Smite Cabrakan Build Guide: Cabrakan: Get In the Zone (Shadow Zone)!

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Smite God: Cabrakan

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Cabrakan Build

The Best Offense is a Good Defense

Stone of Gaia

Sovereignty

Hide of the Nemean Lion

Breastplate of Valor

Void Stone

Bulwark of Hope

Magi's Cloak

Hide of the Urchin

Starter

Watcher's Gift

Boots

Blink Rune

Early Game

Midas Boots (M)

Sovereignty

Stone of Gaia

Support

Rod of Asclepius

Pestilence

Offense

Ethereal Staff (Deleted)

Rod of Tahuti

Actives

Greater Blink

Combat Blink

Enfeebling Curse

Weakening Curse

Salvation

Shell of Absorption

Heavenly Agility

Greater Purification

Cabrakan's Skill Order

Seismic Crush

1 X

2 7 11 12 14

Refraction Shield

2 A

1 4 6 8 10

Tremors

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

Tectonic Shift

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 7 11 12 14

Seismic Crush

1 X

Cabrakan becomes enraged, increasing his movement speed. While active, Cabrakan gains 70% increased Attack Speed and his next successful Basic Attack will Stun and do bonus damage. Additionally, Cabrakan gains Haste and is immune to Slows and Roots while this ability is active.

Ability Type: Stun, Damage
Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun Duration: 1s
Movement Speed Increase: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%
Duration: 5s
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14s

1 4 6 8 10

Refraction Shield

2 A

Passive: As Cabrakan's shields take damage they store energy and gain Protection stacks.

Active: Cabrakan slams his shields together creating a concussive blast and damaging enemies in front of him, granting him Mana per enemy hit. If his shields have the maximum number of stacks then the enemy gods hit are Stunned, and the Stacks are removed.

Ability Type: Cone, Stun, Damage
Damage: 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun Duration: 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5s
Protections per Stack: 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Mana: 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26
Max stacks: 5
Range: 20
Cost: 10
Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s

3 15 16 18 19

Tremors

3 B

Cabrakan repeatedly slams the ground with his shields creating an earthquake and causing enemy gods around him to Tremble. Enemies in the earthquake also take damage and are caught in a Vortex which drags them towards Cabrakan. This ability can only be channeled for a maximum amount of 10s.

Ability Type: Circle, Tremble, Damage
Damage: 18 / 28 / 38 / 48 / 58 (+35% of your Magical Power) every 0.5s
Radius: 30
Cost: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 every 0.5s
Cooldown: 4s

5 9 13 17 20

Tectonic Shift

4 Y

Cabrakan stomps the ground, creating a wall of earth and a fissure that travels out in front of him and damages any enemies caught in its path. The walls may be destroyed if they take enough hits. Cabrakan may destroy his own walls with a single basic attack.

Ability Type: Area, Wall, Damage
Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 / 450 / 550 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Hits to Destroy: 3
Range: 35
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 80s

Introduction

Boo.

Hi everyone, I'm WedgeSkyrocket, and this is my first guide. I'm relatively new to the game but I'm improving daily, and I wanted to share my build and strategies with Cabrakan.

The first god I played to Mastery 1 with was Ymir, and after researching Cabrakan's skills I found that they bear some similarities and decided to try him out. What you'll see here is the result of several matches testing out different builds and strategies.

So, keep in mind that I'm relatively new, but I welcome any constructive criticism from more experienced players to help me improve my skills and this guide.

Destroyer of Mountains

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So let's take a general look at the Destroyer of Mountains. being a Guardian, of course his strengths lie in his natural Tankiness and Crowd Control. He has decent starting HP and scaling, placing him just about smack-dab in the middle of the Guardians with 2290 base HP at Level 20.

His protections put him tied with for the best overall among guardians, at 30(+.9) Magical and 23(+3.3) Physical. This combined with his health makes a tough nut to crack, especially late game if he's built to tank.

His passive grants a 5% damage mitigation to surrounding allies (including minions) within 10 meters, which while not much, can be of significant help in a team fight. For fun, jump into jungle practice and watch how you can swing the outcome of a creep wave just by standing next to it! (Obviously you wouldn't want to do this in a real match because you want last hits on minions)

The rest of 's kit makes him a true beast of Crowd Control, consisting of two hard stuns, a soft CC AOE, and a line-damage + wall for his ult. With all of this, you can lock down an opponent for an obscenely long time, giving your teammates plenty of opportunity to secure the kill.

Of course, no god is without his weaknesses, and for the biggest weakness is his damage output. Like , he has fairly long cooldowns on all of his abilities, with the shortest at 8 seconds for . His most damaging skill other than his ult is , but a 10-14 second cooldown and fairly high mana cost prevents you from getting spammy. He is also fairly mana-hungry even late game, especially if you make use of his . Exceptional circumstances aside, it is very unlikely that he will be able to take down an opponent from full or nearly-full health without help from a more damage-focused god.

