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Smite God: Medusa

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Medusa Build

Starter

Attacker's Blessing

Ninja Tabi

Transcendence

Odysseus' Bow

Bloodforge

The Crusher

Deathbringer

Priority

Transcendence

Bloodforge

Ninja Tabi

Rounding out the build

Odysseus' Bow

Deathbringer

The Crusher

Situational Items

Notes These items arent part of the main build, but can be substituted in based on who you are playing.

Qin Sais for tank smashing.

Qin's Sais

Medusa's Skill Order

Viper Shot

1 X

1 6 10 14 16

Acid Spray

2 A

2 4 7 11 19

Lacerate

3 B

3 8 12 15 18

Petrify

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 6 10 14 16

Viper Shot

1 X

Medusa gains increased attack speed and her basic attacks become augmented, shooting Vipers that poison the targets hit dealing damage over time.

Ability Type: Ranged Basic, Buff, Damage
Damage: 18 / 23 / 28 / 33 / 38 (+8% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s for 1.5s per charge
Attack Speed Increase: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80%
Viper Shots: 4
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s

2 4 7 11 19

Acid Spray

2 A

Medusa hurls back and spits out acid that damages the first enemy hit and sprays out acid in a cone behind them. Enemies hit by Acid Spray will have their healing taken reduced. Acid spray will explode on statues Medusa has created.

Ability Type: Line, Debuff, Damage
Damage: 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 / 310 (+75% of your Physical Power)
Healing Reduction: 40%
Healing Reduction Lifetime: 5s
Range: 45
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s

3 8 12 15 18

Lacerate

3 B

Medusa quickly slithers forward, damaging enemies she passes through. The first enemy god she encounters causes her to stop before she damages and roots the god hit.

Ability Type: Dash, Root, Damage
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1s
Range: 55
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s

5 9 13 17 20

Petrify

4 Y

Medusa removes her mask revealing her true face, delivering a powerful blast from her horrifying Gorgon gaze. Enemies take damage and are stunned if they are looking at Medusa. Enemies not looking at Medusa take 85% damage and are slowed. Enemy gods that are killed during Medusa's gaze will turn to a stone statue and remain behind as a reminder to others.

Ability Type: Cone, Stun, Damage
Damage: 270 / 365 / 460 / 555 / 650 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun Duration: 2s
Movement Speed Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow Duration: 3s
Range: 70
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 110s

Game Start

Pick one of the starter items, you will sell this when you are full build so that you can replace it with another stronger item. This is to get you started. After this you would immediately go for the Ninja Tabi so that you can gain that attack speed and a bit of power.

Mid Game

You should be aiming to build up your attack power and attack speed during this section of play. You should be staying in the lane and managing the creeps. Odysseus bow will help with that tremendously.

Your ult only works when you are hitting enemies that are facing you. Enemies that are facing the opposite direction will only be slowed and hurt. Ones you hit face on will turn to stone and this will allow you to finish them off.

Defensively your ult can be used to slow an oncoming onslaught, or can be used aggressively to push back the lane

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(143) |

Atrocious build.

(81) |

If I stop making jokes about will people stop building it as their only crit item?

(143) |

No, because it brings too much death.

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(81) |

It is the destroyer of builds after all.

I know that almost every time you mention it's as a joke and is "the destroyer of builds" but is that only when people build it as the lone crit item? I'm 100% with you on it being a terrible addition to a build when it's the lone crit item but I thought it still had good function when used properly in a proper crit build no?

Just clarifying since it's joked about so much and I want to get it straight.

(7) |

wrote:

@Gulf: This is exactly why I requested those deathbringer jokes tone down :/

@Diabolic: Yes it has good function when used in a crit build with another crit item. However, it is not ideal to build crit on certain damage gods (ability based hunters and assassins).

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Wasn't sure as I don't usually build crit (when I do it's on AA hunters but even then don't always as I'm not a huge fan of crit) so my crit build knowledge is limited.

(81) |

@Gary: I seriously doubt most people pay attention to what I say. :P

@Diabolic: DB is a great 2nd crit item, but it's never a good only crit item. It can work on any hunter, but some, like , are better served building power, pen, and CDR. is a rare case in that she can build either crit or power depending upon how you want to play her. But, if you're going crit, you should have another crit item online first, like or because having only a 25% crit chance is next to useless.

