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Pantheon - The Artisan of the Jungle

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Spells:

Smite

Flash

Items

Ability Order

Pantheon Passive Ability

Introduction

Welcome to my Pantheon jungle guide.

8===DThis is my first guide on the site, and the reason I made it is because I felt there wasn't a guide out there for jungle that met my play style of him, and after playing this-

-game where I carried even with tank items, I felt motivated to write one. I used to write guides for other games various forum sites, and I'm freaking thrilled that mobafire has a user friendly layout to make guides. Let's get started people who scroll past the cheat sheet.

About me

8===DI only recently got into playing LoL around December 2012 and now I main jungler when I play PvP. As far as personal life goes I'm majoring in computer science, work every day, and in my spare time play league and then different games after bad matchmaking.

Runes

Armor seals are the best option to go with, and that can be said for most builds. The second best choice would be , but I wouldn't recommend it.

Same situation as the armor seals. I wouldn't even recommend a different glyph.

Now this is where you get to personal preference. benefits most from AD. Other options likes are good choices on champions like , but Panth is too busy jumping on people to benefit from other types. The second best choice would be mark of armor penetration if you don't plan on building or

Same situation as the marks, but even if you use armor pen marks I'd keep these.

Optional Masteries

8===DThese masteries might be a safer choice. The reason I choose to go 21/9/0 is because it fits Panth's playstyle more, especially that / passive combo. If you are new to jungling or need to tank for you team, choose this order.

Skill Explanation

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

8===DA great lane passive, not so great in the jungle but still can save your life. You can block a turret shot if used wisely, making some interesting plays available.

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.

8===DThis is basically a lock-on spear that can guarantee a critical hit when the target is low health. With a base cooldown of 4 seconds, you can use it at least twice in a gank, with the second hopefully granting a kill.

Pantheon leaps at the target enemy champion 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

8===DYour utility skill. A jump with 1 second stun at all levels, and a free refresh. Sets up your as well, leaving to an easy gank.

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.

8===DThe passive on this is amazing. Stack it with a and you're guaranteed a kill. It counts for both your basic attacks and your , couple that with the passive and you have a dead at your feet.

8===DAs for the active, it gives nice AOE damage. Helps clear the jungle and take down the enemy champs health. Be sure to use it wisely, it's not worth losing a chase over some damage.

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.

8===DA great ultimate, and one that can be used in all sorts of situation. You can backdoor, escape, initiate, gank, team fight, and do more with it. Note that it takes a total of 3.5 seconds to use, so make sure you place it in a nice location. Think about using it to initiate the gank or catch them at 10 health. Also note that you can stop it for a 10 second cooldown penalty, so don't be afraid to cancel it or even use it to get away.

Skill Sequence

Here is the discussion post I made showing the difference between your Q () and your E ()

Quoted:

Let's assume we're at 70 bonus ad and at max rank for both skill, would do 323 damage before reduction and would do 95 per strike for a total of 285 damage. At rank 1 with let's say 70 bonus AD you would have 98 damage on your Q and 55 damage per strike on your E for a total of 165 damage. And in the middle at rank 3 with 70 bonus AD you have 243 damage on the Q and 75 per strike for a total of 225 on your E.

Now of course with different amounts of bonus AD this would all be different, but then when it comes to cooldown your Q is on a constant 4 second, while your E comes from 10 to 6 seconds. Your Q is up 2.5 times/2 times/1.5 times faster than your E at ranks 1/3/5. Of course the AOE damage on the E could make up with clear times, but don't forget that your Q can crit under 15% max health.

I didn't forget that Heartseeker does double damage to champions, so yes when you look at burst E outshines Q, but when it comes to ranks your Q does 160 more damage at 5 than 1, and, at double damage to champs, your E does 80 more damage at 5 than 1. Also don't forget the scales on the bonus AD, Q has 1.4, over two times more than your E's.

I still feel that it's worth it to max your Q first, for both its great scaling and the crit strike at under 15% health.

Item Choices

Vs Vs

8===D are amazing boots on Panth. His base speed is 355, so these boots would bring you up to a nice 451(not 460 apparently) when out of combat while bring you to 400.

8===DNearly the same deal with . Brings you speed up to a constant 415, with a slow resist that couples nicely with your . I would choose this when you're up against a comp that constantly slows you. Think and a holding a .

8===D grants you some armor and a nice passive. The only times I would take this is when a has 15 kills and is at your inhibitor or there are at least 4 AD oriented champions on the enemy team. Think about who is getting all the kills on the other team.

8===DI personally prefer the / over /

8===DIf you choose the path, you get some easy armor and lifesteal as well as a free ward. Most of the time I don't finish wriggle's whenever I jungle in general, but that's my preference. This is a great item especially for beginners, if you're not confident in your jungling skills go for this.

8===DIf you choose the path, you get cooldown reduction, health, mana and health regen, increased monster damage, and tenacity. These all work great on Panth, the health alone makes it worth your time. I'm a little upset Riot took the armor off the item, but it is cheaper now and gives CDR so I can't complain that much. I find myself building this on a lot more champions nowadays, and this is no exception to

8===DI don't really consider a DPS AAing champion like good ol' , so choosing is usually the better choice when you find yourself being most of the damage output. It gives a noticeable boost to your damage.

8===DAs for , I usually build this when I need to build tankier or find myself not carrying and assisting my team more. It gives health, CDR, and directly applies armor penetration to the target rather than calculating it your attacks.

Jungling Route

This is my usual jungling route for most champions. It will get you to level 4 and allow you to use and on both the and .

*This is for the blue side of Summoner's Rift, mirror the image if you're on purple side.
*Circles designate ganking opportunities.
1.

Start at with your , ask for a leash from your nearby lanes.

Bring your leash north and the when he is at or under 490 health. You will get the blue buff which grants CDR and mana regen. Take next.

Head over to the and clear them.

Go back to the . If they are not there wait a second or two, you probably had a good leash if they're not immediately available. Now take if you aren't planning on getting level 4 in the jungle, otherwise take .

Now it's time for the second buff camp, the . the when it is at or under 550 health, just in case the enemy jungler decides to try and steal it. The red buff will grant you a small DOT with true damage, and a small slow which will assist your ganks.

Back to where you will get your last point, put it into if you took third. Now you should look for a gank, I tend to go for mid or bottom first. Look at the circles on the image for recommended locations to gank from.