u/LetterheadOnly7523

I've been playing Pantheon these past few days, and in PvP I started dominating, with some ups and downs, though it eventually became consistent.

So I moved on to ranked, specifically GM. Here, the situation is completely random (The teammates are rubbish, in Legendary Ranked the experience is much better due to the level of the teammates.) I'm experiencing several issues with the champion, even though he's a lot of fun.

He has a monstrous early game, no one doubts that, but he's punished severely for it in every other aspect.

Pantheon is arguably the champion who best punishes injustices or situations that favor him in the entire game, but in teamfights, even situations, or when gold is equal, he's literally destroyed without a chance to react. If the enemy isn't positioned terribly and has no way to escape Pantheon's stun, he can practically do nothing else. Pantheon can have 4k more gold, but it's irrelevant, because even if he kills one enemy, he'll automatically be killed normally.

Obviously, the more I play, the more I understand that he can't finish teamfights, but lately I've been getting terrible teammates who can't even be saved with an advantage. I practically see things like Orianna not using her ultimate for 20 minutes while the enemy lane has 16 kills, or Urgot starting Baron Nashor with the jungler and Vel'Koz still alive. It drives me crazy. I have to carry, I have to think about carrying, especially since I'm jungle, but... the champion simply can't do much, even with a lot of gold. The longer it goes on, the worse it gets, and the less isolated the enemies are.

I don't know if there are any tips I could use, but I think the best thing would be to switch to Viego. The way they both play is just unfair. Hecarim too.

This criticism arises because Pantheon is a CARRY character, therefore, he has to pull others along. Rammus, for example, can infinitely support his team, while Pantheon, on the other hand, seeks to stand on his own, but this is impossible if his kit consists of very specific situations.

I got Evanecsia E1, but I don't have that many jades right now.

Should I go for Eva's Cone or save up for Yao Guang? I'm assuming the latter, but until then, how do I replace her?

I have Tribbie as a "helper" (I don't own her) and I have an E2 Cyrene. Theoretically, she was meant for my E2 Phainon, but he usually manages quite well with improvised teams, so my Cyrene ended up being the DPS or sub-DPS of the second team, since, well, I don't have any.

Evanecsia has been a lifesaver, but I don't have her Best in Show (BIS) version. I have HuoHuo, and also Sparkle.

Does Eva work well with Cyrene or Tribbie to replace Yao Guang? Also, does she need vertical inversion? (That is, does she need her Cone of Light or a dupe?)

I'd like to know if the Plus plan is worth paying for. I've been using the free Claude, which I loved, while gpt5.3 Instant is awful, to say the least.

So, of course, my perception is skewed, since one is practically SOTA and the other is garbage for free users. But Claude's limitations, even in Pro, seem noticeable. I wanted to know if this is the current "smart" version of 5.5, since Claude 4.7 not only consumes a lot of resources, according to what I've heard, but it's also not that much better than 4.6.

And by "intelligent" I mean the current sensation, like the 4o, Sonnet 3.5, o1, o3, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Opus 4.6.

Details: I don't use it for programming.