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When building Vamana, if your enemy is physical, build Berk shield then boots then void shield or stone cutting, hastened etc.
If the enemy character is magical build berk shield then boots then go into oni hunter's grab. The early game mp5 really helps too!
Warrior's Blessing
Round Shield
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Berserker's Shield
Warrior Tabi
Void Shield
Hastened Katana
Mantle of Discord
Oni Hunter's Garb
Teleport Fragment
Heavenly Wings
Warrior's Blessing
Round Shield
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Berserker's Shield
Warrior Tabi
Oni Hunter's Garb
Hastened Katana
Mantle of Discord
Hide of the Nemean Lion
Teleport Fragment
Heavenly Wings
Bound Gauntlet
Chalice of Healing
Healing Potion
Soul Eater
Warrior Tabi
Hide of the Urchin
Hastened Katana
Void Shield
Oni Hunter's Garb
Teleport Fragment
Heavenly Wings
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Hello fellow Smite lovers! Today I'm going to be putting out a simple guide for Vamana. There are other builds out there which are possibly better than this build however this has worked fine for me getting into Platinum rank.
I would like to say thank you to the kind players who commented to help improve the build with tips and build changes. I would also like to thank https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/a-guide-to-creating-a-guide-11941 this smitefire post for helping create the god guide with tips on making smitefire guides.
Hope this helps as much as possible!
If you have any comments on the guide, ares that were good, areas that were not so good or need improving, please comment and add your ideas. I will read all comments to improve the guide as much as possible.
Have a new build that is better than the one shown? Suggest it with reasoning!
The starter items!
I have chosen to start with Warrior's Blessing Warriors Blessing and Round Shield round shield, the reason for is that Warrior's blessing is just an all round good item to have and round shield is the start of Berserker's shield. Two Healing Potion health pots are bought for sustain and a Mana Potion mana pot to help before you take your mana buff. If you use mana well with Vamana you could also purchase a 
Multi Potion multi potion which would be more useful.
Vamana to have healing and it's insanely good. The healing allows for out boxing and if your low on health without any pots, you can sit and poke at the minions for loads of health. Berserker's Shield keeps sustain high with the use of your mana buff.
Warrior Tabi. This can be switched out for 
Ninja Tabi however it doesn't really make much of a difference. I build warrior's tabi simply for the extra damage and the movement speed.
Oni Hunter's Garb and 
Stone Cutting Sword would be recommended. Void Shield or Stone Cutting Sword is purchased for penetration / physical protection reduction. Why? well these items help bruise the enemy solo laner when fighting, Void Shield also gives more physical power and makes you tanky with the bonus health and protections. Oni Hunter's Garb is purchased for the high magical protections, extra health and high amoutns of mp5.
Hastened Katana, here is where the game becomes fun. Hastened Katana is so good on Vamana as it also proc's in his ultimate stance
meaning he can heal a **** ton while also being speedy. In some cases even sprint cannot outrun Vamana. As well as removing the basic attack penalty, Hastened Katana also gives more physical power, attack speed and movement speed. Vamana highly depends on basic attacking his enemies. Player debate purchasing 
Frostbound Hammer instead of getting hastened katana it does give you more tanky health however the 30% decreased speed doesn't work as well as Hastened Katana extra 10% movement speed and the basic attack penalty removed.
Vamana if not careful. Mantle of Discord adds extra protections to Vamana making him tanky as his base stats are already pretty high.
Ancile) Berserker's Shield and Void Shield are giving you 65 physical protections while Mantle of Discord is only adding 60 protections to your magical. In some situations you might be required to purchase 
Pestilence instead to counter healing characters however Oni Hunter's Garb gives extra magical protection which is required to remove that mid laner burst, as well as extra health for more survival. Oni Hunter's Garb also includes a passive which gains you damage mitigation which maxes out at 9%, damage mitigation cannot be ignore even by penetration so in combo with items like 
Spirit Robe the mitigation can prevent a lot of damage. Void Shield. Then switch your later magical protection item for either Stone Cutting Sword if your ahead or Hide of the Nemean to make the attack damage carries damage themselves. Berserker's Shield no longer working well for you, you are able to switch this item out for quin's sais. This will work well with Stone Cutting Sword and allow for Vamana to do high damage even against the enemy support and solo laner.
How to counter high amounts of enemy healing.
Example enemy gods: 
Baron Samedi, 
Chang'e, 
Aphrodite, 
Hel, 
Ra, 
Anubis, 
Ah Puch, 
Camazotz (you get the idea)
Items such as Pestilence (reduces enemy healing by 25% within 55 units) and Beatstick (reduces healing by 40% as well as regeneration via hitting abilities on enemies).
