Smite Ishtar Build Guide: Ishtar Crit Ability

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Smite God: Ishtar

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Build Summary

Starting Items

Notes The potions can change if you want, but with Death's Toll the mana is not really a problem if you manage well your abilities.

Death's Toll

Short Bow

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Crit Ability Rotation

Notes You can change ichiaval for something else depending on the game

Death's Embrace

Ichaival

Asi

Demon Blade

Malicious Deathbringer

Atalanta's Bow

Ishtar's Skill Order Notes You can also max ishtar's 1 first and then 2, but it's up to you

Notes

You can also max ishtar's 1 first and then 2, but it's up to you

Imbue Arrows

1 X

1 8 11 12 14

Rolling Thunder

2 A

2 4 6 7 10

Jolt

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

Blades of Retribution

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 8 11 12 14

Imbue Arrows

1 X

Ishtar imbues her arrows with heavenly light, enhancing her Basic Attacks in one of three ways for 5s. The three varieties include Strike Shot, a lobbed explosive arrow, Spread Shot, a volley of five arrows, and Storm Shot, a fast-paced long range snipe. Ishtar cannot hit Structures during the duration.

Ability Type: Buff
Duration: 6s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s

2 4 6 7 10

Rolling Thunder

2 A

Ishtar calls down four strikes of lightning in a line, damaging Enemies within their area. Ishtar may aim which direction the strikes travel. If an Enemy is hit by more than one strike, they are mesmerized.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Strike Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Mesmerize: 0.75s
Radius: 15
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 115 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s

3 15 16 18 19

Jolt

3 B

Ishtar draws her blades and charges forward, striking all Enemies in her path. If she hits an Enemy God, she stops and roots them for 1s as she backflips off of them. As Ishtar is in the air, she fires her bow, dealing damage in an area around the affected God. This shot may Crit and trigger Basic Attack item effects.

Ability Type: Dash/Leap
Charge Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Arrow Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+120% of your Physical Basic Attack Power)
Root: 1s
Range: 55/25
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s

5 9 13 17 20

Blades of Retribution

4 Y

Ishtar becomes CC-immune and summons five swords of light, firing them out in a cone in front of her. Each sword damages and cripples enemies for 1.25s. When the swords reach their destination, Ishtar may recall them to her location within 3s. If an Enemy is hit by both the initial fire and the recall, they are stunned for 1s. Each sword hit after the first deals reduced damage, resetting before recalling.

Ability Type: Cone
Sword Damage: 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 / 180 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Damage Reduction: 40% per sword, up to a max of 80%
Cripple: 1.25s
Stun: 1s
Range: 80
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Extended Build

Relics

Notes The first to are the safest to play ones, but the other two can be used instead of one of them to make agressive plays if you feel confident.

Temporal Beads

Aegis of Acceleration

Belt of Insatiable Hunger

Corrupted Blink Rune

Other Items to Consider

Notes Shadowsteel for crit antiheal
Crusher as an alternate of ichiaval
Qin's are good for high hp enemies
Silverbranch for penetration and attack speed if you like that
Executioner to counter tanky builds i guess
Toxic Blade if you want all your basics to antiheal the enemy
Tracendence is a good alternative for starting if you think you could need mana
Bloodforge if you're going in a high damage build is useful

Shadowsteel Shuriken

The Crusher

Qin's Sais

Silverbranch Bow

The Executioner

Toxic Blade

Transcendence

Bloodforge

Other Starters

Notes I think you can swap the starter for one of these, but the build will need some adjustments.

Death's Temper

Ornate Arrow

Hunter's Cowl

My first ever guide

So, as the title says, it's nmy first guide and these are items that I consider could be useful in this character.
I usually play the carry role, so i'm kinda used to the items a hunter usually have.
Based in the fact that Ishtar's abilities can do the effect of a basic attack my take was on getting a critical based build.
Focusing also in the damage of the basic attack to mantain the damage.

Any comentary or suggestion is welcome.

P.D: I may update the guide if I can play more the character, I have some other ideas for this character, I left some ideas with the items I suggested, but go easy on me as I don't play this game in a competitive way.

P.D.2: Also my English is not my fist language so I apologize for any mistakes in my writting.

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