Overview
UPDATE (5/27/16):This Guide will no longer be updated due to College Life, and the constantly changing meta, but skill order, playstyle and other basic stuff should be the same, and items should be the same, maybe a little different due to the CDR changes. This guide will help you know your ways through on how Aphrodite works and carry games with most powerful force in the universe. The power of LOVE.
Introduction
Aphrodite is one of my first mains in the game and she is also my first goddess that I mastered to Diamond. Aphrodite is considered one of the best solo laners in the game, due to her ability to farm safely and outsustaining her opponents. Aphrodite is picked for her amazing utility that she brings to her team and the ability to scale well into lategame. Even though I never shared the power of Aphrodite before SMITE was added to Steam, I decided that all the new players should learn the power of love.
Stats
Title: Goddess of Beauty
Pantheon: Greek
Type: Ranged, Magical
Class: Mage
Pros: High Sustain
Release date: March 13, 2013
Favor: 5,500 Favor
Gems: 200
Details
Health: 355 (+68)
Mana: 240 (+43)
Speed: 355 (+0)
Range: 55 (+0)
Attack/Sec: 0.87 (+0.95%)
Basic Attack
Damage: 32 + 1.45 (+ 20% of Magical Power)
Progression: None
Protection
Physical: 9 (+2.7)
Magical: 30 (+0)
Regen
HP5: 6 (+0.45)
MP5: 4.8 (+0.41)
Abilities
Loving Embrace: 
- Ability Type: Buff
Kiss
- Movement Speed: 4/8/12/16/20%
- Stun Duration: 1s
- Jealousy Damage Increase: 4/8/12/16/20%
- Jealousy Duration: 5s
- Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
- Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana
- Ability Type: Projectile
Notes:
- If an ally (that isn’t Aphrodite’s soul mate) and enemy targets are close to each other inside the ability’s AoE, it will prioritize and hit the ally god, otherwise it’ll hit the enemy.
Back Off!
- Damage: 80/140/200/260/320 (+60% of your magical power)
- Slow: 25%
- Cooldown: 12 seconds
- Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana
- Radius: 20
- Ability Type: Point Blank
Love Birds
- Damage per Tick: 15/25/35/45/55 (+15% of your magical power)
- Heal per Tick: 10/17/24/31/38 (+15% of your magical power)
- Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
- Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana
- Ability Type: Line
Notes:
- Deals a total of 90/150/210/270/330 (+90% of your magical power) damage.
- Heals for a total of 60/102/144/186/228 (+90% of your magical power).
Undying Love
- Invulnerability Duration: .8/1.1/1.4/1.7/2s
- Cooldown: 90/85/80/75/70 seconds
- Cost: 100 mana
- Ability Type: Buff
source: [link]
Abilities – Tips
Note: More advanced tips will be added in the future.
Loving Embrace:
Tips
- Aphrodite technically doesn’t really have a passive since the mana regen boost isn’t that big enough to make a difference. This is probably what is keeping her balanced because of how much utility she brings in one kit.
Kiss
Tips
- MAX THIS ABILITY LAST
- Bread and butter combo: Kiss -> Love Birds -> Back Off -> Basic Attacks
- Always have a soulmate, its basically free bonus movement speed.
- Fair warning, this skill prioritizes allies over enemies, so be careful if you are trying to stun an enemy god.
Back Off!
Tips
- MAX THIS ABILITY SECOND
- If you are playing conquest, avoid putting a second point in this skills at level 8 so you can get 2 points into your ultimate instead.
- If an enemy god is near your tower, stun him with your kiss then go behind the enemy god and knock him backwards into your tower.
- If you are bonded with a soul mate, don’t be afraid to use Back Off to damage enemies around your soulmate, it will deal a chunk of damage due to it’s high base damage and above average scaling.
Love Birds
Tips
- MAX THIS ABILITY FIRST
- The birds will ALWAYS heal you, even if it doesn’t hit anything.
- Pointing the birds at your allies does not heal them, you can only heal soul mates.
- This ability is very difficult to hit an enemy god without using Kiss due to it being telegraphed.
