Pantheon Build Guide by iamback_2012

Introduction

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This guide will talk about Using pantheon as an aggressive champion in the Solo Top Lane.

Pantheon

Summoner Spells

Exhaust Ability: Reduce movement speed by 40% Reduce attack damage by 70% Reduce Ability Damage and Item Damage by 35% Duration: 2.5s Cool Down: 210s Flash Ability: Teleports toward cursor location Cool Down: 265s

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Its great for Pantheon as you will need chasing power to catch up with opponent who have a faster speed than you. Furthermore, when you Ulti into a crowd, you will be focusing on one guy by Aegis of Zeonia to stun him and use your combo at him. At the same time others will be hitting you, You will need to exhaust the most painful opponent to negate him for a few sec to allow you finish the first guy you caught. You will need this to escape from gank. As well as making yourself to safety to allow your Cool Down to finish and attack again. This is because as you attack the first opponent, others may be aiming you, getting you to low health.

Runes

Greater Quintessence of Desolation Greater Quintessence of Desolation Ability: +3.33 Armor Penetration Greater Mark of Desolation Greater Mark of Desolation Ability: +1.66 Armor Penetration Greater Seal of Resilience Ability: +1.41 Armor Greater Glyph of Shielding Ability: +0.15 Magic Resistance Per Level (2.7 at Level 18)

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It works well for Pantheon due to his High Basic Attack Damage and Skills. In early game, you can use your Spear Shot to cut through their armor to do high damage on your opponent. Getting both Desolation runes for Quintessence and Mark, will make it devastating for your opponent when they try to harass you. It provides you with some Armor, reduce the damage greatly from the harassment in the early game. It is the best Glyph rune to choose, since it give you great amount of Magic Resistance in the late game which is very crucial.

Masteries

Offensive - 21 Damage is Pantheon priority, not defence. Summoner's Wrath Ability: Exhaust - Reduce target's Magic Resistance and Armor by 10 Brute Force Ability: +1/2/3 Damage Alacrity Ability: +1/2/3/4% Attack Speed Weapon Expertise Ability: +10% Armor Penetration Havoc Ability: +0.5/1.0/1.5% Damage Deadliness Ability: +0.125/0.25/0.375/0.5 Attack Damage Per Level Lethality Ability: +10% Critical Strike Damage Sunder Ability: +2/4/6 Armor Penetration Executioner Ability: +6% Damage to Targets below 40% Health Defense - 9 Help to increase your survivability in early game with your bonus from defensive runes. Resistance Ability: +2/4/6 Magic Resistance Hardiness Ability: +2/4/6 Armor Vigor Ability: +1/2/3 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec

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Improve you Summoner Spell, why not get it. Unless you choose not to use Ignite or Exhaust then Strike off this mastery. Increase your Damage Allow you to farm easier at early game. Attack Speed is not that important but you need it to unlock the next mastery This is an important Mastery that you must not forget to get, it combines with your runes which allow you to dealt much more damage. Increase your damage which is good at late game when it can increase about 5 at level 18. Increase your damage as well. Every bits of Increase in damage combine together is equal to huge damage. This will help you ensure your kill as you dealt more critical damage. Your Heartseeker Strike's passive which allow you to have 100% Critical Strike Chance will benefit a lot from this mastery. Increase Armor Penetration again, it is a must to get. This skill increase damage by a lot when opponent is low health, thus help you to ensure your kill. Greatest bonus Magic Resistance you can get. Good for early game harassment. Good amount of Armor provided, with your bonus from Runes, you will be able to tank enermy early game harassment more. Gain more health being regenerate, thus able too stay in lane for a longer time.

Starting Items

Boots Of Speed 3 x Health Potion Ability: Enhance Movement Speed by 1 Health 150 HP over 15 Sec Cost: 455 Long Sword Health Potion Ability: + 10 Attack Damage Cost: 470

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You will be soloing top lane, you will need to stay in your lane as long as possible, and not to leave your lane empty. This gives you mobility power to escape or harass your opponent. In addition, you get to buy 3 Health potion which provide you with 450 Health in total, a great Deal. This will allow you to farm easier, since you will be having Basic Attack Damage of 70 instead of just 60. Furthermore, you will be able do more damage on your opponent with your Spear Shot.

