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Are you still alive ?

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Yo dude I love your guide and all (been maining Panth for like 2 years now, wonderful experience thanks to your guide), but I just wanted to ask you. Is the Matchups section up to date yet?

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Hey there! Glad my guide has been of use to you. Unfortunately, the Matchups sections is not currently updated. That will take the longest to update, as it is something that can only be learned from experience. Thanks for the note, and good luck on the Rift!

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Quoted:

Using on an enemy champion will draw minion aggro, so be careful!

This is no longer true by the way :P

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Hey there! You’re absolutely correct. I apologize, the guide will be a bit of a mess for a while while I update everything. I am currently on vacation, but once I get back to a computer I will do a thorough update of the entire guide. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, and good luck on the Rift!

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what abount aery ?

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Hello! Aery is less great on now, as his poke is less guaranteed and less often. It's not that it wouldn't work, I just think that , , (or even now, it looks like) will be always be better.

Of course, this is just my view. If you find that it works for you, go for it! Thanks for commenting, and good luck on the Rift!

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What would the 'Sustain-EON' (onhit-sustain) runes be used for which champions?

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Hey there! That build is highly experimental, but I believe it will be the best build going forward for Pantheon after his rework. Currently, it's best used when facing an opponent with low DPS, some sustain, are melee, or have poke. A few examples of this could be Cho'gath, Tahm Kench, Malphite, Fiora. The idea is to use your Q to stack , then walk up and start autoing the enemy. You won't be able to blow up enemy carries like a Lethality build allows you to do, but it will be very hard for anyone to 1v1 you in a sidelane. Hope this helps, and good luck on the Rift!

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Awesome, thanks for the insight. One more thing I want to ask, you don't have Mordekaiser in your list of matchups and I want to know how to face that chamption using Pantheon.

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Yeah, sorry about that. I've been procrastinating updating the guide at all recently because I knew there would be a ton of work once the impending rework was announced. I've played a limited amount of of into the new Morde, so take that into account here too.

You probably want to go here, since you will absolutely lose extended trades due to his passive. Wait for him to shove you in, as he has no escapes and can be killed easily if your jungler ganks level 3. The safest time to engage with W is when his E is down, or at the very least right after he uses his Q. If he has all abilities up and you jump in, you'll probably get cut down by his passive trying to run away. At some point you just won't be able to kill him due to his W and his stacking health, so try and get a few early kills then roam. If he snags you With R, you can still use to be invulnerable for a few seconds during his ult.

I wouldn't suggest picking into a Morde, but hopefully this helps if you get stuck in this matchup. Good luck on the Rift!

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Sweet, thank you for that and I wish you the best with the guide and everything else.

P.S. Death Grasp (Mord's W) cancels Panth's ult which sucks so I just hope the player already used it after their ult but before mine!

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I just wanted to say that I was looking to try out Pantheon and found your guide! It is so in depth and amazing of all the information it carries. It even made me laugh a few times in the mindset section xD. Also saw that you respond to people who comment on here and thought that was just absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for this guide and for being an amazing person :)

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Hey there! Glad you like the guide :D My view on guides, especially lengthy ones, is that content brings people in but humor and images keep them engaged. I'm happy to hear that you got a laugh or two out of this haha. Got a lot of work ahead of me with the rework coming out, but hopefully the guide will get even better after I update it! Anyways, thanks for the note, and good luck on the Rift!

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Hey, I don't play myself, but every time I see this guide it just blows my mind. The combination of beautiful visuals and in-depth information is just insane. I think I can safely say this guide is an inspiration for every guide writer. At least for me it is.

Any thoughts on jungle? He heavily relies on ganking, but since the scuttle crab spawn being delayed, I rarely see him in the jungle.

Keep up the amazing work! +1

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Hey there! That's very kind of you to say :) I don't have a ton of experience with jungle, especially not this season, so I might not be the best person to answer this question. However, the ones I have seen try to cheese gank immobile lanes after getting a buff or two. If you can kill mid or top right before the scuttle spawns, you can take them for free because your lane can come help you while the enemy jungler's lane can't. I think Panth jungle works in specific situations (low mobility enemies), but is not extremely strong currently as AP junglers seem to be making a comeback.

Hope this answers your question, and thanks again for dropping a note! Good luck on the Rift!

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Thanks for your answer! It confirmed what I thought. I hope the rework gives him the ability to farm the jungle so he can also be played as a normal jungler, not as a cheesy pick.

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Yeah, I'm excited for the rework! It will be interesting to see what they do with him!

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I used to play Pantheon so many years ago, and i wanted to play it again, your guide is really complete, it helped me alot to understand all the matchups, but i still can't imagine myself playing without Electrocute xD Great guide btw :D

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Hey there! Glad you liked the guide! I prefer Electrocute myself, too :P Good luck on the Rift!

