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Smite God: Khepri

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Khepri Build

Start and Consumables upon Return

Notes is simply too valuable to not have for a support like , due to its stats.

combined with the gives you high sustain in-lane. You can either upgrade this to or gaia's stone.

is quite useful for supports because you always have to ward to increase map awareness and prevent ganks. After 4 uses you will start to profit. ALWAYS WARD.

Guardian's Blessing

Glowing Emerald

Chalice of Mana

Chalice of the Oracle

Cloak of Meditation

Shoes

Notes The cooldown reduction on is invaluable for 's literally life-saving ultimate, .
However if you build plan on as your counter against the ~~dark arts~~ enemy ADC you should always choose due to the fact that building will then overreach the CDR cap.

As Bran has suggested, this is good for tanking damage taken when using because of the stacks. Also, any CC you'll be hit with would be reduced.

Shoes of Focus

Reinforced Shoes

Magical And Physical Protections

Notes 's MP5 and large mana increase combined with the 20% CDR makes this a really useful item for .

The attack speed aura that comes with is great for your AA based teammates. Great for pushing towers with teammates. By now your CDR would be maxed and you ultimate's cooldown reduced by 44 seconds. If you feel you need more protections is useful because it also has magical protections and CDR, along with double the MP5 and more protections along with some health.

Build either one first depending on if there are more physical or magical based-enemy gods.

Breastplate of Valor

Shogun's Kusari

Genji's Guard

Counters Against The Enemy ADC

Notes is great against enemy AA based gods, punishes them for hurting a god so innocent. Useful against gods building crit. Reflects damage based on this raw damage dealt first (thanks Bran!).

For an example of effectiveness, here's an example:

Let's say just hit you, initial damage is 400.

400/100*25=100.

100*100/72+100
=58.13 physical damage.

also punishes enemies for hurting you, but in a different way. This slows them instead.

is great if you plan on going up close to engage the enemy. Decreases their DPS.

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Midgardian Mail

Witchblade

Situational Items

Notes Wow I feel exhausted after writing that, dont know how Bran does it.

Anyway, is should be built if there's an enemy god who has team healing, or high self sustain.

is useful if you're really being focused hard.

Pestilence

Magi's Cloak

Relics

Notes meditation is useful for early sustain, mostly for your carry.

is useful in teamfights to absorb AOE ability damage that could severely hurt your squishy teammates

is great for chasing runaway enemies with your teammates, or fleeing a bad situation.

is a must have relic if there's an enemy ,

Cloak of Meditation

Magic Shell

Heavenly Wings

Phantom Veil

Full Build Example #1

Pestilence

Stone of Gaia

Shoes of Focus

Breastplate of Valor

Genji's Guard

Midgardian Mail

Full Build Example #2

Magi's Cloak

Khepri's Skill Order

Abduct

1 X

3 8 11 12 14

Rising Dawn

2 A

1 4 6 7 10

Solar Flare

3 B

2 15 16 18 19

Scarab's Blessing

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

3 8 11 12 14

Abduct

1 X

Khepri lunges forward, dealing damage to enemies he passes through. If he connects with an enemy god he stops, grabs them, and starts pulling them backwards while gaining increased Protections. Enemies are silenced for the duration of the pull.

Ability Type: Dash, Crowd Control, Damage
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+40% of your Magical Power)
Pull Duration: 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9s
Protections: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50
Range: 40
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14s

1 4 6 7 10

Rising Dawn

2 A

Khepri rolls the sun forward, setting ablaze all enemies it touches, reducing physical protections, and dealing damage over time. Allies that are hit take reduced damage from enemies for the duration.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 (+5% of your Magical Power) every 0.3s
Total Damage: 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Protection Debuff: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25%
Damage Mitigation: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
Duration: 4s
Range: 70
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

2 15 16 18 19

Solar Flare

3 B

Khepri calls down the sun's ire at the target location, dealing damage and rooting all targets in the area.

