Smite Izanami Build Guide: Detailed Izanami Guide (Updated for Patch 3.17)

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Smite God: Izanami

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Izanami Build

Core

Ninja Tabi

Transcendence

Asi

Attack speed

Hastened Fatalis

Asi

Heartseeker

The Executioner

Qin's Sais

Crit

Poisoned Star

Rage

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Power

Bloodforge

Jotunn's Wrath

Masamune

Devourer's Gauntlet

Personal Build

Ninja Tabi

Transcendence

Asi

Rage

Poisoned Star

Bloodforge

Izanami's Skill Order

Sickle Storm

1 X

1 8 11 12 14

Spectral Projection

2 A

2 4 6 7 10

Fade Away

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

Dark Portal

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 8 11 12 14

Sickle Storm

1 X

For 6s, Izanami throws her kama sickles even faster and more furiously. While active she gains Attack Speed, and her Basic Attacks no longer return to her, instead applying Bonus Damage in addition to 100% of her Basic Attack power per hit. This Bonus Damage applies to all targets, including Structures.

Ability Type: Ranged Basic, Buff
Attack Speed: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65%
Bonus Damage: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s

2 4 6 7 10

Spectral Projection

2 A

Izanami sends forth a demonic visage of herself to strike down her enemies, damaging and Slowing all Enemies in a line.

If an Enemy God is killed while slowed by this ability, future uses of the slow will be increased by 6% per kill up to twice, for a maximum of 30%.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Damage: 65 / 115 / 165 / 215 / 265 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 20% + 10% per Kill (Max 30%)
Slow Duration: 3s
Range: 70
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s

3 15 16 18 19

Fade Away

3 B

Izanami descends into the underworld, becoming Stealthed, and leaps away from her current position.

Taking damage, or firing a damaging Ability or Basic Attack breaks her Stealth.

Ability Type: Leap
Duration: 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5s
Range: 55
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 17 / 16.5 / 16 / 15.5 / 15s

5 9 13 17 20

Dark Portal

4 Y

Izanami summons a dark portal which Damages and Silences all Enemies in range.

Ability Type: Circle, Silence, Damage
Damage: 240 / 340 / 440 / 540 / 640 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5s
Range/Radius: 60/15
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 80s

Intro

Izanami is probably the most hyped up god that we have had in a while. Including myself, I am very excited for Izanami. It's really nice to see that Hirez is still finding ways to make new gods intuitive. Like always, whenever a new god is released, the community freaks out and says that the new god is broken and over powered. Which is true, yet when compared to other broken and over powered gods (which is basically every god in the game). Izanami is really good and can be the matron of the dead at late game.

Note: I will try to keep this guide as up to date as possible. Also if any of you guys have any questions or opinions on my personal build, feel free to leave a comment. I would be gland to reply.

Update 3.17

“Izanami is a hunter who heavily relies on skill to land her damaging Basic Attacks and position herself well. After watching her perform in the hands of players, we wanted to give her additional tools and rewards to players who use her kit will. Fade Away will now give you more time to ambush or escape during the stealth and Dark Portal will now be more damaging as a reward for finding opportunities to land this on enemies.”

Fade Away

Increased Stealth duration from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5 → 4/4.5/5/5.5/6.

Dark Portal

Increased Damage from 250/340/430/520/610 → 250/350/450/550/650.

Increased Scaling from 120% → 130%.

Izanami gets a buff this patch. It's nice I guess. Personally I feel like Izanami was fine the way she was during release, however a buff's a buff so I can't really complain.

Patch 3.17

Pros and Cons

Pros

Very mobile
Decent suport
Great lane clear
Decent early game
Heavy hitting ult that can silence
Boomerangs
Penetrating passive
Very slooty

Cons

Very Squish
Ult is a skill shot (need skill to land)
Late game god (like all hunters)
Items only proc once, so some items don't work very good
Probably over-aged and decaying

Stuff you should know

Izanami has a boomerang basic attack. Which means that she can hit twice. However, each hit does only 50%. Also if your boomerangs hit structures, depending on how close you are, they will return more quickly.

