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Zeus is pretty hard to last hit with too. He is attack animation is 0.633 seconds long, which is really slow in dota. His Arc Lightning is specifically designed as a last hitting tool since his animation is so bad.

Get a Magic Stick or wand and make sure your whole team. Zeus spams his abilities, so being nearby means you get charges. Always carries Town Portal Scroll. This is good advice, but it is great advice vs. Zeus. Often he'll use his Thundergod's Wrath as soon as it is off cooldown if there has been a fight and people on your team are low, so when low Town Portal back to the fountain, heal up before he ults, and top off after and get back into the action right away.

I do enjoy a bit of Zeus in a team fight line up, always play him mid and pretty active from levels 6 or 7 and usually go: 3 Tangos > Bottle > Arcane Boots > Force Staff > disassemble Arcane > Soul Booster > Bloodstone > Veil of Discord > Aghanim's Scepter> Refresher Orb.

I have generally had pretty good success at my level with this build, though if I'm having a bad game I might go Soul Ring > Drum of Endurance > Boots of Travel and try to hold the fort / lanes for as long as I can.

I've noticed that Bloodstone often gets trashed on Reddit and is despised for its high gold cost, but I really think it's fantastic for Zeus as it makes him tankier (lasts longer in team fights dishing out AOE) and the mana regen is obviously extremely helpful on Zeus.

Zeus. Dota 2 by Espenartman

Zeus has one role: offensive spellcaster. His spell damage output is probably the highest of any hero in the game, due to the great damage and low cooldown periods of his spells.  Arc Lightning strikes a large number of enemies with a relatively low damage chain lightning, but due to its low cost and cooldown it can be cast a large number of times during a battle. Lightning Bolt is easy to understand: lots of damage! Compared to a lot of other offensive spells, Lightning Bolt's damage, cooldown, and mana cost are very good, and it is Zeus' primary means for dealing with enemy heroes. Although Zeus has a passive skill, it is in fact another way to blast his enemies with even more spell damage. Every time Zeus casts a spell,  Static Field shocks nearby enemy heroes for a small percentage of their life. This means Zeus will continue to deal good damage throughout the game as enemy heroes get higher and higher life. Perhaps  Zeus ' most feared ability is Thundergod's Wrath. When cast, this spell causes a Lightning Bolt to strike all enemy heroes on the battlefield. This spell is especially useful for finishing off nearly dead heroes who are fleeing from battle, but it is also useful to give Zeus and his allies an edge in team fights.