Ability Type: Circle, Root, Damage
Damage: 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Root Duration: 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9s
Range/Radius: 55/15
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

5 9 13 17 20

Scarab's Blessing

4 Y

Khepri blesses an allied god, immediately cleansing them of all crowd control as well as granting them Movement Speed, and immunity to slow effects. If the marked ally would die while blessed, they are instead revived with a percentage of their maximum Health at Khepri's location. Executed allies do not revive.

Ability Type: Target, Buff
Revived Health: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Movement Speed: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%
Duration: 5s
Range/Radius: 55/15
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 110s

Khepri Build

Start

Notes A different start; instead of buying chalices early instead opt for several potions. A and the would be bought later.

Guardian's Blessing

Glowing Emerald

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Health and Regeneration

Notes is useful for everyone on your team due to the protections aura. The health and HP5 is great as well.

is an option if you want a lot of health and high self-sustain. Useful for tanking towers simultaneously.

Gauntlet of Thebes

Stone of Gaia

Shoes and Wards

Notes are useful due to the high movement speed they provide for the user. This allows you to rotate across lanes faster. Other shoes are also options.

is a great item for supports because they'll usually be warding a lot, therefore making use of the fact that it refills itself. Get this after boots.

Traveler's Shoes

Shoes of Focus

Next 2 Items

Notes 's protection and HP5 aura when combined with ' makes teammates a lot tougher than usual, The HP5 is also useful for team sustain.

is useful due to having cooldown reduction and most importantly the attack speed aura.

wrote:

But I just love auras :P Shogun's OH MY GAAAWD give me that **** every ****ing gmae!

Sovereignty

Shogun's Kusari

More CDR

Notes Depending on whether there's more magical or physical enemies, choose one. Keep in mind that all structures deal physical damage.

gives high CDR and mana, along with MP5. Useful for your abilities.

gives less CDR but its passive is useful to counter magical damage.

Breastplate of Valor

Genji's Guard

AA Counters

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Midgardian Mail

Witchblade

Full Build Example

Gauntlet of Thebes

Traveler's Shoes

Sovereignty

Shogun's Kusari

Breastplate of Valor

Witchblade

Relics

Notes meditation is useful for early sustain, mostly for your carry.

is great for chasing runaway enemies with your teammates, or fleeing a bad situation.

is a must have relic if there's an enemy ,

Cloak of Meditation

Heavenly Wings

Phantom Veil

Khepri's Skill Order

Abduct

1 X

1 4 6 7 10

Rising Dawn

2 A

2 15 16 18 19

Solar Flare

3 B

3 8 11 12 14

Scarab's Blessing

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 4 6 7 10

Abduct

1 X

2 15 16 18 19

Rising Dawn

2 A

3 8 11 12 14

Solar Flare

3 B

5 9 13 17 20

Scarab's Blessing

4 Y

Introduction

like a few of my other guardians is probably my favorite support to play. I only have him at rank V because I've spent my time on other guardians as well like , , , and . I didn't include an items section because it's all in the notes. This is a short guide mostly.

When Do you Pick Khepri?

First, you'd have to look at what provides to his team. This will give you an indication of when you should pick him. For example, if your carry is who has no escape and is fairly easy to kill, would benefit from because of this. Along with that, has bad clear; something can help with.

Pros and Cons

Pros

High CC
Literally life-saving ultimate
Team shield
Least hated god
Percentage-based damage mitigation
Naturally tanky

Cons

Slow casting abilities
Executes ignore Scarab's Blessing
No self-sustain
High-cooldown abilities

Abilities

Passive: Fortitude

Useful to tank early game damage from minions and the enemy carry. Going near allies so they'll benefit from the shield is advised. This is especially useful in early game.

Abduct

A risky ability, as you're vulnerable to attacks while casting this. Use this for grabbing low health targets and setting up kills. Can also be used to drag enemies into your tower. Can pull enemies away who are chasing your carry; thereby most likely sacrificing your life :(. Don't forget that this is a channeled ability.

