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by CakeSlapping updated September 4, 2016

Smite God: Skadi

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Skadi Build

Starter items

Build Item Throwing Dagger Throwing Dagger
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
2
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
2

1st item - Get this

Build Item Transcendence Transcendence

2nd item - pick one

Build Item Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi

3rd item - This!

Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Bloodforge Bloodforge

4th item - pick one

Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick

5th item - pick one

Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner

6th item - pick one

Build Item Witchblade Witchblade
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Odysseus' Bow Odysseus' Bow
Build Item Hastened Fatalis Hastened Fatalis
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe

Useful Relics

Build Item Frenzy Frenzy
Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads

Consumables

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

My General Final Build

Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade

Skadi's Skill Order

Piercing Cold

1 X Y
Piercing Cold
1 4 6 18 19

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A B
Rune Of The Hunt
3 7 14 15 16

Permafrost

3 B A
Permafrost
2 8 10 11 12

Winter's Grasp

4 Y X
Winter's Grasp
5 9 13 17 20
Piercing Cold
1 4 6 18 19

Piercing Cold

1 X
Skadi throws an icy spear forward, dealing damage to enemies and Slowing them for 3s. Kaldr's basic attacks deal double damage to targets afflicted by Piercing Cold.

Ability Type: Projectile
Damage: 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 12s
Rune Of The Hunt
3 7 14 15 16

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A
Toggle: Skadi marks a target for Kaldr to hunt. While toggled on, Kaldr assumes Beast form, chasing and attacking the marked enemy. If a marked enemy dies Kaldr attacks other enemies nearby. When toggled off, Kaldr stops attacking and returns to Skadi, reverting to his Elemental form on the way. This ability can be activated at rank 0 and Kaldr gains new skills as it ranks up.

Ability Type: Pet Command
Basic Attack Damage: 50 / 50 / 57.5 / 65 / 72.5 / 80% of Skadi's
Rank 1: Kaldr gains a dash attack dealing 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110% Basic Attack Damage
Rank 3: Kaldr's kills heal him
Rank 5: Kaldr's attacks give Skadi 10% increased movement speed
Cost: None
Cooldown: 0.5s
Permafrost
2 8 10 11 12

Permafrost

3 B
Skadi freezes the ground for 5s at a target location. The icy area deals damage to enemies that touch it and continues to deal additional damage every .5s they stay on it. Gods who step on the ice are slowed and lose control of their movement while sliding across. Also, Skadi gains movement speed and Slow immunity while standing on the area and persists for 3s after it fades or she leaves.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Initial Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Movement Speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Slow: 15%
Radius: 16 / 16 / 18 / 18 / 20
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 16s
Winter's Grasp
5 9 13 17 20

Winter's Grasp

4 Y
A snowstorm surrounds Skadi as she chooses a location for Kaldr to attack. If Kaldr is too far he will leap there.

Upon reaching the location a snowstorm also surrounds Kaldr. The initial hit of either snowstorm Roots enemies in the area and Kaldr is restored to full health. The storms persist for 4s while dealing damage to enemies every .5s.

Ability Type: Stim
Damage (Initial Hit): 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Damage (Per Tick): 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+10% of your Physical Power)
Root Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Radius: 20
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction



Hi guys and girls,
I'm CakeSlapping or CAKE SLAP, a casual player who's been enjoying Smite since the Xbox beta.
I've loved the thrill of PvP ever since the first time I played against my brother at Micro Machines on the PS1, and have since become competent at various PvP genres, however Smite is my first MOBA.

So, here is my build guide for playing Skadi which will hopefully help improve your game.
Hope you enjoy.

Updates coming soon...

I'm currently taking a short break from Smite, but I will be updating this guide to reflect the most recent patches when I come back to the game, in a few weeks time.

Who is Skadi?



Skadi is the Norse god of Cold weather, skiing and big fluffy wolves with funny names.



She is a hunter who is quite unique, in the way that she interacts with her pet Kaldr on the battlefield. She is able to put great pressure on single opponents and towers, by utilising Kaldr to attack them.

During teamfights she is able to effectively disrupt the movement and positioning of her enemies by using her AoE and crowd-control abilities, and then quickly burst down gods who get separated from their team.

Something to Watch



I haven't actually had time to put any Skadi clips together yet, so in the meantime please enjoy this Raijin drum solo.

