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Smite God: Ymir

Choose a Build: Damage (Yet Tanky) Ymir

Damage (Yet Tanky) Ymir Glass Cannon Ymir (You're Probably Going to Die) Strait Tank (Assists... Not kills)

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Ymir Build

Shoes of Focus

Mystical Mail

Pestilence

Void Stone

Polynomicon

Ethereal Staff

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

1 X

3 10 16 18 19

Glacial Strike

2 A

1 4 6 7 8

Frost Breath

3 B

2 11 12 14 15

Shards of Ice

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

3 10 16 18 19

Ice Wall

1 X

Ymir summons a wall of ice out of the ground that blocks player movement.

Ability Type: Line, Wall
Lifetime: 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s

1 4 6 7 8

Glacial Strike

2 A

Ymir smashes his club, doing damage to all enemies in front of him and slowing them. Applies Frostbite.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Damage: 90 / 160 / 230 / 300 / 370 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 35%
Slow Duration: 4s
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 8s

2 11 12 14 15

Frost Breath

3 B

Ymir uses his breath to freeze enemies in blocks of ice, doing damage and stunning them. Applies Frostbite.

Ability Type: Cone, Stun, Damage
Damage: 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25s
Range: 35
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

5 9 13 17 20

Shards of Ice

4 Y

Ymir begins to freeze the air around him, causing shards of ice to grow on his back and Slowing enemies. After a 3s channel, Ymir erupts out of his frozen state, causing shards of ice to do damage to all enemies in his range. Applies Frostbite. Cancelling the ability decreases the damage.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 500 / 650 / 800 / 950 / 1100 (+150% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 40%
Radius: 35
Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Ymir Build

Shoes of the Magi

Warlock's Staff

Chronos' Pendant

Soul Reaver

Rod of Tahuti

Polynomicon

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

1 X

3 15 16 18 19

Glacial Strike

2 A

1 4 6 7 8

Frost Breath

3 B

2 10 11 12 14

Shards of Ice

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

3 15 16 18 19

Ice Wall

1 X

Ymir summons a wall of ice out of the ground that blocks player movement.

Ability Type: Line, Wall
Lifetime: 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s

1 4 6 7 8

Glacial Strike

2 A

2 10 11 12 14

Frost Breath

3 B

5 9 13 17 20

Shards of Ice

4 Y

Ymir Build

Shoes of Focus

Sovereignty

Bulwark of Hope

Breastplate of Valor

Heartward Amulet

Stone of Gaia

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

1 X

3 10 11 16 18

Glacial Strike

2 A

1 6 12 15 19

Frost Breath

3 B

2 4 7 8 14

Shards of Ice

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

3 10 11 16 18

Ice Wall

1 X

Ymir summons a wall of ice out of the ground that blocks player movement.

Ability Type: Line, Wall
Lifetime: 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5s
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s

1 6 12 15 19

Glacial Strike

2 A

2 4 7 8 14

Frost Breath

3 B

5 9 13 17 20

Shards of Ice

4 Y

Who is Ymir?

Todo List

SPAYmir is the father of the Frost Giants, and like all Norse Giants, he is evil. Grandfather to the All Father, Odin, Ymir lead his giant brethren into battle against the Gods. After ages of battling, Ymir was slain by Odin and his brothers, they forged the world from Ymir's remains.

SPAThis Third person speaking Ice Giant is one of the original characters in Smite, he is also one of the few free characters that come with Smite. He has basic Crowd Control, a wall to trap the enemy (or troll your teammates), and a very powerful ult that if used right can do significant damage no matter the build. Ymir has the highest stats (except movement speed) when it comes to Guardians. Ymir is one of the few guardians that is able to take a lot of damage and return it back to the enemy with a nice little bow on it. If he is used right Ymir can be a key factor in any battle of the field.

DISCLAIMER!! I used Code provided by xZeroStrike

Pros and Cons of the Ice Giant

....... Pros .......

[*] Does a significant amount of damage, even when playing guardians
[*] At max level of the ability, Frost Breath can stun enemy for 2.5 seconds
[*] A very well balanced and rounded character who hasn't changed much over the years
[*] Has poke, Crowd Control, and Multiple slows

...... Cons ......

