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[11.16] "Non ducor, duco." - Pantheon or Fizz Top

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Choose Champion Build:

Runes: CLASSIC

1 2 3

Domination

Electrocute

Sudden Impact

Eyeball Collection

Ravenous Hunter

Precision

Triumph

Coup de Grace

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2

PRIMARY

Flash

Ignite

Items

STARTING ITEMS

FIRST BACK

1ST ITEM

2ND ITEM

BOOTS

THEN

SITUATIONAL

FULL BUILD EX.1

FULL BUILD EX.2

Ability Order

Pantheon Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

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Extreme Threats

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Pantheon

Extreme

Check out the "Matchups" chapter.

Pantheon

Ideal

Check out the "Matchups" chapter.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Pantheon

Ideal

Check out the "Matchups" chapter.

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Fizz - "Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici."
"By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe".

Winrate: 51.7%
Average KDA: 7.8 / 5.2 / 5.5
Average Damage per Game: 17,346
leagueofgraphs stats

Fizz is one of the League's oldest champions. Today, you will rarely see him playing, and those guys playing other champions don't even know how huge amount of fun they are missing. Fizz's ban rate is 13.5%, so abuse that fact.

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lore

In ages past, the oceans of Runeterra were home to civilizations far older than those of the land. In the depths of what is now the Guardian’s Sea, a great city once stood—it was here that the yordle Fizz made his home. He lived alongside the artisans and warriors of that proud, noble race. Even though he was not one of them, they treated him as an equal, and his playful nature and tall tales of adventures in the open sea made him welcome at any gathering.

But the world was changing. The oceans were growing warmer, emboldening fierce predators to rise up from the deepest trenches. Other settlements had fallen silent, but the rulers of the great city could still not agree on how to deal with the threat. Fizz pledged to roam the seas in search of survivors, or anyone who knew what had happened.

Then, one dark day, the gigalodons came.

These huge dragon-sharks stunned their prey with fell shrieking, and the avenues of the great city were soon clouded red. Thousands died in a matter of hours, the immense bulk of their killers crushing towers and temples in a monstrous feeding frenzy. Scenting blood in the water, Fizz raced back, determined to join the fight and save the city.

He was too late. There was nothing left of the city to save. When the debris finally settled, not a single living creature remained, nor any stone upon another, and the ravenous shoal had moved on. Alone in the cold depths, Fizz sank into mournful despair. As his yordle magic began to fade, he let himself be carried by the currents, drifting in a catatonic torpor, dreaming away the millennia…

It was only chance that reawakened him. A handful of copper coins fell from above, scattered to the seabed in the wake of a huge, wooden fish that swam upon the surface. This was no gigalodon, but Fizz was alarmed nonetheless—he knew little of the world overhead, but surely no fish could survive up there? He ventured up and peered into the salty air for the first time.

There were people, people who lived outside of the water and sailed in wooden fish of all sizes. Fizz found the thought both frightening and exciting, but the curious gifts they cast into the water made it clear that they wanted to be his friends. In time, following their movements to and fro across the oceans, he came to the port city of Bilgewater.

To the inhabitants of that lawless place, this strange and slippery creature quickly became something of a legend—the Tidal Trickster, a spirit of the ocean itself. It is said that he can summon great beasts to do his bidding, hole a ship’s hull with his stone trident, and breathe air or water as it suits him. Many a misbehaving child has been warned on a moonless night: “Go quickly to sleep, or the Trickster will come and feed you to the fishes…”

Fizz is good-natured, but mischievous even for a yordle, and delights in confounding the people of Bilgewater. The most seasoned fishermen know, just as the ocean may rise and fall, the Tidal Trickster is as likely to lead them into windless doldrums as to an easy catch that would fill their nets. Even so, Fizz does not take kindly to the greedy or selfish, and more than one haughty sea captain hoping to make a quick pile of silver has found that her mysterious guide has led her crew not to safety, but to shipwreck.

Pros

→One of the strongest 1v1 champions at early
→Quick wave-cleaning due to W's regeneration on-kill
→Easy to hit abilities
→Greatest yet easiest roaming in the game due to his E and R
→Awesome Engage
→Wins the trade before engaging(R)
→One of the strongest passive abilities in the game, walking through the minions - can't be catcher(can catch)
→Can oneshot each damage carrier at late, adc/mid.

Cons

→Weak if behind
→Mana hungry through the early
→When countered - countered well(Zed)
→One of the oldest champions in the game.
→ Must win lane
→ Weak against tanks
→ Not so powerful early
→ Can't oneshot before 2nd item(Rabadon's Deathcap)
→ Can't walk well in the jungle
→ Can't drive-away one champion from the rest of his team

DOMINATION

is the main reason we're playing runes. The bonus burst damage is just insane on Fizz, and we can't miss it. It is surely my main pick whenever I'm playing an assassin or any champion that has an easy-to-use combo, and Fizz works well on it. It will win many trades and grant you lane adventage over your opponent whatever he is playing, or make you two equal if he's playing electrocute too. Actually, we are playing since it's our main combo we use, triggering it on our W for 50% hp threat to the enemies.

