Terminus

Terminus is rock, will teach you also how to be rock. You will crush all like pebbles, tiny turtle man, small horned demon, even the puny rocket dragon will fall before your rocky exterior. They are all but stones on the side of the stream waiting to be swept away by the mighty river. THE RIVER MADE OF ROCK NAMED TERMINUS!!!

Gameplay

To be a rock you must think like a rock. your main purpose is to be an unstoppable avalanche of death and destruction, your axe will help with that. Swing it as much as you can, you can swing it every 1.1 seconds for 650 damage, nothing to laugh at. You can also jump like the majestic rock you are, and then slam onto the ground for 500 damage slowing down your enemies in front of you by 60% for 2 seconds.

But these next two are your most important abilities of all, calamity blast, and power siphon. Power siphon causes big PURPLE VORTEX to appear in front of you, all shots from enemies will be taken in and turned into charges for calamity blast. You hold 1 charge at all times and can build up 4 more by using power siphon. Each blast does 250 damage, and with decimation that goes up to 350. Firing all 5 at once will deal a total of 1250, 1750 with decimation. If you slam onto a foe, then shoot all 5 blasts than finish with an axe swing you will deal 2,900 damage, this will instantly obliterate any non tank enemy in the game, your welcome.

Your last ability is very good, but can be deceiving. On first inspection the prospect of 2,600 damage seems nice but it can be easily escaped. For best use of this ability save it for important moments such as last minute point captures and payload pushes. Only revive yourself when your team is close by and needs you to stay alive for a bit longer.

Use these abilities to stay alive and quickly dispatch targets cleanly and effectively. Remember your power siphon has infinite SUCK POWER but can be disabled, you can be grabbed or hooked out of it, and it wont block incoming melee attacks. It can fully block evil enemy Terminus ults but it cannot block skye's ult if you are within its range. Your ultimate can be reversed by Androxus and Drogoz may take it as an opportunity to rush you down. So its best to save it when Drogoz has already ulted.

If you play correctly with Terminus you will be virtually un-killable, and with a supportive team you can even wipe out the opposing force completely. Use your abilities to insta-kill smaller targets and outlast larger foes with ease. Some good maps for Terminus include ice mines, brightmarsh, jaguar falls, and serpent beach. However he can be played to great success on any map in the game. Don't be afraid to leap out of the fray to decimate a small target in the backline, your abilities will be able to keep you alive provided you aren't under too much fire from different angles.

Terminus pairs very well with Inara, a fellow rock, who is very good at holding point while term flanks as well as keeping the enemy close making it easier for term to hit them with his axe. Terminus can use his power siphon to stop tanks like ash and rockus from getting value from their ults and can put his siphon in front of and on teammates to provide a temporary shelter.

Remember to stay strong, and even when bugs arise, as they tend to do with Terminus, and even when your team tells you he is trash, remember that you can do 2,900 damage in under a second for one of if not the highest burst damage in the entire game, seriously evil mojo what the heck. He is by far the most underrated champion in the game, oft ignored by the general populous, but he has some of the strongest abilities in the game and if you put the time in to learn him you will be greatly rewarded.

Cards

The first rule to being a rock is to be sturdy like a rock. Real rocks do not fall apart, and to do this you must heal. Here is an excellent set of cards made for keeping yourself together:

Talent: Decimation
More damage is very good. when becoming a rock, you must be able to destroy your foes quickly and efficiently, especially when the magistrate sends you into battle.

Devastation- level 4
This will ensure that while you are blasting your foes you will receive healing at the same time, more blasting equals more healing

Necromantic might- level 3
It is important to have much ammo for your calamity blast, this will make it easier to gain that ammo.

playing god- level 4
As you absorb your foes puny attacks you will also receive some healing at the same time.

it watches- level 2
To do more blasting you must do more absorbing and to do that you must have enough PURPLE , this will ensure while you cut your foes with your axe you will also get more PURPLE.

we can rebuild him- level 2
Life as a lone rock can be tough, so when you have allies who are capable of healing you this card makes you feel not as alone.


The second rule to being a rock is withstanding large amounts of pressure, to do this you must be very solid and hard to break. This will help you do just that:

Talent: Undying
As you begin to crack this talent makes you take less damage, it will give you more time to get healed or escape, very important.

Strength of stone- level 5
As you absorb you will gain more strength, if you can restrain yourself from firing you will find your body more stable and strong.

It watches- level 3
It is important to have PURPLE VORTEX in front of you as much as possible to ensure your foes cannot penetrate your defenses. This will allow you to gain PURPLE as you swing your axe.

It follows- level 3
It is well known that rock is the fastest substance known on this planet, therefore this card must be used to reach TERMinal velocity.

We can rebuild him- level 2
More healing from allies means more living for you, and more living for you means more destroying.

Playing god- level 2
Getting strength as you use PURPLE VORTEX will extend your life, this is a good thing for a rock that can live for thousands of years.

EDIT:
Recently, several changes have been made to Terminus. The most important one is that undying is now his best talent. Here is a new build with the new undying that I find to be particularly spicy.

Talent Undying: now buffed to 20% damage reduction at 50% health.

Strength of stone- 5
20% damage reduction from your charges on top of 20% damage reduction from being at 50% health is A TON of defense.

We can rebuild him- 4
Having 20% increased healing at 50% as well as 20% damage reduction is a very big boon for Term, this drastically cuts the effectiveness of cauterize on this tank.

It watches- 2
6% siphon charge back per axe swing may not sound like a lot but with the amount of damage reduction you get plus the fact that you are constantly swinging more than makes up for this, 6% is plenty

It follows- 3
As you will be holding on to your charges far more in this build, that 6% speed per charge makes a huge difference in getting closer with your axe.

Necromantic might-1
There are a few things you could put here but getting your charges just that little bit sooner can really help in a pinch.

Items to buy:

Nimble, always buy nimble, you are melee, you must close space, that is all.

Rejuvenate, with 20% healing at 50% health and the 18% from rejuv the effectiveness of cauterize is further mitigated.

Haven/ resil, the diminishing returns will be high with all this DR but who cares, its Term, its DR, its funny, and any amount at all helps. If your foe has a lot of CC, or Atlas, then resil is the way to go.

Caut/ resil, cauterize had been a staple of this game for most of its life, I dont really need to explain why you would want this. The reason I say you could put resil here is in case your enemy does not have a meta healer or if your flank is doing a good job of killing them.

[Blocker476]

Me will use guide to become strong rock

[rabishimo]

i am rock

[Mattman]

reminds me of Geb from Smite. "you are a rock"

[godratmand]

+

[Beaste15]

The amount of support I've gotten on this half joke half guide is astounding keep being great y'all

[William Anton]

You rock!

[boneknocker]

it heavy depend on your supporter and dps in your team duhh. if they not protect you from range attack from your side and real terminus is done for. this build is scary when people shoot at your shield but when they don't you are clearly a death meat.

[yoink]

Thanks man, you've taught me to be rock like the majestic turtle I smashed with my big stone axe

[Testing]

1/5 Needs more abomination.

In all seriousness, Try looking into the abomination card. Siphon spam is surprisingly fun.

[Pomni Gaming]

Rock