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Medusa: Yes, Looks CAN Kill! (Reference Only)

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by OmgAsia updated June 5, 2015

Smite God: Medusa

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Medusa Build

Early Game Burst

Build Item Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi
Build Item Ichaival Ichaival
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
Build Item Rage Rage
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer

Actives (More Listed in Items Section)

Build Item Greater Sprint Greater Sprint
Build Item Greater Purification Greater Purification

Medusa's Skill Order

Viper Shot

1 X Y
Viper Shot
3 8 11 12 14

Acid Spray

2 A B
Acid Spray
1 4 6 7 10

Lacerate

3 B A
Lacerate
2 15 16 18 19

Petrify

4 Y X
Petrify
5 9 13 17 20
Viper Shot
3 8 11 12 14

Viper Shot

1 X
Medusa gains increased attack speed and her basic attacks become augmented, shooting Vipers that poison the targets hit dealing damage over time.

Ability Type: Ranged Basic, Buff, Damage
Damage: 18 / 23 / 28 / 33 / 38 (+8% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s for 1.5s per charge
Attack Speed Increase: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80%
Viper Shots: 4
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s
Acid Spray
1 4 6 7 10

Acid Spray

2 A
Medusa hurls back and spits out acid that damages the first enemy hit and sprays out acid in a cone behind them. Enemies hit by Acid Spray will have their healing taken reduced. Acid spray will explode on statues Medusa has created.

Ability Type: Line, Debuff, Damage
Damage: 100 / 155 / 210 / 265 / 320 (+75% of your Physical Power)
Healing Reduction: 40%
Healing Reduction Lifetime: 5s
Range: 45
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s
Lacerate
2 15 16 18 19

Lacerate

3 B
Medusa quickly slithers forward, damaging enemies she passes through. The first enemy god she encounters causes her to stop before she damages and roots the god hit.

Ability Type: Dash, Root, Damage
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1s
Range: 55
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s
Petrify
5 9 13 17 20

Petrify

4 Y
Medusa removes her mask revealing her true face, delivering a powerful blast from her horrifying Gorgon gaze. Enemies take damage and are stunned if they are looking at Medusa. Enemies not looking at Medusa take 85% damage and are slowed. Enemy gods that are killed during Medusa's gaze will turn to a stone statue and remain behind as a reminder to others.

Ability Type: Cone, Stun, Damage
Damage: 270 / 365 / 460 / 555 / 650 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun Duration: 2s
Movement Speed Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow Duration: 3s
Range: 70
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 100s

Introduction

Hey everyone! I'm OMGASIA, casual Smite addict. While I know how to enjoy all casual game modes, I mostly play Joust and Arena. I’ve decided to start getting basic guides up for new Gods as they are released so there is a starting point for players who weren’t able to test them on the PTS. This isn't meant to be a definitive end all be all on Medusa. This is the way I've enjoyed playing her so far, and possibly others will enjoy as well!

Introducing Medusa !

I wonder how her hair feels about conditioner...

Disclaimer

This guide is out of date, and I will not be updating it further. For further explanation check my blog (Click here!)

I'm keeping this guide up for the time being for reference. Please check out the other wonderful Medusa guides for the most up to date information.

Pros and Cons

Pros:
  • She strafes without penalty.

  • She can reduce enemy healing.

  • Her ultimate can turn a teamfight around.

  • She turns people into statues. With her face. Holy ****.
 Cons:
  • Compared to other hunters her steroid isn't as efficient at taking objectives.

  • Her best utility skill is also her only reliable escape.

  • Her ultimate is easy to negate with actives.

  • She probably can't brush her hair without getting bit.

Skills


Passive – Sidewinder

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1 – Viper Shot

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2 – Acid Spray

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3 – Lacerate

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4 - Petrify

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Skill Combos

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Items

Mouse over each item to see its stats. Click on the name below the image for more information on why it's an option for Medusa

Core Items


Situational Items


Actives

Builds

While on the PTS I played with a few different builds that I enjoyed. These may not be the top damage builds, they are simply what worked well for me.

Kicking Asp


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Get Stoned


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Death Rattle


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Standard S2 Builds






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Conclusion


Aww, she even matches her arrows to her snakes!



Thanks for taking the time to read my guide. This guide is a release guide only, meaning after her release it will not be updated beyond balancing. Please feel free to leave feedback! Healthy discussion in the comments section can help all players. :)

Updates

4/29/15

  • Updated Other Guides section

4/3/2015
4/2/2015
  • Fixed the Tectonic Shift link under the Petrify section. Silly OmgAsia, Tectonic Shift belongs to Thor not cabrakan! (Thanks featherlite10!)
  • Added the builds and skill purchase order to the top
  • Added the S2 Standard Builds to the Build section. (Thanks MoonTiger!)
  • Removed "Pardon Our Appearance" disclaimer as Medusa is now supported :D
  • Resized icons in Build section so they weren't so overwhelming.

