Anubis

How to play Anubis

Anubis is a ranged mage from the Egyptian pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Anubis in the Mid lane.

In your kit, Mummify (single target stun) is your main crowd control. Plague of Locusts (channeled damage cone) and Grasping Hands (area damage slow) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Death Gaze (channeled damage beam), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is The Scales: near-death strength.

Community guides level Plague of Locusts, Grasping Hands and Mummify first. Max Grasping Hands first, then Plague of Locusts, then Mummify.

Most of your damage comes from abilities, so fight from behind your front line and never be the closest god to the enemy. Look for the moment your crowd control can land, then follow up with the rest of your damage. You have no dash, so your positioning is your escape. In the mid lane, clear the wave quickly, then help the side lanes or the jungle.

Start with Archmage's Gem, then buy Spear of Desolation. Top players buy it in the first two or three slots. Your core is Blood-Bound Book and Soul Gem, and you finish with Rod of Tahuti, Obsidian Shard and Dreamer's Idol. A good relic is Aegis of Acceleration. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

Top players win most often against Bellona, Xing Tian and Hel, and struggle against Nut, Cernunnos or Fenrir. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.