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This build is focused on getting a high amount of CDR up and running; with the reason being that high CDR = higher potential to do a variety of things, like dishing out damage or locking down enemy gods with CC.
Chronos' Pendant
Shoes of the Magi
Spear of the Magus
Pythagorem's Piece
Divine Ruin
Rod of Tahuti
These are your core items. In every match you will always have to build based on the enemy gods. These should generally be in most/all of your builds.
Chronos' Pendant
Shoes of the Magi
Spear of the Magus
Lost Artifact will lead to Chronos' Pendant.
This start encompasses mages blessing for the early ability damage bonus to aid in clearing waves. Lost Artifact will lead to Chronos' Pendant.
Mage's Blessing
Lost Artifact
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Divine Ruin: A strong choice if there's a healer such as 
Ra or 
Aphrodite on the enemy team. However, if someone else on the team already has anti-heal then the need for Divine Ruin decreases significantly. Bought with 
Obsidian Shard or Spear of the Magus
Spear of Desolation: The CDR and pen are great, along with the magical power. You won't usually notice it's passive, but it helps. Bought with Obsidian Shard or Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus: Arguably the most useful pen item for 
Nox. This is due to how she uses her abilities: In signature 
Siphon Darkness and 
Shadow Lock combo, 90% of the time Shadow Lock will get a few ticks off first before Siphon Darkness explodes; therefore building up Spear of the Magus' stacks upon arrival of the big black boom-boom. Obsidian Shard: Allows you to ignore tank protections by a certain percentage. Very useful against gods with high protections.
Divine Ruin: A strong choice if there's a healer such as Ra or Aphrodite on the enemy team. However, if someone else on the team already has anti-heal then the need for Divine Ruin decreases significantly. Bought with Obsidian Shard or Spear of the Magus Spear of Desolation: The CDR and pen are great, along with the magical power. You won't usually notice it's passive, but it helps. Bought with Obsidian Shard or Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus: Arguably the most useful pen item for Nox. This is due to how she uses her abilities: In signature Siphon Darkness and Shadow Lock combo, 90% of the time Shadow Lock will get a few ticks off first before Siphon Darkness explodes; therefore building up Spear of the Magus' stacks upon arrival of the big black boom-boom. Obsidian Shard: Allows you to ignore tank protections by a certain percentage. Very useful against gods with high protections.
Divine Ruin
Spear of Desolation
Spear of the Magus
Obsidian Shard
Chronos' Pendant: Allows you to obtain high CDR and MP5 from just one item slot. Practically a core item on Nox Pythagorem's Piece: 10% CDR. Power and lifesteal aura for teammates around you
Soul Gem: CDR and lifestea;, slightly more selfish Rod of Tahuti: High magical power. Its passive allows grants a higher chance of finish off low health target
Soul Reaver: High magical power + extra burst damage. Useful against tanks
Shaman's Ring: Made for combo orientated gods like Nox. Gives you a semi-high amount of magic power, along with movement speed. It's passive allows you to take advantage of your combos
Chronos' Pendant: Allows you to obtain high CDR and MP5 from just one item slot. Practically a core item on Nox Pythagorem's Piece: 10% CDR. Power and lifesteal aura for teammates around you Soul Gem: CDR and lifestea;, slightly more selfish Rod of Tahuti: High magical power. Its passive allows grants a higher chance of finish off low health target Soul Reaver: High magical power + extra burst damage. Useful against tanks Shaman's Ring: Made for combo orientated gods like Nox. Gives you a semi-high amount of magic power, along with movement speed. It's passive allows you to take advantage of your combos
Chronos' Pendant
Pythagorem's Piece
Soul Gem
Rod of Tahuti
Soul Reaver
Shaman's Ring
Mantle of Discord: High magical and physical protections, along with CDR and a life saving passive
Magi's Cloak: Great against team comps with high CC
Celestial Legion Helm: Provides high physical protections and MP5
Book of Thoth
Mantle of Discord: High magical and physical protections, along with CDR and a life saving passive Magi's Cloak: Great against team comps with high CC Celestial Legion Helm: Provides high physical protections and MP5 Book of Thoth
Mantle of Discord
Magi's Cloak
Celestial Legion Helm
Book of the Dead
Purification Beads: Very useful against high CC enemies, such as 
Ares or ***bakharna
Aegis Amulet: Great against high burst gods like 
He Bo
Phantom Veil: Essential if playing against an 
Odin. Usually the support will get this
Blink Rune: Although niche, Blink Rune allows Nox to surprise and gank through. It's also great for escaping. If you've used 
Shadow Step are now in an ally fleeing, Blink Rune will be up due to you being out of combat. This allows you get out of slippery situations.
