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Nu Wa Mid Build by GeneralFear

10 5 32,599
7.2
by GeneralFear updated May 21, 2021

Smite God: Nu Wa

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Nu Wa Build

Start SoT Build 1

Build Item Sands of Time Sands of Time
Build Item Lost Artifact Lost Artifact
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
2
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
2
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads

Start SoT Full Build Path 1

Build Item Pendulum of Ages Pendulum of Ages
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Charon's Coin Charon's Coin
Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin
Build Item Soul Gem Soul Gem
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Elixir of Speed Elixir of Speed
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet

Optional Items

Build Item Archmage's Gem Archmage's Gem
Build Item Charon's Coin Charon's Coin
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Doom Orb Doom Orb
Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade

DON'T BUY!

Notes Please do not buy these. most of them are a waste of time or not even better than item I've listed somewhere.

Just to let people know buying Frenzy isn't 200iQ or Smart or Good. Just don't do it you'll make teammates rage quit. Beads and Aegis are the go to for Nu Wa. Buying Frenzy will be a FAT target on your head to kill you because you traded Aegis or Beads for a trash dumb relic. Aka BOT or TROLL stuff.

Notes

Please do not buy these. most of them are a waste of time or not even better than item I've listed somewhere.

Just to let people know buying Frenzy isn't 200iQ or Smart or Good. Just don't do it you'll make teammates rage quit. Beads and Aegis are the go to for Nu Wa. Buying Frenzy will be a FAT target on your head to kill you because you traded Aegis or Beads for a trash dumb relic. Aka BOT or TROLL stuff.

Build Item Book of the Dead Book of the Dead
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Lono's Mask Lono's Mask
Build Item Warlock's Staff Warlock's Staff
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Rod of Asclepius Rod of Asclepius
Build Item Breastplate of Regrowth Breastplate of Regrowth
Build Item War Banner War Banner
Build Item War Flag War Flag
Build Item Belt of Frenzy Belt of Frenzy
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation
Build Item Teleport Fragment Teleport Fragment
Build Item Horrific Emblem Horrific Emblem

Best Defence (If needed)

Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Talisman of Energy Talisman of Energy
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade

Core items on Nu Wa

Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Soul Gem Soul Gem
Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation

Good Item to Replace Boots (LATE GAME)

Notes You need EILXIR OF SPEED before buying these after boots.

Notes

You need EILXIR OF SPEED before buying these after boots.

Build Item Doom Orb Doom Orb
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade

SWAP OUT FOR DESO VS HEALERS OR BIG LIFESTEALERS

Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin

BUILD PATH VS HEALERS

Notes You get Conduit Gem if you like that however you need to find ways of fitting a good amount of CDR and %PEN. As healers do make people more tanky too.

Notes

You get Conduit Gem if you like that however you need to find ways of fitting a good amount of CDR and %PEN. As healers do make people more tanky too.

Build Item Pendulum of Ages Pendulum of Ages
Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Soul Gem Soul Gem
Build Item Charon's Coin Charon's Coin
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Elixir of Speed Elixir of Speed
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet

Buy Often To Survive Early game

Notes When I say buy often I don't mean spam each time you go to base. Just make sure the jungle on your side and in mid is warded to stop people killing you for walking in lane or walking to a camp.

Notes

When I say buy often I don't mean spam each time you go to base. Just make sure the jungle on your side and in mid is warded to stop people killing you for walking in lane or walking to a camp.

Build Item Ward Ward
Build Item Sentry Ward Sentry Ward
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion

Nu Wa's Skill Order Notes You can Level the Clay Soldiers to max 2nd if you like or you can do it like this. There no right or wrong as it's based off the game and who you are fighting.

Also at Level 2 you can get the Clay Minions if you like. However Nu Wa doesn't pick fights very early so it's better sometimes to go with the fog to better the clear and help with the Movement early when you have no boots.

Notes

You can Level the Clay Soldiers to max 2nd if you like or you can do it like this. There no right or wrong as it's based off the game and who you are fighting.

Also at Level 2 you can get the Clay Minions if you like. However Nu Wa doesn't pick fights very early so it's better sometimes to go with the fog to better the clear and help with the Movement early when you have no boots.

Mysterious Fog

1 X Y
Mysterious Fog
3 12 16 18 19

Clay Soldiers

2 A B
Clay Soldiers
2 6 11 14 15

Shining Metal

3 B A
Shining Metal
1 4 7 8 10

Fire Shards

4 Y X
Fire Shards
5 9 13 17 20
Mysterious Fog
3 12 16 18 19

Mysterious Fog

1 X
Nu Wa condenses moisture into fog at her location which then rolls forward away from her. She and all allies are Stealthed while inside the fog, and have increased movement speed. Attacking breaks the Stealth effect for 1s.

