Talk:Pantheon/@comment-5259099-20130621133150/@comment-4952847-20130622191721

His ult is one of his biggest assets. His role is a bit similar to TF, as in he jumps into a teamfight midway and starts cleaning up; but he deals more damage in AoE compared to TF who take people down one by one.

He has better early game dominance than TF and is better equipped to shut down lanes. He can also jungle as a hyper ganker. Mainly Pantheon's advantages come in a strong early game, and good ratios that scale well into mid-late game.

Outside of laning phase, his assets are that he split pushes quite well, can instagib 1v1, and can turret dive easily. Compared to TF he is tankier and bursts enemies down faster, but of course he is melee so he is a lot more risky as well.

In ranked he's mainly picked as a counterpick, particularly to Kassadin mid or Gangplank top. He's also a passable substitute to TF if TF is banned or your team is high on AP and need an AD mid. Pantheon is usually picked as a swap laner AFAIK.