Items

Berserker's Greaves Ability: +25% Attack Speed Enhance Movement Speed by 2 Cost: 920 The Bloodthirster Ability: +60 Attack Damage +12% Life Steal Passive: +1 Damage and 0.5% Life Steal Cap at +40 Damage and 10% Life Steal Cost: 3000 Infinity Edge Ability: +80 Attack Damage +25% Critical Strike Chance Unique Passive: +50% Critical Strike Damage Cost: 3830 Last Whisper Ability: +40 Attack Damage Unique Passive: +40% Attack Penetration Cost: 2290 Youmuu's Ghostblade Ability: +30 Attack Damage +15% Critical Strike Chance Unique Passive: +20 Armor Penetration +15% Cool Down Reduction Unique Active: +20% Movement Speed +50% Attack Speed Duration: 4s Extend by 2 Sec for each attack up to 8 Sec Cool Down: 60s Cost: 2687 Frozen Mallet Ability: +700 Health +20 Attack Damage Unique Passive: Reduce Target Movement Speed by 40% for each attack Duration: 2.5s Cost: 3250

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You are building an aggressive Pantheon, Attack Speed is no exception, this may be the only attack speed item you are getting so it is a must to get. Unless Opponents got alot CC you may get Mercury's Threads to counter that. This item is one of the best created Attack Damage item in the game. It allows you to gain large Attack Damage and Life Steal Bonus if you can farm well. Additional of 100 Attack Damage is a lot, accompany it by 22% Life Steal + Mastery = 25% Life Steal, allow you to engage without fear of dying easily. Great Attack Damage Item. Furthermore Pantheon cant leave without it. Due to Pantheon Heartseeker Strike Passive which allows him to Gain 100% Critical Strike Chance when opponent's health is less than 15%. This will allow you to ensure a kill. FIRST BLOOD Must this item if opponent choose to build armor item to counter your great amount of damage. Increase your Armor Penetration by a lot, accompany with your Runes and Masteries. You will Deny their armor, and dealt the Maximum amount of Damage. Is an essential Early game item for Pantheon. It does not just increase your Attack Damage further allowing you to farm more easily, and your harassment more devastating for your opponent. It also reduce your cool down reduction allow you to use your skill more often. You will be able to use your combo more often and also Spear Shot to harass or farm. Last item should focus more on defence, you cant just build offensive item all the way, as late game, you will be a butter to them. Unless your team are doing so well, get a The BloodThirster instead. Additional Health and Attack Damage is just suitable for Pantheon.

Optional Items

Boots Mercury's Treads Ability: +25 Magic Resistance +35 Tenacity Cost: 1200 Ninja Tabi Ability: +25 Armor -10% Damage Taken from non-turret Basic Attack Cost: 850 Offensive Madred's Bloodrazor Ability: +40 Attack Damage +40% Attack Speed +25 Armor Unique Passive: Each Attack deal Magic Damage equal to 4% of the target's maximum Health Cost: 3800 Sword of the Occult Ability: +10 Attack Damage Unique Passive: +5 Attack Damage Per stack +2 Stacks Per Kill and +1 Stack Per Assist ( Up to 20 Stacks ) +15% Movement Speed upon reaching 20 Stacks Cost: 1369 Phantom Dancer Ability: +55% Attack Speed +30% Critical Strike +15% Movement Speed Cost: 2845 Defensive Magic Resistance Banshee's Veil Ability: +375 Health +375 Mana +50 Magic Resistance Unique Passive: Block one Negative spell every 45s Cost: 2715 Force of Nature Ability: +76 Magic Resistance +40 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec +8% Movement speed Unique Passive: Restore 0.35% of Health Per Sec Cost: 2610 Quicksilver Sash Ability: +56 Magic Resistance Unique Active: Remove all debuffs Cool Down: 90s Cost: 1440 Health Randuin's Omen Ability: +350 Health +75 Armor +25 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec Unique Passive: +5% Cool Down Reduction +20% Slow attacker's Movement and Attack Speed by 25% for 3 Sec Unique Active: -35% Movement and Attack Speed of surrounding units Duration: 1s + 0.5 for each 100 Armor and Magic Resistance your Champion has. Cool Down: 60s Cost: 3075 Warmog's Armor Ability: +920 Health +30 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec Passive: +3.5 Health and 0.1 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec Per Minion Kill +35 Health and 1 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec Per Champion Kill Bonus Cap at +350 Health and +10 Health Regeneration Per 5 Sec Cost: 3000 Hybrid Atma's Impaler Ability: +45 Armor +18% Critical Strike Unique Passive: +2% of Max Health in Attack Damage Cost: 2355 Hexdrinker Ability: +25 Attack Damage +30 Magic Resistance Unique Passive: Gain a shield of 250 Magic Damage if a Magic Attack result in less than 30% Health remaining for 3s Cool Down: 60s Cost: 1400 Wit's End Ability: +40% Attack Speed +30 Magic Resistance Unique Passive: +42 Magic Damage on every Attacks +5 Magic Resistance for 5s for every Attack Cap +20 Magic Resistance Cost: 2000

