Running blink ult builds really allows ares to shine and really demonstrate how aggressive a guardian he really is. Ares has been a free starter character for every new player account created since may 15, 2018. The fernando smite skin pays homage to paladins frontline champion, fernando. Smiteguru smite s best source for player profiles, god stats, smite matches, elo rankings, smite guides, and smite builds. Key to ares is getting the ultimates out while they have no beads, for this you need cooldown. Ares got a huge buff to his clear in the midseason patch and it basically makes him stupid op important links below.
Primal steel ares will be available in the enchanted chronicles battle pass. I understand that hog and blink are nice on tyr, but sometimes situations call for a shakeup. Ares defeats ganesha in smites odyssey 2019 tier 5 skin vote. Its alot easier to get 3 chains now then it used to be. Smite is a thirdperson multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by hirez studios on pc, xb1, ps4 and switch.
You can now help keep the stats up to date with the new developer options in the settings and updating the god and item stats on github. Previously, a big season 7 update was released with new features and changes. Shackles will now deal increased damage to minions, allowing skilled ares players to help clear the wave while tagging enemy gods with shackles. Ares is an aggressive support, but in the recent meta he has struggled to exert that pressure in the early game. Ares can chain or combo down any one god without defensive items play a support role but pretend ares is an assassin in that support role and you will do exceptional build ares needs to do damage just to keep up in levels as ares struggles to level in conquest so in conquest building bulk without power on ares is the absolute worst thing to do.
Hirez studios has released yet another big update for smite. Ares smite gods history, patch notes and changelogs. Hitting a god shackles them to ares, dealing the same damage every second for 4s while slowing them and buffing ares by 20%. The last chance to get the paladinsthemed fernando ares smite skin through the paladins founders pack is coming up soon. To run this type of set up you sacrifice some of the stability from a more regular build by sacrificing defensive capability. Today, smite developer hirez studios announced ares won the odyssey 2019 tier 5 skin vote ares made it all the way through a 16god bracket to face off against ganesha in the final round where ares god slayer skin concept beat out ganeshas m.
Ares kit allows for, in my opinion, the most aggressive play style for any guardian in smite. Increased minion damage dealt from 25456585105 507090110. This will only display if there is a quest selection available. Ares is one of my favorite gods to play outside conquest so ill try to help uholidayforhire has already provided a build that is very similar to what i would choose to build, however i would change a few things up this is my opinion so its not necessarily better or worse than the option provided before. This is a list of patch notes for smite, sorted by the season they were part of. The way he is set up, when properly built up, ares can constantly harass the other team in solo andor teamfights, secure his own kills, set up teammates for kills, and optimally he can pull the entire enemy team where you want them so. Often they have been on the opposite sides, most notably at. Help support your mouth and the twitchiest community by checking out quip. Feared by his enemies, reviled by his father, adored by the goddess of beauty, and worshipped by warriors, ares, a tortured and lonely soul, is the bloodthirsty greek god of war. He is feared by many, hated by his father and worshiped by warriors. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. The actor who voiced ares, jason douglas, also voiced dark whisperer ah muzen cab and suku in the midnight dove awilix skin.
Not to mention his fire deals % of hp as damage, and on top of that he has guardians hp scaling. Most ares already build cooldown into their builds already causing it to be lower than beads. Ares visual remodel confirmed for the midseason patch. Force concept with the announcement of ares win, more concept art was released on twitter for the god slayer skin. His chains do over 300 damage on lvl 1 or 2 so its pretty much a freewin if you have a good ares on your team. The passive means youll be filling your pockets constantly. Hirez will be discontinuing the founders pack, instead replacing it with a different champion bundle that will no longer include the fernando skin. Ares is one of the most dynamic gods when it comes to leveling as after from shackles you can really level any ability and have good results.
Ares received a pretty intense buff a few months back but was quickly forgotten about in the conquest meta. Explore games careers contact us press about us eula legal 2020 copyright hirez studios, inc. This one is for the witch of the woods update that includes baba yaga, a host of gameplay changes and more. A list with public test server updates for the season updates can be found here. Unfortunately, since the last patch, many players were experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game. Where ares represents violence, force, and slaughter, athena is the embodiment of intelligence, strategy, and leadership. Ares is a uniquely aggressive guardian so he can struggle to play the support role.
Of course shoes of focus are better on ares than shoes of the magi, which leaves room for one situational item, typically a rod of tahuti i build at the very end of a game, but winged blade is a great early purchase for dealing with slows as well as allowing you to delay your shoes of focus. The standard would be searing flesh as it increases your damage and allows you to control the enemy team a bit better. Gauntlet of thebes is seen in this build to cover protection against both damage types, as youll rush gem immediately after, which gives health but no protections. Last chance to get paladinsthemed fernando ares smite skin.
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Ares got a huge buff to his clear in the midseason patch. Smiteguru smite s leading source for player profiles, elo rankings, and builds. You will make ares to strong by doing this as all he needs to be is act like a walking ult god. First, i want to make clear that none of my content is aimed at conquest players ranked or prolevel. While shackled, ares can fire a chain for free within 2s, max of 3. Lowering on the cooldown per ranked would be silly. I typically build sovereignty, heartwood amulet, mystical mail, void stone as my defensive core. To give ares a little more control in difficult team fights we. This patch should be released on monday 17th december for pc and later in the week for console although there have been no official announcements. Spirit robe is built after that to provide more balanced protections and cdr.
Get this exclusive skin on all crossprogression platforms when you link your playstation account. Players choose from a selection of gods, join sessionbased arena combat and use custom powers and team tactics against other players and minions. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Create, share and explore a wide variety of smite god guides, builds and general strategy in a friendly community. Accounts made before this date must still unlock him 5500 200.