grants us 7 Lethality and 6 Magic Penetration for 5 seconds whenever we leave the bush or use our teleport or dash, or even deal any damage to enemy champion + the triggering damage will also benefit from penetration. It has only 4 seconds cooldown(on expiration). Combined with our other items it works amazingly well on Fizz, and we can't miss it. We could go for in certain matchups, but 80% of our games we'll go for the ...

is an item that will increase our AD or AP(adaptive) per each eyeball we collect, up to 12 AD or 20 AP total. Eyeball is collected by each takedown we make on the enemy champion(kill or assist), and when we takedown each one of them we'll get additional bonus of 6 AD and 10 AP which makes Eyeball's bonus 18 AD and 20 AP at its maximum.

heals for 1.5%(+2.5% per Bounty Hunter stack) of the damage dealt by your abilities.
To collect Bounty Hunter stack, you need to get an takedown on enemy champion(same as with Eyeball Collection). Ravenous Hunter is quite important on fizz even tho healing is reduced to one third on AoE abilities(our E), as it works well with Eyeball Collection and as it will boost ourr survivability.

There is no need for explanation of these choices, you'll play 2 diamonds 99% of your games, your combine armor with MR depending on your lane opponent and enemy team composition.

PRECISION

is the rune that must be played on Fizz as we're playing offensive and we need an ability to survive long enough to deal what we can deal, do maximize the damage. It's a rune that will restore 12% of our max health + it will grant 20 additional gold whenever we takedown an enemy. It's a rune that will allow us to 1v2 with a great boost, it's a rune that will avoid each ignite(if ur not bleeding or so). Must play against each AD lane opponent!

is the rune that will also increase our trade winning chances at any stage of the game, due to the 8% more damage, against low-hp(less than 40% of max. hp) champions, it grants. It can be replaced by at certain matchups, against tanks, but yet I'm not using it - I stick with Coup de Grace and it works well.

SUMMONER SPELLS
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FLASH:Flash is an summoner spell which must be played on Fizz each time you play it. It's a spell that helps with escapes, engages and everything else that has any relation to movement. Basically, it's a simple press-use spell which teleports your champion a fixed distance towards your targeted area. It's used to get over the walls, escape abilities, catch up the enemy, run away from the enemy and everything else. Each champion has a need for Flash, except a few ones that can teleport the same distance, in the same way, like Shaco for example. There are numerous combinations you can practice to master your Flashing skill.

Cancel-Flash

IGNITE: Ignite is not an usual pick for a Fizz, but as our champion has insane burst damage on Q-AA-W combo with Electrocute, we must play it in case our opponent Flashes since we already used Q. It can replace Teleport quite well by giving us true damage boost.

TELEPORT: Not necessary as we are playing but can be used due to the fact that there are games where we just can't miss a minion wave and is great pick not to allow that.

Fizz is strongest at early, abuse that fact.
Try to abuse your Ultimate Chum the Waters by using it only when there are 2-3 champions standing close to each other.
We max our W not only due to it's powerful early but also because of our Q-AA-W combo which activates Electrocute exactly on our W(greater for early engages)
Do the best you can to take the first blood, it grants more than a normal kill and we need an early advantage.
Don't recall before you reach level 6, we need minions to finish Sheen as fast as possible.
You can take the first blood as soon as you reach level 3, read the "Game Phases->Early" chapter for a guide on how to do it.
When you use your Chum the Waters at Late, your opponent's will try to catch you and they will forget that you have even used it, so they surely will stick together and you will damage more than one enemy with it.
Don't get your opponent too low in trades, keep him at 50% or he'll run under his turret

MALPHITE

DETAILED

ZED

DETAILED

OLAF

DETAILED

TRYNDAMERE

DETAILED

SHEN

DETAILED

UDYR

DETAILED

SYLAS

DETAILED

TALON

DETAILED

LEBLANC

DETAILED

DIANA

DETAILED

XERATH

DETAILED

Zoe

DETAILED

MALZAHAR

DETAILED

YASUO

DETAILED

HEIMERDINGER

DETAILED

VOLIBEAR

DETAILED

DARIUS

DETAILED

ELISE

DETAILED

VLADIMIR

DETAILED

RUMBLE

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RYZE

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TEEMO

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CASSIOPEIA

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KARTHUS

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PASSIVE ABILITY

Nimble Fighter

✦INNATE: Fizz is permanently Ghost ghosted, and takes 4 (+ 1% AP) reduced pre-mitigation damage from each tick of damage, up to a maximum of 50% reduction.

Urchin Strike

✦ACTIVE: Fizz Dash dashes a fixed distance towards the target enemy, dealing them magic damage plus 100% AD physical damage.

✦SECOND CAST: Urchin Strike applies on-hit effects.

Seastone Trident

✦PASSIVE: Fizz's basic attacks rend enemies on-hit, dealing magic damage every 0.5 seconds for 3 seconds, refreshing on-hit.

✦ACTIVE: Fizz's next basic attack becomes an Excessive Force 2 unstoppable basic attack, dealing bonus magic damage and gaining Range icon 50 bonus range.

✦If Seastone Trident kills its target, its Cooldown reduction icon cooldown is reduced to 1 second and refunds Mana icon mana. Otherwise, if Seastone Trident doesn't kill its target, Fizz's basic attacks gain bonus on-hit magic damage for 5 seconds.

✦Seastone Trident Bladework resets Fizz's basic attack timer.

