Arena of Valor Arthur Guide: Skill Combos and Bruiser Build

To play Arthur successfully in Arena of Valor, treat him as an aggressive Slayer Lane bruiser rather than a passive tank. His primary combat loop relies on closing gaps with a silence, applying continuous hybrid damage, and building a mix of durability and cooldown reduction so he can repeatedly dive the enemy backline.

Arthur Skill Mechanics and Synergy

Arthur's kit provides innate durability alongside mixed physical and magic damage, making him difficult to counter with a single defensive stat early in the match.

• Paragon (Passive): Arthur gains free bonus armor that scales without gold investment. This baseline defense allows you to prioritize offensive utility and cooldown reduction in your early item purchases.
• Righteous Charge (Skill 1): Increases movement speed and turns Arthur's next normal attack into a lunging leap that silences the target and marks them. Arthur's subsequent hits against a marked target deal additional magic damage based on the enemy's maximum health.
• Holy Guard (Skill 2): Summons six orbiting blades that deal continuous magic damage to nearby enemies. This skill rapidly triggers the percentage-health mark applied by Righteous Charge.
• Deep Impact (Ultimate): Arthur leaps at an enemy hero, knocking them into the air and leaving a consecrated area on the ground that continues to deal physical damage.

Trade and All-In Combos

Arthur wins trades by interrupting enemy abilities before the opponent can retaliate. Disengage immediately once your primary cooldowns expire.

Short Trade Sequence (Hit-and-Run)

1. Activate Holy Guard (Skill 2) right before stepping into engagement range so the blades deal damage the moment you connect.
2. Cast Righteous Charge (Skill 1) to sprint forward and lunge onto the enemy hero.
3. Land the empowered basic attack to silence the target and apply the mark.
4. Walk alongside the target while landing standard attacks to keep them inside Holy Guard's radius while silenced.
5. Retreat into your minion wave as the silence ends and the blades expire, waiting for your cooldowns to refresh.

All-In Execution Sequence

When committing to a kill in lane or catching an isolated target, chain your crowd control to prevent the target from escaping or activating defensive spells:

1. Activate Righteous Charge (Skill 1) to gain closing speed.
2. Trigger Holy Guard (Skill 2) just before landing the leap.
3. Land the empowered basic attack to silence and mark the enemy.
4. Cast Deep Impact (Ultimate) immediately while the silence is still active to knock the enemy airborne inside the blade radius.
5. Continue with basic attacks across the consecrated ground.
6. Cast Execute to finish the target once their health falls into threshold range.

Recommended Bruiser Item Build and Talents

Arthur benefits most from items providing cooldown reduction, health, physical penetration, and defensive passives. A full tank build eliminates his solo kill threat, while a bruiser build allows him to eliminate squishy carries independently.

Item Purchase Order

1. Boots of Speed / Gilded Greaves: Reduces incoming crowd control duration so Arthur cannot be easily kited.
2. Mantle of Ra: Accelerates minion wave clear and adds magic burn aura damage that stacks with Holy Guard.
3. Spear of Longinus: Provides attack damage, cooldown reduction, and armor shred that stacks quickly through multi-hit abilities.
4. Frost Cape: Adds armor, health, and a basic-attack slow effect after ability casts, preventing targets from walking out of Holy Guard.
5. Gaia's Standard: Grants magic defense, movement speed, and passive percentage-based healing when hit by magic damage.
6. Blade of Eternity: Offers extra armor and a late-game revival mechanic, allowing Arthur to absorb initial enemy cooldowns during dives.

Talent Selection

• Execute: The default choice for the Slayer Lane. It secures kills at the end of the all-in combo and eliminates reliance on extended auto-attack duels.
• Flicker: An alternative against high-mobility, long-range team compositions where Arthur requires sudden engage distance to land Deep Impact.

Map Rotation and Teamfight Strategy

Use Arthur's fast wave clearance and mobility to create advantages outside of the solo lane:

• Wave Clear and River Control: Holy Guard clears minion waves quickly. Shove the wave to the enemy tower, then rotate into the river using Righteous Charge's speed buff to secure the Vision Spirit or harass the enemy jungle.
• Objective Support: If the opposing laner plays defensively under their turret, rotate toward Mid Lane for a gank or help your team secure the early Dark Slayer or Abyssal Dragon.
• Secondary Initiation: Do not absorb all initial crowd control as the primary tank. Wait for an ally to initiate or for the opposing team to expend key control spells, then flank toward the enemy backline.
• Carry Lockdown: Use Righteous Charge and Deep Impact directly on the opposing mage or marksman. The silence-into-knockup chain prevents them from activating defensive tools like Flicker or Arctic Orb, taking them out of the fight while your team follows up.