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[Opp] AP PANTSOFF - Playing Leap Frog

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Introduction

Introduction

Hello MOBAfire, I am CompleteOpposite, as my name suggests I play champions the very opposite of how they were intended. In this build I will be presenting AP Pantheon or as I like to call him, AP Pantsoff. This is my second build, I hope you enjoy it, please leave a comment, and an upvote if you are willing. Also, please don't randomly downvote my build without trying it out first, thank you :)

Pros and Cons
Item Set
Spells
Masteries
Runes
Ability explination and Order
Your Role in the team
Conclusion

Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Great poke Damage
+ Has CC with his E
+ is a great defense for tower pushing
+ is a great offense for teamfights

AP Pantheon has great poke because he can easily run in for a quick , then combo before running out taking little to no damage, this is mainly due to 's stun and it's renewal of , making it hard for the enemy to counter. Pantheon's Ultimate, has 100% AP scaling, making it a great tool in both teamfights and for defending enemy tower pushes.

Cons

- Has to be inside the enemy team to do any damage
- While his Ultimate is a good tool, it can get you caught out
- Doesn't have any real escapes to help him when in a bad situation

AP Pantheon has to be ontop of the enemy champions to do any damage, leaving him prone to getting bursted early in fights, caught out, and left behind, and when one of these things do happen, Pantheon doesn't really have any escape to help him get out of the mess he made.

Item Set

Item Sequence

Sorcerer's Shoes

You need Sorcerer's Shoes for the Magic Penetration so you can deal more damage to all types of enemy champions

Athene's Unholy Grail

Pantheon gets SOOOOOO Mana hungry, and the CDR is amazing for pulling off more 's. The Magic Resist is also amazing early, making it harder for the enemy mid laner to deal damage.

CORE ITEMS

Rabadon's Deathcap

This item is VERY Self-Explanatory for an AP Champion.

Deathfire Grasp

This item is amazing on AP Pantheon, more CDR, for EVEN MORE , **** tons of AP, and the active is amazing when used for a DFG + W Combo.

Lich Bane

A great buy for AP Pantheon, Lich Bane makes him be able to increase his combo further dealing more damage to any champion that locks his gaze. With it your combo becomes DFG + W + Lich Bane + Q

SITUATIONAL ITEMS

Feel free to get any of these items throughout the build, as long as you have the core of the build with it (and preferably some form of boots).

Void Staff

Void staff allows you to melt tankier champions, much easier, due to it's massive magic penetration.

Zhonya's Hourglass

Massive AP, decent armor, AMAZING active, great against a strong AD team.

Abyssal Scepter

More Magic resist, decent amount of AP, and the passive makes your hit harder.

Summoner Spells

: Gives you an escape, really needed on Pantheon, can also help you out early game for early kills.

: Great ability, lowers healing done to the champion affected by ignite by half, and deals that little bit of extra damage to secure the kill.

Other Spells

: Take down enemy champions with ease, lowering their damage and movement speed.

: Gives you the opportunity to make a big turnaround in a fight, protecting yourself, while you continue to deal damage to the enemy.

Masteries

As you can see I pretty much put all my Mastery points into the Offensive tree, this is so Pantheon does tons of damage with his AP Scaling Abilities, and , but also gives you some base damage to work with for this like your and Basic Attacks.

Pantheon is a Melee champion, this increases his overall damage by 2% while only taking 1% extra damage to himself.

While the extra 5% of your total AP being put onto your basic attacks seem small, the amount of AP you get late game, and the base damage you have with your AD Runes / Masteries, it can deal that little extra to seal the deal.

Pantheon can be extremely Mana hungry especially when your spamming your abilities a lot to do your combo or farm due to being zoned a bit to much, that's why I get meditation, giving your Mana that little bit more sustainability.

Runes

Greater Quintessence of Scaling Attack Damage: The AD Per Level runes are on this build so that you have some more base damage, and that your Q Spear Shot does more damage.
greater mark of hybrid penetration: The Hybrid Penetration allows your basic's and Spear Shot to deal more damage, as well as your Aegis of Zeonia and Grand Skyfall.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power: Scaling AP Runes are so you have that little bit of extra damage in your Aegis of Zeonia and Grand Skyfall, and since Grand Skyfall has a 100% AP Ratio, every little bit counts
Greater Seal of Scaling Armor: Having some amount of armor is great for Pantheon who charges into the enemy team to deal damage, it will also work out well when you happen to verse an AD Bruiser mid.

Ability Explanation

Aegis Protection: After attacking or casting spells 4 times, Pantheon will block the next normal attack that deals more than 40 damage to him.

What this means for you: This is an amazing passive, it's great due to it's ability to also block a turret hit.

