Cerberus
Cerberus Support build
STARTHeroism
1Gauntlet of Thebes
2Stampede
3Genji's Guard
4Screeching Gargoyle
5Freya's Tears
6Draconic Scale
What top players buy
| Item | In builds | Win rate |
|---|---|---|
| Stampede | 70% | 54.9% |
| Gauntlet of Thebes | 61% | 55.5% |
| Freya's Tears | 58% | 59.3% |
| Genji's Guard | 35% | 58.8% |
| Screeching Gargoyle | 25% | 54.7% |
 Spirit Robe | 14% | 51.5% |
Best matchups
Cabrakan 
Achilles 
Morgan Le Fay 
Anhur 
Nemesis Hardest matchups
Amaterasu 
Chronos 
The Morrigan 
Geb 
Neith How to play Cerberus
Cerberus is a melee guardian from the Greek pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Cerberus in the Support role.
In your kit, Soul Expulsion (leap, kill souls to heal) is your way in and out of fights. Paralyzing Spit (stuns when charged) is your main crowd control. Ghastly Breath (channel cone slow) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Stygian Torment (area lift, then throw), on a long cooldown (about 105s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Spirit of Death: steals enemy healing.
Community guides level Ghastly Breath, Paralyzing Spit and Soul Expulsion first. Max Paralyzing Spit first, then Ghastly Breath, then Soul Expulsion.
Your job is to start fights and protect your team, not to get kills. Move in when your team is close enough to follow up, then stay near your hunter and protect them from anyone who jumps on them. Your build makes you very hard to kill, so you can stand in front and absorb damage. As support, stay with your duo lane partner early and use your crowd control to set up kills.
Start with Heroism, then buy Gauntlet of Thebes. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Stampede and Genji's Guard, and you finish with Screeching Gargoyle, Freya's Tears and Draconic Scale. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.
If you own Aspect of Souls, it reworks Ghastly Breath (channel cone slow), Soul Expulsion (leap, kill souls = longer breath) and Stygian Torment (area knockup). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.
Top players win most often against Cabrakan, Achilles and Morgan Le Fay, and struggle against Amaterasu, Chronos or The Morrigan. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.
Skill order
Levels 1 to 5: Ghastly Breath, Paralyzing Spit, Soul Expulsion, Paralyzing Spit and Stygian Torment. Max Paralyzing Spit first, then Ghastly Breath, then Soul Expulsion, and put points in Stygian Torment whenever you can.
| Paralyzing Spit | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Ghastly Breath | 1 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Soul Expulsion | 3 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Stygian Torment | 5 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 |
Abilities
- Passive Spirit of Death · Steals enemy healing
- Ability 1 Paralyzing Spit · Stuns when chargedAt max rank: 155 damage (20% Intelligence), range 8 m, radius 0.56 m. Cooldown 11s, 80 mana.
- Ability 2 Ghastly Breath · Channel cone slowAt max rank: slow 9%, range 5.6 m. Cooldown 14s, 80 mana.
- Ability 3 Soul Expulsion · Leap, kill souls to healAt max rank: 240 damage (60% Intelligence), range 8.8 m, radius 2.4 m. Cooldown 15s, 55 mana.
- Ultimate Stygian Torment · Area lift, then throwAt max rank: 480 damage (55% Intelligence), radius 4.8 m. Cooldown 105s, 80 mana.
Community guides
STARTBluestone Brooch- 1Stampede
- 2Gauntlet of Thebes
- 3Screeching Gargoyle
- 4Freya's Tears
- 5Draconic Scale
- STARTBluestone Brooch
1Shifter's Shield
2Breastplate of Valor- 3Genji's Guard
4Ethereal Staff- 5Draconic Scale
Cerberus Solo build
- STARTBluestone Brooch
- 1Breastplate of Valor
- 2Shifter's Shield
- 3Ethereal Staff
- 4Genji's Guard
5Gladiator's Shield- 6Freya's Tears
What top players buy
| Item | In builds | Win rate |
|---|---|---|
| Shifter's Shield | 42% | 56.5% |
| Genji's Guard | 40% | 51.6% |
| Freya's Tears | 40% | 53.2% |
| Breastplate of Valor | 39% | 43.7% |
 Contagion | 20% | 53.9% |
| Ethereal Staff | 19% | 42.6% |