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Awilix Guide: Suku the Lunartic [Conquest Jungle In-Depth]

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Smite God: Awilix

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Awilix Build

Starter Items (Jungle)

Notes Standard Start. You can swap for or depending on if you want to go into or early.

Assassin's Blessing

Mace

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Traditional Core

Notes I emphasize that this is a traditional core. You do not need to be effective with her. Her kit allows for a multitude of gameplays but this is a fairly standard meta core. Please look at Build 2 for some sample builds that may not involve at all.

Warrior Tabi

Jotunn's Wrath

Power Items

Notes These are standard power items for a meta approach. I have included other options in sample builds on page 2 for other playstyles,

Jotunn's Wrath

Hydra's Lament

Transcendence

The Crusher

Titan's Bane

Stone Cutting Sword

Heartseeker

Brawler's Beat Stick

Bloodforge

Qin's Sais

The Executioner

Defense/Hybrid Items

Notes Defensive/Hybrid items are great into comps that counter you or do heavy burst, allowing you to sustain yourself more and make risky plays. Usually only 1 or 2 are recommended in a given build.

Mantle of Discord

Hide of the Urchin

Magi's Cloak

Void Shield

Runic Shield

Blackthorn Hammer

Spirit Robe

Ancile

Utility Items

Notes These are items that can be build specifically to counter a certain playstyle. Some may overlap into damage or defense but I thought htey would be better off here.

Ichaival is a new addition to counter teams heavily reliant on basic attacks.

Witchblade

Winged Blade

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Midgardian Mail

Ichaival

Relics

Blink Rune

Aegis Amulet

Purification Beads

Horrific Emblem

Teleport Fragment

Sample finished build

Warrior Tabi

Jotunn's Wrath

Hydra's Lament

Spirit Robe

Titan's Bane

The Crusher

Awilix's Skill Order

Summon Suku

1 X

4 15 16 18 19

Feather Step

2 A

1 3 6 7 9

Moonlight Charge

3 B

2 8 11 12 14

Gravity Surge

4 Y

5 10 13 17 20

4 15 16 18 19

Summon Suku

1 X

Awilix mounts her Panther Suku, gaining movement speed but decreasing strafe speed. Awilix may leap off of Suku to deal damage to all enemies in the target area.

Canceling this ability before leaping will not trigger its Cooldown.

Ability Type: Mount, Leap
Damage: 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed: 30%
Strafe Penalty: 30%
Range: 55
Cost: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50
Cooldown: 15s

1 3 6 7 9

Feather Step

2 A

Awilix flips over the last enemy she hit within 1.5s, rooting, crippling, and dealing damage as she passes over them. The damage dealt is modified based on the next attack in Awilix's basic attack progression. If the next attack is her third attack, then she also hits all targets in the area around her.

Ability Type: Leap
Damage: 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Attack Progression Bonus: 1x/1.5x/2x
Root and Cripple Duration: 0.6s
Range: 30
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 8s

2 8 11 12 14

Moonlight Charge

3 B

Suku comes to Awilix's aid, rushing forward and damaging all enemies. If hit from the side or behind, enemies are also knocked up into the air.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s

5 10 13 17 20

Gravity Surge

4 Y

Awilix calls upon the power of the moon, immediately pulling to her the closest enemy god she is facing that is either leaping or knocked up into the air. The target god takes damage when they land. Awilix is then bathed in moonlight, gaining bonus Attack Speed and Physical Power, along with protection against Roots, Slows, and Knockbacks for 6s.

Ability Type: Stim
Damage: 200 / 250 / 300 / 350 / 400 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Attack Speed Buff: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70%
Physical Power Buff: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Range: 75
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Awilix Build

The Well Rounded Build

Warrior Tabi

Transcendence

Jotunn's Wrath

Void Shield

Titan's Bane

Mantle of Discord

Glass Power

Warrior Tabi

Transcendence

The Crusher

Stone Cutting Sword

Hydra's Lament

Titan's Bane

Tank Buster

Warrior Tabi

Jotunn's Wrath

The Executioner

The Crusher

Qin's Sais

Stone Cutting Sword

The Left Clicker

Warrior Tabi

Hastened Katana

The Executioner

Qin's Sais

Stone Cutting Sword

The Crusher

Introduction!

Welcome to My Guide to playing ! I hope you enjoy it thoroughly. My general alias is Estidien, my real name is Jeffrey, and my IGN is Salad and over the course of my Smite career, I have gotten consitantly strong results with , hopefully I can share some of the methods of playing her that I use with you all. It's important to note that this guide (And all my other guides) are not quick reads and really get into the Nitty Gritty of how to play the God/Goddess, if you think the guides I write would really benefit from a TL;DR section please leave a comment below or send me a private message explaining your thoughts, enough attention will definitely get me to write one.

Looking to play some games with me? Just send me a friend request.

If you downvote or have any critiques on this guide PLEASE leave a comment below so I can constantly do things to make this guide better, and perhaps earn your favor back! :)

Also if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me either on this guide's comments section (I CHECK IT DAILY!). Or send me a message in game and I'll be more than happy to help you. I didn't write this guide just to abandon it and let people that might be confused try to decipher some of what I write.

Patch Updates!

This section will be used to post any changes Hirez makes to as new patches are released. Currently since this is a freshly coded guide there are no new changes to report.

About Awilix (SUMMARY)

In Smite is a powerful Ability Based Assassin with a lot of emphasis on burst and utility. She boasts exceptionally high mobility thanks to her skill which allows her to move forward at increased speed and enables her to leap over many walls. also benefits from an extended basic attack range of 16 (4 Units higher than other gods) but a shortened basic attack width.

The core elements of 's kit are made to allow her to maintain positional dominance over an opponent, whether it be manually re-positioning them, Managing their escapes, re-positioning herself or just outrunning her targets. All things considered she is designed to give herself the upper hand and then maintain said upper hand through quick decision making and finesse.

This isn't to say that this is all that excels at, she also has a significant amount of burst with her and some pretty nasty CC/Damage chain combos that I will touch up on later in the guide.

In my opinion, two of the most important parts of 's repertoire is her extended basic attack range which can be used and abused to your advantage when boxing opponents and catching targets. But also her powerful passive, , which gives her killing potential a significant boost if she starts fights on her own terms.

Pros / Cons

PROS
- High Maneuverability
- High burst damage
- High Outplay Potential
- Close range ability avoidance
- High Mobility
- Extended Basic Attack Range
- Powerful pursuit
- Strong early game camp clear.

CONS
- Countered by Crippling abilities
- Extremly high mana consumption if you aren't careful
- Personal Combos are difficult to carry out
- She has hard cc but it's difficult to land
- Defensive Comps CAN Shut her Down Hard

Ability Rundown

Initiative

About This Passive

Summon Suku

About This Ability

This particular ability is going to be your most used overall in your kit. Now wait! Before you hit that downvote button because you're thinking "Wow this guy's a complete nut!" hear me out. This ability has so many uses that I'll go in more depth about in a moment, but the reason you're going to be using it so often is because of the movement speed increase! Especially if you're playing in the jungle. The movement speed boost from is far too significant to overlook when moving around the map. But enough about the introduction, lets go into the whens and hows.

So When Do You Use It?

To Maneuver around the Map

Now I already touched base on this concept above, but lets do a little more discussion because why not? gives a 25% boost to movement speed. While reducing strafing speed by 50%. As a jungler, moving around the map quickly to get buff timers is important. This ability gives you movement speed, put the two together and you have you riding your majestic Suku around the map at almost all times.

You can use it to jump over walls to get to objectives and lanes faster which is quite handy. In general just make sure you're using this whenever you're not fighting someone or rotating with your team. If you're rotating with your team, you personally don't need extra movement speed unless you're trying to catch someone by surprise or start up an objective such as Fire Giant or Gold Fury.

Make sure you're always using this ability when you return to your fountain. uses Mana when casted rather than when you use it to jump so using it from the fountain gives you a free ability, not to mention a way to get back into the fray faster.

To Engage/Escape

This is pretty straightforward in concept based on the way the ability works. But when you're just getting into her or haven't been playing the game very long it can be difficult to know what to do when. So I would like to touch base on how and when you should be using it to escape or engage.

Using it to Escape

As an Assassin you're generally pretty squishy, even if you build a defensive item or two, it's what you signed up for when playing the god. And even though is really good at maneuvering and dodging damage mid fight, it can still be very easy to find yourself in a position that you don't want to be in.

Be mindful however as you may need to be a bit more proactive when it comes to using it to escape. If you need to use your jump you have to be aware that there is the windup animation of you jumping onto Suku which lasts around 1 second before you can use the jump. So you may want to queue the ability a bit early if you think you're in trouble.

Also you should definitely be careful when using the strafe keys while mounted, Your strafe speed is taxed by 50% which is pretty huge. So if you're using strafe use it for a VERY good reason or don't use it at all, just turn with your mouse (Or joystick if you're on console).

Using it to Engage

This in essence is a bit more simple in theory, but I would still like to take a moment to try and give you, the reader and player an idea on when I would actually use this ability to engage.

The major issue with using to engage is that by jumping in with it you have effectively used up your escape. So you have to either get the kill or risk dying because you have no real way out anymore without team assistance.

So how do you actually use it to engage? Well the simplest answer to that question is "when you have an opportunity". But that doesn't help much in explanations. So let us put it in a way that actually makes sense. If you're going to jump in with the ability, make sure you can A) Get out without that leap/movement speed and/or B) Get something out of your engagement that is worth your death (Say killing an ahead carry, getting a multi-kill or stealing an objective)

The other way you can use this ability to engage however saves the jump, and that is to simply use the increased movement speed to run up to your enemy (Preferably from behind) and start your fight that way. While you're less likely to proc this way, it does mean you'll have that leap to get out if you need it.

To Chase Targets

Using this ability to chase down kills is pretty simple because of its many uses. The simplest way would be to use the increased movement speed to run down your foes and cancel out of it when you get within striking distance or at least in range to nail a good . This enables you to still get back out if you end up getting baited or turned on in a bad way.

The other method would be to use the leap. Usually I'd recommend saving the leap when chasing for when a target jumps over a wall or when you are almost certain that you can get the kill by leaping and still get out. The leap on this ability is slow so I'd recommend being very wary when using it aggressively like this.

