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Hide of the Urchin
Ninja Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Void Shield
Runic Shield
Shifter's Shield
Hide of the Urchin
Mystical Mail
Stone of Gaia
Warrior Tabi
Ninja Tabi
Breastplate of Valor
Jotunn's Wrath
Runeforged Hammer
Void Shield
Runic Shield
Pestilence
Shifter's Shield
Spirit Robe
Magi's Cloak
Brawler's Beat Stick
Heartseeker
Hydra's Lament
Transcendence
Titan's Bane
Greater Aegis
Greater Blink
Greater Purification
Girdle of Support
Weakening Curse
Mystical Mail
Ninja Tabi
Breastplate of Valor
Pestilence
Magi's Cloak
Runic Shield
Armored Cloak
Warrior Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Transcendence
Hydra's Lament
Titan's Bane
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Chang'e was introduced. My actual game skills in SMITE are questionable, my I can assure you, that I'm much better at writing guides than actually playing the game. It seems that I can understand the mechanics of a certain god and their playstyle better than actually playing them in practice.
Guan Yu is the red faced Chinese God, Saint of War, Wielder of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade. In Smite, Guan Yu is a Support-Warrior (AKA Bruiser), capable of sustaining his allies and himself, play as an off-tank, deal a significant amount of sustained damage and ride an intimidating red horse to battle. He is one of the most versatile gods, having very few downsides. Guan Yu fits almost any situation, and though he lacks a bright, absolute specialization as opposed to some other gods in the game, he can always donate to any situation and play a big, helpful part, both solo and in team fights.|
Advantages
High Sustain High Mobility Great Utility Defense Shredder Awesome Damage Output |
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Weak Early Game Mana Hungry Ability Reliant Lack Of Burst Damage Lack of Immediate Hard CC |
expansionMuch like Guan Yu being extremely versatile when you look his entire kit, each and every of his abilities are multi-purpose and have many varied effects.
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Painless: The more hits you take, the more your heal is charged up, up to 2x, which is achieved by 20 hits. Note that the amount of hits matter, and not the damage, meaning that a single hit from spirit's tempest and a single arrow from the archer minions will charge up your heal for the same amount. |
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Conviction: The uniqueness of this heal is not only the scaling which come from your passive, but also the physical protection buff you and your allies get once healed, making this ability one of your built-in-defenses. Additionally, if you heal a friendly god, all of your current cooldowns are reduced by flat 2 seconds.Conviction |
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Warrior's Will: Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade skewering ability. This is a short dash, which, apart from dealing a fairly large amount of damage, also slows, and, much like Conviction, yes, you've guessed it! reduces all active cooldowns by 2 seconds.warrior's will |
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Taolu Assault: Your signature ability and your main wave-clear ability Not only it can take down half of a mage's health when fully hitting them, it also debuffs them; reducing their protections while buffing you for the same amount. This is your entire essence - without it, Guan Yu is worth nothing. It allows you to shred through enemies' armor, while strengthening yourself.taolu assault |
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Cavalry Charge: Guan Yu's ultimate ability is one of the best ultimates in the game. I cannot stress it enough how useful it is. It is one of the best initiating abilities in the game and one of the best escapes in the game as it provides insanely high mobility, inflicts great damage, slows enemies and eventually stuns them upon dismount. All in a small AoE. During this ability you are also immune to all CC. This ability can be pared with some other ultimates to increase it's effectiveness such as  Ring of Spearscavalry charge |
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Taolu Assault first is essential. It is your most important skill and your main wave-clearing ability. Conviction or Warrior's Will after Taolu Assault is in your hands: Warrior's Will. Conviction first. Cavalry Charge.|
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Explanation Warrior's Will to simply escape, you could also use it to damage and slow down your enemy, by leading them to face you while you face your base/safe spot (e.g tower) and dash through them to slow them down. Conviction right away. But no, you shouldn't. Not unless you would die if doing otherwise. What you should do is wait for tornadoes to end and fully hit you and then heal yourself as you'll benfeit from 
Painless. Warrior's Will on instant cast. It's a short dash that you'll usually need to use in a sudden or immediately. Making it an instant cast will help you do those more quickly.
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You are one of the most ability reliant non-mage gods in the game. You need CDR, and a lot of it. The only case in which you shouldn't get max, 40% CDR is when you go for Spirit Robe. Since your heal doesn't scale according to power, only CDR helps it, and your abilities are so powerful that you must have them ready as quickly as possible.
