Charon

How to play Charon

Charon is a ranged mage from the Greek pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Charon in the Support role.

In your kit, Swift Voyage (charge forward root) is your main crowd control. Spectral Surge (line damage) and Damnation (area damage and shield) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Summon Styx (long range damage), on a long cooldown (about 110s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Ferryman of Souls: collect buffs.

Community guides level Spectral Surge, Swift Voyage and Damnation first. Max Spectral Surge first, then Damnation, then Swift Voyage.

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. As support, stay with your duo lane partner early and use your crowd control to set up kills.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy Gauntlet of Thebes. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Prophetic Cloak and Stampede, and you finish with Shifter's Shield, Genji's Guard and Freya's Tears. 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 the Tollkeeper, it reworks Spectral Surge (line damage) and Damnation (area damage and shield). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Mordred, Ares and Janus, and struggle against Bastet, Hun Batz or Aladdin. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.