Rising Dawn

This is your wave clear and tool to protect allies in battle while reducing enemy protections. Fairly easy to land, but moves slowly. When deploying hit the first front allied minions first so they benefit from the buff, and will therefore take less damage from the enemy carry. This will probably deal more damage than your carry's wave clear ability.

Solar Flare

Can be used to poke and harass the enemy. Use it to set up kills with your other abilities to stop fleeing enemies. However, just like it lands slowly so try to predict where the enemy will be.

Scarab's Blessing

One of the strongest ultimate abilities in the game, commonly used to save enemies. Once you target someone, retreat so they'll be revived somewhere safe. Sometimes enemies may intentionally not attack the ally you chose. You should then run to help them escape. You can you meditation on them after if you're feeling paranoid. Timing is key. It's usually best to wait nearby an ally who's just about to die before ulting.

Usually in the heat of battle this is difficult to land on the right ally. Do not use this on yourself unless necessary. Be warned that enemy executes will still kill an enemy and is useless against them. Not to mention that is in the meta with an execute ult. If he does come after you use to try and avoid it.

Ability Combos

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Purpose

Used for disabling and setting up a target god for your allies

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purpose

Mostly used for poking, combined with your ADC's damaging ability

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Purpose

Used for disabling and setting up a target god for your allies

Gameplay Stages

Early Game

Please inform me if this section is out of date, as the meta changes faster than Earth's seasons.

After buying your items from the fountain, head to duo lane; also know as the lane in which the distance between the two towers are longer. Always arrive in-lane before the minions arrive so you can get ready to help your ADC clear wave. Begin warding in the jungle transverse to the duo lane.

Deploy in such a way that it hits the first three front-line minions. This way they benefit from the protections buff and the enemy minions all get a protection debuff and magical damage. It's a win-win kind of situation. Help damage minions, but don't last them. That's reserved for your ADC. This is because last hitting minions gives your ADC more gold and EXP (they need it), while you assisting with that builds stacks on ; stacks you won't get if you last hit the minions. You see? Another win-win situation!

Depending on your ADC's play style he/she may decide to play aggressively, in which case you follow your ADC's lead unless you have a high chance of dying. Your ADC may also want to clear the Void Camp for the EXP and gold. You take that buff, not them. Continue laning.

Mid Game

By now you should have completed your stacks on . The gold will come in handy. Soon, at around 12-minutes, rotate to the middle lane. However there's a very blurred line as to when supports should rotate. The general consensus is early-middle game. If you rotate the enemy support will tacitly follow. You should always do the same. Mainly focus your rotations on mid and duo lane. Solo lane rarely needs help. If it does, help but don't overstay your welcome. When in mid lane, if your mid hasn't already warded, do it for your mid. There is a bilateral area shortly North-East and North-West of your tier 2 middle tower. Ward there.

By now you can tank a tower's brunt for a few seconds before having to have to retreat. You should help push towers when possible, as the reward is a weaker enemy Titan and a few hundred gold for everyone.

Late Game

At this point tanking towers and phoenixes shouldn't hurt you too much, as long as gaia's stone does its work. Work with your ADC to push any remaining towers. Now you can sell your so you can start buying sentry wards. Place these on the Fire Giant. Its buff can make or break a team fight. When pushing all the way to the enemy Titan, go as a group. A deicide late game with 70 second cooldowns is a definite win. Your team will most likely go for the Fire Giant. However don't forget to keep an eye on your phoenixes as sometimes enemy gods will backdoor your titan.

If you however are the ones that were pushed back play defensively until everyone respawns, then you may attempt a counter attack. You should try to defend your phoenixes while they're respawning as they gain health over time and are your last line of defense before the titan. Remember to stick together.

Ending

Feedback is appreciated.

P.S, if you're wondering why the Ability Combo chapter is so short is because Khepri by himself barely has any. However, when paired with his ADC, is a different story.

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(17) |

Finally updated this. Now I can work on other stuff

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Are you too cool to play smite with me ?

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No u

(81) |

Tlaloc's too cool for school.