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True, you are not the carry of the team, but your damage output is very high. It's spread out, but it is very significant. And since you have quite high scaling, power is very important. |
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You need to be able to take damage. You need to be able to withstand throughout fights while being in the middle of the action. You need protections. Moreover, since Painless is charged according to the amount of hits, you can actually be healed for more of the damage that you taken.
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Again, you must be able to deal damage. And while yes, you do have a built-in defense shredder, you must have at least one penetration item. Even the 21 shred isn't enough late game on its own. |
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Much like protections, the reason why health is a good pick for Guan is because it can help you endure fights and lots of incoming damage. But, protections are better than health, because you have a heal, and the amount healed doesn't change if you have lots of health. So, you can heal for 250, and that's 250 more health of 180 protections - if you build protections, but if you build health in a higher priority, you are going to heal for that same 250 health, but 250 health of 120 protections. |
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You are not an auto-attack based god. You are an ability-reliant god. Rarely will you auto attack. You don't need attack speed, nor lifesteal, because lifesteal applies only on auto attacks, and you already have enough sustain from your heal. |
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One of the best items in the game, hands down. It provides both physical and magical protection in a considerable amount and some health and mana. On top of that, its passive is incredible. For each kill or assist, you get 2 protecitons, both physical and magical, up to 10 stacks. Meaning, that when fully stacked, this item grant you 65 magical AND physical protection. You should finish this item ASAP so that you'll get its passive rolling. |
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Lots of physical protection and health, but more importantly, the passive. Every second, enemies around you will take 40 magical damage. Now, this item is superb for helping your early game and it suits Guan's play style perfectly, since Guan Yu's kit is all in melee range. And don't forget, the protection debuff from Taolu Assault helps the damage.
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Providing the most base magical defense than any other item in the game, Stone of Gaia will also help you sustain yourself, as it provides much HP5 & MP5, in addition to the percentage based health regeneration and some health. It provides immense early sustain.
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Start investing in your movement speed after finishing Hide of the Urchin so you could rotate and gank more easily. Ninja Tabi provides some physical power and CDR in addition to your movement speed, which are more than welcome. This should always come right away after Hide of the Urchin.
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If you have been attacked by a sudden bloodlust, then get this item. I'd recommended getting this over Ninja Tabi only if you plan on getting another CDR item, such as Spirit Robe or Hydra's Lament.
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This item provides you with lots of power, some penetration and CDR. It's an excellent item for guan, as it provides lots of utility. |
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If you are faced with many physical threats, Breastplate of Valor is the item for you. Providing lots of physical defense, this item also grants you 25% CDR on top of the mana it adds, which while not being that important, serves you well as a mana-hungry god. 90% of the times though, you'd want to get Jotunn's Wrath, but if you feel like you need more defense against those physical enemy gods, get this instead.
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Physical protection without giving up on power, and a nice aura that lowers the physical defense of all nearby enemies - which syncs with Guan's playstyle very well. |
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If you happen to fight against 4 or more physical enemies, than get this item. Lots of physical protection and health, in addition to an amazing passive that converts some of your physical protection to power. |
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Not only can you get up to 90 magical protection just from this item when its passive is active, you also don't give up physical power. Runic Shield is a great bruiser items that will easily help you face Mages in a man fight. Additionally the HP5 is nice.
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At a very cheap cost, Pestilence provides quite lots of health and magical protection. Additionally, its passive is good for countering heavy-sustain enemies like  Hel or Chang'e.
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Two things: Power and protections. When you need the power - when you are above 50% health, you gain even more power. When you need the protections - when you are below 50% health, you gain more even more protections, from both kinds. |
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A lot of magical protection, some physical protection and health, and some CDR, which is great, as while it doesn't completely maxes your CDR, it still gives you the option to get warrior's tabi over Ninja Tabi. On top of that, the passive is overwhelming. The damage mitigation might not seem like much, but it's very detrimental.
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Want to be an unstoppable warrior of manhood? If so, get this item. With it, you'll have no need for  Purification Beads as CC won't affect you that much, and it's especially good against gods such as  Anubis or  Ymir.