Playful/Trickster

✦PLAYFUL: ACTIVE: Fizz Dash vaults towards the target location, becoming Playful untargetable for up to 0.75 seconds while balancing on his trident. While balancing, Fizz gains the ability to cast Trickster Trickster.

Fizz then splashes onto the ground below him, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and Slow icon slowing them for 2 seconds.

✦: ACTIVE: Fizz dismounts from his trident toward the target location in quick succession. Upon landing, he deals magic damage to nearby enemies. The damage dealt is the same as Playful Playful's, but in a smaller radius, and without applying the Slow icon slow.
✦Both Dash dashes may be directed separately.

Chum the Waters

✦ACTIVE: Fizz throws down a lure at the target location that attracts a shark, Sight icon revealing the affected area before emerging and letting out a crushing bite at the lure after 2 seconds, dealing magic damage, Airborne icon knocking aside surrounding enemies and Slow icon slowing them for 2 seconds. The further the lure travels in its initial flight, the larger the shark that is attracted, increasing its damage, slow, eruption radius and knockback distance.

GUPPY (<455): 40% slow, 200 eruption radius and 150 unit knockback distance.

CHOMPER (455-910): 60% slow, 325 eruption radius and 250 unit knockback distance.

GIGALODON (>910): 80% slow, 450 eruption radius and 350 unit knockback distance.

✦Enemy Champion icon champions can intercept the lure, which attaches to them and causes the shark to emerge at their position. The lure's holder is Slow icon slowed and True Sight icon revealed for the duration and Airborne icon knocked up for 1 second instead of away.

STARTING ITEMS

These are the standard Starting Items. As Fizz is quite squishy early we need Doran's Ring so we don't need to back each second - or so we can keep poking the enemy. Also, we're going for Warding Totem as we need vision over the map, enemy jungler usually focus mid and our Fizz so he doesn't get fed - if that happens it's over for them.

FIRST BACK

These are the items you should get on your first back.
Sheen is an glorious first item on Fizz, due to mana it grants and the passive ability which deals extra damage on AA after every ability used and that goes incredibly well with our Q-AA-W combo. Boots so we are sure our enemy is not going to escape and Control Ward to have eyes over the whole mid side, so our opponent's jungler can't destroy our streak.

FIRST ITEM

Lichs Bane is the item we'll build First on Fizz, as soon as we can afford it. It grants a nice amount of AP + Mana, and besides that it has passives with awesome burst damage. After it, we go for Rabadon's Deathcap which boosts our first item, and we are capable of oneshot ability as soon as we finish it. We must be ahead if we want to play Rabadon, that is.

2ND & 3RD ITEM

After Lich Bane we go for Rabadon's Deathcap which boosts our first item, and we are capable of oneshot ability as soon as we finish it. We must be ahead if we want to play Rabadon, that is. Ninja Tabi or Mercury's Treads - between these two boot options, take the one depending on the enemy team - Ninja Tabi against the AD team or Mercury's Treads against an AP team or a team which has a lot of CC champions. Mobility Boots when you're quite confident in yourself and quite ahead of opponents

THEN

After Rabadon's Deathcap we're building Void Staff due to magic penetration it grants, which we need since our opponent has at least 1 magic resist item finished. When we build it, we can easily oneshot each enemy we find as we're already on about 550-600AP. We play Zhonya's Hourglass since it is an OP item that prolongues files. We can dodge Zed's R for ex., when it expires we simply use E to escape any possible death. Morellonomicon due to the burning passive & health it grants

SITUATIONAL

HEXTECH PROTOBELT-01

Hextech Rocketbelt is an item we're going to build ONLY as the first item. It's passive is going to deal the damage we're going to take by an enemy quite a lot, and it's active is going to reduce the enemy's movement speed.It's one of the best starting items sometimes, if not the best one, so surely we will think of building it in certain games.

LUDEN'S ECHO

Luden's Tempest is an item that we can build on Fizz, and we surely will do it quite often as it's an item that deals enormous damage to the enemies, and as we'll deal 40k+ damage per most of our Fizz games(following this guide) - it surely will help us a lot. We'll never build it before we build each other item - decide whether you want to finish your build or start it with this item.

RYLAI'S' CRYSTAL SCEPTER

Rylai's Crystal Scepter is an item that musn't be brought if we're not ahead of our enemies a lot. It's an item that gives a nice amount of HP and AP, which logically tells you that it's not bad to pick it against the AD team. Buy it whenever you're ahead, but don't buy it if you need to carry your team hardly.

LYANDRI'S TORMENT

Liandry's Torment is an item that will make our life last longer and that's going to give us an ability to damage enemies more than we already have done, or that will increase our escape chance.

HEXTECH GUNBLADE

Hextech Gunblade is an item you're going to build against squishies. Surely, we will play it in appro 70% of our games.