TL;DR

Feather Step

About This Ability

This is going to be your bread and butter when it comes to being effective in a match. While you won't technically use it as much as this particular ability is your biggest damage dealer and holds the most outplay potential in your kit. functions by dealing damage and simply leaping/flipping over your enemies and landing on the opposite side of them. is counted as a "Leap" in the game so while you're in the animation, you are immune from most types of damage aside from already applied dots and a few global abilities.

While this ability is the core of what makes you an assassin and provides the burst you're generally going to need to get kills and win fights let us talk about all the ways you can Use Feather Step to your advantage in certain situations.

So When Do You Use It?

To Deal Damage

Now the simplest way to use this ability would be to do some heavy burst damage to an enemy. But this ability has a bit of depth to it so I'll try to explain the ins and outs, and the do's and dont's of using to do damage.

So the most important thing to note is that works in coalition with your basic attack rotation. You MUST understand what this means however, many newer players don't realize that the ability works in Co-Operation with the NEXT basic attack in your THREE attack rotation. So lets elaborate.

- If you Use an Ability on an enemy, is triggered or Reset to the default 100% damage NO AOE

- If you basic attack an enemy a single time (With the first attack in your rotation is upgraded/triggered to 150% damage NO AOE

- If you land the second basic attack in your rotation on an enemy REGARDLESS of whether or not you hit the first is upgraded/triggered to 200% damage WITH AOE

- If you land the THIRD basic attack in your rotation on an enemy, reset/triggered at 100% damage NO AOE

So what this means is that in general when looking to do damage over anything else you should use after landing the SECOND basic attack in your rotation to get the double damage and the AOE off of it. This especially holds true when clearing jungle camps and wave.

When actually fighting another player it's up to you to decide whether you should use feather step early or not. My general rule is to use the 2x damage UNLESS dodging enemies/enemy attacks or simply finishing off a kill that you can get without using the 2x damage

To Dodge Abilities

Now when it comes to using to avoid damage, the base concept is fairly simple. As stated above, this ability counts as a leap during the animation meaning that unless you have a Damage over Time (DOT) effect on you or there's a global ult such as 's you won't take damage from incoming enemy basic attacks or abilities.

The great part about this is that this means you can use to dodge just about anything, including enemy ultimates and CC. So just for the sake of detail I'll include 2 simple examples of when you can use this to dodge.

Dodging a Ymir Freeze

So if you have good reaction time (Which can 100% come from practice so don't feel bad if you're not there yet!) you could use to dodge something such as 's . That ability has a slight wind-up animation before the actual ability comes out so if you spot out that animation you can quickly use to flip behind him and avoid the cc and often times followup damage from him and his team.

This also works with other CC but often times such as with you have to predict when the CC is going to come out which generally takes practice, you can't win em all though so don't be discouraged if you flip and they wait it out and CC you anyway.

Dodging a Kukulkan Ultimate

, at least in the late game is scary enough for an player without his ultimate since he does so much damage, but in the early game as long as he's not fed the only damage you really need to worry about from him is from his ultimate ability now while this doesn't mean you shouldn't avoid his other abilities you often don't need to use to dodge and especially in the early game, his 2 damage abilities, especially if you can dodge the , don't really do enough to kill you most of the time. But can easily keep you safe if you want to engage on an unsuspecting (Or suspecting) player.

Often times, you will see players use their ultimate in a combination of defense and offense against melee gods that engage them since it does a load of damage and applies a knockback. But all you have to do when you engage is hold on to your until the ultimate comes out and you can easily dodge it while doing a large chunk of damage in the process.

This works with almost every other ultimate in the game so pay attention to those windup animations and listen for the telltale voice lines and flip away!

To Reposition

When fighting or running away it can be easy to get stuck between a rock in a hard place. This can be especially scary if your is down. But you do have a method of potentially regaining some footing by using

Let's say you're being pinched in a jungle corridor, you happened to get yourself a bit out of position and you're in trouble. You have 2 enemies in front of you with your team a reasonable way behind them on the way, and 3 enemies behind you. Your jump is down and you have a few seconds before you inevitably get collapsed on. But is up. What you can do is use your flip to get on the other side of the 2, which is also the side closer to your team. This puts all 5 (Or at least 4) enemies behind you and gives you another shot to rejoin the relative safety of your allies.

TL;DR

Moonlight Charge

About This Ability

This is another great ability with a fairly reasonable skill-cap on it. This ability travels in a line taking roughly 1 second to travel from you to its furthest distance.It is able to travel through walls as well which is an important note I'll cover as you scroll down. But that part isn't so much what we care about in regards to this ability, Yes it has good clear and some reasonable poke damage potential but nothing is as important as the Knockup from . Whomever you manage to catch out with this ability could be in for a nasty surprise in a number of ways. The thing that makes this ability interesting though is that the knockup only works if you land the ability on an enemy Facing Away from you, or hitting them from the side in a 180 semicircle behind them. This ability has so many different possibilities. So let's talk about what they are and when you should use them.

So When Do You Use It?

To Deal Damage/Clear

As with many abilities in many a' God's kit can be used as a simple means of doing damage to enemies. Regardless of whether or not you can apply a knockup to an enemy (Which I recommend doing 90% of the time if possible) This ability can be used to do a quick chunk of damage to an opponent (or perhaps opponents) to possibly finish up a damage rotation or finish a kill. As I've stated like 40 times, if you can get the knockup off you should probably do so as it gives you uncontested damage on the enemy as knockups cannot be cleansed. But if you want to clear a wave or do quick damage to an enemy/jungle camp don't be too shy of using this ability.

Be Careful though! In the early game the mana cost of this ability can add up very quickly.

To Roll with a Combo

Later in this guide the combos will be gone over and explained. But since this is the ability section and this can be an extremely important part of your combo (especially if you have ) I want to touch some basics at least in case you don't make it that far on your first read.

So the important things to note about this ability is that it's cast instantly and moves fast. So if you launch this as part of your damage combo it can significantly increase your burst damage potential (Again especially if you have and/or ) Using it after a quick basic attack on a feather step can give you another proc on if you've picked it up and if you're fighting a tankier opponent where you're basic attacking more often you can hold on to it until your is fully charged and get an extra free chunk of burst damage off. Just remember this little tidbit of comboing your abilities and please make sure to take a look at the ability combos down below. If there's any god that combos matter on it's but that's one of the things that makes her fun to play.

To Basic Attack Cancel/Reset

Lets be real, in my opinion you should be looking for opportunities to basic attack cancel on every God in the game if you want to be competitive and perform at the highest levels possible. is no exception. While she has a very limited capacity to cancel and reset has some useful strategies you can use to maximize your DPS and give you an upper hand in your fights.

Basic Attack Resetting

If you don't know what Basic Attack Resettnig is, I'll briefly explain it before going into more detail. With any god, Basic attack resetting is using an ability to reset your basic attack rotation usually with the intent of maximizing DPS output. is pretty much your only way of doing this but it is by far still very important.

But why would you want to do this? Well the way I use this trick is to reset my rotation to get to the 2nd basic attack for again. While of course when I do this I go for the knockup if I utilize this strategy I usually use after my second basic attack in the rotation IMMEDIATELY after the damage from the second attack lands.

The reason I do this is often to ensure I have a better chance of securing the kill especially if you land the knockup. Many people will either panic dash away (Which you can oft do nothing about unless you react fast enough) or hold on to their escape (if they have one) until you use but by using this strategy to knock them up, no only are you better ensuring yourself more damage or a kill but you're also minimizing the chance of return damage which will make your engagements more efficient and effective. The goal is always to deal as much damage as possible while taking the least amount of return damage plausible and this is true for any God.

Hitting that knockup in the reset gives you a full uncontested 2 basic + combo if you even need it at that point in the game.

Basic Attack Canceling

Now if you don't know what basic attack canceling is then no worries, I'll do my best to explain it in depth. But let's start with the basic concept of "You should be basic attack canceling with just about everyone." Why? Because basic attack canceling is the only way to maximize your DPS/Burst output.

Often times basic attack canceling is used to benefit players who have invested in an item such as which "proc" off of landed abilities. Almost every god in the game has the potential to basic attack cancel in some way shape or form. Gods like and can do it numerous times within a rotation. Other gods such as and have very limited potential in the field of canceling.

, as stated above is a little bland when it comes to her basic attack canceling abilities because she only has one ability that can truly get the desired effect 100% of the time without potentially sacrificing something else, that ability being . The other potential candidate is But you're often sacrificing DPS by using to simply basic attack cancel. Even with this limited selection it is still very important to perform in regards to making efficient and possibly life saving plays.

To basic attack cancel with yo u simply want to use immediately after a basic attack and then once you land that follow up with ANOTHER basic attack.

So a standard way to use it in the way mentioned above would be:

Basic Attack -> -> Basic Attack -> Basic Attack ->

Note that I go out of my way to emphasize how good it is to use it AFTER a basic attack, the reason being that hitting a basic attack first and then instantly canceling it into a maximizes the dps potential of the cancel.

An alternative example of a combo involving resetting would be:

Basic Attack -> Basic Attack -> -> Basic Attack -> -> Basic Attack

Overall this provides players looking to gain an edge over the competition a method to increase their dps and therefore kill potential as compared to the average player.

To Interrupt Abilities

Like the above segment this usage is more for players looking to be a cut above the rest when it comes to their kit utility. So in this little mini-segment I'll explain how you can use to interrupt enemy abilities and make their lives that much more difficult.

Numerous gods have significant potential windup/cast times with their abilities and while some of them such as with are knock-up immune during these channeling animations there are many other abilities that are channeled or have a long/multi-phase animation that can be interrupted via knock-up.

Let's take Bellona for Instance

The major example I'd like to use for this will be 's ability. Many of you will know by now that this ability has the potential to do a lot of damage. But also this damage comes in two phases. The first phase she spins around gaining a damage multiplier and doing a small amount of base damage. She then smashes her hammer down to do a lot of damage that increases based on her multiplier gained from earlier.

But the cool thing is you can actually knock her up out of her wind-up spin, just circle around her while she's doing it really quickly and use This interrupts the entire ability and prevents her from getting the smashdown damage off.

Simply for CC

Of course we can't forget this one. You always have the potential of using this ability to simply apply a CC to the enemy. Whether it be for Set-Up, Helping an ally escape, or Prepping your you have a lot of options to work with.

This is a CC. CC prevents enemies from doing what they want to do. Use CC.

Setting up For Gravity Surge

Okay I promise this ability section is almost done but I can't leave out the most important part and also most commonly used part. That being setting up for .

If you knock-up an enemy with regardless of whether it's through a wall or not. It enables you to use to pull that person back and likely to their doom.