Like these guys.

Pros / Cons

Pros:

+ High health
+ Tied for highest Protections ()
+ Built-in chase with
+ Crowd Control like a BAWZ
+ All skills deal damage and CC
+ Passive gives free damage mitigation
+ Good placement with can decide a team fight/gank

Cons:

- Poor damage output even compared to some Guardians
- Only innate escape is a speed buff
- Mana hungry even mid-late game, OM NOM NOM
- leaves you vulnerable to pokes
- can be exploited by AOE
- Bad placement with can decide a team fight/gank, too

Skills

Shadow Zone

Exactly what it says in the skill description, folks! The range is decent, but not huge, and the mitigation is significant, but not impossible to brute-force through. It can make a difference in a team fight, but don't expect it to save your life. Combos well with and other Aura items, since you can expect your allies to stick close to you.

Seismic Crush

This is 's chase and only means of escape. It functions adequately to initiate, giving you a decent boost in speed and making you immune to slow and roots (But NOT Stuns or Mez, be warned!). Your first successful basic attack applies a 1s stun and some extra damage to the target. You can use it to chase down a fleeing opponent and keep them still long enough to burst them down with your other skills or let your ADC finish them off. As an escape, it suffers from the aforementioned vulnerabilities to Stun and Mez, as well as the fact that it only buffs your speed.

I usually max this second, but I put a second point in after getting up to level 3 just for the smidge of extra speed.

Refraction Shield

is 's bread and butter. At its most basic it is a short range cone-shaped poke, and your most damaging ability, but there's much more to it. As long as you have at least 1 point in it, it passively increases your protections by 15/20/25/30/35. As you take damage, you build stacks up to 5 but lose 1/5 of the protection per stack. At full stacks it applies a 1s stun to enemies hit by the cone. Using the ability also sheds the stacks, restoring your protections to full immediately.

This ability is good for shutting down multi-hit skills like and , by building stacks and then popping the stun. The downside is that it has a fairly long cooldown (though it reduces with level and is shorter than ), and thus without some CDR you may feel a little naked in a prolonged fight when you don't have a way to stun your opponents and drop your stacks. You can also use it for a faster wave-clear, but without CDR you may want to save it for the enemy gods.

I max this first to take full advantage of the passive protection as well as the additional damage.

Tremors

is a weird skill to get used to, but it has good utility for holding down an opponent to let your ADC wreak havoc. The damage isn't anything to write home about, and it's a huge mana sink, but it also has the fastest cooldown of any of 's skills. By itself, you won't be able to keep anyone stuck in place for very long, and the stationary nature leaves you vulnerable to pokes and counter-CC, but when used in conjunction with your other abilities it can prevent the enemy from escaping. Of note, it has a maximum channeling time of 10s, though it's unlikely that you have either the mana or the survivability to actually stand in one place long enough to breach that cap.

I max this last, as the damage is really secondary to its utility, which doesn't scale with leveling.

Tectonic Shift

And last but certainly not least, the Ultimate. Pretty simple mechanically, but with many strategic applications. It deals fairly heavy damage in a line/cone-ish shape and creates a U-shaped wall of stalagmites at the end of its range. If the damage doesn't finish off the opponent, they now are in the unfortunate position of being between a literal rock and a proverbial hard place ('s fists!). It's good for stopping a runner in their tracks or separating an overextended opponent from their backup. In a pinch, you can turn around and throw the wall up to block enemies from pursuing you, but there are usually better options and this tactic won't work if they're too close since the range is fixed unlike 's . The walls will go down if hit enough times, or you can knock them down yourself in 1 hit.

Skill Combos

Combo #1

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A basic combo is to hit to initiate, stunning the target, then immediately combo into . While stunned, they will be sucked toward and damaged, and meanwhile you will probably be taking hits from minions and/or the enemy team, building your stacks. When the stun wears off and you have full stacks, you break out of and pop them with for some damage and a second stun. Due to your limited damage output, you will probably have to rely on a partner to supplement your combos and finish the enemy off for you, especially early game.

Combo #2

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If you've got partial or full stacks and you're itching to punish an opponent who's overextended, you can run in shields blazing, hit them with a stun from and slow them down with . If they start to flee, hit to press the chase. If the speed buff is enough to catch them, you can lock them down with the stun and finish them off with your ADC partner, OR if they're about to get away, you can put a stop to that with and stun them when you catch up.

Combo #3

>> >> >>

This one will probably require some CDR to pull off, but the basic idea is to open with , lock them down again with , and then use to keep them from running until you can use again. I wouldn't recommend trying this one too often unless you outnumber your opponents, but with some support you can make it work.

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