Purification Beads: Very useful against high CC enemies, such as Ares or ***bakharna Aegis Amulet: Great against high burst gods like He Bo Phantom Veil: Essential if playing against an Odin. Usually the support will get this Blink Rune: Although niche, Blink Rune allows Nox to surprise and gank through. It's also great for escaping. If you've used Shadow Step are now in an ally fleeing, Blink Rune will be up due to you being out of combat. This allows you get out of slippery situations.
Purification Beads
Aegis Amulet
Phantom Veil
Blink Rune
Obsidian Shard and Soul Reaver both scale off how many protections an enemy god has, making them great against tanks.
This build is useful against enemies with high protections. Obsidian Shard and Soul Reaver both scale off how many protections an enemy god has, making them great against tanks.
Chronos' Pendant
Shoes of the Magi
Spear of the Magus
Divine Ruin
Obsidian Shard
Soul Reaver
Y
B
A
X
Nox is a primordial being, one that's strong enough to deter 
Zeus from pursuing Hypnos when he ran back to mommy. Her unique kit allows her to disrupt enemy lines through silences, while sniping off anyone who escapes with Night Terror. Nox is great in a teamfight, and brings much to the table. One of the most satisfying things about Nox is her Shadow Step. Two-man (or woman) ganks are great. Please keep in mind that the builds above are not set in stone, modify them to the situation; learn to adapt. Also, she has a mansion at the end of the cosmos.|
Passive:
Flame of the Night |
Nox's candles gather energy from all abilities she uses. For every ability Nox casts a candle is lit. For every candle lit Nox gains +3% magical power. When Nox takes damage from an enemy god, one of her candles is blown out. Stacks up to 4 times, for a total of 12% bonus magical power. Discussion: You won't really think about this passive. However, this is a good reason to spam abilities and avoid damage, and supports a high power build, especially late-game. |
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Skill #1:
Shadow Lock |
Nox extends her shadow, rooting and crippling a single enemy god in place and dealing damage every 0.5s for 2s. Nox must channel to maintain hold on the target, but may cancel this ability early. While channeling this ability Nox suffers no directional movement penalty. CD 10 seconds. Leveling Priority: Prioritize this 2nd. General Use: Damage / Peel / Control Discussion: This is your main form of control, and most often will be paired as the follow-up combo ability to Siphon Darkness. A 2 second root is extremely powerful, allowing teammates to easily focus a single enemy.Tips: Common practice sees this ability cast immediately after using Siphon Darkness, to catch enemies in its AOE and deal massive damage. However, in a teamfight, you may want to show some restraint, and wait for the enemy to react before casting. This allows you to better predict the direction they will head to escape. Even if they escape the Siphon's AOE, confirming the lock is arguably much more important; with the help of teammates, it can set up an easy kill. |
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Skill #2:
Siphon Darkness |
Nox creates a void of darkness that silences all enemies within. After a short duration it explodes, dealing damage. CD 13 seconds. Leveling Priority: Prioritize this 1st. General Use: Damage / Minion Clear / Zoning / Ability Interruption Discussion: This is Nox's strongest and most defining ability, providing your main minion clear function, and a level of utility matched by few others.Anyone in the AOE is silenced. This means you can prevent enemies from casting any abilities, or interrupt enemies that are channeling abilities. Use this to cause massive disruption. When using this for wave clear, you can deploy this ahead to get an edge on the enemy mid-laner. If you have Book of Thoth, by level 7 Siphon Darkness will instantly kill archers and weaker front-line minions.Tips: More important than using this for damage, your main focus should be to use this for control. Initiate a 1v1 engagement with this (followed by Shadow Lock), or hold onto it in a teamfight specifically for its silence function. You can also use this for zoning purposes. E.g. In a narrow jungle path, drop it in front of a retreating enemy to make them think twice about running through it. |
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Skill #3:
Shadow Step |
Nox dashes forward, dealing damage to all enemies. If she hits an allied god, she leaps into their shadow, traveling with them. When Nox exits a shadow, she deals damage again in a radius around her. Nox may cancel this ability early to exit shadows. Nox can stay in an ally's shadow for up to 8 seconds. CD 15 seconds. Leveling Priority: Prioritize this last. General Use: Escape / Initiation / Damage / (Situational) Global Mobility Discussion: This is the most interesting and flexible ability in her kit. You'll generally hold onto this for use as an escape. However, when the situation is favorable / safe, you can:
