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Zeus

Popularity: #17

Leaderboard: #32

Ban Rank: #59

KDA Rank: #3

Strikes enemies near and far with lightning

None can hide from Zeus, whether he's calling down a bolt to reveal the surroundings, sending an arc coursing through his nearest enemies, or summoning a terrifying volley of lightning upon all enemies. Wherever his foes are, Zeus will find them.

Win Rate 51.3%
Pick Rate 14.0%
Attributes
Zeus Image

538 +46.2/lvl

339 +39.6/lvl

Strength Image

19 +2.1/lvl

Agility Image

11 +1.2/lvl

Intelligence Image

22 +3.3/lvl

Stats
Attack

Damage:

55 - 63 + 3.3/level (164.7 - 172.7 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

380

Attack

Armor:

3.8 + 0.2/level (12.0 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

315

Roles

Carry

Durable

Nuker

Pusher

Support

Escape

Disabler

Initiator

Facets

Livewire

Win Rate: 50.8%

Pick Rate: 46.5%

Static Field deals more damage to nearby enemies.


Static Field

Static Field deals more damage to nearby enemies.

CURRENT HEALTH AS DAMAGE: =0%

MAX DAMAGE: =4 =5 =6 =7%

MIN DAMAGE: 2%

MAX DAMAGE RANGE: 200

MIN DAMAGE RANGE: 1200

Divine Rampage

Win Rate: 51.7%

Pick Rate: 53.5%

When Thundergod's Wrath kills an enemy, it deals more damage to the other enemies.


Thundergod's Wrath

Damage is dealt to one enemy at a time, moving from lowest health hero to highest. If an enemy is killed by this ability, the damage for all subsequent enemies is increased.

DELAY BETWEEN BOLTS: 0.2

AMPLIFICATION PER KILL: 15%

Abilities

Innate Ability Image
Static Field

LEVELS WITH: Thundergod's Wrath

BREAKABLE: Yes


Zeus shocks any enemy that he attacks or is hit by his abilities, causing damage equal to a percentage of their current health.


CURRENT HEALTH AS DAMAGE: 2.5% / 3% / 3.5% / 4%


FACET: Livewire

Static Field deals more damage to nearby enemies.

CURRENT HEALTH AS DAMAGE: =0%

MAX DAMAGE: =4 =5 =6 =7%

MIN DAMAGE: 2%

MAX DAMAGE RANGE: 200

MIN DAMAGE RANGE: 1200


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LEVEL 25 TALENT: +1% Static Field Damage


Q

Arc Lightning

Hurls a bolt of lightning that leaps through nearby enemy units that deal damage.


BASE DAMAGE: 90 / 120 / 150 / 180

Cooldown

1.6

Mana Cost

75 / 80 / 85 / 90

Cast Range

800


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  • +60 Arc Lightning Damage

Arc Lightning is Zeus' favorite spell to use against puny mortals.
W

Lightning Bolt

Calls down a bolt of lightning to strike an enemy unit, causing damage and a mini-stun. When cast, Lightning Bolt briefly provides unobstructed vision and True Sight around the target in a 750 radius. Can be cast on the ground, affecting the closest enemy hero in 325 range.


SIGHT RADIUS: 750

SIGHT DURATION: 5

MINISTUN DURATION: 0.35

Cooldown

6

Mana Cost

120 / 125 / 130 / 135

Cast Range

700 / 750 / 800 / 850


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  • +0.5s Lightning Bolt Ministun

A shocking punishment for rebellious heathen.
E

Heavenly Jump

Zeus performs a Heavenly Jump, leaping forward and shocking the closest visible nearby enemy (prioritizing heroes), dealing damage as well as reducing their movement and attack speed. Zeus gets 900 unobstructed vision around him for 3 seconds.


