Best god in the game?? Aphrodite Support - CA8

Aphrodite is one of the most popular gods in smite, and perhaps one of the most hated as well. She has a lot of sustain with her main ability having strong healing on it. In addition, she is super safe with 3 self peel abilities. As a support her utility makes her a strong backline support with a lot of options to facilitate her team. Lets get into it!

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4>3>1>2

Always take the ult first, as it extends the duration of safety for your allies and yourself. Then max out your heal/poke ability. Following that, maxing the 1 gives your team a strong damage increase buff and shortens the cooldown on your 1. Lastly, all you gain from levelling the 2 is damage, so get a point into it and leave it there. This is mostly a tool for peel

Fire a projetile that deals Magical Damage to the first enemy hit. This projectile does not pass through walls.

Stats:

Damage Scaling: 100% Strength + 20% Intelligence

Gain Physical and Magical Protections for each friendly or enemy god nearby.

Stats:

• Physical Protections Gained: 4% per stack
• Magical Protections Gained: 4% per stack

Fire a kiss projectile at an allied god to link a Soul Mate, giving you both increased Movement Speed, and reduce Kiss's cooldown. If the Kiss hits an enemy god, they take Magical Damage, are Stunned, and your Soul Mate becomes Jealous, increasing their damage dealt. Your Soul Mate gains 50% of your Mana Regen and 10% or your protections.

Stats:

• Damage: 40/60/80/100/120
• Damage Scaling: 25% Intelligence
• Stun Duration: 0.8 seconds
• Jealousy Damage Increase: 5/7.5/10/12.5/15%
• Jealousy Buff Duration: 5 seconds
• Movement Speed: 5.2/6.4/7.6/8.8/10%
• Range: 8.8 meters
• Radius: 0.8 meters
• Cooldown: 14/13.5/13/12.5/12
• Cost: 50/55/60/65/70

Notes:

• If you have been linked to a Soul Mate for 5 seconds or more, switching to a new Soul Mate will cause both gods to become Jealous.
• Enemy gods in the path of a Kiss that will create a Soul Mate will take damage and be Stunned. The Kiss will lock onto an ally god if they were in the area at the time of fire and not already linked. Stunning an enemy this way will not provide a reduced cooldown on kiss.

Deal Magical Damage, Slow, and Push away enemies around you. If you have a Soul Mate, Deal Magical Damage, Slow, and Push away enemies around them as well. If an enemy is hit by both areas, they take reduced damage from the second area.

Stats:

• Damage: 80/140/200/260/320
• Damage Scaling: 85% Intelligence
• Soul Mate Damage: 80/140/200/260/320
• Soul Mate Damage Scaling: 70% Intelligence
• Reduced Damage: 20/35/50/65/80
• Reduced Damage Scaling: 21.25% Intelligence
• Slow: 25%
• Slow Duration: 2 seconds
• Cooldown: 12 seconds
• Cost: 70/75/80/85/90

Release a flock of doves in a line in front of you that deal Magical Damage repeatedly over time to enemies hit. On fire, Aphrodite and her Soul Mate start healing repeatedly over time, and have their active cooldowns decreased per tick.

Stats:

• Damage Per Tick: 15/25/35/45/55
• Damage Scaling Per Tick: 15% Intelligence
• Heal Per Tick: 10/15/20/25/30
• Self Healing Scaling Per Tick: 7.5% Intelligence
• Ally Healing Scaling Per Tick: 5% Intelligence
• Cooldown: 16 seconds
• Cost: 70/75/80/85/90

You and your Soul Mate become Damage Immune, CC Immune, and gain the Jealousy effect for a short duration. Reactivate this ability to leap to your Soul Mates location

Stats:

• Buff Duration: 0.8/1.1/1.4/1.7/2 seconds
• Cooldown: 100 seconds
• Cost: 50/55/60/65/70

Notes:

• This ability can be fired while under the effects of CC

Aphrodite is a really strong backline support. She doesnt excel super well at playing forward, but can look for some poke with her 1>3 combo or look for a set up with the 1 from range. Aphro can also use her to to start a fight by pushing an enemy into a bad position. Typically, you will want to take small poke trades with your soul mate close by. You will resustain the damage dealt, while they will not be able to and slowly you will begin to exert pressure. If you are feeling confident you can also bait a major CC, or engage with your ultimate and then counter punch. Aphrodite works best in support with teammates that want to get active and take small skirmishes on their own, but be careful, until you get some items, you will have mana problems.

Aphrodite is a really strong support in the right hands, but she is also very easy to kill when she gets locked down. All of her abilities are extremely potent and powerful, but have long cooldowns, so you have to be careful not to use your abilities uselessly. With careful consideration, some smart positioning, and clever team play, aphrodite can be a nightmare for your enemies. Get out there and give them some tough love.

If you would like to watch some support action, you can tune in to my twitch channel and let me know. GLHF