TL;DR

Gravity Surge

About This Ability

If you've actually read through the other abilities, I praise you for your resilience and hope this one doesn't push you over the edge. If you're just dropping by this tab I hope you enjoy and learn lots of stuffs!

is honestly (all the other nifty things aside) the thing that makes 's kit so interesting. While more than able to do things in other situations with solid gameplay and execution, has and more than likely always will be, a goddess designed to counter other gods and work especially well in certain team compositions. Those other gods being those with leaping abilities and those team compositions being those with knockups.

The way works is that if a god is mid-leap, or knocked up into the air (Provided of course they aren't in a state of CC-Immunity) you have the option of using your ultimate to counter that leap or capitalize on that knockup by dragging that person to you. Upon landing they are dealt damage and you gain a large temporary boost to power and attack speed. But let's talk about all the ways you can use this (I promise this won't be as long as ).

So When Do You Use It?

To Catch a Retreating/Engaging Enemy

*Channeling my inner Nevercake* So you know how gods like to use leaps to engage and escape? Well that's where comes in. If you happen to find yourself in a situation where an enemy is running away from you and you either bait out or they panic jump away just pop that , plant your foot down, and yell NO! Then you may proceed to mercilessly kill the individual as punishment for thinking they had the right to jump.

Likewise if you find yourself in a situation where an enemy thinks that they can step to you and decides to jump directly at you or one of your teammates. Pop that , plant your foot down, and yell NO! Then you may proceed to mercilessly kill the individual as punishment for thinking they had the right to jump. Or of course if the situation is dire you just proceed to run the heck away after perhaps landing a .

To Capitalize on Knockups

As I stated, your entire kit works extremely well with a team comp that is drafted around setting up for you. Whether that be from CCing people in place so you can land your own , or directly knocking people up. Either way it puts you in a great spot. If someone happens to be knocked up you can quickly decide whether or not it's worth dropping your for. If it's a squishy carry 100% do it unless you're so underleveled that it would be extremely dangerous, if it's a beefy tank decide whether or not the outcome is worth the cooldown, "Can I get a kill, Can my team get a kill, or can we push him away to do an objective?" If you answer no to all of those it's probably not worth it. Also be wary when pulling tanks with large setups. If you pull a Sylvanus into your team and he gets bored and decides to your team. You may have accidentally sentenced your team to death.

To Gain the Upper hand in Boxing Matches

This one is a bit more meh when it comes to excitement, but it's a method of using the ability that should not be ignored as it can mean the difference between victory and defeat at times. While I always recommend going for the knock-up into pullback if you want to use you don't always have that option. If a fight seems to be going relatively bad you can simply use for the quick burst to power and attack speed. This can easily help you regain the upper hand as it makes you immune to slows, roots and knockbacks as well.

DO NOT USE THIS ABILITY IF YOU DON'T NEED TO

TL;DR

Ability Combos

Combo Rundown

Items

Jungling Items

Please hover over the Item Icon to the left to see the detailed information on each item. It seems like a waste of time and space for me to do an extra tab for the item's stats. But if you would prefer me to write those in please let me know in the comments.

Assassin's Blessing	Unless you're trying something out of the ordinary like aggressive start you should be picking up this item 100% of the time. It increases, farm efficiency, jungle/overall sustain and throws in some penetration later. There is virtually almost no reason to leave this in the shop, other than that.
Mage's Blessing	This is more of an aggressive start item, getting you some nasty burst in the early game, as well as some mana sustain. You lose some of the jungle sustain, however your kill potential goes up significantly, pick this up if you're looking for a more aggressive approach.

Warrior Tabi

Lets start simple. Unless you're going for a very specific style of play or DPS setup you're almost always going to want to pick these up. As an ability based assassin with your own attack speed steroid built into your kit you really have no use for unless again you're going for a specific style or strategy. 19/20 times at least in my opinion will be the shoes for you, offering high power and much needed movement speed for a low cost.

Alternative Movement Items

Ninja Tabi	Now some of you might REALLY like the extra attack speed over the extra power, maybe you're just rebels or perhaps you have a more attack speed or early spike oriented playstyle. That's okay, these boots aren't bad to pickup I just personally don't often go them in conquest. In other modes, particularly arena I'm much more likely to pick them up.
Talaria Boots	Many of you probably remember how popular these shoes were by the end of season 3. Well, while those reasons have disappeared, the movement speed bonus from them is certainly still attractive, it doesn't necessarily hurt to pick these up over the other 2.

Core Recommendations

Jotunn's Wrath	You honestly can't go wrong with this item on Assassin's for the most part. It's definitely a fantastic early item for Awilix. Giving her power, penetration, mana and Cooldown % reduction. If you go my more "Cookie Cutter" build if you're a newer player you should pick this up between items 2 and 4 in your build. I would usually recommend item 2 or 3.
HeartSeeker	This item has turned into a fantastic pickup for Assassins giving them a significant power spike in the early game and greatly increasing kill and gank potential with it's passive. The movement speed also pairs up nicely with your rotation reliant role. Just an overall fantastic pickup and I usually recommend snagging it for your 3rd or 4th item but any point in your build can work feasibly however this item is not necessary to be effective and may be better off removed from your build entirely in numerous scenarios
Hydra's Lament	This is another item that you really can't go wrong with on Awilix. The power and cooldown % reduction is really nice and you are forced to activate the passive by naturally playing her kit and you can also do extra things to get even more use out of it. Another great item in general and one you should almost always pick up although you can get away with not building it and still do fine. I usually would recommend grabbing this 2nd or 3rd in your build.
Transcendence	For season 5 this item has jumped up to my list of favorites due to the short camp spawn timers. Seriously good for solving any mana problems and giving you a huge power spike that lasts/increases as the game progresses.

Other Power Items

Stone Cutting Sword	Whether I swap this in for one of the core items or throw it in with one of my final items this frequently finds its way into my builds. The passive stacks quite nicely with your basic attack oriented kit and the power and movement speed are a welcome bonus. It is expensive though so that's a fair downside.
Masamune	While it's not often I would truly recommend grabbing this item it's a less expensive counterpart to Stone Cutting Sword however the passive only does you good if the other team is particularly tanky (Health wise) compared to you and even at that point you should consider picking it up along with Stone Cutting Sword or getting Stone Cutting Sword instead.
Frostbound Hammer	This one is a bit more interesting but does work especially well if you take a more bruiser based approach to your Jungle build as I frequently did during the season 2 "Tank Meta" The core concepts of those kinds of builds still apply so if you want to be a bully this item can easily help you along that path.
Titan's Bane	This item in general is just fantastic for a low price it easily allows you to shred through protections. I frequently recommend picking this up as a 5th or 6th item after you finish your core. However if the enemy team isn't building protections at all or very little (Which will rarely happen in a serious game)you may want to consider other options. Or if you need the passive from another power item you may want to swap out this in favor.
Brawler's Beat Stick	Another item you really can't go wrong with. Giving power and a good chunk of penetration for a low cost and a passive that counters lifestealers and healers alike it just works in most situations. While there are builds such as the full pen build that call for an item like this I usually would say that there are better options. Unless you're looking to counter a healer or a lifesteal team think hard about whether you want this or not.
The Crusher	This is another interesting pickup granting power penetration and attack speed. Its passive can be and is often very nice for the ability based/basic attack hybrid style of her kit.
The Executioner	I used to pick up this item almost every single time I played Awilix but since it got nerfed back in the day I don't pick it up nearly as often. It's still a great item making a nice alternative to something like Titan's Bane or The Crusher giving you similar results to Titan's Bane but increasing your attack speed and ultimately in many situations your boxing potential.
Qin's Sais	This is another item that I used regularly for a good portion of time in season 3 but I've ultimately dropped it from the vast majority of my games. I do still pick it up occasionally as it works great against tankier teams and does give you a nice boost to boxing potential when hard burst isn't necessarily an option.

Void Shield	This item is great in that it still gives you a lot of the damage you want so you're not missing out on much power potential in exchange for the survivability boost you get with this. Physical protection is valued much more highly than magical since towers and phoenixes do physical damage. Having a bit of defense allows you to "safely" make riskier plays.
Shifter's Shield	This item is great if you're looking for something that will give you both Protections and Power in equal measure depending on your situation. As you improve you can even factor in how you play based on the additional damage/protections you get based on your health
Breastplate of Valor	This is something I would only recommend going if you're trading out Hydra's Lament from your kit as otherwise you would be heavily over the CDR Cap. This again gives you coveted physical protection and caps your CDR when paired with Jotunn's Wrath. But you lose power in exchange for this protection (Albeit not much with the way her kit works).
Mantle of Discord	I absolutely love this item in general and it's fantastic on assassins. Not only does this item give great base stats with High Physical/Magical defense and the Cooldown Reduction. But the stun from the passive can make plays happen for you and your team or give you that bit of extra time you need to get a kill/escape. The major downside is it's expensive.
Spirit Robe	This item also gives great protections from both trees and Crowd Control reduction alongside Cooldown Reduction. The passive is also very nice because it helps you out with CC/Burst combo teams by giving you hard % mitigation on a cooldown when you take CC.
Bulwark of Hope	This is something you should really only go if you're taking a bruiser approach to your build and also have a physical protection item to go with it. It gives you a nice boost to health with your magical reduction and some Crowd Control reduction but its real worth lies in the passive that gives you a flat shield worth from 150-350 health depending on level. It can help you with sustainability and staying power.
Witchblade	This item is great against basic attack oriented teams especially against enemies like Arachne, Mercury and Kali it also gives you some of that sweet physical protection I was talking about as well as some attack speed.
Winged Blade	If you have an enemy team that is relying heavily on slows then this item is almost a must grab since it's a slow counter. Not only does it cleanse slows on a cooldown but it also gives you a speed boost, turning their slow to your benefit. it also gives a good chunk of health and some attack speed.