Tips: The greatest (but most situational) utility is through your ability to leap into a teammate's shadow. Dash into them, and you will go where they go. For massive burst function, dash through an enemy into a nearby teammate, then immediately cancel and you'll hit them in the secondary AOE. Situationally, you can use this to transport large distances, especially with global ults. Examples of Gods where Nox can hitch a ride:  Apollo,  Arachne,  Athena,  Chernobog,  Mercury,  Ratatoskr,  Thanatos,  Thor.In addition, you can use this offensively for huge gank potential, particularly with gods that have teleports or stealth (.e.g.  Loki,  Izanami,  Ao Kuang,  Da Ji,  The Morrigan). |
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Ultimate:
Night Terror |
Nox unleashes a vortex of dark energy that explodes on contact with an enemy god, dealing damage to all enemies in range 20 and applying damage over time. Enemies hit are also weakened, dealing 40% less damage for the duration. CD 90/85/80/75/70 seconds. Leveling Priority: Level this whenever it becomes available. General Use: Damage / Teamfights / 1v1 Kills / Kill Secure Discussion: This ability has incredible range, allowing you to target retreating / damaged enemies. Kill secure is arguably its most popular (and satisfying) use. However, it provides great utility (via the damage reduction) in both 1v1s and teamfights, where the AOE burst can hit multiple enemies. Tips: In teamfights, don't save this for kill secure. The 5 second damage reduction is incredibly useful, and can easily give your team the upper hand. When in the process of casting this, Nox can go through  Janus'  Portals. |
Core Combo |
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This is your main combo. Initiate with Siphon Darkness to prevent enemy ability use. This will typically trigger 1 of 3 reactions:
Siphon Darkness with Shadow Lock. If you connect before they leave Siphon's AOE, you will deal damage from both abilities.Tips: In most cases, you will try for max damage, meaning you want to cast Shadow Lock immediately after Siphon Darkness, to trap them while they're still in the AOE. You need to pay attention to the direction the enemy is heading. It is easier to hit the Lock if you're very close to them, but if they're further away, you'll need to lead your aim a bit ahead of them.However, you may decide a bit of patience is preferable, possibly allowing the enemy to escape the AOE but allowing for a higher probability of connecting with the Lock. Remember, Siphon Darkness is first and foremost a setup tool, and although it has higher core damage potential, Lock is really your most important ability. If you have Spear of the Magus, it will give you stacks of protection reduction. If you have teammates with you, it will allow them to more easily connect on their damage. |
Initiation Combo |
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This is your chase and 1v1 kill combo, without using your ult. Initiate and close distance with Shadow Step. If the enemy is retreating and has some distance on you, you'll likely only use this to get close enough to connect with Shadow Lock. However, if you're fighting a 1v1 and are confident in your ability to get a kill, you'll use this within closer range to connect with it for the damage.Follow it up with the standard combo of Siphon Darkness and Shadow Lock. Since you're going for damage/kill, you'll pretty much always use Shadow Lock immediately after Siphon Darkness to keep them in the AOE...your close proximity to the enemy should help you confirm the Lock.Remember that you're blowing your escape, so use this combo with discretion and awareness. |
Teamfight Ability Use |
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This is your teamfight "combo," used when multiple enemies and teammates are likely present. Both Night Terror and Shadow Step are used situationally; your core is still Siphon Darkness to Shadow Lock.Considerations:
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Start and Early Game |
Nox's early clear isn't great. When the game begins, immediately start casting Siphon Darkness while standing in the fountain, until you have full stacks of 
Flame of the Night. This increases your overall damage and of course improves wave clear. Play cautiously, and avoid taking any unnecessary damage; from gods especially. When the jungler comes around to the damage buff, help the jungler clear it and take the buff for yourself. At this point, I wouldn't recommend attempting to clear the Mid Harpies unless your jungler comes around, since at this point you're fairly weak. 
