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SillySalmons - NA-West
In Season 3 I was the number one Sylvanus in NA and JP while the items and meta has changed my love for this under rated god has not, I hope to bring some insight and hopefully give you a pocket pick if your god is banned or even a new main Understanding Sylvanus
Pros
High Defense.
High Crowd Control.
High Sustain.
Can heal allies.
Great Teamfight influence.
Can cause early kills before minion kills with his 3.
Great early game as well as a great late game.
Can keep you in place for over 4.5-5s with his abilities and passive.
Cons
Low Damage.
Low Mobility, tough time rotating.
Sylvanus has three main cookie cutter core items Gauntlet of Thebes, Lotus Sickle, and Pridwen the rest are situational and mostly up too whatever gods are on the enemy team.
![Sentinel's Boon](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/19625.jpg)
Sentinel's Boon
PASSIVE - Getting the assist when an enemy dies restores 4% of your Health and 4% of your Mana. If you have the lowest gold on your team, the assists also provides 20 Bonus Gold.
![Stone of Gaia](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/7572.jpg)
Stone of Gaia
PASSIVE - If you are hit by a Knockup, Knockback, Pull, or Grab you gain 7% of your max Health over the next 5 seconds. You gain 15 Physical Power and 25 Magical Power while this effect is not on cooldown. This effect does not trigger on Vortexes. Can only occur once every 15s. PASSIVE - Regenerates 0.4% of your max health every second.
![Gauntlet of Thebes](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/12665.jpg)
Gauntlet of Thebes
PASSIVE - Assists on a minion give 1 Stack and God kills and assists give 5 Stacks. Stacks provide 1 Physical and Magical Protection. At 45 Stacks this item evolves, providing an Aura of 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
![Lotus Sickle](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/24190.jpg)
Lotus Sickle
PASSIVE - Any god affected by your ability heals gains 10 increased Physical and Magical Protection for 5 seconds.
![Stone of Binding](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/14175.jpg)
Stone of Binding
PASSIVE - Successfully hitting an enemy god with a Crowd Control ability will place a debuff on them, reducing their Physical and Magical Protections by 0.8 * your level for 5s.
![Pridwen](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/17355.jpg)
Pridwen
PASSIVE - When your Ultimate ability has finished casting, you gain a Shield equal to 90% of your Protections from items and abilities for 5s. When destroyed, by timing out or being depleted, it explodes in a 30 unit radius and deals Magical damage equal to 75% of your Protections from items and abilities and slows targets by 25% for 3s. This can only occur once every 45 seconds.
Ah yes, the cookie cutter Sylvanus build feels good to cc everyone while everyone else gets the kills and you get that good teammate honor if your game is going fairly even or if you're low Elo i recommend to not stray far from this build path as it will yield you the highest success.
![Sovereignty](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/7528.jpg)
Sovereignty
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Physical Protections increased by 15 and their HP5 increased by 25.
![Jade Emperor's Crown](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/14179.jpg)
Jade Emperor's Crown
AURA - Enemy gods within 40 units have their Physical Power reduced by 15%.
![Manticore's Spikes](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/23143.jpg)
Manticore's Spikes
PASSIVE - When you hit an enemy god with Hard Crowd Control, they drop Spikes on the ground that lasts for 7s. When you or an allied god pick up a Spike, they gain a buff that causes their next ability to deal bonus Magic damage equal to 3% of their own Max HP. This effect lasts 15s and is doubled if you are the one who picks up the Spike.
is that mercury jungle literally running through your entire team well lets fix that with these items you'll beef up your team and you'll make that mercury cry when hes getting flamed by his teammates for throwing their free win and you'll just sit there with a smile getting no credit even though it was definitely all you.
![Heartward Amulet](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/11116.jpg)
Heartward Amulet
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Magical Protections increased by 15 and their MP5 increased by 30.
![Shogun's Kusari](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/14178.jpg)
Shogun's Kusari
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Attack Speed increased by 30%.
![Pestilence](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/23870.jpg)
Pestilence
AURA - Enemy gods within 55 units have their healing reduced by 25%. This does not stack with similar Auras. PASSIVE - Enemies that successfully damage you have their Healing reduced by an additional 5% for 3s. This can stack up to 6 times.
Of course, your mid laner fed why is it always mid no matter with these items you'll be cutting that agnis damage in half in no time.