If you want to play Fizz, you must play offensive even in the beginning of the game. But honestly, and actually, it's easy to do it with Fizz as he is one of the strongest Lane Bullies in the game. At level 1 you need to damage your opponent as much as you can with your W, don't let it get off cooldown and don't let your opponent farm- just spam it whenever he comes close to your minions to take one. If you've done it well, your opponent should be on 70% or less. Q-AA-W to proc your Electrocute, and your opponent is no higher than 50% HP. Wait for your Q but don't spam W a lot now because he may run away under his turret if he gets too low, keep him at 50% - don't let him heal until you get your W back. Now, you should be level 3. Do Q-AA-W combo, and hit E if you think you can get him without ignite(20-70 hp), otherwise ignite him and you've got the first blood. Don't back until you reach level 6, your opponent is dead and you need to push the lane so that your enemy loses as much XP as possible from minions. By the time he gets back, you are level 5. Play safe, don't push. Reach level 6, clear minions and B. Now, your opponent will try to make you lose some XP by pushing his minions into your turret, but as we're level 6 we can prevent that by ulting and coming from jungle any side and in best cases that R will grant us another kill on our lane. It's very important to get the first blood, as in 80% of games it decides the winner of the lane and Pantheon must win Lane if he wants to be able to do anything at mid-late.

At this stage, Fizz should be looking forward to helping his teammates on mid/top if they're behind. You are higher level than your lane opponent, so do the simple way of Fizz's roam. Push your lane and start going towards top. Wait for enemy top laner to be in a good position for you, do Q-W-E combo, he will flash. If your teammate from mid can catch him up, let him do it - you don't have time. That is how we help our top laner, ow, when you've helped top take kill or at least get ahead with XP - start planning to go bot. As soon as you approach the botlane, use on enemy botlaners as soon as you reach the distance and they get into position, take double there. Do your on that way that enemies are standing close to each other, so it actually damages both of them not only one. Else, the one caught with our is going to stand caught, while its teammate is going to flash away. One down, second flash used. If you can see your opponent on mid, recall and go back to your lane. If your opponent is missing from your lane - don't recall but go straight mid from bot so you can prevent the possible gank and catch him or his jungler in the river.

Fizz is monster at late, but if you've had someone like Zed on mid and that Zed took 2/3 kills on your teammates - you can't win a fight against him even if you are ahead a lot. But, we're not fighting "HARD matchup" cuz we wouldn't take Fizz so we focus the enemy ADC and MID - damage carrier firstly. Whenever we get a chance to fight each of them 1v1, we must use it or the team fight will suffer and end badly for our team. Each ADC can be one-shotted by you if you've finished first 3 items of build and you're playing electrocute. So, the point of this "Late" chapter is trying to tell you that Fizz can't fight and do much to tanks at late, but can win each team fight even before it starts - by taking down a carrier of enemy's team, damage carrier. If that options fails, because he has a bunch of tanks protecting him - wait for your tank to make a move. Never risk at such situations, so wait for your tank to get close to you or for let's say Volibear to stun one damage carrier, and jump in like a flee without an head. Damage carriers are everything that's important at late, forget minion farming and forget keeping a cool head - do your best to take these flees down.

Pantheon

x Intro
x Skins
x Lore
x Pros/Cons

Pre-Game

x Runes
x Spells
x Tips & Tricks

In-Game

x Match-Ups
x Abilities
x Items
x Warding

Game Phases

x Early
x Mid
x Late

Hello. I am berroni. My current division is Platinum 1 on EU:NE, and Diamond 3 - EU:W and I main Volibear. Pantheon is a champ I have mained since I remember of me playing League and I must say that I've never stopped playing him - I'm still maining it right after the Voli. After years and years of my experience with Pantheon, I've decided to make a guide and help the people at their start. This guide is Season 9 Best New Guide, Award Winner.

Abilities

Items

Pantheon - "Aut *** Scuto aut in Scuto"
"Do or die", "no retreat".

Winrate: 48.7%
Average KDA: 7.3 / 6.7 /6.7
Average Damage per Game: 20,516

Pantheon is one of the League's oldest champions, less popular ones yet incredibly powerful warrior. As he got reworked recently, his ban rate jumped from 2.5% to 5.9%. Pantheon, even after the rework, is not "popular" champion, and his pick rate is 0.9%.

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Lore

Atreus was born on the hostile slopes of Targon, and named after a star in the constellation of War, known as the Pantheon.

From an early age, he knew he was destined for battle. Like many in his tribe, he trained to join the Rakkor’s militant order, the Ra’Horak. Never the strongest or the most skilled warrior, Atreus somehow persevered, standing up, bloodied and bruised, after each bout. In time, he developed a fierce rivalry with a fellow recruit, Pylas—but no matter how often Atreus was cast onto the stones, he stood back up. Pylas was impressed by his unrelenting endurance, and through the blood they spilled in the training circle, a true brotherhood was born.

Atreus and Pylas were among the Rakkor who stumbled across a barbarian incursion, surviving the ambush that left the rest of their patrol dead. When the Aspect of the Sun refused to destroy these trespassers, Atreus and Pylas swore to capture the power of the Aspects themselves by climbing to the peak of Mount Targon.

Like so many before them, they underestimated how arduous the ascent would be, with Pylas shivering his last upon finally reaching the summit. Only Atreus remained as the skies opened, making him host to a divine Aspect, with the power to take revenge.

But it was not a man who returned to the Rakkor afterward, spear and shield gleaming with celestial might. It was the Aspect of War itself, the Pantheon. Judging Atreus unworthy, a warrior who had known only defeat, it had taken control of his body to pursue its own ends—a task it considered too great for mortal men.

Cast into the furthest corners of his own mind, Atreus endured only vague visions as the Aspect scoured the world for Darkin, living weapons created in a bygone age.