Wards are great and will keep you alive. Shadow Step to dash back into your tower and defend until the foreign invaders are gone.
Mid-Game In The Mid-Lane |
Siphon Darkness can instantly clear a minion wave (With the exception of the brutes). This is usually after getting Book of Thoth, as it provides a nice power spike. Landing the classic Siphon Darkness and Shadow Lock combo will deal a significant amount of damage. The support will make rotations betwen mid and due lane. Nox at this point can out clear several gods. Due to this, some of your minions will begin attacking the enemy god while they slowly retreat into their tower. A simple but effective way to take advantage of this is to cast Siphon Darkness and Shadow Lock on the enemy god, leaving them a still target for the minions. You could also just use Shadow Lock, but casting both Siphon Darkness and Shadow Lock is the dominant strategy.
Late Game and The End |
Nox is in her prime at this point. Stick with your team to push and secure objectives. A good idea would be to ward phoenixes that are down, as you really don't want someone back-dooring your titan. If someone already hasn't done it, ward the Fire Giant. Its buff can be a major deciding factor as to who wins a teamfight, and at this point a deicide will usually mean a loss due to long respawn timers. Not much to say here.
Start and Early Game |
Nox support is unconventional, and tanking damage counteracts Flame of the Night. Start off in duo lane with your Carry. Clear minion waves and leave the last-hitting to your Carry. After several waves the jungler may come around to clear the void camp. When you see the jungler approaching go to the void camps and clear it together. This is for you, not your carry. Take it and head back to lane. Play cautiously as your protections aren't online and you're fairly vulnerable. Ward in the right jungle. Tank jungle camps.
Mid Game |
Siphon Darkness and Shadow Lock is fairly effective. When thinking about getting buffs, remember that the void camp's usefulness decreases as time passes.
Late Game and The End |
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Back Harpy Camps |
There are four of these, the four jungle camps closest to both bases. They are composed of two Harpies and one Elder Harpy. They spawn at 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 60 seconds. The jungler will mostly take these on his usually rotations and I suggest you leave it for him, as the jungler doesn't have a lot of sources of farm unlike everyone else. Provides some exp and gold. |
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Middle Harpy Camps |
There are two of these, both at opposite sides across the middle lane, composed of two Elder Harpies. They spawn 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 90 seconds. Provides a nice amount of gold and exp. If behind, these will allow you to catch up overtime by securing them. You can ward these to keep an eye on them. Clear when possible. |
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Satyr Camps |
There are two of these close to the Tier 1 towers on the Fire Giant side of the map. They are composed of two Satyrs and one Satyr Buff Holder. They spawn 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 2 minutes (120 seconds). This is typically reserved for the solo laner. You can help them clear it if you happen to be on that side of the map. Provides a 25 MP5 and CDR buff. These benefits + a regenerative ability (common among solo laners) is what gives them their sustain. |
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Manticore Camps |
There are two of these, both at opposite sides across the map, composed of two Manticores and one Manticore Buff Holder. They spawn 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 2 minutes (120 seconds). This is usually for you, or your ADC. During early game clear this with your jungler. Provides a 20% power buff + 10 magical/5 physical power, helps with clearing minion waves and dealing damage in general. |
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Centaur Camps |
There are two of these, both at opposite sides across the map, composed of two Centaurs and one Centaur Buff Holder. They spawn 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 2 minutes (120 seconds). This is reserved for your jungler. Provides a 20% movement speed buff. Junglers need to move around the jungle quickly to provide buffs for the team, as well as gank lanes. |
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Chimera Camps |
There are two of these close to the Tier 1 towers on the Gold Fury side of the map. They are composed of two Chimeras and one Chimera Buff Holder. They spawn 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 2 minutes (120 seconds). Added with the new season 5 map, this buff should go to the support. Not to be confused with its arena variant. Provides an aura that decreases nearby enemy protections by 10. Has a radius of 55. |