Blink Rune	This is by far my favorite Relic on Awilix because it greatly increases the amount of offensive plays you can make. As it's tooltip suggests it allows you to instantly teleport a short distance. I'll go more in depth on how you can use it in the Gameplay and Ganking segments of this guide.
Purification Beads	This is a VERY common and safe "go to" relic because it cleanses Crowd Control and can get you out of some tight spots. You can also use it preemptively to prevent enemies from CCing you to get your damage off. This combined with the Immunity frames you can get does wonders.
Aegis Amulet	The other safe relic for players that might be too uncomfortable to go something more aggressive. Activated similarly to Purification Beads this relic prevents ALL incoming damage for a short period of time. It can be quite useful if you're gotten yourself into a crumby situation you may need to last longer in or just to avoid major incoming damage.
Sundering Spear	Another highly aggressive relic, this shoots out a projectile that does flat true damage based on the target's current HP and increases the damage the stricken enemy takes by 20% for 5 seconds. You can use this against tankier targets to turn them into squishies to burst down.
Shield of Thorns	A more defensive relic but significantly different than the other 2 on this list. This item becomes more useful the TANKIER you are. So I would really only recommend grabbing it if you've taken a bruiser approach to your build. This item returns half of all damage you would take if you have no protections back to the enemy as magical damage. You can use this either defensively or aggressively as either way an enemy will be less inclined to damage you if they're going to be helping you kill them.

Build Examples

Jungling Builds

These are just some explained ideas to get you rolling and does not substitute getting to know the items and what they do/when to build them. See the items section for more details on that.

About this Build

Gameplay

Jungling Gameplay

This is one of the stages of the game where can really shine. However this is also where you can make or break and advantage. Let's talk about how you can effectively maximize your early game potential.

Now in the current meta you will for at least most of the time, be starting at the SPEED buff with your pal the Mid Laner, while the Mid Laner, may or may not decide to show up, you should do this buff anyway. Then proceed to the experience camp and rotate to the MANA camp and clear it for/with your Solo Laner.

The most important thing to remember at this beginning stage is "Don't Get Greedy". even post nerfs has strong level 1-2 potential with and which you can use to help either clear the solo wave or rush into the jungle and clear more.

Once you've cleared most of your jungle, depending on timers you have a few options

1) Hang around the side jungles and look for ganks, while farming the waves a bit.

2) Reset your camp rotation and likely prepare to catch that first exp camp again and your soon to be spawning speed buff.

If you're doing things effectively you should endeavor to farm wave experience until those camps reset, at which point you go back and repeat your farming rotation, hunting around for ganks while you're doing it.

When analyzing gank potential, always remember that your early game is strong, even pre level 5, you can use this to your advantage, as many gods won't want to really mess with you if you're doing your intimidating right. Your job is to do this dance of rotation more effectively than the enemy jungler.

After this initial early game dance is over. It's time to continue farm and look for opportunities. Pay attention to where the enemies are and where their health pools are at. If they're playing too risky or don't know where you are, punish them and secure leads for your laners. Make sure you're cleaning up jungle camps on rotation as well.

Okay so you've reached the Mid-Game and not ragequit... Hopefully. F7 Forever! And I certainly hope in this case that you've reached the Mid-Game ahead of your Opponent! But if not we'll talk about the other alternatives and how you can hopefully play around them.

IF YOU'RE AHEAD

Okay so if you're ahead at this point, you're in a fantastic spot. While it's hard to mess up from ahead, it is possible. So let us go over what you should do anyway.

So when ahead there's one thing you should be trying to do above all else and that is APPLY PRESSURE! You should really abuse the fact that you're ahead of your enemies in level and/or build progression. Take trips into the enemy jungle, steal their buffs, if you haven't already been looking at the Gold Fury by now, shame on you, and you should totally fix that because getting that puts you even FURTHER ahead. Pressure waves, pressure towers, deny the enemy team farm, look for kills. The more you apply pressure the further ahead you can get and the faster you will get into lategame and the faster you can overall end the match or force a surrender.

IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO EVEN

Alrighty, if you've been going blow for blow with the enemy team, that's great. It usually means it's a fairly evenly matched game, and those are fun! This is also of course, a "Make it or Break it" scenario.

The great part is that you can play this very similarly to when you're ahead, you just have to be a bit safer. You should be looking for opportunities to pressure the enemy, looking for ways to push out of that even scenario and into the lead. Look for the Gold Fury, look for the Pyromancer look for any way you can farm faster, or steal farm from the enemy and certainly kill when you have the chance. But be careful, since they're running about even with you, the enemy can look to do the same and they can certainly take a shot at contesting your endeavors if you're not careful.

IF YOU'RE BEHIND

It's certainly unfortunate when this happens, but bad things can happen, sometimes the other team just plays the early/mid game better and sometimes you get stuck with teammates that aren't really what I would describe as great. But falling behind is not the end of the world, although the range of how far behind you are can make a big difference. The important thing is to learn how to play from this standpoint.

The largest thing you have to be concerned about is the enemy team doing what you would do if you're ahead, to you. It's important, especially as the jungler to keep your camps on farm. You can still look for enemy camps to steal but you need to be extremely careful considering they technically have an advantage in a fight. You want to try and catch up if you can. Make sure you're placing wards, see if you can sneak a Gold Fury and if at all possible make sure the enemy team doesn't take Fire Giant. Your goal is to either catch up, or hold on until late-game.

You should still be looking for opportunities to pick up kills as well, even from behind. is quite bursty, so even from behind, you can still grab kills. There's also coordination with your team, and sometimes an enemy team from ahead will get cocky and start playing sloppy.

Just do your best with your team to not let the Enemy roll over you once they get ahead.

Ah... Late-Game... Builds are almost if not completely done and both teams have managed to stay in the game. Once late-game hits for both teams in regards to builds, any prior leads become more irrelevant. However there's always the possibility that the enemy team hits late-game first, or your team hits late-game first. So again, let us go over what to do in these situations.

IF YOU'RE AHEAD

Again, let me start with the most optimal of the three possibilities. If you're ahead you should play like you play ahead anyway. Aggressively, look for pick-off kills in the jungle/lanes and try to force a teamfight with your not nearly as well off enemies. With one or two enemies down you can easily take a shot at the Fire Giant and if the enemy team contests, you can force another teamfight out of it.

You should absolutely be forcing objectives, take remaining towers, take phoenixes. Open up the map for your team and deprive the enemy team of extra farm while you bolster your own. Depending on how far ahead you are and how many towers/phoenixes are down, you can force a victory even with 1-3 enemies dead. Or even with all 5 still alive.

Play it smart, force your lead and most importantly try to do it expediently because the enemy team can still close the gap. Or at least they can get to a point where your lead becomes irrelevant.

IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO EVEN

Alright, if you've reached Late-Game around the same time as the enemy team, you're still in a good spot. As an assassin you should be looking to pick stragglers off, and as you even have the option of dragging enemy gods through walls to separate them from their teammates.

You should constantly be looking for opportunities to start winning teamfights or get pick-off kills. Just like in the midgame you want to find a way to break the stalemate and gain the advantage. Get a kill or two, and pressure the enemy team by taking objectives such as the Fire Giant.

IF YOU'RE BEHIND

Alright so maybe this match hasn't been going well for you and/or your team? Maybe the enemy has an item on you, or even two? This is tough, your odds of winning have gone drastically down, but hope is not lost. At least not yet. But what can you do as a late game jungler?

Well thankfully the answer is relatively simple. You're still an assassin so you should look for picks if possible. BUT at the same time you need to start thinking about doing something called "Turtling".

Turtling is when you take measures to slow down the match, basically meaning you and your team have more time to farm up levels and gold to make the earlier enemy lead irrelevant.

Just farm and stall until you get your builds at full, then you can look at playing as if you were even again. However, you shouldn't necessarily give up something like the Fire Giant for free. You can take measures to try and steal it, just don't commit to fights you don't have a good chance of winning.

Ganking

With Blink

So if you picked up Blink as your first relic as I sometimes do. You have a much more vast array of options for successfully ganking a lane. This is because you now have a much greater likelihood of having your entire kit up for the fight itself, and if done properly doesn't give your enemy enough time to react without forcing a relic or taking a lot of damage (often losing their lives). When using blink on Awilix unless simply trying to close distance for a cleanup or a secure with there is one key spot that you're going to want to look to blink for. This is DIRECTLY BEHIND your target This is even more optimal if you can put yourself in a position where you are standing between your target and his/her tower/phoenix line. This will often put your target in a huge bind, with your lane partners attacking on one end, with you on the other.

What should I do once I've blinked?

Okay now this part is a little more tricky. and will depend on how much you know about the situation you're going into. If you know for a fact that an enemy's escapes are down, you may immediately start basic attacking saving your abilities to close distance gaps and secure damage, depending on how low your enemy is, a simple 2 basic attacks, into a may be enough to take down your opponent. if not, save these until you tactically have the upper hand, stoping them from retreating and dragging them back to you with if Necessary. If you can get a kill reasonably safely without using then you should always take that approach.

However if you don't know whether an enemy's escapes are up I'm going recommend a combo. This combo will more than likely kill any target that doesn't have Purification or Sanctuary online and will often put you in a position to kill them even if they use one or both of those actives.

THE COMBO

Blink Behind Them, Launch for the knockup, 1-2 Basic Attacks based on pre/post 1.3 attack speed, Launch , 2 Basic Attacks, Launch

Now this combo while being more advanced, will make it so your enemies are virtually locked down in a CC chain while this damage is done to them, and if for some reason they manage to get out without dying from this, you should still have online for chase if need be. This is in my opinion the hardest and most advanced combo for but is also the most effective in killing a target without taking damage in return.

Also if you've followed my recommendations having a Blink Online will allow you to gank and force kills as early as level 2. Since your clear is so high you might be able to catch your opposing solo/jungler with a blink as they walk into lane. Or you can blink into the midlane once your finished with all of that to unleash a mighty burst of damage onto the likely squishy mage.

Without Blink

Okay, now there are some times when trying to use blink in the early game can be quite dangerous and it's better to have something like Purification. Or you simply have Blink on cooldown or don't wish to use it. While your opportunities for interesting positions when it comes to gank setups will be reduced, you still have a lot of options, especially if you're with a competent team or have good ward coverage.

Okay so how do I do it?

Now we move on to the juicy bits. Now this is going to be somewhat similar to what you are looking to do with Blink but it requires a bit more careful positioning and timing on your part. as with this you want to try and catch your enemy unaware without that wonderful Blink to forcibly close any gap between you and a target if they happen to see you before it happens.

Now you're going to want to try and sneak up on your target, the positioning that you want to end up in is similar to that with Blink, you want to try and end up standing between your target and their tower line. You want to be in a position to where they have to find a way past or through you to get to safety, and in this particular position, you are also in a good position to make it so they don't have those options.

Now to do this in more competitive gameplay, you are going to need general knowledge of your enemy's coverage and/or good communication. As a jungler, you should be communicating more than anyone. Now I'm going to provide you with a scenario.

