Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles,
murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses,
hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls,
great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion,
feasts for the dogs and birds,
and the will of Zeus was moving toward its end.
- The Illiad
This Achilles build is meant to seek out fights in the jungle early game (at least after the second item) as much as possible, build up a lead, and go on to stomp/carry the game (even split push if you need to). For abilities, level the 3, then the 1, then the 2, then your ult. Be sure also to use your Aspect for this build as it drastically boosts your jungle clear. For items, since we are going auto-atk [ITEM:(1944)Bumba's Spear] is best for the atk-speed. Your first item should be [ITEM:(6931)Riptalon], as it is insanely strong right out the gate. Second item is [ITEM:(2061)Avenging Blade] for going after your enemy jungler early game and building that lead. Third item is [ITEM:(3669)Lernaean Bow] because you can always hit its active effect off of your stun, and its stats are great. Fourth item we go into some defense while still building for atk-speed with [ITEM:(1927)Berserker's Shield]. Fifth, [ITEM:(152)Brawler's Beat Stick]. Sixth, I like [ITEM:(1898)Shifter's Shield] for our build. Building like this, you will do crazy damage and have great survivability. You will likely be able to win 1v2 and 1v3 even late game, especially if in the jungle. Lastly, your relic is the feather. It adds even more movement ability and cc escape to Achilles kit.
If you want to switch out Avenging Blade for something else late-game (you do not need to, and you will still likely get value from it especially if you are split pushing and running into fights in the jungle, around fire giant, etc.), I would recommend [ITEM:(168)Hydra's Lament] or [ITEM:(5289)Tyrfing], maybe even [ITEM:(224)Golden Blade]. Hydra's is the usual for Achilles because you can proc it multiple times off of his 3. Golden blade will provide good damage (because we have a decent amount of prots), atk speed, and health like Avenging Blade. Tyrfing will provide more at-speed and yellow number dmg.
Now go forth, and rage with Achilles!
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