[*] Very slow
[*] Easily counter-able (Just poke the guy from a distance, he's a slow giant)
[*] Ultimate can be evaded very easily because of the long Charge to do max damage
[*] Not the best support in Smite since he only has one Stun, better options for "Supports" are or

Abilities

Ymir's Skillset

Passive: Frostbite

All of Ymir's abilities that affect enemies apply a Debuff to the enemy called Frostbite. All of Ymir's Basic Attacks against a target afflicted by Frostbite do 100% more damage. Enemies afflicted by Frostbite deal 10% less damage. Lasts for 4s.
+ Frostbite Damage Bonus: 100%
+ Damage Reduction: 10%

Frostbite Video

1st Ability: Ice Wall

Ymir summons a wall of ice out of the ground that blocks player movement.
+ Lifetime: 2/3/4/5/6s
+ Cooldown: 14 seconds
+ Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

Ice Wall Video

2nd Ability: Glacial Strike

Ymir smashes his club, doing damage to all enemies in front of him and Slowing them. Applies Frostbite.
+ Lifetime: 2/3/4/5/6s
+ Damage: 90/160/230/300/370 (+70% of your magical power)
+ Slow: 35%
+ Cooldown: 8 seconds
+ Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 mana

Glacial Strike Video

3rd Ability: Frost Breath

Ymir uses his breath to freeze enemies in blocks of ice, doing damage and Stunning them. Applies Frostbite.
+ Damage: 50/90/130/170/210 (+50% of your magical power)
+ Stun: 1.25/1.5/1.75/2/2.25s
+ Cooldown: 18 seconds
+ Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

Frost Breath Video

Ultimate: Shards of Ice

Ymir begins to freeze the air around him, causing shards of ice to grow on his back and Slowing enemies. After a 3s channel, Ymir erupts out of his frozen state, causing shards of ice to do damage to all enemies in his range. Applies Frostbite. Cancelling the ability decreases the damage.
+ Damage: 500/650/800/950/1100 (+150% of your magical power)
+ Slow: 30%
+ Cooldown: 90/85/80/75/70 seconds
+ Cost: 80/90/100/110/120 mana
+ Radius: 35

Shards of Ice

Items and Builds

Damage (Yet Tanky) Ymir

Damage (Yet Tanky) Ymir

Items

Shoes of Focus

The movement speed, that gives, will allow you to move faster, which is necessary on , the boots help Ymir stay in battles longer (with more mana) and deal more damage since abilities are not on Cooldown as much.

It provides:

Shoes of Focus:

[*] +40 Magical power (To deal some early game damage)
[*] +250 mana (Like all other tanks, Ymir is mana hungry)
[*] +10% cooldown reduction (His abilities take over 10 seconds to come off of cooldown)
[*] +18% movement speed (Ymir is crazy slow).

Mystical Mail and Pestilence

is a Warrior tank item (Yes, we're going to use it on a Guardian) that gives you physical protections as well as giving off an Aura that damages enemies over time.

gives off an Aura that gives the user Anti-heal and Anti-regeneration it also gives Magical protections as well as health. So as you're chasing the enemy damaging them with , they can't regenerate their health as fast.
They provide:

Mystical Mail:
[*] +40 Physical Protection
[*] +300 Health
[*] +Aura - Deals 40 Magical Damage per second to enemies within 25 units

Pestilence:
[*] +80 Magical Protection
[*] +200 Health
[*] +Aura - The healing and regeneration of enemies within 55 units is reduced by 25%

These Items are mainly for Warriors, they allow the user to deal some damage while being tanky and denying the enemy team to heal as much. The combination of these items, Ymir's slows, stun, and his poke make him a force to be reckon with.