Thanks, appreciate the advice Gulf. Might have to try some crit builds more often.

(400) |

If you're up for some reading, check out this section of my items guide, talking about Qin's and crit builds.

https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/an-in-depth-discussion-on-item-choices-s5-patch-5-18-14522#chapter12

And yeah, suggestion is, if you're going crit, always go Devo's. Trans + crit can work, but where Trans has an indirect function of high mana so you don't have to worry much about mana management, it takes up a critical space in the build. With Trans, you either have to build a separate lifesteal item, or forego lifesteal altogether.

Devo's as the alternative provides a more direct function of lifesteal, which not only helps general sustain in lane, but is helpful for trading when boxing (and keeping you alive)...boosted especially with crits. This is much more helpful when focusing on basic attacks.

Crits are generally better for gods that have some form of steroids in their kits (meaning AS boost, whether temporary or permanent). Temporary AS boosts tend to be much more powerful, and that boost allows you to build less into AS items, meaning you get to concentrate on the crit items and high power/pen.

With Qin's, you want consistently high AS so the passive damage applies as often as possible. This means it's better and often more efficient on gods that don't have AS boosts...if you build Qin's, and you have high base AS, there's a possibility you'll overcap when you use the steroid, losing efficiency overall.

Hunters where crits make the most sense:

Ah Muzen Cab (but he's great with Qin's too)
Apollo
Artemis
Chernobog
Cupid (but he's great with Trans/Qin's too)
Hachiman
Jing Wei (crits built into her kit as well)
Medusa (but she's great with Trans/Qin's too)
Rama

Keep in mind, you don't have to build crit for any of these...and with the (questionably functional) addition of providing some benefit when overcapping AS, you can still go into Qin's for any of these hunters.

Thanks, I'll definitely look into that when I get the chance. Just busy trying to figure out what went wrong with some BBCoding I'm doing.

(400) |

Hi Valknight,

Some major flaws with this build that I'd like to point out. I wouldn't recommend this to "newbs" at all.

You're building Transcendence, which is fine for Medusa. But your supporting item choices are terrible.
If you do commit to critical damage, mathematically speaking, you need to get 2 items for decent effect. You're only getting Deathbringer. You want somewhere in the range of 50-60% crit at minimum. 25% isn't reliable enough to get the most out of the item.
With the idea of getting Trans, you're typically going for a high power/pen build. You're missing the pen. The Crusher's 15 flat doesn't count. Either you commit more to basic attacks, in which case you get The Executioner, or you commit fully into ability use, and you consider getting Titan's Bane. NEITHER is listed. This is a huge oversight.
I can see the nice function of waveclear and poke with Odysseus' Bow, but in all honesty, it's not optimal that early in the build. If anything, it's best late-game, and probably only when you're building into Qin's Sais, which you sadly only have as a situational item.
Bloodforge is okay, especially since you don't build any other lifesteal, but if you get it, you should probably delay til later. Your other options are to get Devourer's Gauntlet early instead of Trans, or pick up Asi in the 3rd or 4th slot (and again, don't get O-Bow that early if you do get it), and replace it with BF late.
I'm not sure what you're doing with your skill leveling, but you're not committing to practically anything, and that shows lack of, well, knowledge.

Priority in most cases is going to be Acid Spray for the early wave clear. After you've maxed that (or gotten it close to max), you'll focus on Viper Shot, which will help your burst damage and starts ramping up in function as you're also building into attack speed at that point (possibly The Crusher early, or going right into The Executioner in the 3rd slot).

You shouldn't put more than 1 point into Lacerate until your other abilities are maxed. You don't get increased healing reduction, or CD, etc., from leveling it...only damage...but that damage not only has less function than the other 2 normal abilities, but it is also sometimes used for escape, which means you get absolutely nothing in those cases for leveling it up.

Please don't level your skills like this. It reduces your effectiveness.

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Table of Contents

Game Start

Mid Game

Madusa Newb, Joust.

Smite God: Medusa

Medusa Build

Starter

Priority

Rounding out the build

Situational Items

Medusa's Skill Order

Viper Shot

Acid Spray

Lacerate

Petrify

Game Start

Mid Game

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