Dec 3, 2010 02:11 GMT  ·  By

This is an Intelligence hero that belongs to the Sentinel and is one of the most powerful heroes in early game. If you think that this is one of the most easiest heroes in the game, you'll see that surviving and dominating until late game with Zeus takes lots of skill.

Have you ever wondered what's the deal with Zeus and where does he come from? Here's a little story that will answer your questions once and for all: "once a deity of unfathomable might, Zeus reluctantly sacrificed his much relished immortality in exchange for the chance to crush the sinister armies of the unholy undead.

As his soul crossed into the mortal plane, his omnipotent powers withered greatly, yet not nearly enough to quell this destructive Thunder God's resolve for justice.

With sheer precision, he cleanses through the enemy ranks with an impressive mastery of electrical discharge, smiting the fool hardy with formidable bolts of lightning from the heavens above. Ever vigilant in his relentless assault, the Scourge cowers in fear of incurring the fearsome wrath of the Lord of Olympia."

When you say Zeus you think spells and you're right! With three active skills and one passive, Zeus has the thunders and lightning necessary to bring down even the most ferocious opponents.

- Arc Lightning (shortkey C): This will hurls a bolt of arcing energy that laces through many nearby enemy units. Its damage slowly increases with level: 85/100/115/130. The damage of Arc Lightning will not reduced with each bounce and also will become available for casting immediately after cooldown.

- Lightning Bolt (shortkey G): Using this will summons a bolt of lightning from the heavens to strike a target enemy that deals 100/175/275/350 damage. A thing that not many of you know is that with every strike you'll get true sight for 900 range around the targeted unit.

- Static Field (shortkey F): This spell can be very useful against high HP units. Whenever Zeus will cast a spell, he will shock enemy heroes within 900 AoE a 5%/7%/9%/11% of their current HP. The damage from Static Field will be dealt before the damage from the used spell.

- Thundergod's Wrath (shortkey W): This is Zeus's famous ultimatum that that be a real drag. Use it and it will strike down all enemy heroes with a bolt of lightning no matter their position of the map. It deals 210/335/460 damage (335/460/570 with Scepter). This will also give true sight on 900 range around the target hero.

If you take Zeus then you know you're gone rule, specially in early and middle game. It's powerful spells will prevent any hero from getting close and will force them to have regular trips to the fountain.

Having some many spells Zeus will need a lot of mana some even from the beginning you must plan a strategy that has mana replenishing items (Arcana Boots). Boots are necessary because it's standard speed is 290. Middle and late game items should include Aghanim Scepter (a must) and Refresher Orb.

If guys have some other item combination that can be devastating, don't hesitate to let everyone know in a comment.

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