Void Stone

The next item in the build is , this Item gives an Aura that Reduces the Magical Protection of enemies while giving the user Magical Power and Magical Protection.
It Provides:

Void Stone:
[*] +40 Magical Power
[*] +60 Magical Protection
[*] +Aura - Reduces the Magical Protection
of enemies within 55 by 20%

Polynomicon

After building against tanks, warriors, and healers, gaining a considerable amount of Magical Power, and while all still being a tank, we now need Lifesteal in our build. Gives its user Magical Power, Magical Lifesteal, Mana, and its passive gives your basic attack more damage after using an ability
It Provides:

Ploynomicon:
[*] +75 Magical Power
[*] +10% Magical Lifesteal
[*] +300 Mana
[*] +Using an ability goves your next
basic attack within the next 8 seconds
75% of your Magical Damage

Ethereal Staff

Finally we've come to the end of this build and the last Item is the . Being the one of the two items that does not give off an Aura but instead a passive, feels like an item that was placed into the Game just for Ymir. The item gives Magical Power, Health, Mana, and converts some of your Health (Ymir having the highest base health in the game) into Magical Power.
It Provides:

Ethereal Staff:
[*] +30 Magical Power
[*] +400 Health
[*] +300 Mana
[*] +2.5% of your maximum Health
is converted to Magical Power

Final Thoughts on the Build

All the items in this build give Ymir Health or Magical Protections while also giving him Magical Power (The Ability to do damage). This is my favorite build because not only am I able to soak up damage and save Teammates but I'm also able to do significant damage in return. Each Item in this build has it's own purpose that make Ymir an unstoppable force, from reducing the enemies ability to Regenerate Health to helping Ymir do some Magical Damage per second without even touching your enemy (Yes I have killed an enemy with the final blow being from )

Glass Cannon Ymir (You're Probably Going to Die)

Warlock's sash

Glass Cannon Ymir (You're Probably Going to Die)

Items

Shoes of the Magi

The movement speed, that gives, will allow you to move faster, which is necessary on , the boots help Ymir do more early game damage (since we're going class cannon) and get through that early game armor.

It provides:

Shoes of the Magi:
[*] +45 Magical Power (Early Game Damage)
[*] +10 Magical Penetration (Grind through Armor)
[*] +18% Movement Speed (Ymir is slow)

Warlock's sash

Warlock's Sash

Warlock's Sash is a very powerful item. It stacks up to 100 (+3 Health and +.6 Magical Power per stack), so you buy it second. Don't buy it first because Ymir's movement is extremely slow if boots are not bought.
It provides:

Unstacked:
[*] +50 Magical Power
[*] +300 Health
[*] +400 Mana

Stacked:
[*] +110 Magical Power
[*] +600 Health
[*] +400 Mana

Since we are going pure damage with this build, this item is almost required. The item increases your power immensely and making you very bulky. Ymir is also one of the few guardians with actual lane clear, so go get them stacks!

Warlock's sash

Chronos' Pendant

Now that we have Health, Mana,and Magical Power, we need Cooldown Reduction and MP5 so we can regenerate mana faster. gives its user Magical Power, MP5, Cooldown Reduction
It Provides:

Chronos' Pendant:
[*] +25 MP5
[*] +75 Magical Power
[*] +20% Cooldown Reduction

Soul Reaver

Though does give its user Mana, that is not the reason we are purchasing this item. The reason we really want this item is for the Large amount of Magical Power the item gives it's user. The item's Passive also allows you to deal more damage once every 40 seconds.
It Provides:

Soul Reaver:
[*] +100 Magical Power
[*] +300 Mana
[*] +When a god takes damage from your abilities, they take 10% of their maximum Health in additional damage. If multiple gods are hit, the damage is applied to the one with the greatest maximum Health. This can only occur once every 40 seconds.

Rod of Tahuti

If you want a lot of Magical Power, is where to go. Not only does the item itself give you a lot of Magical Power but its passive does as well.
It Provides:

Rod of Tahuti:
[*] +15 MP5
[*] +125 Magical Power
[*] +Magical Power increases by 25%

Polynomicon

Now that we're at the end of the build, it looks like our Yeti has no Sustain. will do the trick! Not only does give Magical Power, Magical Lifesteal, and Mana It also gives the user the ability to combo their abilities with their basic attack, dealing +75% of your Magical Power after an enemy is effected by an ability.
It Provides:

Polynomicon:
[*] +75 Magical Power
[*] +300 Mana
[*] +10% Magical Lifesteal
[*] +Using an ability gives your next Basic Attack within the next 8 seconds +75% of your Magical Power as additional Magical Damage. The effect can only apply once every 3 seconds.