- Some enemy gods underestimate the birds.Do not underestimate the birds, they hurt… A LOT, use that to your advantage and they will be raging on why they died to a bunch of birds.
- Once you have enough mana or mana regen in the laning phase, you will always win trades unless you are going against another god with built – in sustain.
Undying Love
Tips
- LIKE MOST ULTIMATES, ALWAYS PUT A POINT IN IT
- This is a get out of jail free card, use it wisely.
- Timing is the key to mastering Undying Love as using it too early or late will get you and your friend killed.
- Best time to use this ability is when your soul mate is on the verge of death and is targeted by an enemy Ultimate. If timed correctly, you will basically deny the enemy a kill and many praises from your soulmate.
- In the laning phase, if you have 40% or less HP, try baiting your opponent to tower dive you so u can turn the tide on them.
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Pros and Cons
- Best single target sustain in the game
- Safe Laning Phase
- One of the best wave-clearing abilities on the game.
- Snowballs really hard
- Strong area of effect damage
- Amazing 1v1 – 1v5 potential
- Has one of the strongest ultimates in the game
- Brings in 2 forms of strong crowd control: a single target stun and a knockback
- Strong teamfight utility
- Scales well throughout the entire game
- She is 90% naked
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- Possibly one of the worst early game gods in the game
- Snowball reliant
- Countered by anti-heal
- Squishy
- No true escape
- Relies on positioning
- Only 2 damaging abilities
- Relies heaviliy on mana
- She is not nude
This mostly applies to Conquest, but can be applied to other maps too.
Aphrodite’s Fashion Tips ( Items )
These are items I’d recommend to buy on Aphrodite
Note: More Items will be added later on in the future. These are just the core/main items that Aphro uses.
CONSUMABLES
These are one-time use items that can help Aphrodite in the early game –> late game.
This consumable heals 250 health over 25 seconds.
This consumable heals 150 mana over 25 seconds.
This is a ward that allows you to see normal enemy movements with 45 units. It does respect line of sight and can’t see through walls or stealth. It remains for 3 minutes or until killed.
- WARDS WIN GAMES
- ALWAYS BUY AND USE THEM
This is a ward that allows you to see enemy movements and other wards within 60 units. It does respect line of sight and can’t see through walls or stealth. It remains for 3 minutes or until killed. Can only carry one at a time.
- WARDS WIN GAMES
- ALWAYS BUY AND USE THEM
This consumable increases your magical power by 50 for 5 minutes or until you are killed.
- This item is usually bought late game when you are full built and have nothing else to buy.
This consumable increases your magic and physical power by 25% for 5 minutes or until you are killed.
- This item is usually bought late game when you are full built and have nothing else to buy.
ACTIVE ITEMS
These are basically summoner spells from League of Legends, except you buy them in-game. These items are incredibly helpful in certain situations, especially the PURIFICATION BEADS.
GREATER PURIFICATION BEADS – 900 gold
Using this item removes crowd control effects and makes you immune to new ones for 3s. This also reduces all god cooldowns by 3 seconds.
Cooldown: 90 seconds
- Even though Aphrodite has a built-in Purification Beads in her kit, it is super helpful when you need to reduce 3 seconds to get Love Birds and when your ultimate is down.
- This Item is way too good that it’s a MUST BUY on EVERY GOD.
- MAKE IT A HABIT TO BUY IT EVERY GAME ON EVERY GOD, THIS ITEM IS ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST ACTIVE ITEM IN THE GAME.
Using this item buffs all allies Movement Speed by 40% in a 70 unit radius for 5s and makes them immune to slows. Their healing is also increased by 25% for the duration.
Cooldown: 90 seconds
- Grants Aphrodite a mini-escape and can counter anti-healing for a brief moment.
UTILITY ITEMS
These items provide Cooldown reduction which is a core stat on Aphrodite or a utility passive.