Scenario

So lets say you've decided that the enemy duo lane has lived for far too long. And you, the beloved jungler, want to do something about that. Without blink, you're going to need some sort of distraction of sorts to keep the enemy duo lane unaware of you until it's too late for them to avoid taking damage. So there are two calls you can make.

Calling for an Attack: The more aggressive approach. Having your own duo lane lock their opponents in a boxing match is a great way to distract them from both their minimap and even VGS/Coms information regarding rotations, including possible calls on your own rotation. This approach will make it so that you can either sneak up behind the enemy while they are trying to fight your teammates, or your teammates can prevent them from getting far enough away that they will avoid damage. For instance if they can stop the enemy team from reaching their towerline before you reach the lane, you can possibly and one of them back into the lane for a kill. Or if you manage to sneak up behind them, you're going to be able to do a load of damage on one end while your partners are dealing high damage from the other end.

Calling for a Retreat/Ambush: The more sneaky/tactical approach. While this one has it's own set of flaws such as "What if they notice that something isn't right with the retreat" this is also a very viable option when it comes to ganking a lane. By having your duo lane retreat, this gives the other duo lane a chance to push up the lane. A good number of times they will take this bait unless there is extremely good communication on the other team. in which case you may have to resort to the attack call. But by having your enemy pushed up in the lane, you put them in a position where they are in much more danger, as there is a far greater distance between them and the safety of their tower. Which means you have more time to kill them. As your laners retreat and you get into position you can call for a "Turn on them" with a simple "ATTACK!" call. At this point the fight should go similarly to how the attack call would go however you have much more time and a lot more room to kill your opponents.

The combos that you can use with this no blink approach can be found in the combo section of the guide. Or if you're in a really good spot, you might be able to pull off the combo that I wrote earlier in this section during the Blink portion.

The Warding Map

Green = Priority Warding Spot
Yellow = Useful Warding Spot
Red - Niche Warding Spot

Please Note that You can Also place Wards in the Midlane Crossroads that have good effectiveness

Let's Fight!... But How?

This is a Segment that will be a quick guide on how to take the fight to each God/Goddess in the game.

MAGES

*NOTE THAT WILL BE LISTED WITH THE ASSASSINS*

Agni

Ah Puch

Anubis

Aphrodite

Baron Samedi

Chang'e

Chronos

Discordia

Freya

Hades

He Bo

Hel

Hera

Isis

Janus

Kukulkan

Merlin

Nox

Nu Wa

Poseidon

Raijin

Scylla

Sol

The Morrigan

Thoth

Vulcan

Zeus

Zhong Kui

WARRIORS

Achilles

Amaterasu

Bellona

Chaac

Cu Chulain

Erlang Shen

Guan Yu

Hercules

King Arthur

Nike

Odin

Osiris

Ravana

Sun Wukong

Tyr

Vamana

HUNTERS

Ah Muzen Cab

Anhur

Apollo

Artemis

Cernunnos

Chiron

Cupid

Hachiman

Hou Yi

Izanami

Jing Wei

Medusa

Neith

Rama

Skadi

Ullr

Xbalanque

ASSASSINS

Ao Kuang

Arachne

Awilix

Bakasura

Bastet

Camazotz

Da Ji

Fenrir

Hun Batz

Kali

Loki

Mercury

Ne Zha

Nemesis

Pele

Ratatoskr

Serqet

Susano

Thanatos

Thor

GUARDIANS

Ares

Artio

Athena

Bacchus

Cabrakan

Cerberus

Fafnir

Ganesha

Geb

Jormungandr

Khepri

Kumbhakarna

Kuzenbo

Sobek

Sylvanus

Terra

Xing Tian

Ymir

Awilix in Other GameModes

ARENA

In Arena the first thing you have to aknowledge is that is not designed for this mode at all. We'll start off by hoping you have some knockup gods on your team to help set you up, but we also aren't going to assume at all and will instead focus on how you are going to set your own kills throughout the match.

The Early Game

In the early game you're going to want to start with or the vast majority of the times depending on how CC heavy the enemy team is. You may want to grab into burst heavy comps or comps with big hard to dodge ults/circles.

In the initial confusion following the first camp clear is where you can really take some advantage of your kit. If you can blink behind (assuming you have it) or catch someone off guard you can easily isolate them and snag early kills.

I strongly advise avoiding stacking items in Arena as you do not have the clear to compete with your hunter nor mage and there's a good chance they will be stacking something as well. You should usually plan on rushing but you can also opt to pick up Attackers Blessing before buying your boots. Then I would recommend going a Power and Pen items like to give you a nice early game spike.

The Mid Game

Once you have your initial core online you can start playing around with your builds. A power/pen build throwing in items like is always a safe bet for newer and more experienced players alike. However throwing in one or two defense items like and can make a huge difference in your survivability. Playing with items from the Katana tree is also usually a safe choice (IE: )

You can be a little more liberal with your plays as you do a lot more damage once you have 2-3 items online.

The Late Game

Going into the last 7 minutes of the match or so you should be looking to get picks off of existing engagements and going after those who stray far from their team. Use relics sparingly, saving them for true opportunities.

You want to be absolutely sure that whatever build you went, you have some solid penetration online lest you want to do minimal damage.

ASSAULT

JOUST

SIEGE

CLASH

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hi, i have a question. how do you practise this? i want to be good with one god and i chose awilix couse she is difficult to play so, more fun! but how do i practice to be good at her?

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hi, i have a question. how do you practise this? i want to be good with one god and i chose awilix couse she is difficult to play so, more fun! but how do i practice to be good at her?

Play matches, and not against AI.

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Though the new "Hard" AI are really good for newbies practice. The bots are ulting and combining skills reasonably, so you might start with bots on Hard if you are completely new to mobas then move to the real matches.

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Me and my friends were trying to push a co-op match to 90 minutes with hard bots and they backdoored and won

LOL

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"Your sample build" (Is this the create-a-build thing but for new players, and the second page is your recommended sample builds?) sample build lists , but I thought is generally built in tankier builds so you can take advantage of the passive? Wouldn't you just be better off building instead?

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Do I understand right that spirit robe passive is bonus mitigation (so if you take 500 damsge and mitigate 100 of it you instead mitigate 115?)
Or does it just flat out mitigate 15% of the incoming damage

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It's true mitigation. It ignores pen.

"Or does it just flat out mitigate 15% of the incoming damage" - Yes.

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Yeah, the way this calculates out is:

{Base damage} - {any % mitigation calculations} - {any protection calculations} - {flat mitigation values}.

If the base damage was 500, and 's mitigation was in effect, it would automatically take 15% off the top, becoming a base 425 damage, before protection calcs would come into effect.

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Yes thats what i thought too. Spirit robe is used in tankier builds, instead of just a single protection item.

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In general I agree with you and Kriega...personally, I pick up Spirit when I don't need the protections as much (because I've already built enough), and I'm going more for the situational mitigation and the 20% CC reduction.

That said, there's the 400 gold difference to consider, and its place in that example build...it's the 4th place, meaning you still need to continue getting other items online. That could be a factor.

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Just a flat 15% mitigation makes it quite a strong single protection item.
Yes tankier builds will like to pick it up because how protections scales.
However 15% flat mitigation is not something that bad to have.

No time to do the math though so can someone check the mitigated damage of the 2 items kriega said. With passive active

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So, let's consider at level 20. She has 73 physical protection, and 48 magical.

NOT including any enemy pen...

Base values provide 42.19% physical damage mitigated, and 32.43% magical damage mitigated.
Adding Spirit Robe gives her 113 physical protection and 88 magical. This provides 53.06% physical damage mitigated, and 46.81% magical damage mitigated.
Adding Mantle of Discord gives her 133 physical protection and 108 magical. This provides 57.08% physical damage mitigated, and 51.93% magical damage mitigated.

With these calculations, situationally can be expected to block more incoming damage. But the passive is situational and not fully reliable/expected to mitigate when needed. The Mantle silence can be very helpful, especially if you need to get out of there, but typically you'd expect beads to be available, and the Mantle passive CD is a bit long.

Just as a side thing, let's consider lower protections, due to the likelihood of facing enemies with pen. Let's say the enemy had an equivalent of 40 flat pen, phys or magical.

This brings Awilix' inherent phys protection down to 33, and magical down to 8. Good values to see a difference in effect.
Adding Spirit Robe puts her back to her base values, providing 42.19% physical damage mitigated, and 32.43% magical damage mitigated.
Adding Mantle of Discord puts her at 93 physical protection and 68 magical. Provides 48.19% physical damage mitigated, and 40.47% magical damage mitigaged.

WHEN Spirit's passive is in effect, it will provide significantly better protection, and when it's not...well, the % difference isn't so huge. It would come down to Mantle's passive being available AND hitting the enemy (20 units isn't so much, and not nearly enough for a ranged enemy hitting at normal ranges) vs. the consistent 20% CC reduction Spirit provides.

I'm thinking both are viable.

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It’s just that if you’re getting spirit robe it makes more sense to me to pair it with items like Blackthorn and Void Shield.

I guess maybe you get to deal with consistent poke damage?

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is better at getting you out of "Oh ****" scenarios between the passive and the CCR. I disclaim that all of the builds are just examples and the build on the first page is a cookie cutter that can be used for a new player to get consistent results.

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Mantle of Discord is meant for handling burst rather than tanking damage, thats where Spirit robe shines but if you're not building hybrid/tanky you're not really going to get good use out of Spirit Robe.

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Duke sloth made a video about it a while ago. Let me know if you have trouble searching it

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It also depends on when and how you want your protections. Mantle is very much a lategame pickup vs Spirit Robe being a mid-game. I put high value on the CCR though which is why I recommend it as an item 4 pickup. Both are viable in their own way, it depends on when/how you want to build them. I tried to keep the front page build relatively inexpensive for the newer crowd.

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Salad, some questions and comments.

Firstly, not looking for you to blast me XD, but I also wonder about getting an early AS item like The Crusher, not just in a left-clicker build, but in many builds in general. Typically as you state, you start with T1 (Mace) + Blessing + potions (also, Mace now costs 700 gold, so you can only get 2 potions to start, not 3). I was playing around in jungle practice with her last night (which also spawns another comment that will follow), but from what I can tell, if you go for Crusher after completing Tabi, it gives you enough AS to confirm 2 basics on an enemy if you immediately attack after the knockup from Moonlight Charge. It also will help speed clear just a bit in the earlier portions of a game...quicker to the 2nd hit for earlier use of Feather Step, for example.