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*insert sunglasses emoji*

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Yes.

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Who are you ?

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The real question here is: who do you think I am?

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*in the Rocks voice* it doesn't matter who you are

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I'm bored with my own projects now, a lot more fun to look at other people's work.

Skills:

Most of the time I like at level 2 or even level 1 if we got kill potential. If not the 3 at level 2 is fine.
I also like to max before the for better kill potential (burst damage > tick damage). Both are totally fine though.
But I do think that could be prioritised last as long as you get the revive -> combo off the target should be safe with just 25% (maybe max it vs ).

I think the root duration is more valuable in most situations (especially when the next patch hits).

Items:

Normally I like to start simular to you, with but I don't like or that early. Normally would just go with some pots (health and multi). I actually think meditation cloak is fine, combos nicely with . But if you got good kill potential in lane or something. Then I would probably go upgraded and pots instead of .

I think you undervaluate Travelers Shoes, I would definetly go for those 9/10 times as support. CDR is very good of course but just 10% is only 11 seconds reduced CD. Get after boots, and supplement with s when ever you back and got money for it.

I am freak for aura items, and therefore I would go -> -> most of the time. Then build some CDR with either or then finish with a or .

Switch out with when needed and with hide of the Nemian lion if needed.

I do like to have at least 30% CDR though.

(17) |

Interesting...

Usually for skills I'd max first because of the % based damage reduction which is awesome in teamfights for my squishy mage friends. Upgrading first does sound like a good idea for playing aggressively. But then the problem is I don't know my carry's playstyle until after a minute or so, but then by that time due to me not helping much with clearing minions could possibly set us behind.

And as for items I'll add travelers shoes as an option, along with an aura build. I hope you don't mind me naming the aura build after you

wrote:

I do like to have at least 30% CDR though

Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

(69) |

Yeah the damage reduction on is definitely strong. And the protection debuff is also great.
Killing an enemy reduces his/her damage by 100% though :p
I guess is the correct ability to max first TBH.

does scales more by putting points in it than whrn it comes to damage though and protections is really good vs tick damage. Some times risky to use the dash for clear though ofc.

And feel free to name it after me ^_<

Also totally forgot about that item is so so nice. Though I never seem to get room for it :(

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I generally agree with the skill leveling with getting 2nd (commented on a different forum post here with that general suggestion). It's a short dash, but it's got stronger CC/peel potential to displace an enemy and either defensively create more distance between them and your ADC, or pull them closer to your side for better gank potential. And if nothing else, as an escape it's better than nothing. CD is also shorter than .

That said, Patch 5.8 sees a boost to both the root duration and the damage, putting it almost exactly in line with . I can see it being leveled 2nd if you're looking for early aggression by quickly outclearing the wave...toss a followed by a from a bit of distance, with the ADC finishing with their waveclear, and then pressure the enemy from there.

Also, I'd agree...I'd almost always personally get + s (like I do on almost all support guardian starts. Allows you to be more aggressive and soak more damage...lose out on early wards, but if the team is at all aware and communicative, hopefully you don't get ganked. If you get the Chalice of Healing, it's a good early game sub for your early preference for . A combined 750 health each time it's refilled is extremely functional. Then you can opt for which is going to give you way better effective health due to the protections.

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Killing an enemy reduces his/her damage by 100% though :p

LOL

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Needs more feedback, send help thanks

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Why no ?

(17) |

I thought it fell out of the meta and was replaced by other items? Not sure anymore

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It fell out for a short time due to ; but after that item's protection nerf, it rose back up in the meta. As Bran pointed out, you don't need sov if you're going with gaia though.

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No, I should have mentioned the aura build myself...both and (with a bit less emphasis on are very strong. And since Khep usually likes sticking close with teammates throughout the whole game, the auras have great function.

Part of the reason I didn't mention Sov, though, was because you talked about getting as your preference...in which case, that provides all the HP5 you really need, and I can see then focusing on CDR to max your CC/peel/lifesaving capabilities. Yours is just a different way to build, but I think it's still functional...less auras to help teammates with protections, but perhaps earlier CDR to save them or secure kills.