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Oracle Fury Camp |
There is one of these, at the center of the jungle closest to the long lane, across from the Gold Fury camp. It is composed of two Oracle Furies. They spawn 30 seconds into the game and have a respawn time of 3 minutes (180 seconds). Grant several more gold and exp than the mid harpies. When slayed, an indestructible ward is placed that covers the Gold Fury's surrounding area. Useful for keeping an extra eye on the jungle, in addition to your regular wards. |
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The Gold Fury |
There is one of these, at the center of the jungle closest to the long lane. It spawns 10 minutes into the game and has a respawn time of 5 minutes (300 seconds). Usually taken if the enemy duo laners are far behind or dead. Provides a high amount of gold and exp for everyone. Beware of the enemy team as they'll try to contest the camp. |
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Pyromancer Camps |
There is one of these, at the center of the jungle closest to the short lane, across from Fire Giant Camp. It spawns 10 minutes into the game and has a respawn time of 5 minutes (300 seconds). When killed, grants gold and experience, along with a 40% movement speed buff upon leaving the fountain for 15 seconds. Usually requires at least 2 players to defeat. |
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The Fire Giant |
There is one of these, at the center of the jungle closest to the short lane. It spawns 10 minutes into the game and has a respawn time of 5 minutes (300 seconds). Fire Giant is replaced by Enhanced Fire Giant when it respawns after the 25 minute mark. Requires at least 3 players to take down. The toughest neutral jungle monster. Always best to keep a ward on this one. Best taken when the majority of enemy gods are dead. Provides +70 Magical Power, +50 Physical Power, 4% HP5 and 2% MP5, and increases damage versus Towers and Phoenixes by 20%. Has the ability to turn the tide of the battle. |
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Sovereignty
Spirit Robe
Guardian's Blessing
Stone of Binding
Heartward Amulet
Gauntlet of Thebes
Breastplate of Valor
Void Stone
Lono's Mask
Pestilence
Midgardian Mail
Heavenly Wings
Magic Shell
Ring of Spears
Cerberus
So, some S6 adjustments. We can consider any feedback from Kriega as well.
Figure start will shift away from Thoth. Based on her function, figure
Start is Magi's Blessing +
Adjust Anti-Tank build to again drop Thoth, rush Chronos/Magi/Spear, then Divine, Ob Shard, and Soul Reaver.
Drop the Teamfight oriented build and the anti-heal build.
Support build section can basically stay the same for now.
Similar adjustments to Teamfight Modes builds...in the top build, drop Reaver, throw Divine in its place. Bottom build, same thing.
Agree? Thoughts?
Also why is there no CDR boots listed?
When I get pythag to go with Chronos, I don't use Focus. And there are other CDR options besides pythag, hence why I don't use focus in any of the examples.
I usually get full CDR with
- Roughly same health (50 difference). Same CDR. Roughly same magical power for Nox. Let's call this even.
- Double the base lifesteal for Nox.
- SG requires you to hit a god with an ability to get a stack. If you miss, no stack. However, Pythag's gives your teammates a buff to lifesteal/power no matter what, s long as they're within range.
- You said she has great burst potential, which I agree with, but you even mention somewhat low overall player damage. This is what I'm talking about. Sure, she can get a kill on an enemy that's already hurt. That's not the point.
Nox typically cannot 100-0 an enemy, and that shouldn't be her goal. A ton of her potential is as a utility mage, due to the silence and the root/cripple. She should be around teammates to help secure kills and provide a huge measure of control.
- Also, this is not a
Book of Thoth build anymore. Her total power isn't as high. The damage proc based on 30% of your power is still absolutely nice, so SG does have this bonus.
- Finally, you DO realize Pythag's in the build example is just that, an example, right? It's not anything close to a "core" item.
I feel that Pythag's is continually underrated. Just because YOU don't see its full effect because it's a buff to others' lifesteal and power (which is basically impossible to evaluate), but can "see" SG's proc, doesn't mean it's a bad item. The value is there. You just may not prefer it, and that's fine, but blowing it off (not "understanding the value of") is a lack of effort. No offense.Also, full CDR is fine, but you do realize you can get 30% from items, and finish the 10% with a
[*]You said she has great burst potential, which I agree with, but you even mention somewhat low overall player damage. This is what I'm talking about. Sure, she can get a kill on an enemy that's already hurt. That's not the point.