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Providing all of the mana you'll ever need and roughly 100 physical power on its own, Transcendence is the item for you if you feel manly enough to equip it. It is a perfect item for Guan as it completely solves your mana issues and grants you an insane amount of physical power. Your mana issues are mainly present in your early-mid game, so if you go for this item, I'd recommend getting it as soon as you've finished your Ninja Tabi.
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If you really have nothing to get for your last item and feel like going man-mode, Titan's Bane will help you against teams with beefy gods like  Hercules or  Athena. Though I must say, sometimes % based penetration isn't the best on Guan Yu as your Taolu Assault reduces the targets' protection and thus reducing the effect of the % penetration, so you should think twice before getting Titan's Bane, as sometime flat penetration will benefit you more.
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Lots of power and flat penetration, in addition to an astounding, anti-sustain passive. You could get this item purely for it's base stats if you need some penetration, as sometimes it bests the penetration of Titan's Bane, and if you do need the passive, it's even better when coupled with Pestilence, as healing reduction is additive.
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If you feel manly enough and secure enough to stay alive, get this. A LOT of power and some movement speed at an ever-so-cheap cost. Usually I prefer Transcendence if you want to go full power, but this can also work.
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The raw power it gives is great, and the CDR means that you can get warrior's tabi and still have max CDR. The passive on this item is superb if you want to have more burst damage. It also suits your kit very well, as you can Warrior's Will > Hydra's Lament or Cavalry Charge > Hydra's Lament with ease.
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 Aegis Amulet or  Aegis Pendant come in handy at almost any situation, especially against gods with heavy hitting ults, like  Ao Kuang and his spirit tempest, or  Thanatos and his  Hovering Death. You can never go wrong with aegis (apart from  Aphrodite maybe)
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Much like Aegis, Purification Beads will always have a place, especially against  No Escape,  Pillar of Agony etc. I generally prefer Aegis over Beads because you have your CC immunity via Cavalry Charge. Nevertheless, it won't always be ready and Purification Beads just might save your life.
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I'll be honest with you, I almost never use this item, but it sure does help your team. The extra damage and penetration your team gets from Girdle of Support just might decide the outcomes of a team fight. I'd recommend using this only with the support build. If you are using the damage build, go with  Girdle of Inner Power.
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I'd recommend using this item only for both builds. This item is very aggressive and while yes, Guan Yu already has insanely high mobility, he doesn't have a leap mechanic since Warrior's Will has a short range and Cavalry Charge speeds you up but isn't a dash. So, it'll make your initiation capabilities even greater. Only use this as luxury though, not as a resort.
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The anti healers item, Weakening Curse absolutely denies every enemy sustain and slows them down significantly. It a superb item against enemies like Hercules and can also be used in combination with your ultimate.
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If you find yourself wondering whether you should go with tier 3  Hand of the Gods or  Fist of the Gods, wonder no more!
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SMALL FURIES
Spawns: 0:10Respawns: 1:40 Difficulty: Easy |
MID FURIESSpawns: 0:10 Respawns: 2:00 Difficulty: Easy |
BUFF CAMPSSpawns: 0:10 Respawns: 4:00 Difficulty: Medium |
GOLD FURYSpawns: 0:10 Respawns: 3:00 Difficulty: Hard |
FIRE GIANT
Spawns: 10:00Respawns: 3:00 Difficulty: Expert |
Ward or two. Knowledge is power. If you know where your enemies are, you can easily surprise or avoid ganks. Good places to put some sentry wards are near the Fire Giant and the Gold Fury. Guan Yu in a nutshell: Taolu Assault. Guan Yu's lane-clearing is quite straight forward: Taolu Assault. This ability deals enough damage by itself that when you get your skill to about level 3, it can clear an entire minion wave (apart from the big melee minion) by itself. The reason for that is the knock-back effect Taolu Assault has on minions. It knocks them back, allowing you to hit both all of the melee-minions and the archer-minions simultaneously. Taolu Assault you might need to auto-attack some minions and HoG them. Just try and kill the archers as soon as you can before the melee-minions because the archers are more dangerous if their priority target shifts to you. Taolu Assault while rotating yourself left and right to prevent yourself from missing any hits because of the knock-back. Then just auto attack the ones who stay alive. Hand of the Gods just auto attack the strongest creep and then HoG them and continue auto attacking (auto-attacks early game do more damage than Taolu Assault. Warrior's Will to clear waves. You will deplete your mana instantly if you do so repetitively and eventually need to go home just to restore mana. You'd fare better just using Taolu Assault on the minions, believe me. Save your mana Conviction if you get damaged.