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Interesting, will make changes

(400) |

Yo, interesting start that I'd say is a bit non-conventional, but you know what, it makes sense. The added health and MP5 from emerald will partially make up for the normal , and the health works decently with his passive.

In your writeup of the start, you say Oracle (misspelled btw) starts to pay off after 4 uses...it's nitpicky, but that could be interpreted as 4 wards OR 4 full uses of both wards.

I think my initial preferred relic would be rather than Meditation. The health it provides isn't all that much, and you've got plenty of mana sustain since you choose to go with ...but it's personal preference.

So what do you build into? Or do you just keep it as the T1 item? Should I assume it's ?

Generally agreed on shoes, but you MIGHT consider getting as an alternative option...since you'll be a sitting duck anytime you anyone, a bit more tankiness is appreciated. If you consider BoV and Shogun's core, then I think 30% CDR is plenty for any guardian. 40% is nicer, but not necessarily needed.

Regarding , btw, the buff helps it be a better item, but you might consider other options as well. Depending on what you built Emerald into, you might opt for something with more health (like , which also is nice for the passive CDR boost), or if there are 2 other magical gods on your team and they don't pick up, you might consider that as well.

As for , the damage reflect that Art would see is based on the raw damage she deals to you. If I assume Emerald turned into Thebes, you have 274 physical protection, but the point you're trying to make isn't about your protections and the amount of damage you absorb. Instead, you look at Art herself. At level 20, she has 72 inherent physical protection. If she dealt 400 damage and she didn't build any protection items, the initial damage coming back to her would be 25% of that, or 100 damage. Then, she mitigates a portion of that. The damage coming back to her would be 58 damage.

(Also, LOL about the situational item comment)

I do feel that and are very strong anti-basic attack options as well. Nemean is great, but usually better against crit, and the other two items provide some great health addition as well.

And I guess you might even consider as an option too, for objective push and defense.

Late game in your gameplay stages, you say you can sell your . Personally, I'd sell (you'll have plenty of mana if you got BoV/Nemean/Shogun/Focus as in your build), and keep Oracle. Oracle allows you to get at least one regular ward out, with the other being Sentry. If any of those are taken down by enemies, you have at least another regular ward you can throw down before you back and get more.

Thoughts?

(17) |

My plan is that I normally upgrade into gaia's stone or . I'd usually choose gaia's stone due to the strong HP5 regeneration.

As for my relic choices is pretty interesting, I've been buying it as my 2nd relic. Still experimenting with it tbh. The med is mostly for my carry.

For shoes, pretty interesting; I'm going to add it as options

shosun's kusari usually greatly benefits my adc and jung. Plus I usually get bm'd for not buying it lol.

Also wow, didn't know worked that way...

I'll add midgardian and as options as well, along with .

Thanks for the feedback!

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Wait nevermind I just searched it up lol. Never seen it used that way

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros and Cons

Abilities

Ability Combos

Gameplay Stages

Ending

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Smite God: Khepri

Khepri Build

Start and Consumables upon Return

Notes

Shoes

Notes

Magical And Physical Protections

Notes

Counters Against The Enemy ADC

Notes

Situational Items

Notes

Relics

Notes

Full Build Example #1

Full Build Example #2

Khepri's Skill Order

Abduct

Rising Dawn

Solar Flare

Scarab's Blessing

Abduct

Rising Dawn

Solar Flare

Scarab's Blessing

Khepri Build

Start

Notes

Health and Regeneration

Notes

Shoes and Wards

Notes

Next 2 Items

Notes

More CDR

Notes

AA Counters

Notes

Full Build Example

Relics

Notes

Khepri's Skill Order

Abduct

Rising Dawn

Solar Flare

Scarab's Blessing

Abduct

Rising Dawn

Solar Flare

Scarab's Blessing

Introduction

Pros and Cons

Abilities

Ability Combos

Gameplay Stages

Ending

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