Eventually, Pantheon was goaded into battle not far from Mount Targon by the Darkin Aatrox, who sought the mountain’s peak. Their fight raged into the skies, and swept through the armies of men beneath… until the impossible occurred. The Darkin’s god-killing blade was driven into Pantheon’s chest, a blow that carved the constellation of War from the heavens.

But as the Aspect faded, Atreus—the man it had considered weak—awoke once more. Impaled upon Aatrox’s blade, and with the power of the Aspect’s weapons dimming, he took a ragged breath, and spit in the Darkin’s face. Aatrox sneered, and left Atreus to die.

Hours later, as the crows descended, Atreus painfully stood back up, stumbling back to the Rakkor in a trail of blood. After a lifetime of defeat, his will to live, and his anger at betrayal, were enough to stave off the death that had claimed War itself.

Atreus recovered on Pylas’ homestead, nursed back to health by his friend’s widow, Iula. There, Atreus realized he’d spent his life looking to the stars, never considering what lay beneath. Unlike gods, mortals fought because they must, knowing that death lay in wait. It was a resilience he saw in all life, the threats unending.

Indeed, barbarian invaders now threatened the Rakkor’s northern settlements, including Iula’s farm. Though it was months before he could lift a spear, Atreus was determined to end this scourge himself, and eventually set out with the Aspect’s dulled weapons in hand.

Yet, when he arrived, he found his sworn enemies already under siege. He knew from their cries, from the overwhelming stench of blood… they faced Aatrox.

It was Aatrox who had driven the barbarians into Targon, Atreus realized. Though he’d considered them his foes, they were much like the Rakkor—mortals who suffered in the conflicts between greater powers. Atreus felt a cold rage at both the Darkin and the Aspects. They were no different. They were the problem.

Atreus put himself between the barbarians and Aatrox. Recognizing the battered shield and spear of the fallen Aspect, the Darkin mocked him—what hope had Atreus now, without the Pantheon’s power? But even though Aatrox’s blows cast him to his knees, Atreus’ own will reignited the Aspect’s spear, upon hearing the cries of the people around him… and with a mighty leap, he struck a blow that severed the Darkin’s sword arm.

Both blade and Darkin fell to the ground. Only Atreus still stood, and watched his namesake star blaze back to life in the heavens.

Though he often yearns to return to Iula’s farm, Atreus vowed that day to stand against Aspects, Ascended, demons, and any who wield power so great, it can only destroy. Forsaking his own name, he has become a new Pantheon—the Aspect’s weapons fueled by the will to fight that can only exist in the face of death.

For with the divine Pantheon gone, War must be reborn in man.

Pros

→One of the strongest 1v1 champions at early(level 4)
→Fast, Safe & Quick wave cleaning with Q & E
→Easy to hit abilities(stun too)
→One of the champions with easiest roam possibility due to R
→Your R replaces Teleport & deals AoE damage
→Awesome Engage
→Wins the trade before engaging(Q)
→When mastered, R can be used to escape dangerous situations.
→One of the strongest passive abilities in the game
→Can oneshot each damage carrier at late, adc/mid.

Cons

→Weak late(compared to early)
→Weak if behind
→Mana hungry through the early
→When countered - countered well
→One of the oldest champions in the game, if not the oldest one that got changed(not modern)
→ Ugly-looking skins, except for Slayer & Dragonslayer ones.
→ Must win lane
→ Weak against tanks(rush Lord Dominik's Regards if you're playing against one)

DOMINATION

is the main reason we're playing runes. It's bonus burst damage is just insane on Pantheon, and we can't miss it. It is surely my main pick whenever I'm playing an assassin or any champion that has an easy-to-use combo, and Pantheon works well on it. It will win many trades and grant you lane adventage over your opponent.

grants us 7 Lethality and 6 Magic Penetration for 5 seconds whenever we leave the bush or use our W, teleport or dash, or even deal any damage to enemy champion + the triggering damage will also benefit from penetration. It has only 4 seconds cooldown(on expiration). Combined with our other items it works amazingly well on Pantheon, and we can't miss it. We could go for in certain matchups, but 80% of our games we'll go for Sudden Impact. .

heals for 1.5%(+2.5% per Bounty Hunter stack) of the damage dealt by your abilities.
To collect Bounty Hunter stack, you need to get an takedown on enemy champion(same as with Eyeball Collection). Ravenous Hunter is quite important o pantheon even tho healing is reduced to one third on AoE abilities(our E), as it works well with Eyeball Collection and as it will boost our survivability.

There is no need for explanation of these choices, you'll play 2 diamonds 99% of your games, your combine armor with MR depending on your lane opponent and enemy team composition.

PRECISION

is the rune that must be played on Pantheon as we're playing offensive and we need an ability to survive long enough to deal what we can deal, do maximize the damage. It's a rune that will restore 12% of our max health + it will grant 20 additional gold whenever we takedown an enemy. It's a rune that will allow us to 1v2 with a great boost, it's a rune that will avoid each ignite(if ur not bleeding or so). Must play against each AD lane opponent!

