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Baron Samedi's case, there are 2 I prefer on him.
Blink Rune, this would be the major one I would go on him just about every game. The main reason is because he doesn't have an escape of his own, and this gives him an out. But it can also give him an in, especially while he's ulting. Since Blink in this game allows you to use it while in combat, it's really good to blink while using Baron's ult if the enemy uses their escape to get out of it. This will allow Baron to followup with his ult and still get them in the coffin.
Phantom Shell. This relic is a bit more niche and I really only use this if they have wall characters, such as 
Odin or 
Ymir. Sometimes I'll still go Blink if my allies can get out, because of how oppressive blink is on Baron, plus I can use Blink to get out if I need to as well.
Since Smite 2 only allows you to have 1 relic, and you can only pick that relic for the rest of the game, it's important to understand the effects of it. In Baron Samedi's case, there are 2 I prefer on him.
The first is Blink Rune, this would be the major one I would go on him just about every game. The main reason is because he doesn't have an escape of his own, and this gives him an out. But it can also give him an in, especially while he's ulting. Since Blink in this game allows you to use it while in combat, it's really good to blink while using Baron's ult if the enemy uses their escape to get out of it. This will allow Baron to followup with his ult and still get them in the coffin.
The second is Phantom Shell. This relic is a bit more niche and I really only use this if they have wall characters, such as Odin or Ymir. Sometimes I'll still go Blink if my allies can get out, because of how oppressive blink is on Baron, plus I can use Blink to get out if I need to as well.
Blink Rune
Phantom Shell
War Flag user. He has the ability to get early pressure, as well as scaling well to late game. War Flag is great on supports who can get early pressure because it helps them excel even more in lane, since it's giving an aura of attackspeed, movementspeed, and you're getting extra gold and sustain from it. Even though 
Selflessness isn't an incorrect pickup, I much prefer War Flag on him in just about every case because of the pressure he and his laner gains from it.
Ring is a nice start to what will eventually be 
Prophetic Cloak, because you get cooldown from it. More on that in the full build section. But any of the t1 item starts are fine, you just need to see what you'll need more of in lane for that given game.Baron is a big War Flag user. He has the ability to get early pressure, as well as scaling well to late game. War Flag is great on supports who can get early pressure because it helps them excel even more in lane, since it's giving an aura of attackspeed, movementspeed, and you're getting extra gold and sustain from it. Even though Selflessness isn't an incorrect pickup, I much prefer War Flag on him in just about every case because of the pressure he and his laner gains from it.
Ring is a nice start to what will eventually be Prophetic Cloak, because you get cooldown from it. More on that in the full build section. But any of the t1 item starts are fine, you just need to see what you'll need more of in lane for that given game.
Finally, we're gonna finish his start off with some health pots, to help sustain in lane, and some wards that we can use to gain sight on anyone coming to gank us. They'll be a section below on where to place the wards.
Note: I would also grab a Baron's brew after your first back.
War Flag
Ring
Health Potion
Vision Ward
Baron Samedi. I'll have another section for items you can replace if you'd like, but this would be my main general build for him. It's important to note that each game is different, and thus will require building different items. But this is a good place to get you started.
War Banner is just our upgrade from War Flag. Get this when you hit level 15, but it just builds from it's started that we talked about in the "starter" section. Prophetic Cloak is really good on Baron because it gives him cooldown, which he loves. But it's also fairly easy to stack on him since he has 4 damaging abilities, range, and just overall great poke potential.
Talisman Of Purification I believe is a must in every support build. This item can be activated even while you're being CC'd. It's essentially a free beads for you and everyone around you, and it gives you cooldown. What's not to love? I would go this pretty much every game, building it no later then 3rd item.
Screeching Gargoyle gives you a ton of cooldown and magical protections. It's also an additional CC that you can have, and it's very good to help counter dive. On top of that, enemies who are silenced by this item become weaker, reducing their overall prots which means they take more damage. This is another item I have in almost every support build.
Spirit Robe is an all around good tanky item. It's very good against CC heavy comps, as it gives you more protections making you tankier when you get CC'd.
Stampede is a great item all around, but extremely good against comps that have a lot of slows. Baron has this item pretty much packed into his 2. But it's nice to have an extra version of this and it gives great stats.