+30 Magical Power
+15% Cooldown Reduction
+18% Movement Speed
Recommended Build: Mage/Utility-Tank
+75 Magical Power
+25 MP5
+25% Cooldown Reduction
Recommended Build: Mage
+300 Mana
+75 Physical Protection
+25% Cooldown Reduction
Recommended Build: Utility-Tank
+40 Physical Protection
+40 Magical Protection
+15% Cooldown Reduction
Passive Effect: You gain an additional 15% Damage Mitigation for 3s whenever you are hit with a hard Crowd Control Effect. This can only occur once every 10 seconds.
Recommended Build: Situational
+70 Magical Power
+15% Magical Lifesteal
+10% Cooldown Reduction
Passive Effect: +20 Magical Power and 10% Magical Lifesteal to all allies within 70 units.
Recommended Build: Situational
+60 Magical Power
+30 Physical Protection
+20 MP5
Passive Effect: Any god affected by your heals gains +20 Physical Protection and +20 Magical Protection for 5 seconds. Cannot activate on the same target again for 10s.
Recommended Build: Utility-Tank/Situational
+75 Magical Power
+200 Health
+10% Movement Speed
Passive Effect: The healing and health regeneration of allies within 70 units is increased by 15%.
Recommended Build: Utility-Tank
DAMAGE ITEMS
These items provide a lot of magical power to boost Aphrodite’s damage and healing.
+40 Magical Power
+250 Mana
+10 Magical Penetration
+18% Movement Speed
Recommended Build: Mage/Utility-Tank
+125 Magical Power
+15 MP5
Passive Effect: Increases Magical Power by 25%.
Recommended Build: Mage/Utility-Tank
+100 Magical Power
+12% Magical Lifesteal
Passive Effect: You gain 1 additional Magical Power per 1% of your missing Health.
Recommended Build: Mage
+125 Mana
+15 MP5
+100 Magical Power
Passive Effect: You permanently gain 10 mana per stack, and receive 5 stacks for a god kill and 1 stack for a minion kill (max 75 stacks). Additionally, 3% of your mana is converted to magical power.
Recommended Build: Mage
+50 Magical Power
+300 Health
+400 Mana
Passive Effect: You permanently gain +3 Health and +.6 Magical Power per stack, and receive 5 stacks for a god kill and 1 stack per minion kill. (max. 100 stacks)
Recommended Build:Utility-Tank
+40 Magical Power
+15 Magical Penetration
Enemies hit by your damaging abilities have their magical protection reduced by 10 and an additional 10% for 5 seconds (maximum 2 stacks).
Recommended Build: Mage
Gameplay
Note: This will be expanded into more detail in the future.
BUILD PATHS
The Mage build focuses on taking advantage of Aphrodite’s huge magic scaling and allowing her to go toe to toe with almost any god/goddess in the game. This build’s disadvantage is that Aphro is basically a glass cannon, and can die super easily if not played properly. This is build is more suited for advanced Aphrodite Players..
In this Order
- Book of Thoth
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- The Book of Thoth fixes Aphrodites mana issue and helps her clear the wave early game.
Shoes of Focus
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- Early game cooldown reduction and movement speed.
Chronos Pendant
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- Chronos Pendant helps Aphrodite reach maximum cooldown reduction, plus alleviating Aphros mana problem for good.
Bancrofts Talon
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- This item has so much synergy with Aphro as it lets her heal back to full hp much faster the lower the health she has.
Rod of Tahuti
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- Huge damage and healing boost.
Spear of the Magus
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- Allows Aphro to do more damage with her birds to enemy gods.
The Utility-tank build focuses on being more support-oriented by constantly healing your allies while being much more difficult to kill, making the enemy work much more harder to take you out. This build’s disadvantage is that you will not do much damage to the enemy, meaning that you won’t win duels in a 1v1. Since this is a support-oriented build, this helps new players on how to play Aphrodite and getting to know her mechanics. This build also works when your team is lacking any tankiness. .
In this Order
- Warlocks Sash
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- Warlocks Sash provides everything she needs to survive early game.
Shoes of Focus
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- Early game cooldown reduction and movement speed.
Breastplate of Valor
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- Provides armor, mana and cooldown reduction.