The point of Nox is that she is very strong the whole game. She is effective early\mid soloing in middle killing 0-100 enemy mid or jungler (she is awesome in antiganking), she will have less player dmg but less "trash" dmg (like kuku can have), as she makes no dmg or kills\kill assist. And in that period
Late game, people have sustain, yes, but you're also often dealing with anti-heal, and this could help counteract that a bit if nothing else. I don't know what you mean by "enough" sustain, as more never hurts, especially if they're able to get more without going double lifesteal.
In any case, I'm sure we can agree to disagree. This build absolutely allows for either SG or Pythags, or neither. The final build is up to the reader to decide, and I think that's the most important aspect.
The point of Nox is that she is very strong the whole game. She is effective early\mid soloing in middle killing 0-100
I have to disagree.
Also, I like how you phrased the info about damage.
Agreed. I feel like BoT is now weaker than S5's. For the teamfight builds, since it's Arena orientated, should switch the order of Chronos' and Shoes?
Sounds good. Should we still keep a build for stacks, or remove it entirely?
Thoughts on
Would
Just sad about
1. Is
2. Wouldn’t a defensive/aura item (like
Understand that my build structure here isn't meant for full tanking. It's a utility Support. She needs to be able to take some hits, but she's NOT a front-liner, and she's NOT looking to soak damage for her teammates as her main function. Instead, consider this more like a LoL support...she's providing control and confusion in a fight. This is why
Reinforced Shoes is a functional alternative to 
Shoes of Focus...either are fine.
Sovereignty is an obvious choice, at least against a physical heavy/physical ADC comp. You obviously wouldn't pick this up if you were facing a magical ADC + Guardian in duo.
Genji's Guard would be my early game magical protection pref over 
Oni Hunter's Garb because CDR. Both provide mana sustain, which she definitely needs, but without her abilities, she's basically nothing. Oni allows her to stand in front of damage more, I guess (but less effect with less enemies around), but I'll take more early CDR anyday.
Pythagorem's Piece is definitely an interesting pick, and has been shown to be functional for both Guardians and Mages. It fits right into the concept of a utility Support, rather than a tank support, and the added power is great when sieging objectives with your ADC...along with all the other obvious benefits.
- I had
Spirit Robe as an example item here, but again, it's not set in stone. It gives further CDR (possibly max if you chose my example route), and provides the first CC reduction this build sees. 
Oni Hunter's Garb would be fine here, and so would 
Lono's Mask. Note that I have a damage absorption build as an example at the bottom of the Support tab that uses Lono's. For damage mitigation, it's far superior to Oni's as long as you have other base protections set up, but the reason I don't like it is because Nox has damage potential, and this hurts it. But it's an option.
- The reason I didn't use
Void Stone, and chose 
Spear of the Magus, is due to where I see her in a fight. Yes, sometimes, she's going to be close to the enemies she's facing, especially when in the midst of a teamfight or using her Step combo with a teammate, and Void's aura will affect them then. But often, she's going to be outside of its range...After 
Shadow Locking someone, she can move beyond this range, and being able to stay at the periphery is typically preferable to her. She'll also get 0 benefit from it when hitting her ult from long distance.
Spear of the Magus is my preferred pen item as a utility/damage Support in this configuration. You wouldn't pick it up if your magical Mid did, at which point...you just sub it out for something else. But if they didn't, it'll help you eliminate your target much more quickly, apply to multiple enemies for a LONG TIME if you've hit them with your ult in a teamfight, etc. It's an aggressive pick.
She can take some damage due to Sov, Genji, and Spirit in this example...but again, it's not meant so she can put her face in the way of a sledgehammer. It's looking to take advantage of her greatest asset...her CC/control.Thus,
2. Yes. Supports need that defense. Spear is more of a mid choice than a support one.
2. Neither items listed are ideal. Void Stone wouldn't be helpful in most cases and Spear of the magus makes you too squishy. Maybe very situationally you can consider magus to help your mid mage/ magical jungler, but most games do not build either of these items.
And late-game, if you want, switch Focus for Reinforced (or Magi) and get that potion.
Holy hell people, you can think for yourselves, right?!? Flexibility and adaptation, for Nox's sake!
