Smite Neith Build Guide: Neith: Not Your Average Hunter! Updated 10/23/2016!

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Smite God: Neith

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Neith Build

Typical Initial Build!

Death's Toll

Ninja Tabi

Devourer's Gauntlet

Qin's Sais

The Executioner

Demon Blade

Starting Items.

Death's Toll

Spiked Gauntlet

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Core Items!

Ninja Tabi

Qin's Sais

Demon Blade

Deathbringer

Lifesteal!

Devourer's Gauntlet

Asi

Bloodforge

Penetration!

The Executioner

Titan's Bane

Brawler's Beat Stick

Relics!

Purification Beads

Heavenly Wings

Aegis Amulet

Consumables.

Ward

Sentry Ward

Potion of Power

Elixir of Power

Neith's Skill Order

Spirit Arrow

1 X

1 4 6 7 10

Unravel

2 A

3 8 11 12 14

Back Flip

3 B

2 15 16 18 19

World Weaver

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 4 6 7 10

Spirit Arrow

1 X

Neith fires a shot that passes through everything. Each enemy hit takes damage and is Rooted. If the Spirit Arrow hits a Broken Weave, the Weave detonates, dealing an additional 100% of the damage and applying the Root to all enemies in the area.

Ability Type: Line, Root, Damage
Damage: 90 / 155 / 220 / 285 / 350 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Root: 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2s
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11s

3 8 11 12 14

Unravel

2 A

Neith neatly unravels the world weaves, damaging all enemies in the target area, reducing their Attack Speed while increasing her own, and healing Neith for each enemy hit, up to 3. Any Broken Weaves in the area are removed, healing Neith an additional amount.

Ability Type: Circle, Heal, Damage
Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+100% of your Physical Power)
Attack Speed Buff/Debuff: 30%
Buff/Debuff Lifetime: 4s
Heal: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80
Weave Heal: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160
Radius: 20
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 15s

2 15 16 18 19

Back Flip

3 B

Neith back flips through the air, creating a Broken Weave as she leaps while damaging and slowing enemies in the area in front of her.

Ability Type: Cone, Leap, Damage
Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 30%
Slow Duration: 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 16s

5 9 13 17 20

World Weaver

4 Y

Neith charges up and fires an arrow across the entire world, seeking its target and passing through all obstacles. Enemy gods take damage and are Stunned. The arrow can be fired quicker for diminished results.

Ability Type: Target, Stun, Damage
Damage: 235 / 300 / 365 / 430 / 495 (+115% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1.5s
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 100s

Intro

Hello, my name is Arvorus, and this is my first guide. Who else would fit better than my first diamond, ? She's a fun goddess with a versatile skill-set that allows her to be played in multiple ways.

This guide will cover 's skills, gameplay, and the items I use for my build. If you take the time to read this, please leave some feedback behind!

Pros / Cons

Powerful early game.
Global presence.
Strong laning.

Pros

Powerful early game: In the stage where abilities reign king, 's 460% scaling is a god-send.

Global presence: 's gives your entire team access to a hard-hitting, unmissable, 1.5s stun.

Strong laning: 's extremely powerful allows for her to one-shot waves as soon as level 9!

Very predictable.
Bad late-game.
Squishy.

Cons

Very predictable: is an easily readable god. Her weaves are blatantly visible, her and are telegraphed, and her Backflip is slow to land.

Bad late-game: is the lowest late-game dps hunter, due to her lack of a built-in steroid.

Squishy: can't really build into defense, so she finds herself as a prime target for enemy gods.

Skills

Spirit Weave

Explanation

Spirit Arrow

Explanation

Unravel

Explanation

Back Flip

Explanation

World Weaver

Explanation

Default Skill Order
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20

The first thing you should level is , for its wave clear and to set up ganks.

After that, you should level up . It is your main source of healing, and is a decent poke, as well.

You should only level up Backflip on level 2 for the combo. Other than that, you should prioritize it last.

You should level whenever you can. It's a very useful ultimate that can nab you a lot of kills.

