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Hou Yi - Not Crit, Not Qin's But Pen! S3

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by GeNeReDeR updated May 6, 2016

Smite God: Hou Yi

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Hou Yi Build

Core Build

Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath

6th Item Swapouts

Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais

Conquest Start

Build Item Charged Morningstar Charged Morningstar
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3

Relic Options

Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet
Build Item Cursed Ankh Cursed Ankh

Hou Yi's Skill Order

Ricochet

1 X Y
Ricochet
1 4 6 7 14

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A B
Mark of the Golden Crow
3 8 10 11 12

Divebomb

3 B A
Divebomb
2 15 16 18 19

Sunbreaker

4 Y X
Sunbreaker
5 9 13 17 20
Ricochet
1 4 6 7 14

Ricochet

1 X
Hou Yi fires a powerful shot that can ricochet off of walls. After firing, if this arrow bounces off of a wall it will travel 70 units from that point and gain +40% bonus damage to gods per bounce up to a maximum of 2 bounces. This arrow will stun if the target has Mark of the Golden Crow.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 95 / 145 / 195 / 245 / 295 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Stun Duration: 1s
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8s
Mark of the Golden Crow
3 8 10 11 12

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A
Hou Yi marks an enemy with Mark of the Golden Crow. Marked enemies take extra damage for every 10% of their missing health from Hou Yi's abilities and basic attacks. Also, marked enemies, including stealthed gods, are visible to Hou Yi on the minimap. The mark lasts for 10s.

Ability: Target, Debuff
Damage Increase: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% for every 10% of missing health
Range: 55
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 14s
Divebomb
2 15 16 18 19

Divebomb

3 B
Hou Yi launches into the air, and for a short time may target some distance away to quickly dive towards the ground damaging any enemies in the immediate area. If the target has Mark of the Golden Crow they are knocked back.

Ability: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 55/20
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 15s
Sunbreaker
5 9 13 17 20

Sunbreaker

4 Y
Hou Yi shoots nine arrows into the sky, striking one sun with each arrow. The nine suns come crashing down one by one, slowing and dealing damage in a target area over time. A target with Mark of the Golden Crow will have their movement speed slowed by an additional 20%.

Ability: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 (+25% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s
Damage (Maximum): 720 / 810 / 900 / 990 / 1080 (+225% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 4.5s
Slow: 20%
Slow Duration: 0.5s per hit
Range/Radius: 55/30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Chapter Title

Thanks to Daelinn, who helped me creating this guide for you guys!
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I have a Diamond Hou Yi, but definitely am not the best Hou Yi player. Still you guys need to see this!

First of all: Mix up the build as you prefer. The only thing you need to do with this build is buy Titan's Bane and Executioner and at least one, better two items with flat penetration. Try to find your own variation of this build!

Let's do the math first:

Executioner: 4 * 8% = 32%

Titan's Bane 33% * Executioner 32% * Mark Of The Crow 25% = ~66% Penetration + Asi 15 + Jotunns Wrath 10 = 66& + 25 Flat Penetration

Estimated Targets Physical Protection:

Warrior or defensive Assassin 150:
150 * 34% = 51 - 25 = 26 Protections left. ON A WARRIOR WITH PROTECTION ITEMS!

Mage, Hunter and offensive Assassin 70:
70 * 34% = 23 - 25 = 0 Protections left. Full Damage going through... you have no idea how hard that hits!

Guardian 200:
200 * 34% = 68 - 25 = 43 Protections left. Ever fought a guardian and thought "Hmm.. Boxing this guy feels like boxing an assassin with no damage output!"?

Playing this build feels like critting at a 100% and the Ricochet deals 800 Damage if only the first bounce hits too! Your Own Lifesteal becomes rediculously high too, like when critting.

