Season 8 Bastet New Beast In The Jungle

I'm Bastets Cookies I've been playing Bastet for a long time last season I was GM duel and joust 3k+ mmr and high masters 2900+ mmr so listen to me and think hard with an open mind set about everything i'm about to say cause this stuff is TRUE and possible if you learn how to abuse most of the stuff I say in this guide you too can be a Monster in the Jungle.

I know everyone has slammed eye of the jungle hard and it feels like i'm the only one using this but on paper and by stats this item is amazing and once in my life I can actually say Bastet with this item is ****ing AMAZING if you recall my words in the last guide last season you noticed I said fun stuff like cat punching and how if you wanted to abuse it with hydras using ninja tabis you could well now cat punching is a default thing to do because of eye of the jungle
Let me explain it like this When Bastet levels she gains attack speed, health, Protections, and power when she gets a certain level let's say around 14 to be safe her attack speed is high enough to do something I call Cat punching. Just like animation cancel or attack cancel (whatever you prefer to call it) holding the attack button shaves off frames of end lag on the ability of your next action however when you use your jump and hold down the attack from the very beginning you will land and INSTANT hit instead of a fast auto from attack cancel but in order to do this you need to be lvl 14 or have one item giving 15% attack speed
Well... what if i told you eye of the jungle gives you 15% attack speed... Bastet already hits like a truck with basic and this starter item gives you attack speed, power, and hp15 you automatically unlock cat punch and because of this you should be killing both the jung and mid laner when you first fight them if it doesn't happen because of your mid laner being out pressured wave one it's ok because remember once you have that 15% attack speed cat punching will remain no matter what.

Having the ability to heal with your own kit is both strong and too much after season 8s global anti heal now it's a bit harder to get the sustain season 7 you could get 700-800 hp when you jumped on minions but now it's more like 500-600. Remember that is still something leave a team fight heal from camps or lane and come back with full health it doesn't matter if the enemies have anti heal if they don't follow you 24/7

There's weird things to take in consideration with older gods how their properties work in game and how newer gods don't have these questionable things in their kits like cat punching I don't exactly know how to explain the things that I have figured out but most older characters can have bugs that benefit them too Bastet and other older certain characters can be hit during the animation of jumping from the beginning (some what in the air) and at the end [test it against any cc] at the end of the jump, Bastet is targetable and can take damage or cc before she even lands the air if you want to test it grab a friend and use Khepri or Poseidon when she jumps in front of you Khepri dash can grab her before she lands preventing her ability from doing damage and leaving her stuck in the air till the end of his ability. Poseidon whirlpool does the same thing if she jumps into it negating the damage and slowing her with the cripple.

Items like ARONDIGHT, HEART SEEKER, CRUSHER and other items that affect abilities MAY NOT work all the time for Bastet. HEART SEEKER and CRUSHER only proc on Bastets 1 and 2 while the cat although an ability doesn't proc any items at all meaning HEART SEEKER AND CRUSHER is only being used on half of your kit everytime you use it...
ARONDIGHT is a much worse item than the other ones with Bastet because of how her ultimate works. The ult in itself doesn't go on cool down untill the 9 seconds is finished meaning ARONDIGHT doesn't proc untill after you use the ult which when in a teamfight if the fights over you're only using it to finish scraps off of your plate... personally it's not a item I would ever buy ever and you can go literally any other item.