PRECISION

is the rune we must choose if we want to play Precision Pantheon and nothing else can't replace it. It's a rune that works well on Panth due to the healing it grants & its Bonus AD, and we surely will do a lot of AAs through the help of our early CD.

is the second rune choice we'll go for on Precision Panth, that must be played on Pantheon as we're playing offensive and we need an ability to survive long enough to deal what we can deal, to maximize the damage. It's a rune that will restore 12% of our max health + it will grant 20 additional gold whenever we takedown an enemy. It's a rune that will allow us to 1v2 with a great boost, it's a rune that will make u survive each ignite(if ur not bleeding or so). Must play against each AD lane opponent, whether is primary or secondary rune choice![

is useful as it will increase our attack speed without us needing to buy items for it and we need attack speed, it's not a must-take choice but I prefer playing it as it makes the game easier. It grants 3% attack speed for every Legend stack we get(10 max), and we'll get 10 stacks in the first 3 minutes of the game - if not earlier.

DOMINATION

grants our R - 5% CDR + 4% per each Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned by every time you get a first takedown on each of the five enemy champions. 5% + 4 per all of them makes it 25% CDR on Ultimate, which is something that can help us boost our R quite a lot so we'll have even stronger roaming. Can be replaced by !

INSPIRATION

is the rune we must choose if we want to play Advanced Pantheon, Inspiration Panth. Kleptomancy grants extra gold for each time we use two auto attacks, and there is also a possibility to get a special consumable, from MANA Potion to extra 22-100 gold. You can use items you get, or you can sell them(at shop).

the name of this rune speaks of its worth. You'll find this item useful if you time it well, and you'll also be able to upgrade it to if you decide that it's the finishing item you want.

is the rune that is going to help us with our mana need through the early, and that will also work extraordinary well with the we're choosing. Besides restoring mana, it also restores health, so don't be afraid of minor trading with any champion due to these runes.

is the rune that boosts any mana/health potion restoration by granting 50% of it's worth immediately, and you'll find that useful against ignites or after trades. Combined with you have a free early, if you play smart - and that's what Advanced Panth is for. Brain.

PRECISION

SUMMONER SPELLS
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FLASH:Flash is an summoner spell which must be played on Pantheon each time you play it. It's a spell that helps with escapes, engages and everything else that has any relation to movement. Basically, it's a simple press-use spell which teleports your champion a fixed distance towards your targeted area. It's used to get over the walls, escape abilities, catch up the enemy, run away from the enemy and everything else. Each champion has a need for Flash, except a few ones that can teleport the same distance, in the same way, like Shaco for example. There are numerous combinations you can practice to master your Flashing skill.

Cancel-Flash

IGNITE: Ignite is not an usual pick for a top-laner, but as our Ultimate Ability can replace we don't need it so can replace it quite well by giving us true damage boost.

TELEPORT: Not necessary as our replaces it, but if we're playing against a champ from "Extreme Hard" chapter we can pick it as we surely will need to back a lot.

Pantheon is strongest at early, abuse that fact.
Try to abuse your Ultimate Grand Starfall by using it only when the opponent gets into your turret range, as he will be afraid to fight back - and won't.
We max Comet Spear not only due to it's powerful early but also due to its CD reduction on short-range cast.
Use Comet Spear only on short-range(tap) and be consistent.
Do the best you can to take the first blood, it grants more than a normal kill and we need an early advantage.
Don't recall before you reach level 6, we're using Grand Starfall for Teleporting back to lane, the damage it deals is bonus.
You can take the first blood as soon as you reach level 3, read the "Game Phases->Early" chapter for a guide on how to do it.
When you use your Grand Starfall at Late, your opponent's will try to stun you as soon as possible. Have your Edge of Night prepared before you use Grand Starfall as it will save ur attempt each time, and it fails a lot without it.
Don't get your opponent too low, keep him at 50% or he'll run under his turret
If your lane opponent is a tank, build Lord Dominik's Regards first and then continue with a build, skipping Dusbklade of Draktharr

MALPHITE

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SION

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OLAF

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TRYNDAMERE

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SHEN

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UDYR

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VOLIBEAR

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ELISE

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VLADIMIR

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PASSIVE ABILITY

Mortal Will

✦INNATE: Pantheon gains a stack when he lands a basic attack on-hit or casts an ability, up to a maximum of 5. At 5 stacks, Pantheon's next basic ability consume the stacks to gain additional effects.

✦Pantheon gains full stacks upon starting the game and upon respawning.

Comet Spear

✦FIRST CAST: Pantheon Channeling iconwinds up for up to 4 seconds, increasing Comet Spear's range while being Slow icon slowed by 10%.

✦SECOND CAST: Pantheon Projectile hurls his spear, dealing Attack damage physical damage to all enemies hit, increased against enemies below 25% of their maximum health, and with the total damage reduced to 50% against enemies beyond the first.

✦PHYSICAL DAMAGE:»
75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Releasing the ability within 0.35 seconds causes Pantheon to instead thrust his spear, dealing physical damage to all enemies hit and Cooldown reduction icon refunding 50% of Comet Spear's cooldown.

✦If Pantheon is interrupted during the charge, or the charge completes without reactivation, Comet Spear is cancelled and the ability is put on full cooldown but refunds Mana icon half the mana cost. Comet Spear's total damage is reduced by 10% against Minion icon minions.

Shield Vault

✦ACTIVE: Pantheon Dash dashes to the target enemy unit, dealing them physical damage and Stun icon stunning them for 1 second.
✦ : Pantheon's next basic attack within 4 seconds strikes his target 3 times, dealing 50% AD physical damage per hit, up to 150% AD. Each hit applies on-hit effects.