Kumbhakarna, Baron Samedi, 
Nox, 
Chronos, 
Terra, 
Athena (etc.) Oni Hunter's Garb, Spirit Robe, 
Mystical Mail, 
Bulwark of Hope and 
Winged Blade. Ah Puch, 
Kukulkan, 
Da Ji, 
Thanatos, 
Osiris, 
Loki (etc) Winged Blade, Heavenly Wings(upgraded version), purchasing extra movement speed or using 
Horrific Emblem to counter slow the enemy.
Blackthorn Hammer (this item gives you +50 mp5 once you drop below half of your maximum mana as well as giving you 200 mana as well as giving an extra 450 health and 10% cdr.
Titan's Bane is very effective against even the highest amount of defence. This penetration item ignores protections instead of shredding them, this is also based off percentage (%) for example, enemies with 200 protections will have 40% of their protections ignored by this item alone. Stone Cutting Sword is another good item which decreases enemy protections by 10 due to hitting basic attacks up to 3 stacks, this means the total protections being removed is 30. 
The Executioner is another really strong item for vsing protection builders, this item reduces enemy protections by % similar to titan's bane, this is proc'd via basic attack by 12% up to 3 times (total 36%).
The Crusher, 
Jotunn's Wrath and [[brawler's beat stick] are also decent, but not as effective vs high protections.
Freya and Chronos Hide of the Nemean Lion this item is really effective against enemies and very good on Vamana the item secures mana sustain and gives high amounts of physical protections (+70). However, the main reason for having it includes 25% reflection damage (only works on basic attacks) this will cause the damage carries to damage themselves if trying to burst you down. This extra damage can cause about 600+ damage late game. The next item is similar to Hide of the Nemean Lion and it's thorns this item is a relic that also reflects 40% of all incoming damage (including abilities) however there is a maximum amount of damage that can be reflected. However, thorns is also very effective as it's upgraded version reduces lifesteal to 50% on you. For magical gods, Oni Hunter's Garb is very effective as it gives health, protections and mitigation. Mitigation is the best type of protections to have as it cannot be avoid (mitigation also reduces the damage of true damage) this makes it a good counter for characters like 
Serqet who's ultimate is true damage. Another item to purchase is Spirit Robe which gives 15% damage mitigation.
Early game:
Most new solo laners find the early game of conquest hard. Only one ability which doesn't clear and the enemy solo laner is usually more experienced and bullies them. Vamana doesn't have the strongest early game, but also not the worst. You will start by putting one point into your third ability Umbrellarang. This is also the ability you will try to max out first, followed by your second ability armoured umbrella.
The lane minions should come at around 21 seconds into the game. Try to get your third ability Umbrellarang to double hit all the minions, (don't worry about poking till about level 5). I also recommend you stand near the enemy tower's jungle out of sight and use your three Umbrellarang while the minions are still under the enemy tower. The reason for doing this is so that when your minions and the enemy minions meet in lane, your ability will have around 3 seconds off the next use. This helps that low early game clear.
After using your third ability Umbrellarang and getting the double hits on the minions, take out the back archer minions first. Many don't realise but they do 25 damage whereas the front minions only do 10 damage. It's surprising to see how much of a difference it makes when you clear the archers. Another trick to clearing better.
After about 2 waves of clear your jungler should come to clear your blue buff. Try hard to clear in time to get the xp, getting to level 2 before the enemy can be very beneficial. BE AWARE OF YOUR ENEMIES LEVEL. If your enemy hits level 2 before you, and you don't realise it can turn into an easy death. Also getting higher level allows for better clear.
If you clear the lane first, and have no mana buff up. Don't be scared to start poking the enemy. This usually causes them to target you, however you should have some remaining minions that will help you damage your foe. Using your minions to kill an enemy between level 1-3 can get you the first kill. Remember start health is around 500 and the lane minions hit for a max of 115 damage per second. Minions are scary man!
Berserker's Shield, Warrior Tabi and Void Shield or Oni Hunter's Garb. Your pretty tanky and should be clearing lane fine. Don't be scared to box your target and bully them more now. If he's winning, pop your ultimate and life will be restored. You don't even need to chase the enemy but it can give you full health easily. Also, with the new Vamana buff he can last under tower for about 10seconds in ultimate form at this point. Healing Potion and 1 
Ward. 100 gold isn't going to put you behind but usually puts you infront. Having the healing potion can change fights in your favour. When engaging into a boxing match against your foe, pop the Healing Potion healing potion towards the start as it's more efficient. The Wardward should be place either near the enemies blue buff or your blue buff. This prevents your buff from being stolen, it also allows you to know when the enemy jungler is rotating. Berserker's Shield passive. Vamana rather tanky + his ultimate's buffs but also allows him to bruise. Try to target the enemy mage / hunter or jungler in this order, but also keep your team alive. Learn that Vamana is also rather tanky and can tower dive if you have team mates backing you up. Tanking the tower is also a high priority if your team is pushing and the support isn't tanking. Once you hit half health, use your ultimate to regain health and extend space the enemies from your team as the enemy team will start to back away. Don't forget to reset the tower every so often, Vamana isn't god-mode, at least not all the time! Ward meaning you can engage in fights faster and even prevent object kills such as fire giant. Vamana, understand that his 3 ability slows the enemy god it hits, his 1 knocksup the enemy god it hits and his 2 is a decently range ability that can be used to poke your enemy if they sit under the tower behind their minions. Vamana's 1st ability can also be used to cancel abilities for example, 
Bellona's 2nd ability that spins her hammer around can be cancelled by knocking her up with Vamana's 1 ability. Vamana is very good and in most cases with the help of his ultimate can win 1 v 2's mid to late game. However, he isn't completely broken and therefore is over taken by multiple enemies bursting him down. Just don't be cocky!