In addition, yes the 20% CDR from getting Jotunn's Wrath 2nd is going to be great for any engagement, but Feather Step is one of those abilities with a pretty damn short CD (8 seconds). I won't argue that if you engage and force the enemy to run, having it back up in 6.5 seconds can be extremely helpful, but...again, just wondering. None of your build examples show Crusher 2nd...and for example, in your "glass power" build, it might function pretty well before getting Trans, since Trans can be functionally built a bit later than the traditional 1st/2nd place in most builds (not Jungle though). (Wondering though how many problems you'd have in this from mana issues so there's that...)
Now the reason for me going into Jungle practice to begin. I was (again) reading through your guide in preparation for playing her more, and one thing Marki (BestMinionEver) did in his Ne Zha guide was talk about the attack structure for clearing the camps most efficiently with Universe Ring Toss. Here's the section:

Marki's jungle clear explanation

This will be most useful early game and when you want to clear camps as fast as possible to take less damage or be able to rotate to a lane faster. The trick is to first start with attacking one of the small creeps in the camp with basic attacks (2 times early game, mid-late game 1 will probably be enough), then with the 3rd you hit the big creep and with the 4th swing you hit everyone (or just the big one and the one you hit at the start if it is mid-late game). This will kill one of the small creeps and leave you with 2 creeps. Now you use the Universe Ring Toss and it will bounce between the two creeps killing the small one (and the big one if it is the baby harpy camp you are attacking) and leaving you with the big one on very low health and with no protection. This will make your clear time a bit faster and it will make you take a lot less damage while clearing.

If you come across the enemy jungler or someone else doing a jungle camp, wait until there is only one buff creep left before using the Universe Ring Toss that way you are going to most likely get the jungle buff. If not you don't have to worry because due to the physical protection debuff and damage from the bounces will most likely result in a clean and easy kill with either just basic attacks or a Wind Fire Wheels.

You can use it to reset your attack chain at the 3rd attack and by doing so you will make your jungle route faster (noted that you only want to do this when you just got one creep left to kill). Though you will most likely have it on cooldown from clearing the camp.

From playing around, at level 1/2, what it seems to me to be most efficient is to attack each small minion once, then use Feather Step. At level 1 (without the Speed camp clear help from the Mid), each small minion might take one more basic, and I've never understood how some people (when watching gameplay sometimes) keep attacking the big minion when the smalls would only take 1 more hit. Each additional hit where you don't clear the smalls is more damage you're incurring, and so I'd think you'd just finish those first, you know?

Anyway, looking forward to your feedback.

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Same bran it's a weird force of habit for some to only hit the big minion. Same goed for LoL with a non AoE clearer (apart from fiddlesticks)

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One thing I suppose I should clarify that 3/4 of the mace items are perfectly rush-able depending on the situation. is perfectly viable if you're looking for some early attack speed and extra damage. One of the reasons I love so much is that there isn't one true way to do it. With some slight playstyle adjustments there are tons of viable and efficient builds for her.

I could write up 20 build examples easy and plenty would include being rushed or second. However, I tried to keep thing simple for newer players and include 4 fairly different builds.

For Jungle clear I have a VERY VERY specific attack rotation. I only use the 2nd hit on the rotation on smalls (Aside from the level 1 clear which is a bit different in the start). In the start I do Small Minion Basic - Large Minion Basic - (This kills small minion A) - Small minion basic (This kills small minion B) - Murder Large Minion.

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I suppose I should clarify that 3/4 of the mace items are perfectly rush-able

PETITION FOR HI-REZ TO ADD TO THE MACE TREE

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PETITION FOR HI-REZ TO ADD TO THE MACE TREE

Don't make me report you.

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Make a video for me, dammit.

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I don't understand why the "left clicker" has executioner. Stone cutting and crusher is enough pen for squishies.

Thank god you finally removed the crit builds.

Also no Runeforged?

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Okay I usually stay outa your messes but when you're dragging yourself into my guide I'm gonna answer your question in a similar manner to which you seem to enjoy treating everyone else here.

1) How do you not understand why I included an item that increases attack speed, power and penetration in a build called "the left clicker"? If you dont understand you must have a clear lack of understanding for how works, not to mention the purpose behind the build. Also you said it yourself "The build without that item has enough pen to deal with squishies". So idk... maybe we add that in so we can tackle the tankier enemies too. Cuz #logic.

2) Don't know what your malfunction is here, crit is still fine on her I just have not gotten around to readding builds with it as an option in section 2. I personally do not run it often on her anymore but that does not change the viability in her basic attack rotation.

3) You musta just missed this one, runeforged is in both the item's section and the item options/descriptions section.

Seriously dude, I'm a multiple time #1 ranked Awilix on the leaderboards when I actually put myself on them and before those leaderboards were a thing I had the Top KDA, GPM and WLR on her in ranked... in the world. If it is in my guide, it has been playtested and deemed viable by a top ranked player, not just something I pulled out of my ***. So unless you have actual logic based questions or constructive criticism, please keep your comments out of my guide. I'm more than happy to explain my choices but I'm not gonna have you causing discord in my comments section like you seem to cause on so many other guides.

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I'm gonna answer your question in a similar manner to which you seem to enjoy treating everyone else here.

What, calling out bad builds by people who don't have a basic understanding of game mechanics and/or a god's kit is mistreating someone? And you say "enjoy" like im sort of sadist and not like it's not out of necessity?

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You have a tendency to be rude to people, I don't even know if you realize it. I appreciate that you're there tackling bad builds but you don't have to go around treating people that are genuinely trying to share builds that they think are good (even if they aren't) like they have no sense and should be ashamed.

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treating people that are genuinely trying to share builds that they think are good (even if they aren't) like they have no sense and should be ashamed.

If they completely disregard something after it's explained to them, do they have any sense? I think not.

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Some people are too stubborn to listen to criticism, or they're trolls trying to bring down the site. Or maybe, it's one of SoloDoubleJackass's fans making a build for his next "Smitefire youtube vid" which none of us here are very impressed about. The current state of Smite Reddit, and the mediocre builds on Smiteguru mean that only Smitefire is left relevant for gameplay related discussion.

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Serious question here: Why does SF have a worse rep than Smite reddit and Smite Guru? If the builds over there are even worse?

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Take a look at Smiteguru random god builds. Then compare it to season 6 and 5 builds on this site. See a general difference? Like how Smitefire has a few decent builds/guides?

Now go back to older smitefire season builds. Then there's the fact there's also been quite a bit more archiving done so you won't see some of the unholyness.

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What, calling out bad builds by people who don't have a basic understanding of game mechanics and/or a god's kit is mistreating someone? And you say "enjoy" like it's not out of necessity?

There's a much more polite way to "call out bad builds", and you know that. And yes, the way you do it is a form of mistreating others.

I know that sometimes you can get full of bad/troll builds, but that shouldn't be an excuse to be rude.

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You have a point. If the author is legitimately trying, there's no reason to be rude to him. Teach him and guide him in the right direction. That's how Bran created this community.
But sometimes, some of these authors deserve it.
For example, look at this author's comment history: https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/my-first-hera-arena-21722/comments?c=140721#
On top of all that, he reported Bran, of all people, for giving him constructive criticism/teaching him how to play.

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Gotta slightly correct you there. That was how the initial community was created. The style Bran uses is what sprung over from the old community before all the **** around S2 causing those people to dissapear.

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If an author is unwilling to even entertain constructive criticism then it is a totally different ballgame. But at least give people the chance before effectively driving them away from the site.

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Agreed

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3) You musta just missed this one, runeforged is in both the item's section and the item options/descriptions section.

I did. My mistake.

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So do you just never have a relevant ADC or Mid laner in your matches that you have to resort to building exe on Awilix? Can’t just build ichaival or Asi or something other than exe in a AA-focused Build? (That doesen’t specify anti-tank like another one of the listed builds) I mean, you say Awilix is a hybrid, what about Nemesis? (Yes she has her ult, but that’s 1 target, and it’s on ult cooldown) how often would you get Executioner on her?

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I can chip in here. Usually Junglers are diving the back-lines to kill priority targets. The majority of my games (High Diamond) my teams' carries are busy dealing with the enemy front-liners diving them. The Jungle and the Carry are rarely attacking the same target, because for the hunter to be attacking the carry he needs to be annoying the front-liners which usually means they get killed by said front-liner, and for the Jungler to be attacking the front-line that means the back-line stays alive and get's to wail on the rest of the team.

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Acctually this is worded. Yes a jungler will most likely be in the back line to try and kill the adc. However this would be at a point the adc are "leading" teamfights. The main focus of an assassin should be killing the most dangerous target quickly. If that is a fed warrior/assassin so be it.

In pretty much any MOBA an adc will target the closest most dangerous opponent for them so they stay alive. However with how smite works warriors are pretty much peeling for the assassins at this point.

There is way more thoughts behind some things in teamfights.

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Right, but why does Awilix need exe to deal with the back line? Or are you going to mention sov and Thebes aura?

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So does something escape you about how Smite works? First of all those are SAMPLE builds to get the ball rolling and there are other items like and which I have endorsed and/or included in the guide, so I don't know why you feel the need to stick your nose here and comment in the first place.

First of all if you actually idk... do the math and acknowledge how protections work you would realize that overall while you may lose a smidge of DPS (Not enough to hardly even mention it and certainly not enough to drastically reduce your time to kill) and you'll usually GAIN dps instead against squishies, you gain a ton against tanks. I would hope you don't take the blatantly foolish stance of "There are other gods on my team that can do it too so how dare I stack my options". But apparently since I should be making this post on /r/ExplainLikeImFive I'll give you a run-down on why I would even consider it.

1) You aren't always going to be attacking the same targets as your Carries and sometimes your carries won't even be there. You're a very close ranged god and the enemy backline may not be accessible to you. You also have a kit that can effectively peel and you may find yourself peeling and collapsing on an enemy frontline.

2) Not everything is a teamfight... You also can do this thing called getting picks... and sometimes those picks can be tanks (I know... it's crazy).

3) Carries Die... Self explanitory

4) Enemy Carries Die... Which means that you get to clean up the enemy tanks... where the item does fine.

5) Since when is it a horrible thing to have multiple parties shredding protections?

Can you build and ? Of course you can! However again... These are SAMPLE builds that are SPECIFICALLY designed to work well for NEWER players. If a more experienced player is visiting my guide I would hope they have the item knowledge by that point to make some of these decisions for themselves based on the fact I list other items as viable.

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2) Not everything is a teamfight... You also can do this thing called getting picks... and sometimes those picks can be tanks (I know... it's crazy).