Izanami's First ability takes away the 50% to her basic attack while also adding attack speed and a slight power buff.

Also when Playing Izanami you will want to focus on building up her Spectral Projection. Basically when a god dies while Spectral Projection is on them, it will add a +6% slow, up to a max of 30%

Last but not least is Izanami's ult. Which does 610 +120% of your physical power. Which means that when building for Izanami, you definitely want to focus on having lots of physical power.

Bonus Info

In case you want to know Izanami's lore and abilities
"Throw another prawn on the barbie!" Is Australian slang for "put another shrimp on the barbecue" I couldn't think of any good Australian jokes. The reason I wanted to put an Australian reference is because the boomerang is a iconic Australian weapon. Izanami's auto attack is a boomerang mechanic. A new mechanic that hasn't been introduced to the game before.

Hopefully in the future, Izanami gets an Australian themed skin or a skin of her as the goddess of creation.

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I decided to switch out Transcendence for Devourer's Gauntlet. It adds nice early game life steal. The major issue is that without Transcendence, manna will be an issue. Yet if you manage to be able to get manna buff of manna potions. It takes away the need for Transcendence.

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A big part of is its power. Your abilities have very high scaling, so is going to be really important if you want them to hit hard. Also, while your one isn't up, a boomerang hit will only lifesteal for 16.5% of a normal hunter basic attack.

Thanks, I didn't know that a boomerang hit will only lifesteal for 16.5% of a normal attack.

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hi PlutoThePlanet!

first of all, your title is pretty clickbaity. the guide isnt in depth, you just did an intro, pros and cons and a "stuff you should know" section. this is probably a W.I.P so just write it in the title, you could also write "pts version" if you want to.

your build is not that good. is really not that good on , 's passive dosen't work with ranged autos, is just plain out situational, lifesteal on her except is bad cause all hits of her autos only give 33% lifesteal and only give lifesteal on the first hit, her autos only proc on hit effects once, that means is terrible compared to wind demon, needs to be sold yet you dont mention it, is strictly a starting item with hunters, double crit gets the best dps with wind demon and , you don't mention that she cant box without activating and you don't mention that she's all about long range poke.

and in the guide itself, it lacks bbcoding and just overall awkward to look at.

i will hold my vote until i see your reply,
DucksRock.

Thanks for your input on my guide, I went back and changed a couple of things. As for other chapters, I don't really include chapters on things that people can usually figure out on their own, such as abilities, items, etc. Yet having a bunch of chapters doesn't make a guide detailed, information does. Yes I am aware that my guide doesn't have a ton of info. Yet there is not a lot of things that people wouldn't already know about a new god.

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Very much true. The only thing I do not entirely agree on is that she can't box without . I'd say that in some situations you can box quite effectively without it, say that you are fighting very close to a wall, you'll be able to attack really fast and probably kill your enemy before they can kill you.

But regardless, any sane person will probably activate before going into a fight anyway, so what do I care.

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she can box near a wall. other than that, the enemy will always get their auto damage off before you do.

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Since Izanami has trouble boxing without Sickle Storm. I try to mitigate it by going for an ability based build rather than a basic attack build.

Are you sure you know what you're talking about? I could list a gpod number of gods other than Ymir and Izanami that have skills with 100%+ damage scaling.

I am like 12% sure that Izanami and Ymir have 100%+ damage scaling on their ults. I will take the time to check if any other gods have it.

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, , , and the list just goes on and on. dont forget ults that are dots that grow into 100%+ scaling or 's ult.

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Sorry for my mistake. It's just that Ymir was the only god I could think of at the time. mainly because his ult adds 150% scaling. When facing off against a full power Ymir it's not something that easy to forget. :(