General:
When playing conquest many miss understand the importance of every little bit of farm. So here is a quick tutorial on how gold, xp and health works for jungle monsters. I will also discuss gold fury and fire giant.
Vamana you may need to tank fire giant therefore knowing how to do this is vital. Firstly, be the first on your team to attack him, you will want to tank next to him for about 2 seconds then start moving towards the centre of him. This is done as he will use his line attack (voiding all your team mates as you stood next to him) and you move to also dodge it.
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Bludgeon
Although it would be nice to see more situational items listed, I think the main focus of this guide is the write-up. Plus, solo lane has many different situational items that they could build and to list them all would be a pain. So I don't really think it's necessary.
I can appreciate the effort and time that went into your write-up. Again, nice job.
Regrowth did get a buff for S6 though...only 2k gold, and a slight HP5/MP5 boost to +15. Just, if you need health, I'd think
And that's the thing with most of those builds, and why I want more health. The ult damage shield and healing is based on max health. He'll benefit from it pretty nicely, as long as you've also got a decent level of protections.
Regrowth is nice for Ama, Herc, Chaac, and Guan.
And when you learn how to use smitefire more, change the guide part so that the text isn't multicolored/rainbow. If you want different sections to be distinct, add titles (that you can colour if you want). Leave most of the text plain unless you're mentioning specific items from the database.
UPDATE: I've added a quickly made situational items area. Comments on what needs adding and changing would be cool, thank you for all the help.
Just wanted to say the builds look good in general (would be nice to see some alternative items that might also be good situationally), and with the shield being one of 6 items, I really think it's necessary so you can show good replacement options.
Your writeup of gameplay has some good tips. My favorite thing to do with him is the dash/knockup, cancel out and hit him with basics. I'm also a strong proponent of
And I mean, there's just so much CC in the game, that if I'm not the one slowing/locking them down, someone else probably is.
One thing to note is that I'd probably build a bit more health in my preferred Vamana build. I likely wouldn't pick up
Interesting you point this out. I've never had a problem with this when using FB
And it sounds like you're just considering your immediate target, and your main experience if/when you use it. I'm also considering the higher MS overall, which will help you get from place to place more quickly (and which is more important in Conq which we hardly play but which is what I'm mostly considering here). Even in a teamfight, it will get you somewhere more quickly if you need to be a pest to help out teammates there. Your quicker presence and higher DPS is going to be a significant distraction. FB will likely help your team take down an individual target a bit better, while HK gives you more individual utility to help your team in a different way.
And again...repeating...this is MY preference. I already said Frost can be nice for the health and team control, and I was only pointing out the hard stat difference.
Basically, Bran is saying: Boogie is wrong and should feel bad for being wrong.
Only reason I presented it like that is because it seems you're arguing against my opinion/preference. Sounded sort of like "well I'VE never had a problem with this when using FB, so I don't know what you're really talking about." Straight up I just prefer HK. It feels good to me, and it might not for you.
Wouldn't have said anything if you said "I get your point, but Frost works for me and my playstyle."
Also, I might go easier on you if you actually played more with me, instead of playing Civ 6 or saying you need to get to bed...on a SATURDAY no less...unless you actually work on Sunday, in which case choose one:
And yes, that's an appropriate pic when referring to Boog and I.
Hastened is only if you want to be the damage dealing/ harassing solo laner. Otherwise just build tanky instead so you can actually soak up damage.
build 1 : beserkers, boots, void shield, hastened, urchin, oni hunters, sell beserkers lategame for mantle.
build 2: beserkers, boots, oni hunters, hastened, urchin, void shield, sell beserkers lategame for mantle.
As alternative relics add thorns, horrific emblem, blink.
And for build 3 when I meant Soul Eater I meant start with the tier 2 of soul eater. No warriors blessing.
For builds 1 and 2 start with
Overall, thank you for the comment!