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Pantheon
Patch 16.2.1
SupportDifficulty
Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Dominate the early lane to get priority. Use to snowball your ADC or Mid laner. Force objectives early and end before the enemy carries buy enough armor to ignore you.
Playstyle
Early-game bully and global playmaker. You win by crushing your lane and using your ultimate to create man-advantages across the map before enemies can scale.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Point-and-click CC with makes gank setup and picks guaranteed
- + allows you to dive towers or soak massive ultimates for free
- +Global map pressure with lets you influence side lanes instantly
- +Incredible burst damage early on with empowered rotations
Weaknesses
- -Strictly falls off late game; your damage becomes negligible against armor
- -Extremely long cooldown on leaves you vulnerable once used
- -Telegraphed engage—if the enemy sees you coming, range is easily respected
- -Highly dependent on stack management for effective trading
Abilities
Stacks to 5 through attacks or abilities. Your next basic skill is empowered. Always fight with 4 or 5 stacks ready. Never waste an empowered cast on a minion.
Tap for a short thrust, hold to throw. Tapping has a 50% lower cooldown and is your primary DPS. The empowered version deals massive damage and slows. Use it to execute targets below 20% HP.
A dash that stuns. Empowered makes you strike 3 times instantly. This is your best way to quickly restack to 3 in a fight.
Blocks all incoming damage from the direction you face for 1.5s. This includes tower shots. You are NOT immune to CC, only damage. Recast early for a shield bash finisher.
Leap into the air and land at a distant location. It passively grants you Armor Penetration. Don't aim directly at them—aim behind them to cut off their escape route.
Teamfight Role
Assassin Initiator or Peeler
In most fights, look to dive the backline with and stun a carry with . Use to survive their initial burst. If your carry is fed, stand on top of them and stun anyone who gets close.
If you are behind, do not engage. Stay back and use exclusively to peel for your strongest teammate.
Combos
The Fast Stack Burst
(5 stacks) → → Auto → →
Your bread and butter. Empowered W lands 3 hits, one auto gets you to 4 stacks, and your Q becomes empowered almost immediately. Use E to walk away safely.
Standard Short Trade
(4 stacks) → → (Tap) → Walk away
Used when you don't want to commit. W procs the 5th stack, the empowered Q hits hard, and you disengage before they can react.
Global Pick
→ → (empowered)
Drop behind an overextended enemy. As soon as you land, lock them down with W. Use the empowered Q to finish them as they try to run.
The Flash Lockdown
Flash → → (empowered) →
Buffer before you Flash to make the stun nearly instant. Essential for catching out priority carries in late-game teamfights.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | tap poke is oppressive. Most melee champs can't contest you for the wave. |
| Level 2 | With and , you have a point-and-click stun and guaranteed burst. High kill pressure. |
| Level 3 | Full kit unlocked. You can now use to take zero damage during trades or tower dives. |
| Level 6 | unlocks. You gain passive armor pen and the ability to influence the entire map. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 increases your armor pen significantly and lowers your roam cooldown. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Always tap in melee range; the cooldown is half of the thrown version.
- • blocks damage from the direction of the CASTER, not the projectile. Face Karthus to block his ult.
- •You can use on minions or jungle monsters to hop over small walls or escape ganks.
- • gives you 10/20/30% Armor Pen passively. You don't always need to build Last Whisper items.
- •Recast early if the enemy walks behind you; the shield bash damage is worth more than blocking nothing.
- •Buffer your before using Flash. Pantheon will instantly dash to the target the moment you get in range.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Holding until you are very low HP→You get bursted before it activates. Use it to block the enemy's main combo, not as a last resort.
- ✕Using empowered on unnecessarily→You lose your primary damage source. Only empower E if you absolutely need the extra duration to survive.
- ✕Throwing when you could have tapped it→You lose your DPS and the ability to trade again for several seconds.
- ✕Aiming directly on top of a moving enemy→The delay is long; they will simply walk out of the circle before you land.
- ✕Focusing the tank in late-game teamfights→Your damage falls off against high HP targets. You must target squishies or you're useless.
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