Athena

• Passive rewards precise trading with bonus sustain.
• Ultimate deals guaranteed damage that scales off missing HP.
• Strong split-push and pick threat in the mid-game.

• Passive · Awakening of the True God — Deals bonus damage to non-hero units. On death she continues moving in spirit form, granting move speed to allies heading her way and vision, then can revive on the spot with a burst that deals physical damage and launches enemies in the area.
• 1 · Sacred March — Charges forward shield-first, dealing magic damage and knocking enemies back, gaining a shield with crowd-control immunity for 1 second.
• 2 · Piercing Lance — Leaps in a direction and empowers her next basic attack into a lance thrust for physical damage; landing three lance thrusts on the same hero within 6 seconds pierces them for bonus damage scaling with missing HP. Landing her 1 or 3 cuts this skill's cooldown.
• Ultimate · Reverent Shield — Raises her shield for a large damage-absorbing barrier with crowd-control immunity, then after up to 1.5 seconds counterattacks for magic damage in an area; each enemy hero hit while shielding raises the counter's damage and speeds up the cast.

Build 1: Pursuit Edge → Boots of Haste → Grandmaster's Might → Shadow Battleaxe → Endless Blade → Famed Blade · Siming

Tip: Athena's combo chains repeated empowered attacks for high damage, and Grandmaster's Might amplifies that burst even further.

Build 2: Pursuit Edge → Boots of Haste → Grandmaster's Might → Shadow Battleaxe → Endless Blade → Champion's Warplate

Tip: Her ultimate's shield already absorbs a huge amount of damage, so Champion's Warplate lets her dominate the enemy backline once she's engaged.

Inscriptions: Mutation, Hawkeye, Hunt

Tip: Mutation and Hawkeye's physical attack and penetration maximize her early damage and farming speed; Hunt's attack speed and move speed help her combo flow more smoothly.

Best with: Dharma, Ukyo Tachibana Counters: Dharma, Lan Ling Wang Countered by: Sun Bin, Guan Yu