Combos

Wave Clear Combo

Basic Attack

Explanation

Full Combo

Explanation

You can get a lot more damage out of these combos if you weave them into your basics. Do you know how there's a period after casting abilities where you can't auto-attack or use another one? Well, the same thing applies to auto-attacks, except during those, abilities are allowed. Take this, for instance:

Now, let's add in some animation canceling:

That may not seem like much, but a hunter basic deals a ton of damage! By doing this, you can almost more than double the damage of your combos!

Of course, there are times when you shouldn't use animation canceling. If you're not sure whether casting an ability while auto-attacking is worth it or not, look at this flowchart (credit for the image goes to Professor Proxy):

Animation Canceling Flowchart

Professor Proxy has a great article (link) about animation canceling that goes in-depth on pros and cons! Make sure to check it out!

Items

Rest in peace, Transcendence. You were awesome, but we only needed you for the mana, and now Ninja Tabi is here to give us that.

Typical Initial Build!

Starting Items.

Core Items!

Lifesteal!

Penetration!

Relics!

Consumables.

Gameplay

Laning

Get your starting items and head out to the damage buff, looking out for invaders. Defeat the camp with your support and mid, give the mid their buff, and then get the xp camp. If you want to, you can grab the back harpies before getting the buffs, but only if you can do it quickly.

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After defeating the camps, head out onto your lane. You should be level two by now; put a point into or , whichever one you didn't get first. You should play passively until you reach level three; you don't have that much mana to spend. If the enemy pushes their minions up to your tower (3), don't take the minions' shots; they hit hard in the early game!

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You can start pushing the lane aggressively at level 3, since you have your to heal off any damage taken when attacking. Don't worry about using your for your wave-clear combo if the enemy is pushing. If you're pushing, however, make sure to save it as an escape! Should you get poked down to low health, but aren't able to recall for some reason (support recalled first, minions attacking tower, etc.), use your on a weave for more effect.

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Once (and before) you gain access to your ultimate, you should start looking around the map and at the minimap more often (5 second rule!). Is anyone overextending or is there a low-hp god? If so, notify your allies (not necessary if your team isn't needed) and prepare to ult. If successful, you should be able to help get a kill.

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Your support will usually start roaming once you can clear a wave by yourself, or to follow the enemy support. If you want to start pushing the lane by yourself, you'll need s and map awareness. Remember that you have an early to mid game advantage against other hunters, so don't be afraid to get aggressive! If you find that you are being out-poked hard and need help, call for a gank.

Roaming

The roaming phase starts after a tower in your lane has been destroyed. Since it will now be too dangerous for either side to attack the other's tower, you will start roaming around the map. Your main purpose during the roaming phase is to gank other lanes and to farm stacks for your items (4) (save the jungle camps for the jungler unless they don't need them anymore). At this point, you shouldn't be using your clear combo; you do enough damage to kill minions with your . Make sure to pay attention to the minimap; the enemy could still be trying to destroy your tower! This can also be used the other way around; If you know that no one will be around to defend, you can push down their tower to even the odds/further cement your win.

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Ganking is pretty easy with . You have both your and your . It should be easy to set up ganks with these two abilities; as always, you should approach from behind or the side. Bait out your target's escape, if they have one. As for your , all you have to do is notify your team, and then ult (again, not necessary if the team isn't needed). Since your ultimate is global, it doesn't matter where you are when you ult (unless you decide to ult right next to an enemy or something); this is very useful if you're farming and can't get to a fight in time.

Team Fights

Team fights start occurring during the late stages of the game. At this point, you should be partnered with someone; unless you're split-pushing, don't wander around by yourself. Your role in team fights is to set up kills and to dish out single-target damage. Your main targets are the enemy hunter and mage; they are the ones dealing the most damage, and without them, their team won't be able to do much. In team fights, the enemy tanks will usually be protecting them, as they should; your own tanks should be diving in so that you and your allies can infiltrate the back.

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Your abilities are very useful in team fights. You can set up kills with your , and if someone gets assaulted by enemies, you can use your to debuff the attackers. Your can slow anyone who is trying to escape from your allies, and the weaves left behind by fallen enemies are very useful for mass crowd control. Your ultimate, though not as useful in team fights, can still be used to set up/secure kills. A lot of weaves become available during team fights, so use them!