Other Guides by OMGASIA

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Primary
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pjninja | May 6, 2015 11:36am
Personally for hunters I prefer deaths till warriors tabi devours gauntlet exacutioner Qin sais death bringer sell deaths toll now and buyou rage
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roxisq | April 23, 2015 5:54pm
7 Wins in a row with your Kicking Asp build, I love it !
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Quaerenti (5) | April 22, 2015 7:16am
It's nice to see that you're still on SMITEFIRE making guides!! I took a break from SMITE, but i'm considering starting up again. I played hou yi a couple of weeks ago, and I wrecked, but maybe we could play sometime. Hit me up on skype ([email protected], or shamrockninja), steam ([Spaceweed]Shamrockninja) or bnewell7381, and SMITE (Quaerenti). Thanks!
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DucksRock (41) | April 9, 2015 8:55am
Yeah, You should put Viper Shot between the Petrify and acid spray combo.
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cr0wley | April 8, 2015 3:24pm
Hastened Fatalis is a good idea??
1
Morzen | April 7, 2015 12:27pm
I have found it good to focus a bit more one her abilities compared to other hunters. I get most of my kills from her 1, especially once i get crit items, and since her 1 gives +100% attack speed there isn't much need for attack speed items, just power to get a strong 1 AND crits.
Her 2 is also great for dealing dmg (also the poke), so once again I want more power. And then there is her ult, which scales great with her power.

I end up only having 1 attack speed item, executioner, otherwise it's power, crits, lifesteal, mana and cdr.
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OmgAsia (7) | April 5, 2015 4:58pm
Tazxman wrote:

Nice builds :) personnaly i love ataraxia build when i'm adc with medusa, but when i build it i play very close to my tower or at range for Medusa 3 in case of gank. I'm beginning to be aggressive when i build Devourer's Gauntlet, Heartseeker and Hastened Fatalis or when i'm sure i'm alone against the other adc. After that, i had quite the success with Transcendence on solo lane but i'm building Devourer's Gauntlet on her not Asi since Medusa is better with raw power in my opinion.


I've been seeing lots of Medusa players kicking butt with Hastened Fatalis for sure. I'm also a fan of Devourer's Gauntlet on my own. I personally don't play Conquest so I don't work my personal builds for it at all. It's good to know alternate builds are working great too though!
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Tazxman | April 5, 2015 1:27am
Nice builds :) personnaly i love ataraxia build when i'm adc with medusa, but when i build it i play very close to my tower or at range for Medusa 3 in case of gank. I'm beginning to be aggressive when i build Devourer's Gauntlet, Heartseeker and Hastened Fatalis or when i'm sure i'm alone against the other adc. After that, i had quite the success with Transcendence on solo lane but i'm building Devourer's Gauntlet on her not Asi since Medusa is better with raw power in my opinion.
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OmgAsia (7) | April 3, 2015 6:32am
MoonTiger wrote:

Just a very small correction; Witchblade does not give movement speed any more. Other than that, it was a great guide, thank you!


Oh, yes! Thank you! I totally just copy/pasted the Witchblade info from my outdated guide lol. Oops! Fixed it, thanks again!
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MoonTiger | April 3, 2015 12:02am
Just a very small correction; Witchblade does not give movement speed any more. Other than that, it was a great guide, thank you!
1
OmgAsia (7) | April 2, 2015 12:13pm
Metabreaker_United wrote:

wait the other accepted build for competitive is ataraxias "k" build which is devs, hs, hf, exec, rage, db. although replacing devs for asi gives more dps, for medusa her one scales with pwr so she is one of the few characters u would rather have devs on


I haven't actually tried the Ataraxia ADC build on her yet. I'm personally not a huge fan of using Heartseeker because I hate that the stacks are halved when you die. It is a great snowball piece but unless my deaths are minimal I feel like it tends to bite me in the tush.

I've seen lots of critique on the actual damage output of the Ataraxia build as well. Yes there is more movement utility with the build, but I feel Medusa does fine with just boots and doesn't need Hastened Fatalis. That being said it's not a bad build, just not one I personally would use.
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Metabreaker_United (3) | April 2, 2015 8:19am
wait the other accepted build for competitive is ataraxias "k" build which is devs, hs, hf, exec, rage, db. although replacing devs for asi gives more dps, for medusa her one scales with pwr so she is one of the few characters u would rather have devs on
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