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Guan Yu - Brawler - Collector of Souls

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by Kilgath updated April 1, 2018

Smite God: Guan Yu

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Guan Yu Build

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Heartseeker Heartseeker
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Void Shield Void Shield

Guan Yu's Skill Order

Conviction

1 X Y
Conviction
2 8 11 14 16

Warrior's Will

2 A B
Warrior's Will
4 12 15 18 19

Taolu Assault

3 B A
Taolu Assault
1 3 6 7 10

Cavalry Charge

4 Y X
Cavalry Charge
5 9 13 17 20
Conviction
2 8 11 14 16

Conviction

1 X
Guan Yu's courageous leadership is infectious and, when focused, heals himself and his allies. Healing friendly gods reduces all Cooldowns by 2s for Guan Yu and 1s for his allies.

Ability Type: Circle, Heal
Healing: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
Boosted Healing: 1.7x Normal Healing
Radius: 30
Cost: 45
Cooldown: 14s
Warrior's Will
4 12 15 18 19

Warrior's Will

2 A
Guan Yu charges forward, his Green Dragon Crescent Blade extended in front of him. All enemies in his path take damage and are Slowed. Hitting enemy gods lowers all of Guan Yu's Cooldowns by 2s. Guan Yu is immune to Roots, Cripples, and Knockups while dashing.

Ability Type: Dash, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 20%
Slow Duration: 2s
Boosted Slow: 40%
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 13s
Taolu Assault
1 3 6 7 10

Taolu Assault

3 B
Guan Yu spins his blade in a controlled but furious display, slicing enemies for damage every .3s for 3s. Each hit steals enemy Protections, giving them to Guan Yu. Guan Yu is immune to Knockback for the duration.

Ability Type: Line, Debuff, Damage
Damage per Hit: 17 / 27 / 37 / 47 / 57 (+20% of your Physical Power)
Protections Stolen: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 (Max. 3 Stacks)
Protection Duration: 5s
Boosted Protections Stolen: 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 (Max. 3 Stacks)
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 13s
Cavalry Charge
5 9 13 17 20

Cavalry Charge

4 Y
Guan Yu mounts his warhorse and charges for 4s. While mounted, he can steer and attack and is immune to Crowd Control. Enemies hit take damage and are Slowed. Each hit increases damage from consecutive hits against that target by 20%. Enemies hit on the dismount are Stunned. You can dismount at any time by canceling.

Ability Type: Circle, Stun, Damage
Damage: 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 / 185 (+30% of your Physical Power)
Damage Escalation: 20% per hit
Slow: 25% for 2s
Stun: 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5s
Boosted CC: 40% Slow and 2s Stun
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90s

About Me

This is my first guide I've created, so please bare this in mind. I created this guide as I find my item selection can be completely different from other character guides I have read. This is probably mostly due to my play style. I have played smite off and on for years, and am experienced with using Guan Yu. He was my very first character to ever use.

My favorite characters are Guan Yu, Xing Tian, Poseidon, and Medusa.

How I play Guan Yu

I feel this area is important, if you don't have the same play style as myself this set might not work for you. I always highly encourage people to customize their characters to not only increase their gods strengths but also your own.

With Guan Yu I heavily harass the players. This strongly depends on what map I am playing, but I'm generally up and center. This build allows me to take a huge amount of damage while dishing it out.

Early Game
- Light harass tactics, strong engages when enemies are weak.
- Dip in with Warriors Will and slice them up with Taolu, healing as you pull back
- Returning to base a lot, harassing uses mana, sadly we are good on health only
- Constantly heal teammates, when I push I heal constantly encouraging allies to follow

Mid Game
- Heavy harass tactics, by this point you can hit hard and your cool downs are fast.
- After returning to mana up, flank from left or right picking off archers or mages
- I tend to save my Warriors Will to dip out. At this point players are angry with you and the entire team tends you target you.

Late Game
- All out war, healing constantly, pushing hard with teammates.
- By now people tend to stay away, I can get carried away at this point, chasing enemies right to their borders alone. Only to be pursed by 3-4 gods yet make it back due to my healing/ warriors will/ aegis/ beads/ mantle of discord and high dmg resistance.
- Hopefully by now your team is working together and realizing you can tank and kill.

Summary

Guan Yu is an extremely versatile character. Don't pursue kills early game, mid game be bold and sneaky, late game remember you are not immortal.

Guides only work within reason, if you are against only magic characters clearly this wouldn't work. This guide is also tailored towards all other maps *BUT* conquest. Conquest really needs to be tailored to what you are up against.

This build plays best with 1 other tank god to also take hits.

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valfawn | May 2, 2018 8:46am
well done
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