✦The ability can be dodged if the target moves 800 units away.

Aegis Assault

✦ACTIVE: Pantheon braces his shield for 1.5 seconds in the target direction while striking in a cone, during which he is slowed for between 0% − 50% based on his movement direction relative to the shield's facing direction. Aegis Assault cannot be interrupted by crowd control.

For the duration, Pantheon is Cosmic Radiance invulnerable against damage dealt by enemies (Turret icon turrets included) from the target direction, and deals 「 up to 100% AD physical damage over the duration 」 to all enemies struck, reduced by 50% against Minion icon minions, and by 15% against Monster icon non-epic monsters.
✦: Aegis Assault's duration is increased to 2.5 seconds, dealing 「 up to 166.6% AD physical damage over the duration 」.
✦Its passive grants Pantheon's Q and basic attacks 100% crit chance against enemies below 15% maximum health.

Grand Starfall

✦ACTIVE: Pantheon Channeling iconchannels for 2 seconds to leap high into the air, then marks and reveals his destination before crashing down along the target area 2.4 seconds later. He remains Hallucinate vanished until the landing is complete.

The landing deals Magic damage magic damage, decreased by up to 50% at the edges of the area.

MAGIC DAMAGE:»
300 / 500 / 700 (+ 100% AP)
Grand Starfall instantly readies Mortal Will Mortal Will.

✦Grand Starfall's Cooldown reduction icon cooldown is reduced to 30 seconds if the channel is interrupted or cancelled.

STARTING ITEMS

These are the standard Starting Items. As Pantheon is a mana hungry champion, we need Corrupting Potion so we don't need to back each second
- or so we can keep poking the enemy. It also restores health, by the way. Also, we're going for Warding Totem as we need vision over the map, enemy jungler usually focuses Pantheon so he doesn't get fed - if that happens it's over for them.

FIRST BACK

These are the items you should get on your first back.
Serrated Dirk is a glorious first item on Pantheon, due to the lethality it grants and the attack damage, for 1100 gold it's just glorious, there is nothing else we can say. Boots so we are sure our enemy is not going to escape and Control Ward to have eyes over the whole topside, so our opponent's jungler can't destroy our streak.

FIRST ITEM

Eclipse is the item we'll build First on Pantheon, as soon as we can afford it. It grants a nice amount of AD + Lethality, and besides that, it grants an awesome amount of Omnivamp, it has passive which works well with our combo, and it grants Legendary Items 4% Armor Penetration, and we need that. Many Pantheon players prefer to buy Duskblade of Draktharr as the first item, and that's a mistake. Scroll down this chapter and find the text where I explained the difference between these two items.

2ND & 3RD ITEM

Edge of Night is an item you're going to build against champions with abilities strong enough to make you useless like stuns for example. You'll need some time to master it, but when you do it you're going to play without threats. You can activate Edge of Night, then R, and teleport - they'll try to stun you as soon as possible but as you have Edge of Night activated they're not going to do it. Ninja Tabi or Mercury's Treads - between these two boot options, take the one depending on the enemy team - Ninja Tabi against the AD team or Mercury's Treads against an AP team or a team which has a lot of CC champions. Mobility Boots when you're quite confident in yourself and quite ahead of opponents.

THEN

Black Cleaver surely is a good pick for Pantheon as it gives a nice amount of Ability Haste, health, AD & Armor Reduction. You will often see it as a must-buy Pantheon item in most guides on mobafire, and all these guides are not wrong. It is a must-buy item in certain match-ups, but as we're playing full aggressively we don't need it early. You can buy it as your 3rd or 4th item. Sterak's Gage is an item that will make our life last longer and that's going to give us an ability to damage enemies more than we already have done, or that will increase our escape chance. Maw of Malmortius is an item you're going to build against strong AP-poking champions, like Zoe for example, as it will save our life many times. Dead Man's Plate is an item which will surprisingly help us move faster throughout the map with it's glorious Passive.

SITUATIONAL

RANDUIN'S OMEN

Randuin's Omen is an item we're going to build ONLY if enemy team is all AD, or has 2+ ranged ADC champions. It's passive is going to reduce the damage we're going to take by an enemy quite a lot, and it's active is going to reduce the enemy's movement speed.It's one of the greatest damage-reduction items against the AD champions, if not the best one, so surely we will think of building it in certain games.

DEATH'S DANCE

Death's Dance is an item that we can build on Pantheon, and we surely will do it quite often as it's an item that saves us as we damage the enemies, and as we'll deal 40k+ damage per most of our Pantheon games(following this guide) - it surely will prolong our life often.

GUARDIAN ANGEL

Guardian Angel is an item that musn't be brought if we're not ahead of our enemies a lot. It's an item that gives a nice amount of AD and armor, which logically tells you that it's not bad to pick it against the AD team, but with Guardian Angel you don't need to look at your enemy team composition. It's simply an item that will give you a second chance to do something you've failed at, and that's not something any other item can offer. Buy it whenever you're ahead, but don't buy it if you need to carry your team hardly.

SERYLDA'S GRUDGE

Serylda's Grudge is an item we're building if we get a hard matchup on lane, and hard matchups are only tanks as we said in the Match-Ups section. It grants a nice amount of Armor Penetration, and it has insane slowing passive. It's a good item overall.