The very best thing about this build is the Ult: Remember when you first started playing Hou Yi and thought "Hmm.. the Ult is super weak! I need to land a hard combo to deal at least some damage with it... What the Hell!?"? With this amount of penetration the Ult has a damage potential of about 700-1400 damage! Try to combo your ult with curse and use it when the enemy has no escape available. Thank me later!

Dont forget that Executioner not only is penetration, but a protection debuff, so teammates benefit from it too.

I have found myself escalating with this Hou Yi Build i came up with. A full tank enemy guardian came up to me. I did the combo and seriously instakilled him! No sh*t!

COMBO:
Mark Of The Crow, maybe a few basic attacks to get Executioners passive going. Jump next to opponent so you knock him towards a side wall. You will want to stand in a straigth line with him pointing to the side wall in a 90 degree angle. Now you shoot your Ricochet into him, so it bounces off the wall and hits him at least twice, better three times if possible. If you want place your ult either on top of this combo or if you can pull it off right beforce the ricochet shot to max the damage.

Using this combo and the Penetration Build will demolish everything even the tankiest opponent possible! Instakill pretty much garanteed!

I cant tell you all the stuff there is to Hou Yi but i will try to talk about him as good as i can so you have at least some kind of a guide to this very funny build.

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Hou Yi is extremely hard to play but can be the best Hunter in the game in my opinion if played correctly.

Things you should know are:

Clearing a Jungle camp with a perfectly aimed Ricochet pretty much instakills the creeps. Like in the movie "Shooter" when Mark Wahlberg basicly said "Taking your time to aim is clean, and clean is fast!" (Never watched this movie in english sorry ;D).

When clearing minion waves wait for the moment melee minions group up in front, archer minions group up in the back. Then position yourself next to the melee minions aim the the side wall in an about 60% angle, so your ricochet will now go through melee minions and the ricochet bounce will go through the archer minions (and pretty much kill those intantly).

For all the other things about Hou Yi have a look at other Guides or Youtube Gameplay Videos.

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Setorines | October 3, 2016 3:00am
How would an item like voidshield play into this build? Since it's pen is passive would it be applied any differently?
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Levi136 | June 23, 2016 6:02am
dude this is the best build for hou yi sooo far gj ty so much for the help :) you really helped me with my favorite god.HOU YI
1
Spesstaco | June 12, 2016 11:12pm
not gonna lie, out of the top builds I have tried on smitefire...this is one that just has not worked out for me at all....like the difference between this one and the other hou yi build with golden bow is astounding..but thats just me
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GeNeReDeR | April 22, 2016 4:07am
thanks for helping me improve this guide guys, I need help like this because as I said I don't main Hou Yi anymore but want to promote a full penetration Hou Yi build as much as possible. I think it is the strongest choice for him.
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Daelinn (25) | April 22, 2016 2:47am
ObscureLogic wrote:

Isn't stone cutting sword for melee attacks only?


Yes, out of all hunters only Ullr would benefit from Stone Cutting Sword's passive, and only in his axe stance. I'm not sure, maaaybe it would be worth it even without the passive as it gives a lot of power and some movement speed, but I would guess no given its price.

But what about swapping it for for example a Jotunn's Wrath, Brawler's Beat Stick or even Ichaival to follow the penetration theme this build offers? (very interesting idea, by the way)
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ObscureLogic | April 22, 2016 2:37am
Isn't stone cutting sword for melee attacks only?
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GeNeReDeR | April 21, 2016 10:32am
Ok, sorry, let me edit... still strong build thou...
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Daelinn (25) | April 21, 2016 8:34am
I am sorry but percentage penetration is multiplicative, not additive.

So it's not 33% + 32% + 25% but 1 (base) *0.68 (because of The Executioner) *0.67 (because of Titan's Bane) *0.75 (because of the passive) = 34% defences left which means ~~66% of "penetration"

Keep in mind though that The Executioner actually reduces target's defences an thus does not simply count as penetration- it's calculated before it, as all allies will also benefit from the 32% of physical protection reduction.
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