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Press ult to engage Turbo - An off meta Build around On-Ulti Procs

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by umbozz updated August 17, 2024

Smite God: Cu Chulainn

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Build Summary

Starter

Build Item Warrior's Axe Warrior's Axe
Build Item Round Shield Round Shield
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
4
Build Item Multi Potion Multi Potion

abilities full build

Build Item Sundering Axe Sundering Axe
Build Item Gladiator's Shield Gladiator's Shield
Build Item Dawnbringer Dawnbringer
Build Item Glorious Pridwen Glorious Pridwen
Build Item Arondight Arondight
Build Item Absolution Absolution

Cu Chulainn's Skill Order Notes optionally skip the 2 for a while and transform as much as you can. only reasonable in conquest

Notes

optionally skip the 2 for a while and transform as much as you can. only reasonable in conquest

Barbed Spear / Ground Slam

1 X Y
Barbed Spear / Ground Slam
1 3 7 8 10

Vent Anger

2 A B
Vent Anger
6 15 16 18 19

Salmon's Leap / Furious Charge

3 B A
Salmon's Leap / Furious Charge
2 4 11 12 14

Spear of Mortal Pain / War Cry

4 Y X
Spear of Mortal Pain / War Cry
5 9 13 17 20
Barbed Spear / Ground Slam
1 3 7 8 10

Barbed Spear / Ground Slam

1 X
Cu Chulainn thrusts his spear forward, damaging all enemies in front of him and stunning less powerful minions. Successfully hitting an enemy minion with this ability restores 5 Rage, 8 for a god (to a max of 18). Barbs from his spear stick in opponents and reduce their healing received for 5s.

In his Berserk Form, Cu Chulainn instead slams his massive arms down, damaging and rooting all Enemies in front of him and this ability costs no Rage.

Ability Type: Line, Debuff, Damage
Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+55% of your Physical Power)
Healing Reduction: 40%
Stun Duration: 2s
Root Duration: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Range: 45
Cost: 9 Rage
Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12s
Vent Anger
6 15 16 18 19

Vent Anger

2 A
Cu Chulainn vents his anger as superheated steam, increasing his Movement Speed and draining his Rage. Every .5s while in this state, all enemies within range are damaged by the heat. Vent Anger does not return Rage.

In his Berserk form, Cu Chulainn Vents Anger automatically and does not drain Rage.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Damage Per Second: 10 / 17 / 24 / 31 / 38 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9%
Radius: 22.5
Cost: 16 Rage
Cooldown: 6s
Salmon's Leap / Furious Charge
2 4 11 12 14

Salmon's Leap / Furious Charge

3 B
Cu Chulainn vaults over his spear, leaping to a target location and slamming it down to damage enemies around and in front of him. Successfully hitting an enemy minion with this ability restores 5 Rage, 8 for a god (to a max of 18).

In his Berserk Form, Cu Chulainn instead charges forward damaging, stunning and driving all enemies back with him and this ability costs no Rage.

Ability Type: Area, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 125 / 180 / 235 / 290 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Range: 35
Radius: 15
Cost: 9 Rage
Cooldown: 15s
Spear of Mortal Pain / War Cry
5 9 13 17 20

Spear of Mortal Pain / War Cry

4 Y
Cu Chulainn swings his spear Gae Bulg in a circle around him, Damaging and Knocking Up all Enemies. Successfully hitting an enemy minion with this ability restores 10 Rage, 26 for a god (to a max of 36).

In his Berserk Form, Cu Chulainn instead gives a terrifying yell, Damaging all Enemies and causing them to Tremble. This yell costs no Rage and has a 35s cooldown.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Damage: 175 / 245 / 315 / 385 / 455 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Tremble Duration: 1s
Radius: 30
Cost: 14 Rage
Cooldown (Spear of Mortal Pain): 105 / 100 / 95 / 90 / 85s
Cooldown (War Cry): 35s

Extended Build

Core

Notes buy in the order you need

Notes

buy in the order you need

Build Item Dawnbringer Dawnbringer
Build Item Pridwen Pridwen
Build Item Arondight Arondight

Recommended

Notes Absolution is a great way to turn a teamfight, but depending on who you fight you might not need the def or the proc

Notes

Absolution is a great way to turn a teamfight, but depending on who you fight you might not need the def or the proc

Build Item Gladiator's Shield Gladiator's Shield
Build Item Absolution Absolution

basics full build

Build Item Axe of Animosity Axe of Animosity
Build Item Berserker's Shield Berserker's Shield
Build Item Stone Cutting Sword Stone Cutting Sword
Build Item Dawnbringer Dawnbringer
Build Item Glorious Pridwen Glorious Pridwen
Build Item Arondight Arondight

starter options

Build Item Corrupted Bluestone Corrupted Bluestone
Build Item Death's Embrace Death's Embrace
Build Item War Banner War Banner
Build Item Spartan Flag Spartan Flag
Build Item Manikin Mace Manikin Mace

Ideas behind the build

On-Ulti procs can be strong but are limited by how bad a lot of ults are for applying them, and how mediocre the build is when you dont proc them.

Warrior ults usually have big CDs and dont make too much use of the movement speed afterwards.

So we are looking for a physical character that is decent at brawling, benefits from movements speed and has a low cooldown ult.

Chu Chu is the ideal candidate because his ult has decently low cooldown (and he has two!) and he can easily do devastating damage with the followup for his ult. Dawnbreaker even boosts the glad shield proc damage

Other candidates for this build:

    * Nemesis: good ult designed exclusively for brawling
    * Bellona: uses the proc well, not too high of an ult CD (75s)
    * Cliodna: good control over procs, but doesnt work great as bruiser
    * Odin: people will struggle to get away anyway, the rundown potential is wasted
    * Herc: starts with high CD, but the ult is used at the end of a combo, so you usually dont stick around
    * Chaac: high CD, ult makes enemies scatter so we dont get a lot of dawnbreaker stacks
    * Awiilix: starts with high CD, but later has good CD and great stim synergy, not the best brawler though
    * Arachne: ult in means no escape, and you usually have enough lockdown already

Let me know if you have any ideas around this build!

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1
Kriega1 (143) | April 30, 2024 6:05pm
The Arondight is pointless when you have Dawnbringer
1
umbozz | May 1, 2024 5:36am
Not sure what you mean by pointless. Not helping towards what purpose? The point of this build is to do everything after you ult.

Yes, additional movement speed has diminishing returns, still its decent stats (capping cdr, power, base MS) and an additional on ulti proc.
2
Kriega1 (143) | May 1, 2024 1:14pm
The function of Aron is already fufilled by Dawn in the build, the power scaling part of Aron is wasted in this build, and Glad / Sundering / Pridwen / Dawn's effectiveness is all reduced by having Arondight in the build instead of another prot item
2
XanderMuze (1) | April 29, 2024 7:58pm
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