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Great guide, as i have played alot of pantheon myself, i would reccomend to also try these runes if you have some mana problems: sumommon aery, with manaflow band, absolute focus, gathering storm, then take precision with triumph and coup de grace. The summon aery also help with real early damage, since you dont have to use 3 spells to activate it. manaflow will increase you mana every time you get early kills, it will also help you stay in lane if you need to. then absolute focus, when you poke enemies in the early game it helps with damage, and then gathering storm will make your lategame not that hard, since you got more damage (combine with black cleaver and the armor is easy to get past). Triumph and coup de grace is self explanatory.
I like these runes more since they help at the start, and are not useless mid to late game. I would reccomend to try them and see if you like it, but i understand it is not for everyone though

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Hey there! Glad you liked my guide :D I used to have Aery as the seccond recommended runepage, but eventually I decided that Aftershock was better. My main reasoning is that Aery is not so great outside of lane; in teamfights, you're really only getting one or two procs off of it. Aftershock lets you engage in teamfights and survive much longer, while still giving the benefits of a Sorcery secondary tree (Manaflow, 10% CDR etc).

Thanks for leaving a comment, and good luck on the Rift!

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aery is good for splitpushing as well, and if your team need help you always (hopefully) got your ult ready. As you will most likely only have to do a 1v1 during your push

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Wow, what an amazing guide. You have my upvote. The creative layout and abundance of detail really stand out. Especially the format of the Pros and Cons. Not planning to play Pantheon any time soon, but this guide was really nice to read.

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Hey there! Thanks for dropping a note! I'm glad you like the guide, even if Mr. Mantheon doesn't appeal to you as a champion! Good luck on the Rift!

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Started playing toplane about a month ago, transitioned from Jungler/Support and this guide helped a lot with Pantheon but also the safe zones and warding around toplane. Huge thanks, great indepth guide, good luck this season!

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Hello! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment; I'm glad my guide was able to help you learn a bit about toplane and Pantheon. Best of luck climbing, and good luck on the Rift!

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Hello Swuft!
my friend told me to check up this guide, wow just wow this guide is so in depth that i cant believe so many information, i think you spent allot time making this, and using BBCodes great just great, this guide is one of the best i ever saw, nice job.

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Hey there! I'm glad you like the guide :D I definitely have put a lot of time into it over the years. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a note (and thanks to your friends for recommending this guide as well!), it means a lot. Good luck on the Rift!

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Hello there! (General Swuft *swoosh*)

First of all, thank you for this guide, it helped me a lot and still does. But I have a few questions:

1. DFT vs. Dorans Shield.
Some of the matchups where you suggest going for DFT often build Dorans Shield (eg. Darius). Doesnt the passive refresh with every DFT-Tick and heal more than you deal damage?

2. Matchup-Section.
I noticed that some matchups that I frequently encounter are not (yet?) listed, especially in the R-Z section (eg. Riven, Shen, Galio, Tryndamere...) Do you plan to update it?

3. Falling behind/Building tanky.
In a recent game, I got a Renekton fed (well, my jungler did his part too, but I started it :-) ), a similar thing happened with a Jax. In both cases, I couln't go anywhere near them anymore, so I decided to A) Roam a lot more and B) Build Black Cleaver into straight tank. Needless to say, I did no damage this game, I only was there too stun people and shred a bit armour. Would a Bruiser Build be viable and if so, what would it look like?

4. Demoralize-Section.
I found that the BEST way to demoralize/tilt an enemy is not to spam laugh or mastery emote, but taking the Ruthless Pantheon skin and just dance it off (AKA wiggle that glorious red butt of doom). Works everytime :-)

I think thats about it for now! Again, great guide and keep it up.

Yours truly,
Quietschisto

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Hello hello! Thanks for dropping a note! I'll try to answer all of your questions, but feel free to follow up if I don't do a good job.

1. DFT. vs. Doran's Shield
I honestly don't know how the interaction between DFT and Doran's passive works. Just from reading, I would assume your interpretation would be correct, meaning it is not good to run DFT if they build . Thus, if you think they will take Doran's Shield, take Thunderlord's. Fortunately, most people do not take Doran's Shield against if they want to start with a defensive item as it is a suboptimal purchase (Cloth+5Pots blocks much more damage). TL;DR: if you think they are going to buy Doran's Shield take Thunderlord's, but be aware if they don't your laning phase will be weaker.

2. Stop Being Lazy and Update Matchups
As you keenly noticed, my "R-Z" Matchup section is not complete. This is due purely to be not having gotten around to it yet. Expect it to be complete in the next few weeks. is a special case, as he only transitioned into the toplane recently. I have not gotten to play against him yet, as my access to fast internet is limited over the summer, so he will not be added for some time. The "A-H" & "I-Q" Matchup sections should be complete though, so if you have any other specific Matchups you want added feel free to let me know.

