Teach us how to play Amaterasu in SMITE 2!

I really like amaterasu because it's an excellent option for playing solo, I think its kit is incredible and very complete, with immunity, crowd control and excellent self sustain. Let's move on to her abilities:

Passive - Illuminating Strike: When you attack an enemy three times with your auto-attack, it will mark them and they will receive more damage (including from your allies), and it also affects those close to them

Skill 1 - Divine Presence: You will heal yourself over 4 seconds, alternating between one of the following two effects:

Gold buff: You receive a life and movement speed bonus.

Red buff: Gives a bonus to attack speed, strength and intelligence.

Skill 2 - Heavenly Reflection: The amaterasu will charge your mirror and reduce all damage received while charging, and can be reconjured to fire a projectile forward.

Skill 3 - Glorious Charge: Causes silence in those in front of you, moving forward afterwards (Beware, you will stop at the first god).

Ultimate - Dazzling Offensive: You will become invulnerable and attack 3 times forward.

Leveling: I like to max out 1 first, then 2 and then 3 (Obviously the ultimate whenever possible).

Gameplay: Amaterasu grows a lot in the mid/late game, but I believe your lane is quite efficient, you don't have to be afraid to play, but don't abuse it haha.

Tips:

Your gold buff is very effective in sustaining exchanges, remember that.

Your mirror is very good at times when you're going to receive a burst, and can totally turn a fight around.

My quick guide for Ama
this one was unfortunate timing since Ama is removed from the game atm so I couldn't get any in game footage

Amaterasu is a great Solo in smite 2. They bring a great crowd control, a crowd control immune ultimate, solid burst damage and great self sustain.

Amaterasu had some reworks done in this new Smite, primarily around her ability 1 which gives movement speed, strength and intelligence but also has a 6 second additional effect.

Her ultimates, final strike now does a full AoE swing around her.

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Passive - Illuminating Strike

Basic attack an enemy 3 times to illuminate their weaknesses, causing them and other nearby enemies to take more damage from all sources.

Ability 1 - Divine Presence

Heal yourself over 4 seconds and alternate between the Gold and Red Buff effects.

The Gold Buff provides a health shield for 6 seconds on activation and a persistent movement speed buff.

The Red buff provides attack speed buff for 6 seconds on activation and a persistent strength and intelligence buff.

Ability 2 - Heavenly Reflection

Charge your Mirror and decrease all damage you take while charging.

Reactivate the ability to fire a projectile that deals Physical Damage to enemies increased by the mirror charge amount. Deal and take damage to charge the Mirror. Base Damage is doubled when mirror is fully charged

Ability 3 - Glorious Charge

Silence enemies in front of you for 1 second, then dash forward and deal Physical Damage. Pierces through and damages minions but stops on first god hit

Ultimate - Dazzling Offensive

Become CC Immune and then attack 3 times to deal Physical Damage to enemies in front of you each time. Attacks deal more damage and have bonus effects on each subsequent successful hit. 2nd hit deals 1.2x damage and Slows by 30% for 2 seconds. 3rd hit deals 1.4x damage and Stuns for 1.5s (AOE Around you if you hit the first 2 hits).

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First start by increasing 1 level in each skill. At level 4, start increasing the Divine Presence to the maximum level. The second skill to be maximized is Heavenly Reflection and lastly Glorious Charge. Don't forget to level up your ultimate whenever possible.

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This for me is the best Amaterasu build currently. With this build, Amaterasu becomes extremely tanky and still manages to return a large amount of damage throughout the game, making life very difficult for the opponent and managing to create advantages over the opponent.

This build is more for fun, I tried it when I had to play Amaterasu mid and I found it very interesting. I recommend trying it out, but not ranked.

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Always try to farm as much as possible during the Early game but never overdo it. She grows a lot during the game, with the right items. In the Mid/Late game it is very strong. Always try to use auras and your ultimate in the best way possible.

I HATE THAT SHE WAS DISABLED TWO DAYS AGO WHEN I WENT TO RECORD AH. I waited last minute to see if she was re-enabled but alas, I have to make do with just the stock footage. Lame, but here it is!

AMATERASU

Amaterasu is a hunter best for mid lane.

Abilities

• Passive (Illuminating Strike) : basic attacks illuminate enemies, causing them to take more damage from all sources

• Skill 1 (Solar Flare) : Amaterasu fire's a solar projectile that damages and slows enemies

• Skill 2 (Sunstrike) : Amaterasu leaps forward, dealing damage to enemies in it's path

• Skill 3 (Solar Beam) : Amaterasu fire's a beam that damages all enemies in it's path

• Ultimate (Celestial Wrath) : Amaterasu calls down a powerful beam of light that damages and stuns enemies

Strategy

• In Early Game focus clearing minions wave's, poking enemies with skill 1 force them out of position, and leveling up to unlock Ultimate skill

• In Mid and Late Game Position yourself in the backline during team fights to maximize your damage, Save your Ultimate skill for high priority target, and focus build your item that enhance your damage and survivality