Final Thoughts on the Build

This build is not recommended but it is a fun build to mess around with if you have good teammates and the enemy team doesn't have a lot of poke. The build only really works in Arena because of the close quarters combat where your Teammates can keep tabs of you. Without any Protection, Ymir, even with having the highest base health in the game, is quickly eliminated. The build is hard to do a lot with because Ymir is slow and has no getaway, so running in and out of battle is not the most viable option

Strait Tank (Assists... Not Kills)

Strait Tank (Assists... Not Kills)

Items

Shoes of Focus

It provides:

Shoes of Focus:

Sovereignty and Bulwark of Hope

I listed and together because they are situational items. If the Enemy Team had more Magical Gods (Mages and Guardians) than Physical Gods (Assassins, Hunters, and Warriors) then you would build . If the Enemy Team had more Physical Gods than Magical Gods then you would build

Another situation would be if the Physical Gods on the Enemy Team were troubling you and your Teammates (remember your teammates!) more than Magical Gods then you would build . Also if the Magical Gods are troubling your Team more than the Physical Gods then build
It provides:

Sovereignty:
[*] +200 Health
[*] +30 Physical Protection
[*] +All allies within 70 units gain +30 Physical Protections and +25 HPS

Bulwark of Hope:
[*] +60 Magical Protections
[*] +200 Health
[*] +20% Crowd Control Reduction
[*] +When you take damage and are below 30% Health, you gain a Shield with health equal to 150+10 Per Player Level for 20s

Both and give the user Health and Protections, some more than others. But the reason I typically build first is because its Arua gives the user's Teammates +25 HP5. gives off the most HP5 in the game besides which also gives +25 HP5, but not to your Teammates.

Though doesn't Directly help your Teammates, it still helps them in the long run and it is still a great Tank item to have. gives the user +20% CC Reduction, allowing Ymir to tank the CC and help set up kills for his Teammates. +20% CC Reduction makes Ymir a wreaking ball that no one wants to mess with. 's Passive gives the user more sustain and survivability, to soak up more damage and allow his Teammates to escape. When Ymir is below 30% health and takes Damage, he gains 150 Health and +10 for every level the player has for 20s.

Breastplate of Valor and Heartward Amulet

Since and were situational items, that makes and situational items as well. If you bought , with Physical Protections for your second item, then you would build for your 4th item. If you built , a Magical Protection item, for 2nd item in the build then you would need to buy as your 4th item instead.

It provides:

Breastplate of Valor:
[*] +75 Physical Protection
[*] +300 Mana
[*] +20% Cooldown Reduction

Heartward Amulet:
[*] +45 Magical Protections
[*] +200 Health
[*] +All allies within 70 units gain +20 Magical Protections and +20 MP5

Both and give Protections, Mana, and Health respectively but gives its user Cooldown Reduction. Cooldown Reduction on is desperately needed because he main source of Crowd Control is which has an 18 second Cooldown with no Cooldown Reduction. gives 's allies Magical Protections and +20 MP5, we are a Support so you have to have your Teammates in mind at all times.

Stone of Gaia

Though has a lot of sustain and HP5 with this build, we want more because some Enemy Teams are able to dish out more Damage than this build can handle. , even after the Removal of Magical Protections and the addition of +300 Health, this item is still viable. The main reason we want is because of it's passive, giving its user the ability to Regenerate Health very fast. In about 2 Minutes the User's Health with be fully Generated.
It provides:

Stone of Gaia:
[*] +400 Health
[*] +25 HP5
[*] +15 MP5
[*] +Regenerates 2% of your max. Health every 5 seconds.

Final Thoughts
There isn't much explaining I can do for this build, the only thing that comes to mind is care and love for your Teammates, the only reason they are going to stay alive and get kills is because of you. If you fail your job, your entire team suffers. The build can be used in any game-mode that requires a Tanky Guardian.

Why am I making this?