![Evolved Gauntlet of Thebes](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/15594.jpg)
Evolved Gauntlet of Thebes
AURA - Allies within 70 units receive 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
![Pridwen](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/17355.jpg)
Pridwen
PASSIVE - When your Ultimate ability has finished casting, you gain a Shield equal to 90% of your Protections from items and abilities for 5s. When destroyed, by timing out or being depleted, it explodes in a 30 unit radius and deals Magical damage equal to 75% of your Protections from items and abilities and slows targets by 25% for 3s. This can only occur once every 45 seconds.
![Soul Reaver](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/9128.jpg)
Soul Reaver
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 1% of the target's maximum Health as Magical Damage. If the target has over 2000 Health, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 9% Maximum Health damage at 2750 Health. Subsequent hits on the same target do half the bonus damage for the next 3s.
![Lotus Sickle](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/24190.jpg)
Lotus Sickle
PASSIVE - Any god affected by your ability heals gains 10 increased Physical and Magical Protection for 5 seconds.
![Gem of Isolation](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/7594.jpg)
Gem of Isolation
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your damaging abilities will move 30% Slower and will have Shields applied on them reduced by 50% for 2.5 seconds. This can only occur once every 2.5 seconds.
![Y10 Pythagorem's Piece](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/7534.jpg)
Y10 Pythagorem's Piece
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Magical Lifesteal increased by 6% and their Magical Power increased by 15 or their Physical Lifesteal increased by 6% and their Physical Power increased by 15.
with this hybrid tank damage build will make you giggle when your wisps start kill stealing it always makes me laugh when were already up 10 kills and I'm 6/0/13 by the end of the game
![S8 Meditation Cloak](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/9041.jpg)
S8 Meditation Cloak
Using this item restores 75 Health + 12 Health per level and 30% Mana to all Allied gods within 35 units. Cooldown - 120s.
![Cursed Ankh](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/21561.jpg)
Cursed Ankh
Using this item reduces the Healing received by all enemy gods within 55 units by 40%, decreases their shield effectiveness by 50% for 10s and removes 75% of any currently applied shield. Enemies that are healed by god abilities while affected by this curse take 10% more damage from all sources for the duration of the curse. Cooldown - 120s.
![Y10 Horrific Emblem](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/21566.jpg)
Y10 Horrific Emblem
Using this item Slows the Movement Speed of all enemy gods within 35 units by 30% for 5s. Their Attack Speed is reduced by 25% for the duration. Additionally, their Damage Dealt is reduced by 10%. Cooldown - 130s.
![Y10 Blink Rune](https://static.smite.guru/i/items/21556.jpg)
Y10 Blink Rune
Using this item will allow you to teleport up to 45 units away instantly. This item can not be used if you have taken or dealt damage in the last 3s. Cooldown - 140s.
Blink And Meditation cloak i always recommend for lower Elo players playing Sylvanus. on the flip side though if you're dealing with high attack speed god's horrific emblem is right for the job, or if they have a change or hel or a high healing or high shielding god cursed ankh will never fail in cutting healing and shield power.
![Verdant Growth](https://static.smite.guru/i/champions/abilities/sylvanus_1.jpg)
![Wisps](https://static.smite.guru/i/champions/abilities/sylvanus_2.jpg)
![Nature's Grasp](https://static.smite.guru/i/champions/abilities/sylvanus_3.jpg)
![Wrath of Terra](https://static.smite.guru/i/champions/abilities/sylvanus_4.jpg)
his first ability Verdant Growth you send forward a plant that if struck by will cause you, or minions to take damage, and be rooted in place. If the plant does not hit anything, it will be planted in the ground, and sprout into a flower that provides your team standing in it with MP5. Very useful for the laning phase, you can only have 3 plants out on the field at a time. You will see some Sylvanus load into a game, and then go to another lane first and drop their plant off for his teammate there, then rotate back to his starting position. If the plant is popped by an enemy, it will explode with an AoE effect that will reduce enemy protections if hit. For his second ability Sylvanus is one of the few supports that have a built in heal. Sylvanus 2 Wisps is an AOE that heals any teammates that are standing near him when this is casted, and also provides them with protections, any enemy hit will take damage over time. The third ability Natures Grasps will pull in any god that is hit with it. This ability is a main set up when paired with Verdant Growth root or with your passive Rng. Sylvanus ultimate is Wrath of Terra Sylvanus plants his feet into the ground and knocks up any enemies in the range for a short time and applying damage over time to them.
These picks are strong against Sylvanus at many stages of the game. Gods listed by highest win rate matchups vs Sylvanus. Mostly Gods with built in anti-heal are going to be a main issue or gods like Sobek who can pluck you out of position.
He Pairs well with gods with other cc forms such as Neith or high burst hunters after you lock them down, they can finish the kill easily.
Sylvanus Best Match ups are against low escape gods and in your face gods.