Skill usage Edit

• Pantheon has the one of the highest base movement speeds in the game at 355, tied with Master Yi. Use this and his ranged harass from  Spear Shot to whittle your opponents down in lane optimally to take full advantage of his strong early game.
• Pantheon is a potent tower diver because of his passive,  Aegis Protection.
  • Since using  Aegis of Zeonia to stun an enemy also refreshes  Aegis Protection, he can easily and reliably avoid the first turret hits when diving. This also works well against physical abilities that apply on-hit effects such as  Parrrley,  Mystic Shot, and  Bladesurge, or turret attacks. This will not block physical abilities like  Volley or  Ace in the Hole.
• Note that  Aegis Protection will block physical attacks but not on-hit effects associated with them such as Blessing of the Lizard Elder.
• Learning  Spear Shot first allows Pantheon to get minion kills easily even against ranged opponents.
• Stacking attack damage items will allow Pantheon to use his  Spear Shot as a nuke with a short cooldown.
• Using  Spear Shot frequently in a battle along with attack speed items can help defensively by charging  Aegis Protection.
• Pantheon's  Spear Shot does not receive additional critical damage from the effects of runes, masteries, or Infinity Edge.
•  Certain Death can be very useful when in team fights since Pantheon can gain a lot of critical strikes.
• Using  Aegis of Zeonia quickly followed by  Heartseeker Strike can devastate your enemies.
• Using  Grand Skyfall to assist your allies across the map can quickly turn the tides of battle, putting your allies at an advantage.
• While in mid air from Pantheon's  Grand Skyfall you can select a target for  Aegis of Zeonia and when you land, you will jump at the target stunning from a larger distance (est. 1300) than the standard range (this may be a glitch).
•  Grand Skyfall makes him one of the best jungle gankers in the game, since he can ignore ward coverage.
•  Grand Skyfall can be combined with other AoE ultimates such as  Cannon Barrage and  Absolute Zero to keep the enemy in the AoE radius and deliver devastating damage.
• Due to Pantheon's dependancy of mana the entire game, putting a mid laner that does not use mana as a resource system ( Vladimir, Mordekaiser) will give you more chances to receive Crest of the Ancient Golem.
• Even though  Heartseeker Strike is an AoE ability, it is better to level  Spear Shot when jungling.
• Pantheon's standard combo is  Aegis of Zeonia, followed by  Heartseeker Strike, and finishing off with  Spear Shot. (Or possibly starting with the  Spear Shot, and then following the rest of the combo, when the combo ends  Spear Shot should be off cooldown again, allowing another shot.)
• Having Exhaust and Flash as summoner spells, along with  Heartseeker Strike as your first skill, make for an effective first blood combination when in a side lane with a partner. Those summoner spells also provide two good escape mechanisms.

Build usage Edit

• Getting a Manamune is a good alternative to a Chalice of Harmony for Pantheon since it solves his mana problems and gives him a decent amount of attack damage.
  • Grabbing a Tear of the Goddess as early as possible will ensure you can stack the mana quickly.
• Stacking attack damage items like B. F. Swords (and what they build into) means  Spear Shot and  Heartseeker Strike do considerable amounts of damage.
• Building an early The Brutalizer can solidify his early lane dominance and help you take your lane opponent out of the game.
• If you find your opponents are escaping you too often, or you're being focused down, a Frozen Mallet will give you some additional durability in fights, and ensure that fleeing opponents are slowed after using  Aegis of Zeonia to engage them.

Recommended builds Edit

Summoner's Rift recommended items
Starting		3
Essential
Offensive
Defensive
Consumables

The Proving Grounds recommended items
Starting				2
Essential
Offensive
Defensive
Consumables

The Crystal Scar recommended items
Starting			2
Essential
Offensive
Defensive
Consumables

The Twisted Treeline recommended items
Starting
Essential
Offensive
Defensive
Consumables

Countering Edit

• Investing in a Chain Vest or Cloth Armor early can help you mitigate his damage output.
• Buying health can help you to survive to one or two combos, but you're going to need health regeneration or life steal to sustain yourself in lane against him. After two combos early game, he can be without mana so he shouldn't be a threat.
• If you want to take down Pantheon's  Aegis Protection, wait for his jump so he can't recharge it easily.
• When laning against Pantheon, play defensively instead of aggressively. Pantheon may be squishy but his damage output is very high early game.
• Pantheon has no escapes. Baiting him to attack you and having an ally appear to help is likely to spell his doom without the use of summoner spells to escape you.
• Avoiding Pantheon's  Heartseeker Strike will help you defeat him. If someone has been stunned by  Aegis of Zeonia, it is unlikely they will be able to avoid  Heartseeker Strike - but that does not mean you should simply let it hit you.
• Be very careful of Pantheon's ganking capability. Pantheon's  Grand Skyfall allows for a quick and deadly gank.
  • Pantheon can also use  Grand Skyfall to backdoor your turrets.
  • Additionally,  Grand Skyfall can be used to escape when being ganked (or counter ganks) if you realize it beforehand.
• As Pantheon can cast  Aegis of Zeonia on you while dropping down in  Grand Skyfall and then have it land from outside its normal, using dashes and escapes to avoid  Grand Skyfall may have you stunned nonetheless. If you expect to survive his initial burst damage after being stunned, save your escapes for after that instead of getting away from  Grand Skyfall. Of course, avoiding the damage from  Grand Skyfall all together may be a larger concern - but consider the possibility.
• Try to avoid the center of Pantheon's  Grand Skyfall so you don't suffer the full damage of his ultimate.
• Avoid laning against him if your champion relies on being on low health to reap the full potential of the champion (such as Olaf and Tryndamere) as his  Certain Death will cause him to do a lot more damage to you at low heath.

Champion spotlight Edit