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Kali in the solo Lane Competitive

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by Diomedes232 updated August 14, 2015

Smite God: Kali

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Kali Build

Start

Build Item Combat Boots Combat Boots
Build Item Potion of Power Potion of Power
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3

DM Build 83% pen

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Hastened Fatalis Hastened Fatalis
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Rage Rage
Build Item Odysseus' Bow Odysseus' Bow

Kali's Skill Order

Nimble Strike

1 X Y
Nimble Strike
3 15 16 18 19

Lash

2 A B
Lash
1 2 6 7 9

Incense

3 B A
Incense
4 8 10 11 12

Destruction

4 Y X
Destruction
5 13 14 17 20
Nimble Strike
3 15 16 18 19

Nimble Strike

1 X
Kali leaps forward, damaging enemies in the target area. Kali additionally heals herself for a percent of a single enemy's missing Health. Kali always heals from the target that would heal her the most.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Heal: 20/40/60/80/100 + 10% of target's missing Health
Range: 55
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 12s
Lash
1 2 6 7 9

Lash

2 A
Kali throws several blades, that converge upon the target location. Each does damage and causes bleed. Kali gains Physical Lifesteal against targets affected by this Bleed.

Ability Type: Area, Buff, Damage
Damage Per Blade: 37 / 49 / 61 / 73 / 85 (+20% of your Physical Power)
Bleed Damage: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+5% of your Physical Power) every .5s
Bleed Duration: 3s
Physical Lifesteal: 12 / 16.5 / 21 / 25.5 / 30%
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s
Incense
4 8 10 11 12

Incense

3 B
Kali hurls her incense at her feet, exploding it. Enemies hit are Stunned, while Kali gains a Physical Power bonus.

Ability Type: Circle, Stun
Stun Duration: 1.2s
Physical Power Buff: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35
Buff Duration: 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14s
Destruction
5 13 14 17 20

Destruction

4 Y
Kali becomes an unstoppable force of destruction, creating a damage aura around her. During this time, she can be reduced to 1 Health, but cannot die. She is immune to Knockup, Slow effects, and protected from Root, but still vulnerable to Stuns. If Kali is under 15% of her total Health at the end of the duration, she will heal to 15% Health.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Damage: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 (+10% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s
Duration: 3.5 / 3.75 / 4 / 4.25 / 4.5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

Why to pick Kali in the solo lane is a good question. This guide will explain when you should pick Kali and it will also be the first of several solo lane guides on some of the more pocket pick solo laners. The reason it is important to have the pocket picks is because it will allow you to have the most possible counter-picks that you can. In advance i never claim to be the best I just have a working understanding of the games mechanics and how to utilize them to my own advantage.

When to pick Kali

To properly use Kali in the solo lane you must first understand when to pick her. She should never be picked unless you know who the enemy solo laner is as she can be terribly counterpicked. She works best against either gods who cant clear instantly such as Osiris, or against gods who don't have the best boxing after waveclear such as Ra or Loki. She does well against most warriors as she can clear well and is very slippery, survivable and is very tricky to towerdive as she has a stun, unkillable-ness while in ult and then a heal on her jump based on the enemies missing life. Never pick her into characters with strong clear and boxing. Some examples of this would be Sun Wukong, Chang'e, Chronos, Especially not Sobek as he will dominate you and prevent you from healing.

Items

The DM build as suggested by DM Brandon is effective against anything you want to basic attack. It works on Kali as she already has up to 30% free penetration on her target this build capitalizes on maximizing percent pen allowing you to shred through tanks like butter. Most tanks lategame will have roughly 200 physical protections so with 83% pen plus additional shred from Executioner means you are only dealing with 16 protections if they are your mark. That is basically true damage for all intents and purposes. I will not go into detail on the items in general as this is a guide designed around ranked play and you should have a working knowledge on how each item should work. This build is very flexible with the exception of Qin Sais Executioner and Titans bane.

Odysseus bow versus Rage

So okay the only on Kali because of her unique swing chain would I argue this the 2 items give comparable DPS one is better for fighting against groups while the other is more effective for fighting against 1 person. The argument can be made that Kali needs to get her mark as fast as possible but a the same time if the enemy team is grouping then a counter argument can be made that it would be easier if the follow on targets had less health couldn't it. I would use Odysseus bow only if you took the Power boots and they don't have an amazing 1v1 boxing character such as Awilix, Mercury, Freya or Chronos. With the oddyseus bow you will be just under the attack speed cap and will be able to take down a squishy character in 2 swing chain rotations or about 1.8 seconds. With Rage and attack speed boots you kill a squishy in 1 attack less than 2 swing chains on average but your attacks are a little slower so kill time. Against a tanky character such as Hercules your kill time with Oddyseus bow build is roughly 9 secs while Rage is roughly 7 secs. Note all these kill times were done with her power steroid active.

Laning and princeples of an Offense

So in lane you must first understand whether or not you have the opportunity to kill or not. your Lash will nearly fully clear the wave at level 9. until then you should look to play safe and just farm. If ever possible while you have the blue buff stun your opponent and then lash the wave and him at the same time. If you can poke down your opponent as Kali you have a large advantage as you can be hyper aggressive and heal from your jump. The main principles you should use not just with Kali but with anyone are !SCAT!
Surprise
Concentration
Audacity
Tempo
If you ever find yourself in advantage as Kali you can over abuse this as you have a heal on your jump. If you and your opponent were just boxing and even say he won but your still alive then you can back off wait for cooldowns. Then when he is not expecting it through your Lash at him and immediately jump on him to regain health then stun and basic to utilize lifesteal on your lash. often times by the time the stun wears off he is almost dead and you are almost back to full health and you just completely turned the trade in your favor. Note you should not try that when the wave is near and it will probably not work quite as well the second time you try it as he will be wary of that combo.

Team Work and your mark

While working with your team you should always communicate who your mark is every time it changes and frequently that way they will give you the all important kills on your mark. Your team in ranked want to win and almost always understand that a Kali who gets her mark survives and gets more gold for it. If your mark is the enemy mid laner don't be afraid to hard push and make a rotation as you can almost always 100% commit on a mage who is your mark, particularly if your ult is up and there escape is down. even if they are cowering under tower.

Conclusion

If you read all this I appluade you and wish you luck on utilizing this in your matches. I know that this was very much a wall of text and that is because it is designed as raw unprocessed information and is not meant for casual play. Not to say it wont work there but it is designed around getting a good counterpick.

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Diomedes232 (6) | August 21, 2015 6:36pm
This is a far more ranked centered guide as well in the draft pick you can counter pick in the right situation. Though she does pair well with characters like Geb who can buy her just that little extra time to get her mark.
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MacBlack | August 20, 2015 1:02pm
Hey, nice build. Just replying to ask exactly how would you exactly know when to pick Kali when its blind pick? How would you know who the opposing solo laner is?
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