A lone jungler vs a lone tank? Tank isn't really in trouble in that scenario, unless they're somehow by your fountain/pheonix while the rest of their team is say... Fire Giant. Or, are you saying this is the lone tank vs you AND teammates then it's not like you're going to need exe to be able to kill them anyway?

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1) You aren't always going to be attacking the same targets as your Carries and sometimes your carries won't even be there. You're a very close ranged god and the enemy backline may not be accessible to you.

I literally said the carries are usually targeting the tanks, while jungler usually prioritises backline. If only Awilix had and to close the gap...

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You also have a kit that can effectively peel and you may find yourself peeling and collapsing on an enemy frontline.

Yes, on an out of position frontliner. At which point pretty much the whole team could collapse on them and instantly make it a 5 vs 4.

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5) Since when is it a horrible thing to have multiple parties shredding protections?

Oh it isn't, just as long as it doesen't affect your ability to target squishies as a jungler. Like building Exe third item and not later in the build.

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4) Enemy Carries Die... Which means that you get to clean up the enemy tanks... where the item does fine.

When the enemy carries are dead, how much is there left to do in the teamfight?

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3) Carries Die... Self explanitory

Once your carries are dead how are you going to get away with shredding away a tanks health with exe + qins like you're a Kali with her ult active and magi's cloak? Or is this where Hastened is supposed to come in? (which still doesen't solve all the problems).

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Can you build Ichaival and Asi? Of course you can! However again... These are SAMPLE builds that are SPECIFICALLY designed to work well for NEWER players. If a more experienced player is visiting my guide I would hope they have the item knowledge by that point to make some of these decisions for themselves based on the fact I list other items as viable.

And what makes such builds specifically better for newer players as opposed to more experienced players? Why not give the most effective build to start off with?

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I would hope you don't take the blatantly foolish stance of "There are other gods on my team that can do it too so how dare I stack my options".

How often do you see Mids or ADCs building no percentage pen (but high flat pen - not including magus) and blink?

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This reply at this point makes it look like you're grasping at straws trying to make yourself look right against someone with vastly more experience on the subject than you.

You're trying to throw your opinion out to me as factual and it's amusing. If you want to build in my build instead of by all means do it, I never said it wasn't viable.

A lone jungler vs a lone tank not being threatening? Have you lived under a rock or did you just fail to notice the surge of popularity in basic attack assassins because of their ability to kill universally? The basic attack build is DESIGNED to be useful universally, not just as a squish-slayer. The build works perfectly well against tanks and building third item does not impact your ability to kill squish AT ALL if you change your playstyle to match the build which is implied. In fact I DARE you to actually go into a jungle practice and pit against using only left clicks (Or hell use abilities too IDC). Cuz fun fact bud... I already have... and increases DPS against SQUISH by almost 25% vs in the same build.

Something you seem to fail to grasp in ALL of your comments on ALL guides is a concept called "Time to Kill" (How long from start to finish does it take you to kill something) which again makes me wonder just how much you actually know about the game aside from spamming meta builds. Even if something like did more dps than (Which it doesn't bud, despite you trying to dig for things to be right about here). It would NOT increase it enough to notably make it truly better against squish. However... a pen item... DRASTICALLY increases my dps against TANKS.

Seriously... actually test your claims before showing your face in my comments again. I don't have time for the site wannabe digging for ways to be right when there are people with genuine questions and ideas to improve that also comment on my guide.

Try asking questions instead of making claims, you might actually learn something from people that know a bit more than you.

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A lone jungler vs a lone tank not being threatening? Have you lived under a rock or did you just fail to notice the surge of popularity in basic attack assassins because of their ability to kill universally?

Basic attack assasins? You mean Kali, Bakasura, Arachne? Who all have higher win, pick and ban rates than Awilix in ranked conquest? And also not mentioning that Awilix is more of a hybrid than being strictly AA-based? Not only that, but she is typically built ability-based at a high level? As seen here:

https://smiteprobuilds.com/Builds?p_filters_page=1&p_filters_search=&p_filters_god=2037&p_filters_pro=~&p_filters_opponent=~&p_filters_role=Jungle&p_filters_league=Ranked:Conquest&p_filters_sort=~ (can change filter to SPL, similar builds to ranked).

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which again makes me wonder just how much you actually know about the game aside from spamming meta builds.

Ok I've only done this for hunters last season (and mainly aa-based hunters due to well, lack of reason to divert from the meta path in that particular case, so I feel justified in my reasoning), anything else is just plainly false. Also I love how you try and make meta builds sound like a bad thing, like we're forgetting what meta means...

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Try asking questions instead of making claims, you might actually learn something from people that know a bit more than you.

Question marks constitute questions, no? Which I have done as seen by my original comments. (like the one at the top of this thread, or this one: https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/awilix-guide-suku-the-lunartic-conquest-jungle-in-depth-7368/comments?c=137483#comment-137483 )

One serious question, if you're going to build exe, why build it third? why not later in the build? e.g. warrior, hastened, stone cutting, qins, crusher, executioner?

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Kriega... You realize I AM high level Awilix right?

I never even tried to say meta builds were bad I do however claim you dont need to know anything about the game to use a meta build.

Don't comment on my guide again, you have officially become a waste of my time. Now that you have officially started arguing about one of my decidedly off meta builds being off meta. You're dafter than I thought and dont know when to sit down and be quiet.

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You still haven't explained why exe is built third item in the build. Even if you don't want to answer, I have a right to ask.

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You don't understand why I build an item like that early in a build called "Tank Buster?" The build is designed to be a vesatile build capable of taking down tanks with similar ease to squishies throughout the game. Building it that early might lower your ability burst but a playstyle adjustment to add more basic attacks will salvage the early dps (Unless you're trying to argue trans which is one of the few items that would increase squishy dps.

The other build is a basic attack oriented build and Mathematically increases dps more at that point than other optioms with that playstyle in mind.

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You are also forgetting that Stone Cutting being built after Katana usually also involves a no boots build. While the no boots build is perfectly viable on her to the point that I run it against certain comps, I value the early power spike granted by boots in the very early game for my abilities and after Katana I dont really NEED more movespeed with to be a gap closer. I value the movespeed more in the lategame as well as the passive on stone cutting. I'm a fan of the big dps thst comes from gettin that attack soeed online early. But again, playstyle preference plays a huge role for such a versatile goddess and all I am doing is providing example builds that I have found to be efficient and effective for new players that may not have the know-how yet for counterbuilding amd in-depth playstyle choices.

The builds have plenty of math and are just examples. You cant bring Playstyle preference into a discussion like that.

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You don't understand why I build an item like that early in a build called "Tank Buster?"

No, the "Left Clicker" build, the only one i've mentioned by name so far. This one has Hastened second as opposed to Jotunns second like "Tank Buster" so im wondering how much squishy dps (and ability burst) you're sacrificing by getting exe third in this build instead.

And then you say

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The other build is a basic attack oriented build and The Executioner Mathematically increases dps more at that point than other optioms with that playstyle in mind.

So you're telling me it's much better to get exe third, that early in the game as opposed to stone cutting sword? Which usually gets built often after Hastened Katana? Or even Crusher, which despite it's useful stats for increasing AA-dps is still an item that benefits ability burst and is present in your AA-focused build?

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If you're talking damage numbers? Yes! If you're valuing the prots and movement speed for then no! However it comes down to playstyle preference at that point. Id you're just looking for bigger and faster dps numbers, is undeniably the better option for both squishies and tanks.

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I would also like to take the opportunity to apologize foe my behavior yesterday. I ripped into you and I really didn't have to and I think I took it too far. Especially when I'm simultaneously trying to preach being nice.

I was having a really ****ty day and had already run out of patience. I hope you will forgive my actions in that regard, I'm not looking to make enemies. However I had already explained executioner to you directly in a previous comment and having to re-explain it tipped me over the edge.

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I would also like to take the opportunity to apologize for my behavior yesterday. I ripped into you and I really didn't have to and I think I toom it too far. Especially when I'm simultaneously trying to preach being nice.

I don't mind, just suprised. Junglers are my weakest area in gameplay though, so I feel the ripping is justified. It's just, usually it's not often you see exe + qins built on hybrid assassins like Awilix (and Nemesis) outside of Duel.

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Nem also isnt a true Hybrid. Her damage numbers put her there to an extent but she's clearly designed to be a left clicker. She can certainly get some nasty burst with newer item options but her kit is designed to help her stick to a target for left clicks and to be a boxer with the shield/passive. Awilix actually truly hybridizes the kit where you have to properly weave basic attacks in to maximize your ability damage. Also honestly if I'm not going a bruiser nem build I do find myself grabbing a lot.

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They are niche builds designed to accomplish certain goals or in the case of the left click build, adhere to an alternate playstyle. One of the reasons I like more than any other god is becauase she is the only TRUE hybrid that is not a mage. Where she is clearly specifically designed to get her damage from both sources almost equally. This opens a ton of playstyle and build paths and while they cant all be meta by definition because there is always going to be something more popular than an alternative. I am a huge fan of giving equally viable options to players that may just enjoy playing differently, or perhaps arent as good at the ability burst playstyle.

I'm more than happy to entertain questions or ideas but I gave my promise a long time ago that as one of the top players in the world on this god, I would only post viable and heavily playtested items/builds. I didn't add Hydra's Lament to her for a while after it got buffed because I didn't value it pre buff due to math findings and hadnt had a chance to test it much.

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Ouch. Gonna get my popcorn :p

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That is a major update yo.

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Guide has recently received a major update. Please provide feedback.

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Ok. I'm not in any position to give you actual gameplay based feedback, so my 2 cents will all be aesthetic.
1) What do you think about separating power items into AA and ability based. Example: and vs. ability focused like .
2) Separating full defensive items from hybrid items. May make it slightly easier for readers to get an idea of itemization.

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Good idea, hadn't really thought about it. I'll do something like that when I update for Horus and Set

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I still think the pinkish lavender text color is a bit on the bright side...the softer/grayer color of that fancy detail might be a bit easier on the eyes. That's nitpicky of course.

So I always like discussions on how to play, especially if you're behind and need to take in specific considerations. One thing that popped into my head when reading late-game if you're behind is the turtling concept. With the S6 changes and considerations that you can continue to increase your build's strength with the shoes replacement/elixir, extending the requirement for $$$ a few minutes further than before, is it just about turtling, or is it about strategies you want to do WHILE turtling...mainly baiting and trying to get the enemy to overcommit/overextend?

