Fenrir SMITE 2 Guide

Overview

Fenrir is built around a rune counter that changes what his abilities do when full: his damage ability nearly doubles and his dash gains a stun. This gives him a genuine pre-gank setup step — a Fenrir who arrives without runes is far less threatening than one who spent ten seconds building them. His ultimate picks up an enemy god and carries them, which is one of the most decisive single-target tools in the game because it does not merely damage a target, it removes them from their team's protection.

Power spike

Levels 5 to 10 are his window. He is strongest before enemy carries can afford defensive items and should be converting that window into objectives.

Skill ceiling

High. Rune management layered on standard jungle pathing gives Fenrir genuine mechanical and decision depth.

Strengths and weaknesses

Every god guide here lists the weaknesses as prominently as the strengths, because the weaknesses are what tell you which games this pick will not rescue — and that is usually the more actionable half.

What Fenrir is genuinely good at

• Extremely strong early game — one of the most threatening level 3 to level 8 junglers.
• His ultimate physically removes a target from their team, which no amount of peel fully answers.
• The rune system gives a skilled player a meaningful damage ceiling above an unskilled one.
• His full-rune dash stun is a reliable interrupt for channelled abilities.

Where Fenrir falls short

• Falls off noticeably in the late game as enemy protections outscale his burst.
• Rune management means his burst is unavailable if he engages without preparation.
• His ultimate makes him extremely vulnerable — misjudged, it carries the target into their team rather than away from it.
• Countered hard by knockback and by any guardian who can interrupt the carry.

Build and reasoning

Because Fenrir's power is front-loaded, his build should prioritise items that come online quickly over items that scale. Cooldown reduction carries extra value because faster ability rotations generate runes faster, which compounds into more full-rune ganks per minute.

Core build path

These are item roles rather than fixed product names, because specific items are rebalanced every patch and the reasoning behind a slot is not. Match each role to whatever currently fills it best.

1. 1 Jungle starter
2. 2 Cooldown and penetration item
3. 3 Anti-heal physical item
4. 4 Power and sustain item
5. 5 Flat penetration
6. 6 Late-game penetration

Situational purchases

Crowd-control reduction

You are being interrupted mid-ultimate, which is the standard answer to Fenrir.

Defensive hybrid

The game has gone long and you need to survive the fight rather than open it.

Percentage-health damage

The enemy has stacked health and your flat burst is no longer sufficient.

For the reasoning behind these stats — why penetration outperforms power against a built target, why anti-heal has to be bought before it feels necessary — see the item and stat reference and build fundamentals.

Counters and synergies

What beats Fenrir

Knockback guardians

Displacement interrupts the carry and strands Fenrir in the middle of the enemy team.

Late-scaling comps

They simply outlast his power window if he does not convert it into objectives.

Anti-dive supports

He has to reach the target, and a support who denies that reach denies his whole kit.

What Fenrir works with

Follow-up burst

He delivers an isolated target; someone has to finish it before their team arrives.

Objective-focused teams

His early power is only worth something if the team converts it into map control.

Practical tips

1. Check your rune count before committing to a gank. A full-rune combo is close to double the damage of an empty one.
2. Carry the target toward your team, not away from theirs. The direction of the ultimate decides whether it is a kill or a suicide.
3. Use the full-rune dash stun as an interrupt against channelled abilities — it is a defensive tool as much as an offensive one.
4. Trade your early advantage for objectives, not just kills. Fenrir's lead expires; a tower does not.

Frequently asked questions