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SPAFor those of you who don't know, I am making this for a Ymir Guide competition. I've been meaning to make guides on this website for years but never got around to it. This competition finally gave me the motivation to do so, so if you liked the guide please share with your friends who can also learn how to play the Ice Giant himself! If you would like to see the information about the competition, click the picture above to view the details and join. Criticism is welcome!

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Good Luck in the contest. I am also competing in it, and if you'd like to peep the competition, check out my Ymir guide May the best content creator win!

ChaoticUdders. Hilarious. It amazes me what names people can think of to represent themselves online.

I always try my best :D

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Really cool!

You even used my code! Looks very promising indeed, and I'm looking forward to seeing more from you.

Thank you! And I did give you a shout out ;) of course

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Yeah, I've seen it, thank you.

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It looks very promising so far; with the reasonable explanations and lots of visual upgrades- really looking forward to seeing this guide finished.

Only thing I think might be worth mentioning is that you accidentally used the Warlock's Sash description in the "Strait Tank" spoiler (unless it's a placeholder, then my bad!).

Sorry about that! I'm not finished coding quite yet. Yes, it's a place holder! :D

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It's great that you have multiple builds and explain each one in detail. Thanks for taking the time to add a lot of bbcode too.

It's looking good so far! Can't wait to see the incoming updates. :)

Thank you for the support!

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Welcome, milkman. Comments as I go down the list...feel free to comment or absolutely ignore me =)

In your Pros/Cons and Items sections, you use the [*] code, but you need to start it with "list" in brackets to make them true bullet points...and then don't forget to close it off with "/list".

Interesting point of view, I never considered to be a "warrior" tank item...the first person I think of when I think of that item is . It's just such a damn expensive item (especially as item #2 in your first build) that I almost never get it on anyone. Just a comment.

On your 2nd build, I know you're going full damage, but that said, have you considered replacing with one protection item? Sacrificing some health and mana (which you won't need with full stacks of Sash), but gaining higher effective health overall (at least potentially). At 3,000 health or so, the Staff passive is giving you pretty decent power (~75), but just something to consider testing out, unless it just completely defeats the purpose of it being a "glass cannon" build.

One thing you might want to mention is if your 1st build is meant as an aggressive Support, or at least which mode(s) it's for...maybe you only use the Tank build as Support, but I don't know.

Look forward to seeing this guide finished.

Great Reply, I really enjoy the feedback! The reason I used the [*] without a list is because I kinda like the sight of it, I don't know why. I know that is an expensive second item but the pay out is kinda worth it, I have killed countless enemies surprisingly while using it. The reason I consider to be a warrior item is because not only does it give you protections but it also gives the user Damage, which is what you want on a warrior typically, Damage and Tank. The reason I didn't add a protection item to the second build is because he is a Glass Cannon. The combo of , full stacks and Ymir's health at end game, this item will give Ymir (~98) Magical Power. On that last point, I will clarify what each build is used for and which game-mode in more detail. Again, thank you for the feed back! <3

Side Note: the 2nd build is not really a practical build, sure it's fun but you have to have really good teammates to pick up your slack. I added it into the mix just to spice things up a little :D

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Hey Udderific,

Awesome, thanks for the explanations. Understood about , and thanks for taking the time to explain.

And yes, I did note that you indicated the 2nd build was not practical, and gave specific situations in which it would be fun to play, so my comment was just a thought on one slight adjustment to the build, which would increase survivability a bunch (perhaps) while not docking his damage by too much. In either case, it wasn't a complaint or anything, just something to think about. Anyway, will look for further updates!

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Hey Udderific,

I'm really loving the names that I am getting! Maybe I'll add a more practical Damage Ymir Build in the future ;)

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Table of Contents

Who is Ymir?

Pros and Cons of the Ice Giant

Abilities

Items and Builds

Why am I making this?

"Slayer" of the All Father, it's a Ymir-acle

Smite God: Ymir

Ymir Build

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

Glacial Strike

Frost Breath

Shards of Ice

Ymir Build

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

Glacial Strike

Frost Breath

Shards of Ice

Ymir Build

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

Glacial Strike

Frost Breath

Shards of Ice

Who is Ymir?

Pros and Cons of the Ice Giant

Abilities

Items and Builds

Why am I making this?

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