Amaterasu Guide

The Shining Light

Overview:
Amaterasu is SMITE's newest goddess and the first in the Japanese pantheon. She has a lot of utility and is very team based. She takes a second to get used to but when you do she can be a huge asset to your team. I recommend going max cooldown and being very tanky with her.
Amaterasu's Passive: Landing 3 basic attacks on the same enemy applies an aura that increases all damage that they take. Affect all enemies in the area.
Amaterasu's 1: is a stance change that gives a small heal. Valor grants bonus power/Benevolence grants bonus movement speed.
Amaterasu's 2: charges her mirror for 5s, reduces damage taken, after the 5s she launches her mirror doing up to double damage. Can be fired early.
Amaterasu's 3: a dash that pierces all minions, stops at the first god hit and silences gods hit.
Amaterasu's Ult: 3 consecutive strikes that do more as you move down the chain. 1st Damage, 2nd +10% damage and slow, 3rd +40% Damage, 1s Stun.


Abilities:
1. Illuminating Strike (Passive)

After landing 3 basics on the same enemy she applies an aura to them showing their weaknesses and causes them to take more damage from everywhere. Enemies within the aura are also affected. VERY Useful on Gold Fury, Fire Giant, and Titans. 

• Ability: Debuff 
• Weakening Aura: 10% Increased Damage Taken 
• Stack/Aura Duration: 5s 
• Radius: 30 
• Max Auras Possible: 3 

2.Divine Presence

Amaterasu heals herself every 1s for 4s and has an aura that buffs near by allies, every time this ability is activated Amaterasu changes stance. Valor Stance gives you bonus power and Benevolence Stance gives you bounce movement speed.

• Ability: Buff 
• Benevolence Aura: 5/10/15/20/25 % Movement Speed 
• Valor Aura: 15/20/25/30/35 Bonus Power 
• Heal Per Tick: 20/30/40/50/60 (5% of your Physical Power) 
• Radius: 30 
• Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 
• Cooldown: 9s

3.Heavenly Reflection

Amaterasu charges her mirror for 5s, during which she takes reduced damage. Activating this ability again at the end of the 5s will fire her mirror straight ahead. The mirror charges up from landing hits on enemies of getting hit and can deal up to 2x the normal damage when it's fully charged.

• Ability: Line 
• Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 
• Cooldown: 14s 
• Self Damage Mitigation:3/6/9/12/15 % 
• Mirror Damage: 50/100/150/200/250 (60% of your Physical Power) 
• Full Charge Damage:50/100/150/200/250 

4.Glorious Charge
Amaterasu silences all enemies in front of her as she dashes forward damaging all enemies in her path, piercing minions but stopping at the first god. This is an incredibly fast dash but can sometimes be hard to aim aggressively but it is a good escape.  If you use it as an escape make sure there are no enemy gods in the way.

• Ability: Dash 
• Dash Damage: 70/130/190/250/310 (60% of your Physical Power)
• Silence Duration: 1s
• Cost: 70/75/80/85/90
• Cooldown: 18s 

5.Dazzling Offensive
 Amaterasu strikes 3 times in a large cone area, the 2nd does 10% more base damage and slows enemies, the 3rd hit does 40% more damage and stuns enemies. You have to hit an enemy to progress through the chain. (Good to clean up or start a team fight) 

• Ability: Cone 
• Cost: 100
• Cooldown: 75s 
• First Strike Damage:75/125/175/225/275 (+50% of your Physical Power)
• Slow Duration: 2s 
• Stun Duration: 2s

How Do I Build Amaterasu?

  After the Season 3 Change I can't find 1 build that works consistently but this is the build that works the best so far.

  When I play Amaterasu, I focus on being a tanky, supportive, utility player which works well with her kit. AKA max cool down, lots of protections, with a little base power and pen so we can still do damage.

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  I start this build by buying Death's Toll, and using its passive and health to stay in lane longer and farm up. Then I move into Warrior's Tabi to get movement speed to get around faster and get some power. Next I build Breastplate of Valor so I get some much needed cooldown reduction and mana so I can be more effective and use my abilities more often and physical protection. Next I buy Hide of the Urchin because it gives you protection, health, mand and just makes you hard to kill. This is necessary because personally I think she is very squishy and this helps her survive longer and not get blown up every 4s. 

  Then I build into Bulwark of Hope to get more magical protections, health and an amazing passive that will give you a shield with health equal to 150 +15 per level. This activates when you take damage and are below 30% health but this can only occur once every 60s. This will save you so many time and the shield stays on you even if you heal to max hp. Then I build Frostbound Hammer to give me even more health,power and for its passive that slows enemy movement by 30% and their attack speed by 15% for 2s when they are hit by your basic attacks. Allowing Amaterasu to hit more basics, apply her passive and just hurt the other team more.

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  Finally I sell off Deaths Toll and replace it with Jotunn's Wrath to finally get max cooldowns, more power, penetration and mana. This is best way I have found to play her but this might not work for you since she is a very interesting god.  Feel free to mix up the build order depending on what you need change it to your playstyle or ignore it completely. This is just what works for me and can help you get started until you find what works for you.


What Do I Do As Amaterasu?/Tips

• If you are fighting minions use you 1 to switch to you Valor aura for more power, use your 2 and fight minions until it's charged up to clear as fast as possible
• To start a team fight use Benevolence aura to get there faster then switch to Valor when it starts so your team can hit harder. 
• If your team is focusing 1 person dash to silence them, charge your 2, and hit them with your basics to kill them as quick as possible
• Your Ult can be used at the start of a team fight to get the slow and stun to weaken the enemy team or at the end to finish them off.
• You have to hit an enemy to continue your ult chain it can be a minion, jungle creep, enemy god, etc. Just Hit Something to keep it going.
• Your dash is fast and can be hard to aim so keep that in mind 
• Your 1 is a heal and can be used over and over with cooldowns in emergencies but it does take a lot of mana.
• Use Your Stance Change this is one thing that I need to work on but it the bonus power/movement speed is so useful in every situation so make sure you're always taking advantage of it.

Summary:

  Amaterasu can a be fun god to play and very effective you just need to know the parts of her kit and take full advantage of all her effects. Building her tanky with max CDR works the best for me but she is a very unique god but is not easy to play.Main thing is to be in the right stance, hit you basics, charge your 2 all the way and hit something will every swing of your ult. If you find out any good tips for her leave me a comment.

Good Luck and Have Fun Guys Playing as Amaterasu The Shining Light.