Skill Levelling



Now you may think my Skill levelling looks a little chaotic, but there is method to the madness, and levelling the skills in this order gives you, in my opinion, a better pressure and zoning game, and more kill potential, than just straight maxing your 1, then 2, then 3.

So you'll see that firstly you want a point in each of your abilities to start with, so that you have all your tools available and Kaldr has his dash. You will want to put a point into your ult whenever available, to increase the damage, and more importantly the root duration on it.

After each ability has a point in it you want to prioritise Piercing Cold until it has 3 points in it. With 3 points it does enough damage to let you comfortably clear minion waves with a Piercing Cold and a handful of basic attacks. And it will have a 30% slow on it, which is more than enough to give you some solid kill potential.

Next you will want to put a second point into Rune Of The Hunt to bump up Kaldr's damage to 80% of your own basic damage.
From then you want to prioritise maxing Permafrost. Levelling up Permafrost increases its radius, which gives you a much greater pressure and zoning game, sooner than if you had maxed Piercing Cold first. Having a bigger ice field means you can catch people from further with it, disrupt people longer with it, have a bigger area to boost your own speed with and more, which are all much bigger benefits than the extra 100 damage (before mitigation) and 10% slow you would have from maxing Piercing Cold first.

After Permafrost you will then want to max Rune Of The Hunt for the benefits to Kaldr's damage, before maxing Piercing Cold and your ultimate ability last.

Pros and Cons



Pros
-Good damage scaling on abilities
-Lots of CC (a slow, a root, a slippy slidy thing)
-Great pressure with Kaldr
-decent zoning with abilities
-2 abilities which buff movement speed
-You have a big cuddly fluffy pet wolf!!

Cons
-Lack of a dash/leap can make it difficult to escape
-No stun in her kit
-Ground target for selecting Kaldr's target can be frustratingly fiddly in tight situations.
-Combat efficiency stifled significantly while Kaldr is out of combat
-No CC immunity built into her kit

Abilities



Kaldr, the Winter Wolf

Skadi's pet, Kaldr, The Winter Wolf, is considered her passive ability. Kaldr is a brilliant asset to have, working independently from Skadi, whilst still being under her control. Kaldr is able to put great pressure on enemies through attacking them.

It's so fluffy!



Piercing Cold

Piercing Cold is Skadi's main wave clear, and damaging ability. It fires in a straight line in front of you, passing through any minions or gods hit, and applies a slow and additional effect (explained within the spoiler tag below) to enemies hit.

Ice, ice, baby!



Rune of the Hunt

Rune Of The Hunt is a simple toggle ability which switches Kaldr between his combat and recovery stances.

Wolves are prowling...



Permafrost

Permafrost lays a circle of ice on the ground which damages enemies who step on it, and disrupts their movement, by causing them to slide across the ice. It also buffs Skadi's own movement speed when she walks over it.

Slip n Slide



Winter's Grasp

Winter's Grasp summons a blizzard each around you and Kaldr, lasting 5 seconds. The blizzard temporarily roots and causes DoT to enemies caught in it, while also making Kaldr immune to damage for the duration.

Ive got chills, theyre multiplying!

Item build



Starter items

You want to pick starting items to give you the best opportunity to not fall behind early game.

The hunt begins



1st item - Stacked Power

Getting a stacking item 1st will give you a great boost to your early power, and help give you a strong progression into the mid game.

A light snowfall



2nd item - Boots

Next up you want to buy some boots, otherwise you'll end up at a real disadvantage. The movement speed from boots helps you in so many situations, particularly jukeing and boxing when playing as a hunter, but also with escaping, chasing, rotating and much more. Make sure you get boots 2nd!

finding your footing



3rd item - Lifesteal

Getting some lifesteal at this point will give you some great sustain, which will help you stay in lane, and in fights, much longer.

Take what's theirs



4th item - Offensive Capability

Now you want to be looking to buy an item that will make you dangerous, so you'll now need to buy a solid offensive item.

tooth and claw



5th item - Penetration

Buying penetration will help make the most of the power you've built thus far, by allowing your damage to bypass the protections that your enemies may have.

a piercing cold



6th item - Final Offense

Your final item choice will depend largely on your opponents, and you should tailor your choice to give you the best advantage against them.

