Zeus

Zeus is a formidable and dangerous intelligence Hero. The God of Lightning and Thunder, Zeus uses the power of electricity to overwhelm his enemies, electrocuting them to dust. Although his overall attributes are one of the weakest and lowest and are considered below average, he is a mighty ganker and is capable of unleashing one of the most damaging combos against his enemies with strong spells, casting them multiple times rapidly or heavily damage them with a nuke. Zeus is one of the few spell-casters who is still an effective damage-dealer late game thanks to his scaling passive ability.

Zeus' abilities deal a large amount of burst damage without any complexity to them, making him a good Hero for beginners to practice ganking. He is recommended for new to intermediate players.

Tips

 * Always use Lightning Bolt before Arc Lightning so you may not lose your opponent in the fog.


 * Always watch your positioning as Lightning Bolt has a hell of a long range, Thundergod's Wrath has infinite range, and Arc Lightning has pretty long range too, so there is almost no reason to be up close and personal in battle unless you are chasing down heroes.


 * When trying to kill low hp heroes (low, but not low enough for Ultimate only) in hard to navigate areas use Thundergod's Wrath to gain vision of your enemy so you can Lightning Bolt them to death.

Note that these tips where take form this awesome guide written by the famous player Merlini himself.

Trivia

 * As suggested by the game's files, Zeus's name was, at one time, Zuus. The reason why is unknown.
 * Zeus's alternate/fun name in Dota Allstars was "Merlini", name of a professional Dota player.