain early a lot of gold there should be at least 2 points in Arc Lightning and not only one.

If you have 2 points in the ability the enemy range creep will have approximately 100hp and only a few heroes are able to deny that. So in this case you don’t lose gold.

I will practice a bit and work on this build, because there is obviously space for improvement. Thank you so far, I will check it out soon.

Karoshi san
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