ValiantGhost's High Sustain Arachne Build V1

Patch 9.12

I'm going to preface this by saying I am by far not even close to being one of the best or even one of the better Arachne players, I'm not an expert - this is just a god I enjoy playing a lot and in Arena in particular. There are much more knowledgeable players that run Arachne main, this is just a build I've found worked for me and my play style.

This is a build I've devised for Arena play specifically which focuses on leveraging attack speed and lifesteal/healing buffing items to provide high sustain to Arachne while maintaining very high damage output capability. The thought behind this build is every action I perform that damages an enemy should heal me, and as long as I'm on an enemy and not getting dogpiled I can use the enemy to keep me alive as my lifesteal drains them quickly for health. This build does not change the fact that Arachne has a difficult time when enemies group up, but it allows me to play her and stay alive/tank damage that would otherwise kill me. The challenge is to not let the high sustain lull you into a false sense of invincibility and in turn playing dumb and overly aggressive because doing so will get you killed when playing against even non-coordinated groups.

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The real core of this is Soul Eater, Serrated Edge, Vital Amplifier, and Caduceus Rod. These items are the foundation of the lifesteal high sustain concept. I'm sure plenty would argue all 4 aren't needed and that one or two would be sufficient, however for my particular play style I'm very aggressive and the combo of all 4 items have kept me alive in scenarios where I've had more balls than sense going up against multiple enemies, or an enemy that wasn't far from their group. Shoutout to @SamDaDude for pointing out in one of his videos how amazing Serrated Edge on Arachne is which turned me onto how valuable an item it is.

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I used to place Vital Amplifier and Caduceus Rod earlier in my line up but I've moved them further toward the end so that I can build my damage capabilities quicker and snowball faster. Enemy team members will start to notice how hard you hit, and how quickly you kill by the time you start building Qin's Sai's, and just assume you're building further into power, attack speed, or going into critical chance for the last two items. By the time Qin's Sai's is complete the enemy team won't notice anything unusual about you since so far you're just a "typical" high damage output ( albeit not necessarily the absolutely most effective high damage ) Arachne.

If you build out of order with Vital Amplifier and Caduceus Rod as items 3 and 4 for example, the enemy team will definitely start to notice the unusual staying power.