Deep freeze



Relics
You will want to buy relics to give yourself an offensive or defensive edge in particular situations, appropriate to the enemies you are facing

an active lifestyle



Consumables
You will need to supplement yourself with potions during the early stages of the match (buying a couple each time you go back to base should do) to give yourself the sustain to stay in lane longer. Once you have Transcendence built you can stop buying Mana Potions and instead buy Wards wards wards! I cannot stress how important it is to have wards up, so that you don't get easily surrounded. Make sure you always ward up.

Situational/Counter Building



Now, I've given my build explanation but the items and order are not necessarily set in stone.

There are times when it may be more appropriate to switch up the order a bit;
"hey, your getting fed! Why not build Frostbound Hammer before Asi!"

Or, it may be appropriate to build items I haven't listed at all;
"they have how many mages!? Definitely gonna buy a Bulwark of Hope now then!"

The only items I would say are mandatory are;
Transcendence
Boots
Asi(although this one can be swapped out for something else if you really need to)
Titan's Bane

The order of these 4 can be swapped as you see fit, according to how the match is going.
The other two slots are completely flexible, if you need them to be.

Tips and Tricks


Here are few handy hints and tips, that may not be immediately obvious when you play, which you may find helpful.


Kaldr's dash attack does more damage than his basic bite attack, but does not benefit from the double damage buff on enemies slowed by Piercing Cold, so damage-wise it is ideally best to set Kaldr on an enemy, wait for his dash attack to hit, then hit the enemy with Piercing Cold, to maximise the number of basic attacks he will be able to get the double damage buff from.



Placing a Permafrost under your own feet when you think you are going to be hit by things like Thor's or Thanatos' ultimate will make it very hard for them to follow up attack you after they have landed, as they will just bounce and slide away. This is a VERY effective way of protecting yourself when your Relics are on cooldown, or innapropriatw to the situation. (You can also place the Permafrost under a teammates feet if you think they are going to be the target)


Sometimes, after sending Kaldr tower diving you may notice he comes back on fire in his ethereal form, and the fire won't go out. This is because the fire is actually a tower shot that didn't him before he went into ethereal form, so it just sort of sticks to him waiting to hit him once he changes back to physical form. So, when this happens you need to bear in mind that the next time you send Kaldr to attack he will instantly lose 1 block of health as he goes into physical form, and the tower shot is able to hit him.

Game Strategy



Coming soon...

Conclusion



So there you have it. My guide for playing Skadi

I hope you enjoyed reading and hopefully this guide helps improve your game.

Thanks for reading, please feel free to leave a comment as all constructive feedback is appreciated, and don't forget to upvote if you found the guide helpful!

My other guides



Please feel free to take a look at my other build guides, on this site:


"I am the one who Nox"


Land of the Rising Sun - Amaterasu Jungle Guide

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BucktoothChimp | May 24, 2016 8:22pm
I have a couple-ish questions.
1.) How well does a crit build work on Skadi, is it just not worth it?
2.) What are your opinions towards Soul Eater considering the new update? Would it make a good 6th item?
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CakeSlapping (29) | May 27, 2016 12:08pm
1.) I personally dont rate crits too highly on Skadi, as Kaldr doesn't benefit much from them.

2.) It is a bit better since the update, and the stats are good for skadi, but as you will generally have a small health pool you won't be getting all that much health returned on the passive. I think soul eater is generally better left to AA warriors with higher health pools
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DucksRock (41) | April 22, 2016 12:44pm
Daelinn wrote:




Chill


the unintended puns
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Daelinn (25) | April 22, 2016 12:40pm
DucksRock wrote:

yep.
#stopoverreacting Skadiisupincomparasionto Throwing Dagger Apollopls



Chill, I wasn't saying she's op just presented my observations; I very rarely see a Skadi losing a 1v1 in Arena/Assault but it might be different in Conquest, I don't know, practically stopped playing it in S3.

Or I can't play hunters, that's also plausible.

EDIT:
Added quote because of Cake replying a second before me, to avoid confusion.
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CakeSlapping (29) | April 22, 2016 12:38pm
DucksRock wrote:


list of hunters that can 1v1 skadi:
Hou Yi, Apollo, Rama, Neith, Medusa, Anhur, Cupid And Ullr.

yep.
#stopoverreacting Skadiisupincomparasionto Throwing Dagger Apollopls

Might as well throw Artemis on that list as well. As long as her ult is up she can quite comfortably burst you down or defend herself, even if you catch her with an ult.