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You'd wanna to start at the right Mid Fury Camps. Your mid should also be with you there. The jungler might also be there, but he can also solo the Red Buff while you and your mid take the mid camps. That way you'll spend less time outside of your lane. After you've finished with the mid camps, head over to the Red Buff if your jungler didn't do it. He should HoG that buff camp. After you've finished with the Red Buff , head over to your Blue Buff. Now you should HoG the Blue Buff and then head over to your lane. Most of the times your jungler will come with you for 2-3 waves. Be careful from enemies invading your own Blue Buff. You do not want to lose that mana regeneration. It really helps you to sustain yourself in the lane and stay in it longer before returning to base. To prevent an invasion, first, you should search the perimeter. See if there are any enemies near your Blue Buff. You can also stay near that buff and about 5 seconds before the minions spawn, go to the mid-furies. I would not recommend invading when you start from the right, as the enemy team will most likely be very close to their own Blue Buff as most of the times they'll start from their Orange Buff. |
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You and your jungler will most likely start from the Orange Buff. Your jungler should HoG this buff and take it. Afterwards, you should go over to the Blue Buff near you. You should HoG it and take it. Immediately after you've finished your jungle business, head over to your lane and clear the minion wave. Now, if your enemies haven't showed up by now, after you've finished with the minion wave, head over to their Blue Buff. Who knows, you might find yourself a  Tyr with 40% HP and a free enemy Blue Buff. It is best to do so when your jungler is with you, as their jungler will most likely be with their solo-laner.Now, starting on the left side of the jungle is best if you want to invade the enemy team's Blue Buff. The best way of doing so, in my opinion, is to quickly clear the Orange Buff, while, again, your jungler should HoG it and take it, and then immediately head over to the enemy Blue Buff while skipping your own. You and your jungler should attack only the big Cyclope in the middle. Only when he is about 65% health, use Hand of the Gods on it.Be careful when invading. It is very risky, but can also yield great benefits. |
Guan Yu does not have such a good early game, there should only one goal: Farm and don't die. That's it. You'd want to stay in lane for a long time, sustain yourself there, and kill those minions. Nothing more. Of course that if you get to kill an enemy, good for you. But you shouldn't be looking for kills as much as you should look for being in lane for as long as you can. Hide of the Urchin. If you can get 1670 gold before going to base, you'll finish this item and worry no more about the time it takes for you to stack its passive. That is the ideal way of starting your lane. Cavalry Charge to ensure your own life. Remember, not dying is at least as important as killing someone. Do not hesitate. Ao Kuang, you can just stay in your tower. You shouldn't worry much about missing last hits because if they out-push you, they will kill your minions very fast, thus reducing the chance that your minions will kill some enemy minions by themselves.
Sun Wukong and his magic cudgel, there are a couple things you should do: Conviction is enough to mitigate for some of the health you lose by being poked. Juts don't rely on it too much, watch for your mana. Guan Yu starts to shine. Why? because team fights start to occur. And apart from the fact that you can dish out tons of sustained damage, all of your abilities have a supportive effect. How? Conviction can heal your allies and bolster them with defense. Warrior's Will slows enemies. Taolu Assault debuffs enemies' defenses, making your entire team deal more damage to them. Cavalry Charge provides a great distraction and CC. Guan Yu is quite an effective split-pusher. Although he isn't ranged, his wave clear is superb late game, and if things go south, you can always mount your butt up on that sexy red horse of yours and ride like a cowboy away from the fight. Ao Kuang, Warriors are men! They face their enemies and look at them in their eyes, being in the first line of defense. Warriors initiate fights, sponge damage, save their team. If you are not taking any damage, you are not doing your job, no matter how full-power you build yourself. Taolu Assault or Cavalry Charge, you effectiveness tones down significantly. You have to be careful from non-knock-back hard CC when you use Taolu Assault, such as Aphrodite's 
Kiss. To avoid Taolu Assault being interrupted, it is best to approach an enemy god when they have their hard CC on cooldown. You can bait them into using it on you for no purpose or try to dodge it while channeling Taolu Assault.
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old god-match ups piederman styleWell.. that has been me for Guan Yu. I hope you enjoyed this guide.
