Apollinator [FULLY ANOTATED]

Author's notes

Apollo is probably my best character and these are the best items on him! I've tried basically every build including gun Apollo and Melee and i've found that going hard into your 3 is the best way to win!

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 8 items · L > R ||| Sell Cold Front or Healbane if slot locked

   1. 1

      Mystic Burst

      Makes your 1 and 3 do more damage in the lane, classic first buy

   2. 2

      Extra Spirit

      Gotta have that Spirit Power!

   3. 3

      Mystic Expansion

      Unironically one of your best items, your 3 is able to go so much further with it that even if you're slot locked DO NOT SELL THIS, if you sell this you will throw

   4. 4

2. 2The Good Early Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Extra Regen

      Probably the best early healing item right now, more massive and consistent than Healing Rite

   2. 2

      Healing Rite

      If extra regen isn't your cup of tea this is still a great item

   3. 3

      Trophy Collector

      I really want to have this on the main build, and about half the time I do buy it, the issue is that you're already going to be fighting for slots that this buy has it's risks

3. 3Core

   Author's category · 8 items · L > R |||

   1. 1

      Spirit Lifesteal

      Spirit damage character gets lifesteal from spirit, easy buy that builds into Infuser later

   2. 2

      Stamina Mastery

      Built from Extra Stamina

      Same as Extra Stamina, being able to maximize mobility is massive on Apollo

   3. 3

      Torment Pulse

      You're close in so you're going to want to be doing that extra damage, plus it has added benefit with Mystic Vunerability and Escalating later

4. 4Defendersoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Resilience

      Spirit Res we like this

   2. 2

      Bullet Resilience

      Bullet res we like this too I guess but we like Spirit res more

   3. 3

      Dispel Magic

      For the evil characters who hurt you

5. 5Mega Late

   Author's category · 5 items · ||| Healbane -> Spirit Burn

   1. 1

      Infuser

      Built from Spirit Lifesteal

      So much value with heals as well as spirit power, since it's a green item too you get good green invest (since you're able to hit max spirit invest)

   2. 2

      Transcendent Cooldown

      Built from Superior Cooldown

      Max spirit invest, brings down your cooldowns for your actives as well as most future items bought

   3. 3

6. 6Slotlock Upgradesoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

   1. 1

      Greater Expansion

      Built from Mystic Expansion

      Having the extra range is always nice, although not super needed, your 3 already has the added range so buying this is more of a last resort kind of deal

   2. 2

      Arctic Blast

      Built from Cold Front

      Good damage, good if you're stuck on slots, otherwise don't bother (there are better items)

7. 7Good Green Utiloptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Healing Booster

      Built from Extra Regen

      Good extra heals, mainly i'd say only buy this if you got extra regen in lane

   2. 2

      Counterspell

      I don't fancy this one all that much, especially since you have riposte, but it has it's benefits if you use this on other characters and have good timing

   3. 3

      Warp Stone

8. 8Late Defenderoptional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Unstoppable

      Good for making sure you don't get destroyed when you're deep fighting the enemy, also midboss steal

   2. 2

      Witchmail

      Gets you your cooldowns back plus spirit res

   3. 3

      Indomitable

      The Indomitable item, unstop but different (having one is always good)

9. 9Ad hocoptional

   Author's category · 6 items

   1. 1

      Silence Wave

      Good item to start a fight with, especially ones with tricky abilities, although you don't kill fast enough for it to be incredible

   2. 2

      Knockdown

      For the Sevens and Vindictas of the world

   3. 3

      Superior Duration

      Probably a good buy later in the game, makes your Infuser, Spirit Burn, & Escalating better, although if you're that late that you're buying this you're in a crazy game

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Disengaging SigilDisengaging Sigil	Disengaging Sigil: Ability unlocked, step 1								Disengaging Sigil: 1 AP upgrade, step 91	Disengaging Sigil: 2 AP upgrade, step 102	Disengaging Sigil: 5 AP upgrade, step 11