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Because of your utility in team fights, and the fact that you are the team's hunter, you will most likely be one of the main targets of assassins. Stay close to your allies and keep your up. Be aware of your position relative to others; try to stick near and behind your team. In addition, never try to chase a low-hp enemy by yourself if your ult is down and enemies are missing on the mini-map; unless your target is carrying their team, dying for a kill usually isn't worth it!

Gold Fury/Fire Giant

The Gold Fury and Fire Giant are some of the most important objectives. Upon killing the Gold Fury, your entire team will receive 100-350 gold, and upon killing the Fire Giant, your living team members will get increased power, hp5, mp5, and a 20% damage increase against structures. These areas are contested by the enemy team; trying to kill the Gold Fury or Fire Giant while the enemy team is still up will usually result in a team fight. If you get a mid to late game deicide, unless you can take down phoenixes/win the game, going for the FG is usually your best option (the same applies to the Gold Fury during the early to mid game).

Ending

Thank you for reading my guide on Neith, the Weaver of Fate! I would like to offer my thanks to:

Commenters: Thank you for offering your opinions and helping me improve my guide!

Greenevers, Jordenito, Piederman, and TormentedTurnip: Thank you for your great coding templates!

Jordenito: His BBCoding guide really helped me make this guide look neat and clean!

Professor Proxy (link to non-Professor series articles): Your articles are amazingly detailed and informative!

TormentedTurnip: I would not have been able to make this guide without his Guideception guide!

Changelog

2014

2015

2016

Notes

Here are the notes for those numbers in parenthesis that appear for no apparent reason.

(1) I recommend setting Back Flip on quick cast. This allows you to quickly escape from any ganks, while also allowing you to make sure that the enemy will get slowed. In fact, once you get experienced with the game, I recommend setting ALL of your abilities to quick cast. This allows for faster reaction times.

(2) This is common sense, but if there's danger nearby, don't carelessly use your Back Flip for damage.

(3) Should this happen, please note that a minion hit by a tower will offer you zero gold when killed. Because of this, it's usually better to target the archers rather than the melee minions.

(4) Both when farming and in 1v1 situations, DO NOT just hold down the fire button. You need to build stacks/get gold, and holding down the fire button will just result in minions stealing kills. In boxing situations, it will just slow you down and create a pattern for your opponent to dodge. Lead your shots!

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Hey! I am using this build in a Neith tutorial video I am making. This is a great guide, and I have included links to it both in the video and the video description, as well as mentioning you by name. Thanks for the guide!

This is the link to the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwCnvOXTzCs&index=21&list=PL-aPbezyikgju9dKTMIdx3Ue3X2s2PhtQ

This build guide is very well thought out and detailed, however one thing I would personally add to the build itself (as a diamond neith), is jotunn's wrath over asi, and then just use ninja tabi to keep the 15% attack speed. I personally think lifesteal on Neith is unneeded because her 2 on a couple minions + a weave will instantly restore 30-40% health, and the cool down + power of jotunn's wrath along with the pen is just simply better IMO.

As a diamond Neith, I can guarantee you that Asi is pretty useful, even for her. You can't always rely on your 2 since it will be on cooldown after you use it ,and you're a hunter, so use those basic attacks.

One example, I boxed 2 people (Ullr and Erlang) at 5-10% health and managed to kill one of them (Ullr).

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is a good item on ability-based builds, but it just doesn't fit in hunter builds. If we look at the stats, offers:

offers:

The mana and power on is mostly irrelevant, due to , and it has less penetration than . The 20% CDR is nice, but as a hunter, your main source of damage is going to be from auto-attacks, and CDR doesn't help with that. , on the other hand, offers attack speed (almost always good due to ), a strong passive, and also costs less gold. The 15% lifesteal is important, even on , due to the fact that her :

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Lol "neith was the first god I tried out" .. You don't say xD

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Great guide !

What is the difference between your build 1 and 2 ?

In your intro, you write Neith can also be played solo and mid. With the same build ?

What build would u recommend for Joust 3v3 ?

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For build 2, you skip and focus more on using Qin Sais as your main damage source (Krett's Unicorn build, basically).

probably isn't that good for solo and mid anymore, but yes, you would use the same build (preferably with ).