Oni Hunter's Garb Finally we have this item. I love this item, and I love it even more on Baron. It makes you very tanky and compliments Barons kit. It does this because Baron has a lot of damage mitigation built in. He has it on his passive, in his ult. We'll also have it once Prophetic is fully stacked, and finally we'll have percent mitigation on this item. It's an all around great item that's a perfect close to this build.
Here's gonna be our full build for Baron Samedi. I'll have another section for items you can replace if you'd like, but this would be my main general build for him. It's important to note that each game is different, and thus will require building different items. But this is a good place to get you started.
War Banner is just our upgrade from War Flag. Get this when you hit level 15, but it just builds from it's started that we talked about in the "starter" section.
Prophetic Cloak is really good on Baron because it gives him cooldown, which he loves. But it's also fairly easy to stack on him since he has 4 damaging abilities, range, and just overall great poke potential.
Talisman Of Purification I believe is a must in every support build. This item can be activated even while you're being CC'd. It's essentially a free beads for you and everyone around you, and it gives you cooldown. What's not to love? I would go this pretty much every game, building it no later then 3rd item.
Screeching Gargoyle gives you a ton of cooldown and magical protections. It's also an additional CC that you can have, and it's very good to help counter dive. On top of that, enemies who are silenced by this item become weaker, reducing their overall prots which means they take more damage. This is another item I have in almost every support build.
Spirit Robe is an all around good tanky item. It's very good against CC heavy comps, as it gives you more protections making you tankier when you get CC'd.
Stampede is a great item all around, but extremely good against comps that have a lot of slows. Baron has this item pretty much packed into his 2. But it's nice to have an extra version of this and it gives great stats.
Oni Hunter's Garb Finally we have this item. I love this item, and I love it even more on Baron. It makes you very tanky and compliments Barons kit. It does this because Baron has a lot of damage mitigation built in. He has it on his passive, in his ult. We'll also have it once Prophetic is fully stacked, and finally we'll have percent mitigation on this item. It's an all around great item that's a perfect close to this build.
War Banner
Prophetic Cloak (Evolved)
Talisman Of Purification
Screeching Gargoyle
Spirit Robe
Stampede
Oni Hunter's Garb
Shogun's Ofuda is great if you have a lot of auto attack oriented allies on your team. This will provide them that extra stim that might just win you the fight.
Circe's Hexstone is great to engage with, especially if they have a lot of ranged lockdown, like roots. Baron doesn't have a natural escape, so this is a great substitute if you find yourself getting lockdown a lot.
Stone of Binding shreds the targets prots that you CC'd, allowing you and allies to do more damage to that target. Baron uses this really well since he has some "hard CC" in his kit, allowing him to use this item effectively.
Eye Of Providence is a great ward substitute if you don't find you need other items in your build. I would recommend this item more, but it does take 1 out of 3 of your total active slots. So I don't recommend this all the time.
These are gonna be some additional items that you can sub in and out of your main build if you'd like. Most of these are going to be more niche, and thus used in more specific situations.
Shogun's Ofuda is great if you have a lot of auto attack oriented allies on your team. This will provide them that extra stim that might just win you the fight.
Circe's Hexstone is great to engage with, especially if they have a lot of ranged lockdown, like roots. Baron doesn't have a natural escape, so this is a great substitute if you find yourself getting lockdown a lot.
Stone of Binding shreds the targets prots that you CC'd, allowing you and allies to do more damage to that target. Baron uses this really well since he has some "hard CC" in his kit, allowing him to use this item effectively.
Eye Of Providence is a great ward substitute if you don't find you need other items in your build. I would recommend this item more, but it does take 1 out of 3 of your total active slots. So I don't recommend this all the time.
Shogun's Ofuda
Circe's Hexstone
Stone of Binding
Eye Of Providence
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B
A
X
Hey there, I go by Dashboarrd and I'm a Grandmaster Support Conquest player. I've competed in the SCC (Smite Challenger Circuit) and I have won SOC (Smite Open Circuit). I have also won plenty of gem tourneys during the weekends, such as Iced and Vulpis. I also hit Masters in Smite 2 and I competed in the Vegas tournament, making playoffs. I have put in many hours into Smite and in particular Baron Samedi. I hope this guide can give you some new direction with Baron Samedi if you're struggling with him, or just improve your overall Baron Samedi gameplay.
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