DAMAGE: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100

DISTANCE: 500

RANGE: 700 / 800 / 900 / 1000

DURATION: 1.6

MOVE SPEED SLOW: 80%

ATTACK SPEED SLOW: 100

TARGETS: 1

Cooldown

26 / 22 / 18 / 14

Mana Cost

50 / 60 / 70 / 80


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  • +1 Heavenly Jump Target

R

Thundergod's Wrath

Strikes all enemy heroes with a bolt of lightning, dealing damage, no matter where they may be.

Thundergod's Wrath also provides True Sight around each hero struck. If an enemy hero is invisible, it takes no damage, but the True Sight is still created at that hero's location.


TRUE SIGHT RADIUS: 500

DAMAGE: 300 / 475 / 650

Cooldown

130

Mana Cost

250 / 375 / 500


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  • +75 Thundergod's Wrath Damage

The Lord of Heaven smites all who oppose him, near or far.

Lightning Hands

Zeus gains bonus attack speed and his attacks create Arc Lightnings that deal a percentage of its damage. Can be toggled off to stop this effect.


BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 30

ARC LIGHTNING DAMAGE: 50%


Nimbus

Creates a storm cloud anywhere on the map that automatically casts Lightning Bolt on nearby enemies.


DURATION: 30

LIGHTNING BOLT BASE COOLDOWN: 2.5

RADIUS: 450

HITS TO DESTROY: 8

CREEP HITS TO DESTROY: 16

Cooldown

45

Mana Cost

275


Where the thunder god's ire grows, storm clouds quickly gather.

Talents

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+1% Static Field Damage

325 AoE Lightning Bolt

+ 0.7 %

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+0.5s Lightning Bolt Ministun

+ 4.2 %

+60 Arc Lightning Damage

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+n/a Heavenly Jump Target

+75 Thundergod's Wrath Damage

+ 2.0 %

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+200 Health

+1.75 Mana Regen

+ 2.0 %

Win Rate

Pick Rate

Strategy

Lightning Bolt provides vision and reveals invisible heroes and wards.

Use Arc Lightning to secure creep last hits and damage the opponents at the same time.

Mana management and rune control are key for Zeus to be able to farm and fight effectively.

Look around the map to kill opponents on low health with Thundergod's Wrath.

Thundergod's Wrath reveals invisible heroes but doesn't damage them.

Thundergod's Wrath lightens the part of the map where opponents are smoked but doesn't damage them.

Don't show yourself at the start of the fight. Let opponents focus on your allies so you can get all of your spells off.

As you are moving around, constantly check for opponents wards with Lightning Bolt.

You can pop smoke for yourself here and there and cast spells from it in the fights.

Aghanims Scepter is a huge power spike against backliners and evasive heroes, such as Tinker.

Black King Bar on enemy heroes is problematic for your damage output. You need to kite those and prolong the fight.

It is fine to use your ultimate here and there in late game to scout for opponents.

Pick up Aghanims Shard around the 15 minute mark to significantly increase your damage output and farm speed without expending your mana.

Counter Strategy

Agree on who builds magic resistance items such as Pipe of Insight against Zeus - all players should have items with some magic resistance

Place wards in unusual spots because of Zeus

Keep your HP above Thundergod's Wrath damage of 300

Control Power Runes to prevent Zeus from getting arcane or regeneration runes

Smoke of Deceit can be useful to dodge Thundergod's Wrath or to wrap around Zeus to catch him off-guard

Lore

Lord of Heaven, father of gods, Zeus treats all the Heroes as if they are his rambunctious, rebellious children. After being caught unnumbered times in the midst of trysts with countless mortal women, his divine wife finally gave him an ultimatum: 'If you love mortals so much, go and become one. If you can prove yourself faithful, then return to me as my immortal husband. Otherwise, go and die among your creatures.' Zeus found her logic (and her magic) irrefutable, and agreed to her plan. He has been on his best behavior ever since, being somewhat fonder of immortality than he is of mortals. But to prove himself worthy of his eternal spouse, he must continue to pursue victory on the field of battle.

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