3. Tanktheon
Personally, I feel like is a polar champion when it comes to damage and tank. Either he is tanky and useless or squishy and useful (outside of the support role at least). Building 1 defensive item is all I suggest normally, but of course circumstances sometimes dictate otherwise.

If you do find yourself really behind and decide going tank is the only way to help your team, try building and either or in lane first. If you are still really behind and want to go full tank, a final build could be , , , , , .

If this happens, your primary job would be to peel the person on your team who is carrying. You can still look for opportunistic ults, but even a tanky is not a fantastic frontline engager.

4. Demoralization
Yes! Ruthless Pantheon is the ultimate tool for demoralizing the enemy. There is nothing worse then getting killed by a half-naked man who wiggles his butt after he spears you to death!

Thanks again for the comments; I hope my answers help. May you always be able to wiggle that red butt of doom, and good luck on the Rift!

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Hi again!

Thank you for the very detailed answers!

I looked through the Champion Roster and you are right, A-Q is pretty much complete, the only real Toplaners that are missing are Camille (pretty much like Fiora, a lategame Duelist with sustain - poke early and finish her off as soon as you can) and Galio (you already mentioned him). The reason I say "real Toplaners" is that I quite often encounter random Picks in this Lane, but then again, this might be, because I still play a lot of Normals, where Randomness seems to be the standard. Also I just started my Ranked career, so I'm still pretty low ELO :-)

And just because I don't want to strop writing yet, here's a list of champions in R-Z I'd like to see and what I think about them :-)

Riven: Annoying. Her shield blocks my Q AND is an engage. Also I seem to lose All-Ins vs. Riven. Personally I like DFT here more, because she never builds Dorans Shield and so the Qs that do land, have a little bit of extra dmg.

Rumble: Not too hard. Just poke safe and stay out of range. All-In for the Kill. I like TLD here, because I want to burst him quickly, so I don't have to be in range for his flamespitter in an All-In.

Shen: Fairly easy early on, but later he is too tanky to kill. I wait for him to use an ability, so his shield is on CD, then I continue to poke and kill. He can dodge my AAs, but then again, Panth is more of a caster. I do like to Take TP, so I can follow his Ult.

Sion: I'd rate him the same as Nautilus or Maokai. Insamely tanky, has a shield and still does decent damage. At least I can dodge hist abilities pretty easy.

Swain: My other go-to Top-Laner. Again, fairly easy as he has low range. Wait for his W (Snare), dodge with W and engage. Executioners Calling sometimes pre-6 is also good. Later on, he is more useful in Teamfights than Pantheon, but if you shut him down early, his usefulness drastically decreases.

Tahm Kench: Tanky, Big **** Shield, Sustain, CC, Ranged abilities and great base damage. I just hate him and don't really know what to do against him.

Talon: Squishy all game long. Poke, Poke, Poke. I prefer TLD here, so I can burst him before he ults away or jumps like Ezio (too bad there are no haystacks in LoL). Be careful though, as he outbursts Pantheon quite easily.

Teemo: I love this lane. I outpoke him, outdamage him, have more CC etc. Maw or Edge are quite useful early. Here I don't have a preference for the Keystone-Mastery, as it doesn't matter, Teemo will feed against Pantheon.

Trundle: Haven't encountered him yet as Pantheon.

Tryndamere: Easy lane, he's a problem later on. I always build Ninja Tabi in this Matchup. I prefer DFT, because the extra burst doesn't really mean anything Post-6

Vayne: Haven't encountered her as Pantheon yet, but I could imagine that a squishy, low-range, late-game ADC is a quite nice lane for Pantheon.

Vladimir: I can't play against this guy, no matter what I pick. Poke? Nope, he just Qs. All-in? Nope, Blood Pool. You misposition for a second? He's right besides you and blood-bombs you back to the stone-age.

Yasuo: Pretty easy, as most Yasuos in my ELO just outplay themselves. Also, he can't dash from my Point'n'Click abilities. Just dodge the Steel Tempest Knock-Up and you're fine. Avoid extended trades

Yorick: Another laner I just can't deal with. He gets really tanky and in combination with his ult and ghouls, deals too much damage. Also, I can't really roam, because when I leave him alone, he just takes tower after tower after tower.

Well, that's about it, now you have the opinion of a Silver Player (that of course deserves Challenger, but ELO-Hell and bad Teammates and whatever, but it certainly is never ever my own fault and Rito plz!!!)

I wonder, if any of my opinios will be true and I'm interested how the matchups turn out :-)

Anyways, thank you for your time and have a nice day! :-)

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Yeah,fairly certain A-Q was completed before was released. Must've forgot to add her, thanks for pointing that out. As for the "R-Z", all of those are were on my list to add except and . I'll add them, though, just for you :P. Good luck on the Rift!

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