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When you are facing strong Damage taken from Magic Attacks, it will be wise to get a Mercury's Treads. It will greatly benefit you as its Tenacity will help you escape from stun or slow. Get this item early to deny your opponent heavy Basic Attack Damage. If the team AD carry is too powerful and aim you all the time, get this item and you will be ble to tank much longer. This Item will be great if you are facing opponent with a great amount of health. You will slice through their Health easily and they will be vulnerable to you. Get this if most of them are building Health Item such as Warmog's Armor, or their Tanker is dealing huge amount of damage on you all and you want to take him down first. This item is recommendable if you realise you are playing a really good game, and able to survive every team fight. This item is cheap and allows you to be a very high damage dealer. It will be a risky item, if you are not able to build up your stack. In that case, best option is to sell it and get other stuff. This will help to increase your ability to catch up with your enermy and deal much more damage. From the main build, you will notice that not much focus in Attack Speed, this is because Pantheon can deal much more damage with his Spear shot and HeartSteeker Strike. So far this is my favourite Magic Resistance Item, since its passive give you a shield to block any negative spell. You can avoid being stun, slow or silence which will deny you complete. You wont be able to use your combo on the opponent, further more you will not be able to use your Heartseeker Strike to bring all the opponent down by a great amount. This also prevent you from being cast by any spell since you got a shield, it will be unwise to case any on you. This item can be get to combine with either your Banshee's Veil or Warmog's Armor, also many others defensive item. The huge amount of Magic Resistance it provides, make it a worth-able item to get against heavy Magic Attack Team. It allows you to remove all debuffs, and debuff on Pantheon means GG. It is relatively cheap, and will not slow you from getting your main items by alot. TO BE CONTINUE...

Skills

AEGIS PROTECTION
Pantheon leaps at an enemy and bashes the enemy with his shield, stunning them. After finishing the attack, Pantheon readies himself to block the next attack.


SPEAR SHOT
Pantheon hurls his spear at an opponent, dealing damage plus a percent of his attack in physical damage.

Damage: 65 / 105 / 145 / 185 / 225 (+1.4 per bonus attack damage)

Cooldown: 4

Mana Cost: 45

Range: 600

Active: Deal 150% damage against opponent whose health is below 15% of their Max Health ( Heartseekre Strike at least one )


AEGIS OF ZEONIA
Pantheon leaps at an enemy and bashes the enemy with his shield, stunning them. After finishing the attack, Pantheon readies himself to block the next attack.

Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+100% of ability power)

Cooldown: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9

Mana Cost: 55

Range: 600

Active: Stun them for 1 second and also instantly refreshes his Aegis Protection


HEARTSEEKER STRIKE
Pantheon focuses and unleashes 3 swift strikes to the area in front of him, dealing double damage to champions. Pantheon also becomes more aware of his enemy's vital spots, allowing him to always crit enemies below 15% health.

Damage: 13 / 23 / 33 / 43 / 53 (+0.6 per bonus attack daamge)

Cooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Mana Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65

Range: 400

Passive: Gain 100% critical strike chance against targets below 15% of their max health

Active: Does 3 Swift strikes in a cone in front of him


GRAND SKYFALL
Pantheon composes himself then leaps into the air to a target, striking all enemy units in an area. Enemies closer to the impact point take more damage

Damage: 400 / 700 / 1000 (+100% of ability power)

Cooldown: 150 / 135 / 120

Mana Cost: 125

Range: 5500

Active: Damage down to 50% at the edge and slows them by 35% for 1 second

Combo

- - Basic Attack - - Basic Attack -

Total Damage:
2417

Summary

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