Hi everyone,

1) Does pantheon's spear shot get affected by sheen and trinity force? It would seem the mechanic of the actual skill would cause it to be affected by those 2 items, considering Spear Shot is very similar to the way Parley works.

2) Do pantheons still benefit from Manamune? The 2% to 1.5% increase in AD seriously isn't that big of a deal, but if getting sheen and trinity force, the mana is gonna be covered there so I would say its probably better off NOT getting manamune.

3) Heartseeker Strike is pretty **** awful now. Should I focus on leveling that last, and no longer itemize to strengthen it? Instead of AD, I would say powering Q with Trinity Force, and then focusing on defensive items like a balanced Guardian Angel + [Banshees Veil/Thornmail/Sunfire Cape/Force of Nature] would probably go along way in increasing Pantheon's Effective Health and keeping him alive longer.

What do you think about each of these points? I'm open for discussion - thanks

1) No.
2) I never made Manamune on him, myself, just MP5/lvl Glyphs+Seals are more than enough.
3) Yes, R > Q > W > E. Guardian Angel is always good later in the game. Don't make him into a tank, without his damage he's pretty ineffective.

Uh, why doesnt Spear Shot get affected by trinity force or sheen? It's the exact same mechanic as Parley

Edit: I assume it's because Spear Shot does not say it applies on-hit effects.

Because it specifically says Parley applies on hit effects (including critting). It does not for Pantheon.

Spear Shot doesn't apply on-hit effects. Really, the only mechanics it shares with Parley is that they're both Ranged attacks on Melee Champions that scale with AD. Spear Shot can't crit, etc.

I edited in my post saying I realized it doesnt apply on-hit effects. You guys probably missed it

I would suggest its still probably a decent item though, considering you can aegis of zeonia to jump on someone, auto attack for +150% base AD with trinity force, auto attack again normally, spear shot, auto attack for +150% base AD with trinity force.

Aegis -> Attack +150% -> Attack -> Spear Shot -> Attack +150% -> Attack -> HSS/Attack -> Aegis -> Attack 150%

You can solve his mana problems with runes easily, but if you don't have them get manamune. Level up Spear Shot every odd level, and level up HSS at 4 (for the auto-crit) and wait until all your other skills are maxed to put more points into it. Levelup Grand Skyfall at 6, 11, and 16.

For items I generally go meki pendant + two health potions to start. Get to level 6 and recall and buy tear and boots of speed and grand skyfall back. When you can go back to get manamune and boots of swiftness, the next items you want are BF Sword > Brutalizer > BF Sword > Infinity Edge > Ghostblade > Bloodthirster. if you need survivability you can get a negatron cloak or chain mail inbetween those, if not use the sixth slot for another brutalizer or BF Sword into Bloodthirster.

This I find works well. Also GA if you have to initiate. Pantheon can't survive an initiation in a teamfight so he needs GA for that.

PS Trinity Force is bad. Too expensive for the little it gives to him. You want to burst them down to <15% HP and use the Infinity Edge + HSS 100% crit for an instant kill. (Only tanks will survive that crit tri force or not)