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Spear Shot (Q): Pantheon hurls his spear at an opponent, dealing 65 / 105 / 145 / 185 / 225 (+1.4 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. If Heartseeker Strike has been leveled up once, Spear Shot will crit to deal 150% damage against opponents whose current health is below 15% of their max health.

What this means for you: This is a great skill, as it actually crits upon hitting a low hp enemy as long as you have a level in Heartseeker Strike, making the kill so much easier, it also only has 4 second cooldown so you can spam it a heap.

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Aegis of Zeonia (W): Pantheon leaps at an enemy and deals 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+100% of ability power) magic damage and stuns them for 1 second. Pantheon also instantly refreshes his Aegis Protection

What this means for you: Your bread and butter as AP Pantheon, an amazing ability that deals a lot of damage and refreshes Aegis Protection when used.

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Heartseeker Strike (E): Passive: Pantheon gains 100% critical strike chance against targets below 15% of their max health.

Active: Pantheon channels for 0.75 seconds and deals 3 swift strikes in a cone in front of him. Each strike deals 13 / 23 / 33 / 43 / 53 (+0.6 per bonus attack damage) physical damage, and they deal double damage to champions.

What this means to you: While it does deal a fair bit of damage, you won't be using it too much as AP Pantheon, getting it earlier than I would for the damage simply for the passive which makes Spear Shot and your basic attacks gain 100% crit to low hp champs.

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Grand Skyfall (R): Pantheon gathers his strength channeling for 2 seconds and then leaps high in to the air, crashing down at the target area 1.5 seconds later. Deals 400 / 700 / 1000 (+100% of ability power) magic damage to units at the center (down to 50% at the edge) and slows them by 35% for 1 second. If the channeling is cancelled, the cooldown is reduced to 10 seconds.

What this means for you: EVERYTHING, it is an amazing ultimate ability, you can use it to Gank, to intiate teamfights, to escape, to defend turrets and to backdoor, it scales 100% of your ability power, and with great base damage it becomes an amazing tool for your team when properly used.

Ability Sequence Order

> > >

As with most champions in League of Legends you max your ultimate, in this case , first. You will want to max your W second, as it is your main damage tool against enemies. I then prioritize Q over E as Spear shot is a great ranged ability, has the capability of doing more damage, and Heartseeker Strike is really to weak for AP Pantheon, you can get destroyed while using it.

Your Role in the Team

Now this is a very crucial, very important part to playing AP Pantheon, you can't just go running in as you would AD Pantheon.

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Your main game plan with AP Pantheon is to jump on the closest enemy to you and your team.

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Lane Phase

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AP Pantheon is an INTIATOR, In Lane you jump onto the enemy champion with your then use and run back behind minions, dealing significant damage, while taking little to none, continue poking like this until you can simply do the regular combo for the kill, or have to use your flash to gap close, and possibly ignite for the finish. Ganking other lanes is pretty much the same idea of your combo, though since you aren't poking while ganking you'll obviously be doing a lot more basic attacks in between your combos.

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Team fights and the remainder of the game

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You'll want to try and Initiate the teamfight with your and combo, as trying to use your ultimate, while it can work, is a very big risk, because high chances are, if your team isnt quick to engage or CC them under it, you will end up losing your ultimate. A better time to use your ultimate would be during the teamfight, place it on top of the the enemy team, but not directly, place it more behind them, while keeping them in the circle, making them either have to run into your team mates, or suffer the fatal blow of your ultimate, this is great for pushing the ADC's and APC's out of the back of the enemy team.
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SO, As AP Pantheon you're list of jobs are to:
#1: Leap Frog Spear Shot Combo the Closest Enemy
#2: Initiate Teamfights
#3: Overcome fear of jumping onto enemy team 1v4 when they are pushing turret
#4: Use ultimate during teamfights to try to smoke out enemy ADC's and APC's

Conclusion

Well thank you all for reading! I hope you try out the build and have a heap of fun playing AP PANTSOFF. Please rate and leave a comment.
If you like the build and have some good match history, please send me some pictures at korzakorza@y7mail.com Please put MOBAFire into the subject or else I may never see it.
Oh and a BIG THANKS to jhoijhoi, who's template and guide guide helped me make this much better to read.

// SPECIAL THANKS: Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.

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Spells:

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Ability Order

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Shield Vault (W)

Aegis Assault (E)

Grand Starfall (R)

Introduction

Table of Contents

Pros / Cons

Item Set

Item Sequence

CORE ITEMS

SITUATIONAL ITEMS

Summoner Spells

Other Spells

Masteries

Runes

Ability Explanation

Ability Sequence Order

Your Role in the Team

Lane Phase

Team fights and the remainder of the game

Conclusion

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