I'd use the typical final build for Joust. You don't usually get a starter item anyways, and it's easier to focus on stacking (might be problematic if another teammate stacks, but shouldn't be too bad).

Thank you for your fast and clear answer! I appreciate it.

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No problem, and thanks for the vote!

As a new player (as in started 2 days ago haha!) Iv been using neith due to ease to use while I build my understanding and roles in this game and fine her quite fun. I have read your guide from top to bottom but am having some difficulty understanding gear order. You mention quite a few pieces that are not in the final build. I understand gear will change a little based on opponents but as a good starting point what should my gear activation order be and what pieces. Thanks again.

Hi! Sorry for taking so long to respond. Unfortunately I forgot my main account's password, but hopefully I'll get it back soon.

I'm gonna assume that gear means items.

First of all, you begin with one of the starts (either the normal start or the crit start).
If you went with the normal start, build , , , , , and . Sell to get:

.
for towers and pheonixes.
for healers.

If you went with the crit start, build , , , , , and . You can (it's optional) sell later on to get:

Wind Demon for single target damage.
for team fights.
for towers and pheonixes.
for healers.

There's one more build that I didn't really talk about in the guide, and that's , , , , , . Sell and then to get two of:

for team fights.
for towers and phoenixes.
for healers.

While this does enhance your early game and provide a lot of penetration, it's a risky build, because you have nothing to make up for your relatively weak late game.

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Yay, I recovered my account!

To note, for the second build, you get as your first item, so you would build as normal, then sell for , and then, if you wanted, sell for one of the items I listed.

Also, I forgot to mention a few items. is a decent last item to get for "defense" (this is for all three builds), and if you want Wind Demon's passive ALONG with the utility of one of the other three items, you can build in place of and Wind Demon in place of where would have been (this is only for the crit build).

Basically, it would be , , , , , , sell for Wind Demon, sell for , , , or .

I've found that putting golden bow on neith helps her obtain higher aoe damage. Should try a build with a rushed golden bow.

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Golden Bow seems a little redundant to me. Its main two purposes are to help with clearing, and, as you said, AoE damage. However, has some of the best lane clearing in the game, and her AoE damage was never something that I found needing improvement. However, it's not something I'll mark off, and I will try it.

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Hrm, that's true. I had mostly looked at 's auto-attack damage and didn't think about anything else, lol. My bad.

But yeah, would probably be very good on . I hadn't considered it with her ult and against objectives. I'll definitely add it, and the note on triple crit and .

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Triple crit is viable depending on the hunter. I would agree with FBX for though admittedly, since she lacks an attack speed steroid and is highly ability based, triple crit may not be the best path. I like your other 6th item choices a lot Arvorus, particularly since it helps you duel other hunters so much late game since often struggles with this (also that extra power and penetration just works so well with your abilities). I wouldn't completely discount since it does make your abilities do more damage, but I would definitely prefer brawlers most of the time.

Final note: if you do still want to do triple crit, you probably want rather than . It hurts your early game a bit, but its dps is better with triple crit.

Also i looked at your stats and matches, you had a your stats with neith in kda ratio is better when you use 2 crits instead of 3.

Triple crit is almost never viable. Id never recommend Malice on any build when there is already rage and death bringer. yeah your single target damage is insane but team fights your just gonna screw up. You cant say that titans bane isnt viable b/c any pro would pick titans over triple crit on a hunter.

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wrote:

Is it ok if i edit your set-up and repost??

Far too late for this, but if you ever come back, sure, why not? :)

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Table of Contents

Intro

Pros / Cons

Skills

Combos

Items

Gameplay

Ending

Changelog

Notes

Neith: Not Your Average Hunter! Updated 10/23/2016!

Smite God: Neith

Neith Build

Typical Initial Build!

Starting Items.

Core Items!

Lifesteal!

Penetration!

Relics!

Consumables.

Neith's Skill Order

Spirit Arrow

Unravel

Back Flip

World Weaver

Intro

Pros / Cons

Pros

Cons

Skills

Spirit Weave

Spirit Arrow

Unravel

Back Flip

World Weaver

Combos

Items

Gameplay

Laning

Roaming

Team Fights

Gold Fury/Fire Giant

Ending

Changelog

Notes

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