Erebus's bite is NOT overpowered, put erebus and UB in a fight on crucible against rooks tower spam and QoTs absorb spam and see what happens

Agreed, and why the hell would you suggest rook vs UB when rook is probably UB's easiest match-up?

Early game Erebus can't push towers so just hang back at your towers (except on Prison, which is a different game from the rest).  If you aren't feeding him then all he is getting are more ranks of bite, not a bunch of gear on top of that.

Mid-game you want to still play defensively, but several other demigods start to be able to stand up to him and depending on your team makeup and theirs you may want to swap lanes to put someone strong against him mid-game in his lane to try and catch up on some lost war rank.

Late game is all about teamming up and roaming the map with your allies.  Assuming things are relatively even because you didn't give up any kills early or mid-game, then Erebus isn't a very good team player.  The short cooldown on Bite makes it good in 1v1 but in 2v2 or 3v3 it just doesn't have the sustained damage output that the other demigods have nor does it have the burst that other demigods have nor does it have the AoE that other demigods have.

Basically, just avoid dying to him early and mid-game and once you start pack hunting you'll likely be able to take him down because he doesn't team well.  Of course, if you feed him early-game because you see him low on health so you push in and then he bites you to flip things around... the end-game turns out much different.

I'm looking at this from a "worst case" scenario of a team full of Erubi.  If it's a mixed team then you should be able to take one lane and fight over any leftover flags in which case they aren't out-warranking you early-game.

In this "worst case" the Erubi are pushing all your flags and you are hanging back at your towers mostly defending.  They will get some early war rank on you, yes, but the idea is that you don't give up kills early game so you can make it to mid-game with a equal amounts of gold (maybe a little shy due to them controlling a gold flag depending on the map).  Once in mid-game you should be able to start pushing back on Erebus in different ways depending on your demigod of choice.

Rook: Tower push him.
Torch: Harass with fireball (don't let him get bites off on you, just fireball and retreat).
Regulus: Harass with mines.
Unclean: Harass with venom.
Oak: Mid-game you should actually be able to push him toe-to-toe.  If you get low shield.  Alternatively, harass with penitance.
Queen: Same as oak, you should be able to take him head on mid-game, just play defensively, he should burn mana faster than you.
Sedna: Same, take him head on and play defensively (conserve mana for heals).

You may notice a pattern here. Harass him with ranged attacks.  Erubus' strength lies in his bite (melee attack).  If you just keep harassing him with ranged damage eventually he'll have to fall back.  If he does take up bat swarming in on you then rest assured he is burning through mana like no other (mid-game) and he can't sustain it.  Just keep running to your towers when he does this and when he turns hit him in the back with ranged.

The problem with Erebus late game is that he is really good at getting away.  However, when you are fighting group vs group, one of them getting away means they left their teammates alone against you.  So let him get away and run back to his crystal, you can stick around and kill his teammates (or chase them all off in the case of multiple Erubi).

Remember, bite is strong, but it's also a melee ability.  He does have a bit of a speed advantage but on any map but Prison that shouldn't matter too much because you only need to make it to your towers.

u can beat erebus i have many times  it is all about  keeping ur cool and out smarting him

Erebus used to be the worst demigod when we beta'd the first couple weeks pre-release... absolutely the worst. Not even worth playing.

Im glad people at least think he's OP after his buff. At least he is being played now. Though, I never personally feel I'm outmatched by him. The only DG i have consistent trouble taking down myself is rook. And thats because Im playing sedna.

Anyway, bite is so buggy it doesn't even work most of the time. So technically he may be OP but also glitched. Probably balances it out for now until (after the networking code is fixed) there are DG balancing patches.

I dont understand how one calls something OP anyway. None of the demigods are good unless there's a good player behind them. For example, my roommate can seriously clean house with regulus, so when I lose to him I cry about regulus being OP. So he switched to Erebus, and still consistently smashes face. I suppose I could cry to nerf erebus too. Or I could just assume my roommate is a good player....

...And nerf him.

...in his sleep. MWA HA HAAAA.

a fox playing sedena, go figure!!!

I have out-lasted Erebus without mana potions in premade matches. I rarely use mana potions at all. If they want to burn mana, gold and cool downs playing aggressive, I'll just back off. If it becomes an issue, I tell a teammate to lend me a hand and push him back. Then I farm and get items before he does. You treat mana potions like they're free.

However, I will acknowledge that the availability of mana potions to both players does eliminate the factor of maximum mana, and CAN make mana cost relevent, ASSUMING that both players use mana potions. THAT is an imbalance, but that isn't an issue with Erebus, and it can't simply be concluded based off of comparing only TWO skills between demigods. I think it could easily be solved if they simply made mana potions % based, rather than number based though, if you wanted any solution. As for mana regen items, Erebus is asking to get spanked without tank items to even compare in melee vs. the likes of UB/Rook/Oak. His bite doesn't scale as well as other 'nuke' skills. And again, proper team work can easily mitigate the small damage. Bite is one of his few options to live in melee. He can only have so many mana potions assuming he doesnt have 100,000 gold worth of mana regen to bite every cool down indefinitely. Even if he doesn't die, he has probably lost a level/gold by not being around to farm.

I still haven't seen an Erebus out micro-manage me and out-farm me simply and solely because of his 'bite.' There is such a giant threshold for differences in skill.

I am not the one to say if Lord Erebus IS OP or what ever. But he does seem to be stronger then i think is fair.

Heres a replay http://www.multianna.com/temp/demi/impossible-erebus.zip

I find it crazy that one DG can run around your base without any worries for towers and other DG's

There were at this one point we where fighting him, me as rook with about 8 towers + hitting him and my ally who were Queen of Thorns who shielded me, still he forced us both to retreat even tho we were about the same level.

The game were lost, due to one DG, i cant stop to wonder why one DG has to be this strong compared to the rest.

There is a build i hear about in so many games, cant say i know for myself yet as i havent really played with him, But if you build him in a certain way he is almost unstopplable. Something about if he does the minion way he wont be anything to worry about.

i find it laughable how much dmg i do regulus  when it is late game i was doing like  700 per shot and crits like 3000  i was laughing as i kepted killing them so easy

lol  that cat looks like it is having a staring contest

Erebus gets health from biting a queen's shield and an immune oak.

I understood it completely. You whined about getting owned, then came to this forum butthurt because there is obviously no way that you, the best demigod player in the world, can lose without it being an imbalance in the game. Haha.

I don't need to prove anything to you, and I could care less how good you think I am. You're in this thread trying to make biased claims of imbalance. It's not my responsibility to walk you through this game.

Then go play some more pantheon matches and wait until another player rapes with a different demigod.

lololollollollolo god you're stupid.