Alright so imma summarize this stuff as much as possible and most likely put some old clips of how they work in the comment section so imma try to make this brief as possible... but it's gonna be a long list again...
Cat punch
since we already know lvl 14 and up or if you have an item that gives attack speed let's you from the start instantly attack when you land on a target without any wind up and is faster than animation cancel [Just hold down the attack the second you use your ability don't let go just hold it]
Catapult
When Sobek grabs your cat and plucks it if the cat never did it's initial pluck if he plucks it to a teamate the cat can still root the opponent even if it isn't dashing anymore although this relies on the enemy team it is still reliable to know
Activated cat card (you ativated my trap card)
Although this is VERY SITUATIONAL when silenced the cats will also be silenced when deployed the easiest trick to use this on is nox. When in bubble if you sacrifice your Magis blessing or beads you can throw your third ability but under the silence the cats will remain still once the bubble has popped the cats will than resume like normal meaning if you wanted to be fancy or know the opponent like nox will dash one way when you jump on her you can point the cats in the way you predict and quickly force them into the corner till the cat works ultimately this will basically be used for weird angle stand at the edge of the bubble with your ult activated have the cat on the side of you in the bubble facing one way when you throw it so you can send the other two cats at an opponent the third one will be delayed and is basically just meant to be an annoying cc rooting an opponent after the other two have already rooted them or rooting an entirely new opponent [this is more of a fun thing to do but is very flashy and fancy]
Cat bounce
When near a wall (not entirely touching) if you throw the cat at an angle it can glide off of the wall and charge hugging the wall use it behind the wall as you spot a lone victim to get a sneaky hit on them rooting and helping you jump on them for the confirmed damage. angle this a bit more to adjust the speed if you want the cat to be delayed by one second before it launches itself at the opponent play with the angles in jungle practice.
Also when in a complete 90 degree angle Cat Bouncing will give unique properties increasing the speed of the cat or slowing it down
Cat Thud AND Cat Cancel
Only viable against au kuang. WHen Kuang ults he will do an initial hit before using the dragon to execute if you jump as he uses the ult and before he even hits you stopping you it will stop him resetting both positions
Remember how I said older gods by properties and coding have funny and questionable reactions this is one of them by jumping properly this means you can stop Kuangs ult two times after that if you don't kill him in time or don't have your beads up the fight will be over this is called Cat Thud because when Kuang ults you hear the iconic THUD before the dragon comes out
Now what is Cat cancel? Cat Cancel is the second variant of the Cat Thud if you do Cat Thud pitch perfect at a certain frame you can actually make the dragon come out while in the air because your body wasn't not properly positioned by Kuang himself the dragon won't eat you and Kuang will be awkwardly in the air wondering what happen this itself can waste his ult and save you but is INSANELY HARD AND LUCK BASED even I have done this only like 20 times it is super rare and most times you will just do Cat Thud

Cat Split (banana split)
Cat split is basically Cat bounce but done around towers and pheonixs when you ult you get three cats if you stare in the middle of the tower and throw your cats the cats will hit all angles separated meaning if the enemy is spread out you can root three different enemies in three different spots. one will go left, one will go right, and one will awkwardly wrap around the tower and pheonix and hit some what middle or will go off to whatever side it random hits.
Cat Surfing
Oh ya... this is a new one and I learned it after the last guide unsure if I put it on there now against Poseidon when he uses his whirlpool can slow and cripple you but what if I told you.. that if you have your jump activated you can go into the outer circle just slightly... and only for a brief second for a strange speed boost how this works I'm not sure but when one thing pulls and one thing pushes some where the in between [you] can either get sucked in hard or pushed out if done properly you can chase a Poseidon a bit harder than usual
Cat Dance
When fighting hunters remember to hide behind your cat and make them soak the two basics dance around it while you stay inside the cat basic attacking them dance baby dance!
Cat Push
When timed properly if a character like Hercules or Kuzenbo were to push you when you throw a cat you can root them altering the distance they push you for sometimes hard to do depending on how the player uses their abilities

When you ult which cat is the strongest...? The middle is logically the strongest but it is none of them which cat hits FIRST is the strongest meaning if you hit someone with the cat on the right than the middle and the left will be nerfed and will be the weaker of the two cats don't hold the middle for the best hit whoever you can with whatever cat and use the other cat to root an enemy trying to protect their team remember the jungle is our home it has walls for Cat Bouncing it gives us time to stalk and grab the squishies before any tanks can play hero. Choose your targets properly with wards, watch their patterns, and target them in a duel most gods by themselves cannot box Bastet except for the ones you will ban use beads wisely even if it's for one small cc a kill is a kill and if that carry is out for 50 seconds that's worth it to me

Welp just like last time i'm keeping my own tricks up my sleeve for ranked games but you got some good and basic ones here i'll watch the comment section for a little to help anyone who questions the playstyle I admit I like my Bastet tankier than a glass cannon so she can tower dive and be aggressive by herself her raw damage is all she needs when in the hands of a good player bye!
no seriously bye.