Enemies that run into the fog take damage, and continue to take additional damage again every second they are in the fog.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+10% of your Magical Power)
Lifetime: 6s
Movement Speed: 10%
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13s
Clay Soldiers
2 6 11 14 15

Clay Soldiers

2 A
Nu Wa conjures Clay Soldiers from the Earth. If she marked a target while summoning them, they will pursue target until it dies. If she summoned them with no target, they will attack enemy gods who damage Nu Wa, or closest enemies.

Soldiers live for 10s. First they will dash at enemies within 30 units, applying a stack of protection reductions. Stacks up to 3 times, stacks last 2s. They will basic attack after that.

Ability Type: Summon Pet
Number Conjured: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3 Soldiers
Soldier's Health: 200 (+20% of your Maximum Health)
Base Movement Speed: 365 / 380 / 395 / 410 / 425
Dash Magical Protection Reduction Per Stack: 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16
Basic Attack Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 Per Hit
Range: 40
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 16s
Shining Metal
1 4 7 8 10

Shining Metal

3 B
Nu Wa launches a mass of shining metal, damaging all enemies it hits. If it hits one of her Clay Soldiers, it explodes, dealing additional damage and Stunning enemies.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+75% of your Magical Power)
Minion Explode: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Minion Stun: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Range: 65
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 9s
Fire Shards
5 9 13 17 20

Fire Shards

4 Y
Nu Wa flies up into the clouds, gaining visibility on all enemy gods, and summoning fire shards from the sky to damage each of them. As she lifts off the ground, she can pass through player-made deployables.

Ability Type: Global
Damage: 100 / 170 / 240 / 310 / 380 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 120s

Nu Wa Threats

Tap each threat level to view Nu Wa’s threats

Max
7
Major
5
Even
3
Minor
2
Tiny
2

About Nu Wa in Conquest:

How To Play Nu Wa in Conquest, playing Nu Wa can be easy and hard depending on the gods you face. For example she's really good when controlling tanks in team fights around the Mid Game - Late Game as her CC and damage is extremely high. This being said there are more Cons to playing Nu Wa than pros playing her.

Pros; High Damage, High CC, Unmissable Ultimate, Weaken enemies Protections, Amazing Minions Clear, Global Team Ward Ultimate, CC Immune Ultimate and AoE Team invisible with movement increase.

Cons; No Escape, Poor Backline Damage, Easy Kill [Unless she has ultimate], Clay minions can get one-shotted, Slow Movement Speed, No Immune frames and more.

I've listed builds above to give you an idea how to build her in Conquest or other modes too. Sometimes the build will need changing based off the game you are in. Divine Ruin is an item you may need to build 90% of the time and won't be able to use the build listed above. When having to deal with healers or Lifesteal users this optional build can be the best bet. Archmage's Gem, CDR boots, Chronos Pendant, Divine Ruin, Soul Gem and Obsidian Shard. This build may not have the best items in the game but it's do able when fighting very tanky gods and having to kill healers alongside them too.

Nu Wa Early Game: In the early it's best to always play passive when you are alone. Meaning always take the safe way to lane or into the jungle. Unlike other gods Nu Wa can't jump over always or increase her movement by a high amount to get her out of death situation. The only time you shouldn't be playing passive is when you are with your jungle or Support in the early part of the game. As there is no way you are able to deal mage from long range and when you are passive at the back you might miss chances of getting a kill.

Nu Wa Late Game: ALWAYS SAVE THE ULTIMATE FOR TO COUNTER PEOPLE DIVING YOU IN THE BACKLINE. Never use the ultimate for no reason because that's brain dead and really dumb. When good players see a Nu Wa using her Ultimate for no reason the next team fight you'll be 100% a easy kill for them.

For more help or more into I do streams on Twitch and Videos on Youtube in high ranked games and Fun casuals. Please take a look if you are a player looking to become a better Nu Wa. Also If you need help on other Mages feel free to join the Discord Server below.

More tips: Playing Nu Wa isn't for all players, being a new player on Smite shouldn't be looking to learn Nu Wa early game. Many new players find Nu Wa as a good or fun character to play which is fine. However it can be a big waste of time learning a good which needs more skill to make it work than someone more easy. By easy I mean gods which have a escape, easy to hit abilities and harder to kill.

Nu Wa is a god for players who know what to do at the right times to make it work out. If this doesn't seem like you I would advise you to play maybe Poseidon or Agni. Some people might pick Nu Wa as she's a female mage too so other gods in mid which is more better for new players are Chang'e, Hera or Scylla

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/generalfear
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/8DZ7QH8
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