Hunters with better CC I find tend to fare best against Skadi as they can much more efficiently shut down Kaldr, and in turn a large part of skadi's pressure game.

She is good 1v1, but far from incontestable
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DucksRock (41) | April 22, 2016 12:30pm
Daelinn wrote:

I haven't had the occasion to play Skadi yet, as the last time I was playing actively she was always insta-locked in, but will definitely give her a try when I'll find some more time.

I do approve however the variety of item choices that you menaged to justify; aspecially all of the situational counter-build options; after all being able to adjust one's build according to the situation is the key to victory.

Also from the aesthetic point of view; very appropriate color/banner theme, + the Skadi model at the end makes a great addition.

Looking at your "General final build"- I can only assume it makes Skadi an incontestable master at boxing, at least taking hunters into consideration; it'd probably be a great 1v1 duel build against a hunter (which, truth be told stands for the majority of matchups).

Maybe it's just me, but I'd literally bet 400 gems that no hunter has the chance of 1v1'ing Skadi currently(well, maaaybe Hou Yi)- Kaldr, The Winter Wolf not only does serious damage but also bodyblocks LOTS of auto-attacks, which is even more true with Winter's Grasp activated and Kaldr being immune to damage.

All in all, upvote from me; I certainly felt as if I played Skadi a bit already after reading your guide.

list of hunters that can 1v1 skadi:
Hou Yi, Apollo, Rama, Neith, Medusa, Anhur, Cupid And Ullr.

yep.
#stopoverreacting Skadiisupincomparasionto Throwing Dagger Apollopls
1
DucksRock (41) | April 22, 2016 12:17pm
Zilby wrote:

The Xbox scene has grown ducks, making sweeping accusations that everyone on Xbox is the same level as pc bronze players is pretty unjustified at this point.

sorry for the double quote, but i didnt mean for it to be sweeping. i meant that acording to redit, most of them play like our silvers/bronzies, sorry for the confusion Cake...

Edit: reddit is stupid, removing comment, sowwy :(
1
Zilby (132) | April 22, 2016 11:45am
Lol well fair enough then Cake, I just didn't want your points to be disqualified just because you're an Xbox player :P
1
Daelinn (25) | April 22, 2016 11:45am
I haven't had the occasion to play Skadi yet, as the last time I was playing actively she was always insta-locked in, but will definitely give her a try when I'll find some more time.

I do approve however the variety of item choices that you menaged to justify; aspecially all of the situational counter-build options; after all being able to adjust one's build according to the situation is the key to victory.

Also from the aesthetic point of view; very appropriate color/banner theme, + the Skadi model at the end makes a great addition.

Looking at your "General final build"- I can only assume it makes Skadi an incontestable master at boxing, at least taking hunters into consideration; it'd probably be a great 1v1 duel build against a hunter (which, truth be told stands for the majority of matchups).

Maybe it's just me, but I'd literally bet 400 gems that no hunter has the chance of 1v1'ing Skadi currently(well, maaaybe Hou Yi)- Kaldr, The Winter Wolf not only does serious damage but also bodyblocks LOTS of auto-attacks, which is even more true with Winter's Grasp activated and Kaldr being immune to damage.

All in all, upvote from me; I certainly felt as if I played Skadi a bit already after reading your guide.
1
CakeSlapping (29) | April 22, 2016 11:10am
Zilby wrote:

The Xbox scene has grown ducks, making sweeping accusations that everyone on Xbox is the same level as pc bronze players is pretty unjustified at this point.

Well, ahem, I may have put the idea in his head ranting on another thread the other day...

There are a lot of good players on Xbox, but there are still plenty of frustratingly terrible high ranked players too.
1
Zilby (132) | April 22, 2016 10:09am
The Xbox scene has grown ducks, making sweeping accusations that everyone on Xbox is the same level as pc bronze players is pretty unjustified at this point.
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Skill Levelling
Pros and Cons
Abilities
Item build
Situational/Counter Building
Tips and Tricks
Game Strategy
Conclusion
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