Lotus Crown
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- This allows you and your soulmates to be tankier when you use Love Birds.
Rod of Ascelpius
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- This improves Aphro’s healing while also providing her bonus movement speed and health.
Rod of Tahuti
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- Huge damage and healing boost.
- Spirit Robe
- Great defensive item with a strong passive and 15% cooldown reduction.
Pythagorems Piece
- This allows Aphro to gain so much healing from her birds if she hits something with it and is one of the best items for her in Assault.
Maps Overview
Aphrodite’s strength is usually different between maps due to different strategies and playstyle.
CONQUEST
- Strength Level: 3.75/5
Aphrodite starts getting stronger as soon as she gets past one of her biggest weaknesses, her non-existant early game. If Aphro manages to survive past 10 minutes, she will be able to clear the wave and start snowballing. Once Aphrodite starts snowballing, she enters her strongest phase: Mid-Game. Aphrodite’s mid-game is where she starts shining, by then she would have completed 3 – 4 items depending on her farm and she should be a couple levels ahead of everyone in the game.
PROS
- Strong utility all game
- Best map to snowball
- Safe pick if you know how to play Aphro
CONS
- Worst early game ever
- Can have an even worse early game if enemies invade your jungle and steal your blue
- If the enemy notices you, expect lots of anit-healing items
- Becomes a free kill if you have been shut-down
ARENA
- Strength Level: 3/5
Even though Aphro is strong in teamfights, she is gold reliant, and the gold share means that she is on equal playing level with everyone. If Aphro requires to get ahead of everyone, she needs to get early game kills, which is one of Aphros biggest weaknesses. Aphrodites strengths are still viable in Arena though due to her healing and ability to save lives.
PROS
- Strong utility all game
- Aphrodite’s early game is safer in Arena
- Gets to mid-game a lot faster
CONS
- Must work harder to snowball
- Lots of Anti-heals
SEIGE
- Strength Level: 4/5
Seige is basically a simpler version and smaller version of conquest but with her early game being a little bit better than in Conquest. Due to the fast pace design of Seige,Aphrodite can get her items much quicker than conquest, while still being able to snowball. All of her strengths and weaknesses from Conquest are still the same in Seige.
PROS
- Strong utility all game
- Aphrodite’s early game is safer in Siege
- Head start into mid-game
- Lots of tight spaces for Love Birds, making it easier to hit
- Can counter-push easily
CONS
- Smaller map = constantly being near Pestilence anti-heal effect
- Higher chance of meeting Ah-Puch, one of Aphro’s biggest counters.
ASSAULT
- Strength Level: 3.75/5
Assault is a All Random All Mid type gamemode, and Aphrodite is one of the most wanted gods in Assault due to being a healer class, which only one team can bring. What Aphro brings to her team compared to the other healers is that she can save a teammates life every 40 – 90 seconds. Aphrodite is outclassed by other healers in Assault because Aphro is a single-target healer, but to compesate she also has the biggest heal in the game.
PROS
- Strong utility all game
- Aphrodite jumps straight into mid-game
- Can heal a low health god back to nearly full hp
- Less likely to have the enemy buy Weakening Curse due to Meditation
CONS
- 1 in 60+ chance of getting Aphro
- Her late game isn’t that great in Assault compared to other maps for some reason
JOUST
- Strength Level: 3.5/5
In Joust, Aphro is forced to share xp and gold with her other 2 teammates, which denies Aphro’s ability to snowball in the game. Joust is also one of the slower paced modes in the game, prolonging Aphro from getting her items. Her strengths here is basically more on her ability to force the enemy gods to recall back, allowing her team to push the lane and get a gold/xp/level advantage.
PROS
- Strong utility all game
- Aphrodite’s Ultimate becomes beyond godlike on this map
CONS
- Still has a horrilble early game
- Tiny map = always being near Pestilence anti-heal effect and Weakening Curse
MOTD
- Strength Level: Unvariable
MOTD = Have Fun
Conquest Guide
To be Developed
Arena Guide
To be Developed
Matchups
To be Developed