DUSBKLADE OF DRAKTHARR

Duskblade of Draktharr is an item you're going to build against squishies. Build it only if you want to have fun.

SPEAR OF SHOJIN

Spear of Shojin is an item that can be brought as a third or second item on Pantheon as it grants you sustain and with it's passive it grants you an ability to do much more when you R into a TF or something similar. Decide whether you want to buy Spear of Shojin or The Black Cleaver as your 3rd/4th item.

CHEMPUNK CHAINSWORD

Chempunk Chainsword is an awesome item if enemy teams start focusing lifesteal, so yes, play it whenever you see that.

TURBO CHEMTANK

Turbo Chemtank is an item you won't build often, but it may be useful due to its passive which grants you an insane amount of Movement Speed, and due to its stats that grant a nice sustain.

Eclipse

DUSKBLADE OF DRAKTHARR

is winning this versus due to its stronger passive that works better amazingly well on Pantheon since it covers any combo we can possibly make with Panth, and as we're rushing one of these two as the first item we need the better one. It offers omniwamp which is our only source of healing through the game, and as these 2 items have quite the same stats - passive ability is the only thing we are looking at besides healing.

Its powerful stats and passive ability can be used on Pantheon, especially at late and mid. It grants a nice amount of Lethality, combined with each other Ability Haste item it's just OP, also its AD boost will work well with our other items, and its passive is just too OP.

Warding is surely one of the most important things in League of Legends, and it's worth knowing that it's important equally for each role. You can't win a game without warding, and you can't master it at once. It requires a lot of work and study to know the places you should ward and the exact times when you should ward them as they can bring nothing bad. It's worth knowing that it's important equally for each game phase, too, early/mid or late. At the early phase, enemy jungler will surely try to gank your enemy laner, and without ward, you will have to choose whether it is worth flashing(with any chance of survival) or dying, there is no third option.

At the picture above we can see the options for vision control on Baron, as the blue team. Don't think that you must place each ward like in pictures, no, these wards are some sort of "possible placements" and you can decide where you need your ward. Place them just so you can see if the enemy will try to steal or take baron.

Term "Invade" stands for stealing jungle camps from enemy junglers. It's more popular nowadays than ever before, and almost every game must have a jungler who'll invade at level 1. If you let them invade, your jungler will get behind in most cases. Do your best to ward each road your enemy jungler might take towards your jungle, and don't let him steal our jungle camps.

If you want to play Pantheon, you must play offensive even at the beginning of the game. But honestly, and actually, it's easy to do it with Pantheon as he is one of the strongest Lane Bullies in the game. At level 1 you need to damage your opponent as much as you can with your Q, don't let it get off cooldown - just spam it but NEVER hold it, only taps work due to CD reduction. If you've done it well, your opponent should be on 70% or less. Q-W-AA to proc your Electrocute, and your opponent is no higher than 50% HP. Wait for your W but don't spam Q a lot now because he may run away under his turret if he gets too low, keep him at 50% - don't let him heal until you get your W back. Now, you should be level 3. Do Q-W-AA combo, and hit E if you think you can get him without ignite(20-70 hp), otherwise ignite him and you've got the first blood. Don't back until you reach level 6, your opponent is dead and you need to push the lane so that your enemy loses as much XP as possible from minions. By the time he gets back, you are level 5. Play safe, don't push. Reach level 6, clear minions, and B. Now, your opponent will try to make you lose some XP by pushing his minions into your turret, but as we're level 6 we can prevent that by ulting back on the lane, and in best cases that R will grant us another kill on our lane. It's very important to get the first blood, as in 80% of games it decides the winner of the lane and Pantheon must-win Lane if he wants to be able to do anything at mid-late.

At this stage, Pantheon should be looking forward to helping his teammates on mid/bot if they're behind. You are higher level than your lane opponent, so do the simple way of Pantheon's roam. Push your lane and start going towards mid. Wait for the enemy mid laner to be in a good position for you, do Q-W-E combo, he will flash. If your teammate from mid can catch him up, let him do it - you don't have time. Now, when you've helped mid take kill or at least get ahead with XP - start going bot. Use on them as soon as you reach the distance and they get into position, take double there. If you can see your opponent on top, recall and go back to your lane. If your opponent is missing from your lane - don't recall but go straight mid from bot so you can prevent the possible gank.

Pantheon is quite weak at Late as a top-laner, and if you've had someone like Garen on top and that Garen took 2/3 kills on your teammates - you can't win a fight against him even if you are ahead a lot. But, we're not fighting tanks at this stage - we focus on the enemy ADC and MID - damage carrier firstly. Whenever we get a chance to fight each of them 1v1, we must use it or the team fight will suffer and end badly for our team. Each ADC can be one-shotted by you if you've finished basic items and you're playing electrocute. So, the point of this "Late" chapter is trying to tell you that Pantheon can't fight and do much to tanks at late, but can win each team fight even before it starts - by taking down a carrier of enemy's team, damage carrier.

So, we have come to the end of this guide. This guide surely will be updated with every patch. If you liked this guide, please let me know with your vote, and if you have any questions - feel free to ask me down in the discussion section.

Good luck in the Fields of Justice & thank you for reading..