Hades

Hades

Mage · Magical · Ranged · Greek
Builds and guide for SMITE® 2, patch OB47

Hades Solo build

Top players on Hades Solo: 58.4% win in 565 games, past month (SmiteBrain, Master+ ranked)
Recommended for Conquest, in buy order. For Joust, Assault or a specific enemy team, open it in the tool.
  1. STARTArchmage's Gem
  2. 1Chronos' Pendant
  3. 2Blood-Bound Book
  4. 3Spear of Desolation
  5. 4The World Stone
  6. 5Rod of Tahuti
  7. 6Freya's Tears
Relic: Blink Rune
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What top players buy

ItemIn buildsWin rate
The World Stone68%54.6%
Rod of Tahuti62%60.7%
Spear of Desolation52%55.5%
Blood-Bound Book28%54.8%
Bancroft's Talon27%63.0%
Chronos' Pendant21%58.3%

Best matchups

Bastet 78%Chronos 75%Neith 71%Chiron 70%Poseidon 70%

Hardest matchups

Cernunnos 41%Izanami 42%Agni 45%Ra 47%Ares 47%
Top-player items, win rates and matchups: SmiteBrain, Master+ ranked, past month.

How to play Hades

Hades is a ranged mage from the Greek pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Hades in the Solo lane.

In your kit, Death From Below (leap; slows blighted) is your way in and out of fights. Shroud of Darkness (cone silence; fears blighted) is your main crowd control. Devour Souls (area damage; blighted explode) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Pillar of Agony (area damage vortex), on a long cooldown (about 110s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Blight: attacks, abilities apply blight.

Community guides level Devour Souls, Death From Below and Shroud of Darkness first. Max Devour Souls first, then Death From Below, then Shroud of Darkness.

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. In the solo lane you will often fight one on one, so attack when their key ability is on cooldown.

Start with Archmage's Gem, then buy Chronos' Pendant. Your core is Blood-Bound Book and Spear of Desolation, and you finish with The World Stone, Rod of Tahuti 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.

Top players win most often against Bastet, Chronos and Neith, and struggle against Cernunnos, Izanami or Agni. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.

Skill order

Levels 1 to 5: Devour Souls, Death From Below, Shroud of Darkness, Devour Souls and Pillar of Agony. Max Devour Souls first, then Death From Below, then Shroud of Darkness, and put points in Pillar of Agony whenever you can.

Death From Below28111214
Shroud of Darkness315161819
Devour Souls146710
Pillar of Agony59131720
From a SmiteFire guide by lestimics, updated 2026-11-03.

Abilities

Ability numbers at max rank: SMITE® 2 by Hi-Rez Studios, patch OB47, via the SMITE 2 Wiki. Descriptions are our own wording.

Community guides

Recent SMITE 2 guides from SmiteFire, best rated first. Where top-player data is thin (off-roles, new gods), their builds also nudge the recommended build.
Mid guide by DongerErin rated 8.9/10 from 33 votes · updated 2026-07-05

Build 1

  1. STARTBlood-soaked Shroud
  2. 1Bancroft's Talon
  3. 2Sanguine Lash
  4. 3Shield of the Phoenix
  5. 4Stone of Binding
  6. 5Draconic Scale
  7. 6Helm of Radiance

Build 2

  1. STARTSundering Axe
  2. 1Chronos' Pendant
  3. 2Helm of Radiance
  4. 3Breastplate of Valor
  5. 4Void Stone
  6. 5Stone of Binding
  7. 6Mantle of Discord

Build 3

  1. 1Hide of the Nemean Lion
  2. 2Void Stone
  3. 3Sphere of Negation
  4. 4Magi's Cloak

Build 4

  1. 1Book of Thoth
  2. 2Spear of Desolation
  3. 3Bancroft's Talon
  4. 4Soul Gem
  5. 5Totem of Death
  6. 6Obsidian Shard

Build 5

  1. STARTArchmage's Gem
  2. 1Soul Gem
  3. 2Spear of Desolation
  4. 3Rod of Tahuti
  5. 4Obsidian Shard
  6. 5Divine Ruin
Relic: Blinking Abyss

Build 6

  1. STARTBlood-soaked Shroud
  2. 1Bancroft's Talon
  3. 2Soul Gem
  4. 3Gluttonous Grimoire
  5. 4Polynomicon
  6. 5Soul Reaver
  7. 6Obsidian Shard

Build 7

  1. 1Stone of Binding
  2. 2Staff of Myrddin
  3. 3Lifebinder
  4. 4Gem of Focus
  5. 5Gem of Isolation

Build 8

  1. STARTWar Banner
  2. 1Prophetic Cloak
  3. 2Chronos' Pendant
  4. 3Umbral Link
  5. 4Contagion
  6. 5Glorious Pridwen
  7. 6Stone of Binding

Build 9

  1. STARTHeroism
  2. 1Gauntlet of Thebes
  3. 2Shogun's Ofuda
  4. 3Leviathan's Hide
  5. 4Hide of the Nemean Lion
  6. 5Freya's Tears
  7. 6Void Stone

Build 10

  1. 1Gladiator's Shield
  2. 2Glorious Pridwen
  3. 3Mantle of Discord
  4. 4Stampede
  5. 5Spectral Armor
Solo guide by lestimics rated 8.1/10 from 37 votes · updated 2026-11-03
  1. STARTArchmage's Gem
  2. 1Shifter's Shield
  3. 2The World Stone
  4. 3Freya's Tears
  5. 4Rod of Tahuti
Relic: Blinking Abyss or Purification Beads
Guide by Ragna_smite rated 7.7/10 from 5 votes · updated 2026-10-26
  1. STARTArchmage's Gem
  2. 1Spear of Desolation
  3. 2Book of Thoth
  4. 3Bancroft's Talon
  5. 4Rod of Tahuti
  6. 5Obsidian Shard
Relic: Blinking Abyss or Purification Beads