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OK How to basically do loki in a couple of paragraphs. First Practice as with any god you need practice, Second you need to read other guides im not the only source availible, Third Have fun. Ok to start with loki you need to buy him (there is no point in not) Then you need to join a conquest and call jungle. wait for the game to load and then buy the starting kit(as seen above). After that you must move to your speed buff. Once you have taken the speed buff Hit up some camps and if your a Higher level than the other jungler try to invade. If the invade is succesfull spam VEW. Following that Attack Middle lane and mess up the other mage. Rinse and repeat from there. Now ill tell you what to do when 1v1 the other jungler. First i want you to know your Jungler. Are they aa based or ability? Do they have there ult ready or no. Do they have any ccs? Do they have an escape? These are all important questions that must be asked. Because loki is an aa god he cant do anything without his Auto Attacks. So if the Opposing Jungler is lets say camazots be careful because if he hits you he can see you while cloaked and he cam easilly attack you. Next know your team you need to know your team before you pick loki because he doesnt have much cc so pick wisely.
Here is a good loki guide I Recommend: https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/loki-the-backstabbing-bastard-s5-all-modes-patch-5-1-9305
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I wouldn't recommend Soul Eater on Loki. Literally no point in getting it when Transcendence exists. Loki excels in quickly bursting squishy gods like the mage or adc, not in extended teamfights. Otherwise, the build is fine. Also no point of Heavenly Wings on Loki when Vanish gives slow immunity.
And the levelling order isn't terrible, but it can be improved. Check the one from this guide: https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/the-lowkey-god-4815 (build 2 - jungle)
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At level 20 without Transcendence, Loki has a base of 910 mana. Add Jotunn's Wrath onto that and you get 1,060. Although not a huge amount, it's probably sufficient for standard runs outside of base. You also get some MP5 from Hydra's Lament.
So you see where I'm going here? Late-game, after getting your full build, you might consider replacing Transcendence. Sure, you'll lose some power, but your power through the rest of the items is pretty good already, and the other aspect of its benefit, the huge mana pool, isn't needed quite as much late-game unless you're out for an extended time (and you can sort of offset this by getting the mana buff or Chalice of Mana if you want).
This opens up possibilities for inserting Bloodforge, The Crusher, or Soul Eater into the build. Yes, I know SE needs stacks, but since you get it from anything, clearing some waves and camps here and there will get you maxed pretty quickly. And any of these items will give you some added utility you won't get from Trans.
Anyway, just a thought.
Other pen items that are useful? I think you've pretty much covered all of them in your guide. Honestly, though you list things like The Executioner, I probably would warn any players against using it. His kit just isn't set up for melee boxing...the only one that, with full CDR, gets him in range of getting off twice is Aimed Strike, and it's still better to use that when approaching enemies from behind that are already occupied with something else.
I guess in your list of items, Void Shield is the one pen-type item you're missing, and I could see it being used but very situationally at that. Only if you have most of your troubles with physical gods, and perhaps only if they were mostly squishy (then you could get that in place of Titan's Bane). That also gives him some slight tankiness (sorta, not really) to at least absorb a bit more damage.
As for alt tankiness, keep in mind most of these will reduce his overall damage output if you have to sub something out, but I'd consider Shifter's Shield for the high power, or Masamune for the MS if you don't in fact get Heartseeker.
But against enemies who do not pay attention to the debuff information it would be fine ofc.
I just recently started paying more attention to the debuff. It is really nifty when playing support I feel. Because you can see the enemy support coming if he has purple buff on. If he is trying to com in from the jungle behind etc.