Mid-Lane build section:
- For
Divine Ruin, it's not necessarily a must if there's a healer. Reason is, if you have a tank that gets 
Pestilence and an assassin that gets 
Brawler's Beat Stick, you might skip just because other items bring more utility to the table. Now, if there are like...3 healers, then yeah, Divine's probably a good idea. This is just a wording thing...you don't have to change if you don't want to.
- For
Spear of the Magus, obviously also 
Night Terror makes stacking easy.
- You misspelled
Pythagorem's Piece. Also, you say CDR and lifesteal. I'd say "CDR, plus increased power and lifesteal for all nearby teammates."
- For
Mantle of Discord, you say "decent" magical and physical protections...60 of each is quite good. I'd say "high."
- You don't have a starter header for
Book of the Dead.
- Example Build (Teamfight Oriented): You say "unlike the other builds, this one isn't so selfish." I'd say the main CDR rush build isn't selfish either, due to Spear and Pythag's. I'd rather say this one emphasizes earlier teamfight function.
Support build section:- For
Genji's Guard, mention the MP5, which is highest of all items...never run out of mana with this item.
- I have a build adjustment request...for the "Damage Absorption" build, can you move
Lono's Mask to the 5th position, and put 
Midgardian Mail 6th? Reason: it often can be difficult to "block" enemy AOE abilities. If you're dedicating yourself to actually LOOKING to absorb damage via Lono's, the best and easiest thing to body-block are basic attacks (typically from hunters). Midgardian in that case will support that function, giving you a nice chunk of health and also slowing the MS and AS of those attackers.
- Haha...I hadn't noticed you threw in
Deathbringer for Gulf. Well done.
Teamfight Modes section:- In the shoes section, you still have Magi stated as helping to clear minion waves...but pen doesn't affect minions. It also mentions the mana helping
Book of Thoth, which is not in these builds.
Shoes of Focus to 
Shoes of the Magi.
Thanks!Magi's a good choice for early enemy god poke, and to not fill you up too much with CDR, which you'll get easily from other choices. Also in that case, I would also suggest an adjustment on the "Standard Progression" example build, switching from
Blink as possible 2nd option for maneuver purposes...can get her through some walls to get a better jump on enemies, and can get her out of really dangerous situations sometimes, if she can create enough distance after a dash (or after she jumps into a teammate's shadow, allowing her enough out of combat time to allow her to activate immediately as she jumps out). It's a bit niche, but can definitely have use.
Also, it's pretty cool that
Also in certain scenarios the Magus/Obsidian combo is quite decent on Nox due to her good base damage (and ticks from 1 and ult), similar to Raijin.
I would say
Lastly you seemed to have missed out a good use of her passive in the early game. Cast your 2 four times in base, which will assist your early speed camp clear with the jungler and your early waveclear.
I just don't like promoting Spear + obsidian too much. Yes, situationally, it can work well. It's an option, it's just not given as one of the 3 main build examples.
Phantom is just an option. It should be listed, but if course is situational. I prioritize beads/aegis in most cases. Tlaloc did mention getting trapped in the ring and just hiding in a team mate's shadow as an option, lol.
Also, Tlaloc also mentioned charging up Siphon in base, in the mid lane gameplay section.
Thanks for feedback, Kriega.
"Yes, situationally, it can work well. It's an option, it's just not given as one of the 3 main build examples." - I wouldn't say situationally. Magus is relevant for squishies and tanks early game while obsidian is relevant for high magical defense tanks in the lategame, which is often the case.
I still say situationally. You may choose not to get
Unless those tanks are the main threat (sucky glass cannon enemies), then if I were to go for a pure damage item (depending on the rest of my build), I might prefer
In the anti-tank build, I gave the example of
@Tlaloc, mind changing the anti-tank build?
Will change it soon. Seems like a good idea
The movement speed and base power don't hurt in the slightest either
I'd put it in a similar category as Tahuti in terms of general function...it does have the MS which gives added utility, but I feel Nox has one of the better escapes of all mages, in addition to the fact that she has great mobility when she connects on Shadow Lock.
I also feel Nox's first priority isn't damage. Sure, she's got some great burst potential, but her strongest asset to a team is CC, locking down enemies to help secure kills. CDR for disruption and ability spamming, Magus for damage beyond herself, pythag's for team fight function, etc. are all bigger priorities in most situations. If she doesn't have any other item needs and can go for pure offense, then yes, this can be great, especially against more mobile teams.