If you have a video of you rocking Guan Yu, I'll be happy to post it/some parts of it, especailly if you are using one of my builds (also if not :)
Also, if you hand an actual artistic talent unlike me, I'll be extremely happy if you have/make a Guan Yu banner. Or if you have a link to a banner someone else made.
Any comment/suggestion, regarding anything, is welcome. You can also P.M me if you want to.
Thanks again,
Jordenito Out.
Joanfran84 - For helping me with the gifs in the skill section.
Subzero008 - Has provided a very helpful review, in addition to some of my designs which are inspired by his guides.
Piederman - Many of my designs are inspired by his guide: Ao Kuang - You'll Never Break My Wind
Raventhor - Provided some useful tips.
Sanguis - The BBCoded skill-sequence under the 'Skill' section is thanks to him.
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Boots
Emerald Talisman
Talisman
Cloak
Soul Reap
Vulcan
Death Scythe
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Rewind
Stop Time
Master's Will
Somersault Cloud
The Magic Cudgel
72 Transformations
Roll Out
Ah Muzen Cab
Hive
Honey
Bees!
Agni
Noxious Fumes
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Anhur
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Impale
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Mummify
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Love Birds
Back Off!
Undying Love
Apollo
So Beautiful
The Moves
Across The Sky
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Arachne
Cocoon
Drain Life
Ares
Shackles
Searing Flesh
Poseidon
Artemis
Suppress The Insolent
Vengeful Assault
Calydonian Boar
Preemptive Strike
Defender of Olympus
Confound
Shield Wall
Bacchus
Belch of the Gods
Belly Flop
Bakasura
Regurgitate
Butcher Blades
Take Down
Bastet
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Chaac
Torrent
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Cupid
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Share The Love
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Unchained
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Hades
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Death From Below
Devour Souls
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Overhand Smash
Eset
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Kali
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Marked for Death
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Behind You!
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Made You Look
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Neith
Unravel
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World Weaver
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Nu Wa
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Zeus
Gungnir's Might
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Release The Kraken!
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Thor
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Vamana
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Xbalanque
Dead of Night
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Poison Darts
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Ice Wall
Frost Breath
Chain Lightning
Detonate Charge
Zhong Kui
Exorcism
Demon Bag
Recall Demons
Expose Evil
Book of Demons
Soul Eater
Frostbound Amulet
Voidblade
Ankh of the Golem
Bulwark of Hope
Shielded Teleport
Also, lately I've been experimenting with Guan Yu support and I'm planning to expand my guide for it.
Why? Because Voidblade gives a lot of power, and a tiny bit of penetration. While, yes, MM is better for defense, you should be good enough to not need it.
Just my 2-cents.
As for the guide, it's very good. I usually like to build
And how do you prove your points? You literally just state you think the stats are better on mystical mark and that's it. You haven't said anything else.
Also, you don't immediately win if the opposing side build one of the two, but ok.
I don't even know why you brought this argument back up. Anyhow, I know you have valid points, just try to be respectful of other people when you're making them. I don't very much care for people who indirectly insult the intelligence of others.
I said somewhere, sir. Not immediately, somewhere. Voidblade is a core item on bruisers. And it leads to farming easier than even the activeon Mystical Mark, because it contributes to the power contribution on Taolu Assault.
And you're still wrong. Voidblade is terrible. For the cost, the stats aren't worth it. A Hide of The Urchin would be far better.
That's nice, is this how you try to prove your points? You just bring up 'pros'.?
Except it is. You win the lane if the opposing solo has built Ankh or Voidblade. Period.
- Compensate for the lack of certain qualities in a god
- Buff the qualities that a god possesses.
- Counter for the enemy god
Without being a jungler and together with
EDIT: Also in most cases, whether in a solo lane or a duo lane,
Now I get what you've said about the 'updation' as you meant for the new gods etc.
I don't see why
..but to keep with upcoming times, it need updation..VVGN
Thanks. I don't get what you meant by needing updation... it is up-to-date.
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In attack and support both, you used eye of retaliation as the fourth item , that's hard to digest and rarely people gonna buy that as a mid stage item. Also, by upcoming times, I mean to say, with item changes rapidly happening and expected in near future , also, with new gods coming in like nemesis, etc , it must be updated because it is very detailed and hard work has been put in.
EDIT: and in support