I didn't re-read most of your matchups sections, but I happened to open up , and you said possibly try to save until you see him try to use his axe stun. How good of twitch reaction do you need to pull that off at basically point-blank range???

In Assault, I might suggest a different path. I know it's not nearly an important part of your guide, but I'd say if you have a god with a knockup, you might go at the start so you can get more ult pulls. And a main strat for if you want to actually play her in Arena or Joust is to plan ahead, again with a god that can knockup. Sorry, I'm having flashbacks of you and freaking boogie/Jor. FU.

The amount of accurate detail and in-depth information keeps this guide as the crowning achievement of all Assassin/god guides IMO.

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I'll answer this in chunks. We'll start with turtling. If you're at a point where you need to turtle you're at a pretty significant disadvantage. With that being said you usually want to delay major fights. If someone screws up alone or overextends you should definitely take the opportunity to collapse. But you should really be looking to close the advantage gap as even if the enemy is playing a bit reckless they may still be able to overwhelm your team with the advantage. You really want to tocus on stalling rather than countering. Not to say if an opportunity arises you shouldnt take it.

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Nice update dude. Glad to see you back. +1 to your guide.

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Executioner and Qins on Awilix? Asi?

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Kriega, Estidian isn't your typical smitefire author who intentionally creates a troll build and never logs back in.
He understands the game, and I'm sure he's more than willing to have a civil discussion with you about his build choices. If you have a doubt, just ask.

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Happy to explain. Both of the builds that include and are designed to better capitalize on the way her basic attacks naturally flow into her kit. By design she is VERY much intended to be a hybrid assassin in regards to how her damage is earned. I'm a big fan of the Executioner for the Tank buster build because unlike it also reduces those protections for the other melee gods on your team. While your hunter is most likely also going to pick it up it doesnt hurt to have more than one person shredding protections. In addition the Tank Buster build utilised which goes right along side the increased attack speed that gives where lacks. while being great into tanks and squish alike will also earn back any lost dps from a burstier, ability-based build. For both builds you can get a lot of bang for your buck abusing her additional basic attack range.

Although it wasn't brought up I'm sure there will be some people that are wondering about the addition. Aside from its addition being in line with a basic attack build sample. The big reason I like it is because of how much psychological pressure it gives you. Think of it this way. When you're going against a standard Awilix build you will most likely try to kite her while keeping your rear end clear, gaining distance as she cycles her kit. With you really dont have any choice in regards to exposing your back if you're trying to get away as she's just going to stick to you.

was included in that build in error but I do like it as an item on her as it allows some late game sustain play in fights with the passive. I replaced it with on the actual build.

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I don't understand why the "left clicker" has executioner. Stone cutting and crusher is enough pen for squishies.
Thank god you finally removed the crit builds.
Also no Runeforged?

I want to stay out of this as well, but I feel Estidien has explained his use of and multiple times. Kriega, are you even reading his explanations? Estidien is going through the effort of writing them up for you, so you could return the favor and give some serious thought to what he says.

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I said exe not Qins, exe is only relevant for tanks

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Exe works fine for melting squishy targets as well due to its attack speed. Sure you might not need the protection reduction, but it doesn't hurt.

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Look at my other comment where I mention Sov/Thebes aura. Still, I’m sure there’s Attack speed items other than exe that offer higher dps against squishies

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Also, Estidien, is the new more viable since it has some power?

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I found the old viable for her so the new one definitely is. I don't value it highly in my own playstyle specifically but I have seen it used to great effect.

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Hey Estidian, guide is looking good man. Just a few questions:

1) For the auto attack build, what do you think about replacing jotunns with stone cutting and trans with hydras? I feel you would get more out of AA cancelling with the scs and hydras. The hydras and deathbringer combo would be pretty strong too.

2) For the harrassment build, why hastened katana? Not quite sure what the main goal of the build is.

Otherwise, great guide man. Please stop by smitefire more often.

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Hey Gary! Sorry for the delay on response. To answer your questions now...

1) I'm assuming you talking about Fun with Crits for this one. To start please be aware that every build in this guide are just samplers to get the ball rolling for players that are new. More experienced players would I hope be reading the jungling builds section for explained ideas and the items section for information on the items I oft recommend. To explain my reasoning behind those lineups is that I'm still a sucker for the extra CDR to cycle combos in extended fights and teamfights.

2) is actually a really good item on in the right situations. It's certainly not something I would build "often" however. With the way Awilix's basic attacks are she's super potent for melee kiting. It also allows her to secure kills especially from ahead using little to no part of her kit and allowing her to cycle targets easily.

This build is simply amazing.

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Glad they're working for you!

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So I was wondering. I know this guide gets a reasonable amount of traffic. Would everyone rather me further this guide adding other roles and game-modes? Or postpone those updates and work on a new guide for a god/dess in need?

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I would personally suggest fleshing out your top build area a bit. Nothing crazy like what you had before, but core recognition and key options.

Then just keep that updated and start on a new, maybe simpler guide on a God that's in the meta but doesn't have a guide right now.

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Cmon Bran you know I don't do simple, but I gotcha. I'll put some of my larger updates on hold and start on another god. The question is now... Which one am I gonna tackle?

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A bit late but we need a guide. Possibly one that covers both her jungle use and occasional use in support role. And the jungle build should cover burst and bruiser builds.

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or ? Maybe ?

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There is virtually almost no reason to not pick this up.

So...do you mean that literally, figuratively, or perjoratively (yes I know that's not quite a word).

Also, almost, sort of? Should I or should I not pick this up? I'm so confused... XD

Just picking on you. FYI though, your writeup on the 2 blessings are confusing. You basically say pick both up but you can't. When would you pick up mage's over assassin's?

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Good catch, that bit was leftover text I forgot to save over from before when those 2 items were Bumbhas and Bluestone, It's fixed now. When I copied everything over from my archive (Preview for Updates) version of this guide, I forgot to do the final save on the archived one so when I went back to copy, it had reverted.

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Hey Estidien,

So after reading your guide (first time a long time ago), I've always had an interest in playing her, but knew I'd probably suck...she's definitely got a higher skill ceiling, and I'm pretty much in the basement, hahaha.

That said, read up on your guide again, and finally played her (by choice, not by rolling randomly in Assault)...played a Siege match with Taco (***bha), GGF (SWK), and Pappsi (Nu Wa). It didn't end well for us, but it was definitely fun to play her.

I used your old build that you now title as good for beginners..., , , , , and was building toward (because we still needed to take down a few of their objectives).

Tried to remember the combos, but damn if I didn't land even one Ult...I guess I need to go into Jungle Practice. I did remember to try for two basics before using her 2, but ugh...bad at the combos. Just not natural for me. I'm going to play her again sometime, but I'll wait for Taco to forget that game...I told him it was my first real time playing her, and that I kept screwing up the combos, and he (jokingly...I think) said...Bran, we're going to have a talk after this...lol!

Anyway, it's awesome when a guide makes you WANT to play a god (even if you're scared to). Yours definitely does.

The one thing I will say on the flipside is that you now have SO MANY builds...it's a bit too convoluted for me to look through each one. Any way to possibly simplify a bit?

I'd upvote, but I upvoted a long time ago, so...good job.

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Hey Branmuffin17. I'm glad my guide got that response out of you!! And I'm actually just experimenting with this layout. I'm testing out a whole new guide layout with my up and coming Guide when it comes to how I explain the builds, I'm going to include an entire section of the guide to explaining the builds.

However I would like your input on one thing assuming you end up reading this comment. With that being said should I also consider reworking my 2 "Build-A-Build" sections as well as making an explained build list. I realize my "Make your own Awilix build" strategy was pretty popular but I also think people might get better information if I just include a whole bunch of builds and explain what they're good for. I'm definitely looking for input this time from the community. My guide is a mess right now, currently in the middle of a recode and redesign and I'm trying to figure out what approaches I would like to take.

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Hey dude, okay, so um...this guide is definitely in transition, lol!

I think it all depends on how much of your various builds share some key items. Are ALL of those builds you have truly viable? If some are really more of a "fun" type, I might put those on the backburner or title them as such, later in the build list.

In the same train of thought, if some of those are extremely situational, I might take those out and just have a small section talking about the situational items, when they're good choices, and where you'd insert them in a standard build.

If they're all viable in different circumstances...dude, seriously, I've never seen so many builds!!!!!!

I'd suggest putting the build you say is considered most meta as the first build...but if that's not the variant you personally prefer, I'd put your preferred one first.

In the end, you just have so many builds right now, it's hard to say how this would be best presented. So my main points stand...

Take out non-essential builds
If you've got a core that's usually the same (e.g. Warrior Tabi, Jotunn's Wrath as first 2), use those, and list all variants and situational items below those.

Thing is, this is a guide, not an engineering template for a specific item. You are a crazy high level player, and you alter your builds to each match's unique situation with crazy precision. So, unless you have a specific build that is just never changing, give the reader the base that's essential, give them a couple of examples for the most common complete builds, list the situational items together perhaps (or split into categories as you see fit), and then explain in detail in the body of the guide.

Anyway, that's my opinion. You're too high level for me, and my head's gonna explode from your variety! LOL.

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Hmmm. Thanks for the reply. I think I'll end up doing both what you said and what I had in mind. I'm gonna test it all out on my guide but I think I'll include the basics and item explanations for variants. But I think I'll also stick with the explained build list I was thinking of to give a good number of examples on top of it.

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Awilix Guide: Suku the Lunartic [Conquest Jungle In-Depth]

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Table of Contents

Introduction!

Patch Updates!

About Awilix (SUMMARY)

Pros / Cons

Ability Rundown

Ability Combos

Items

Build Examples

Gameplay

Ganking

The Warding Map

Let's Fight!... But How?

Awilix in Other GameModes

Change Log

Awilix Guide: Suku the Lunartic [Conquest Jungle In-Depth]

Smite God: Awilix

Awilix Build

Starter Items (Jungle)

Traditional Core

Power Items

Defense/Hybrid Items

Utility Items

Relics

Sample finished build

Awilix's Skill Order

Summon Suku

Feather Step

Moonlight Charge

Gravity Surge

Awilix Build

The Well Rounded Build

Glass Power

Tank Buster

The Left Clicker

Introduction!

Patch Updates!

About Awilix (SUMMARY)

Pros / Cons

Ability Rundown

Ability Combos

Items

Build Examples

Gameplay

Ganking

The Warding Map

Let's Fight!... But How?

Awilix in Other GameModes

Change Log

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