Smite Loki Build Guide: Shadowsteppin' (Updated 2014-02-10)

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Smite God: Loki

Choose a Build: Conquest

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Loki Build

Lane Opener

Tabi

Devourer's Gauntlet

Hand Of The Gods (Old)

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Core

Devourer's Gauntlet

Tabi

Warrior Tabi

Transcendence

Jotunn's Wrath

Finisher (BURST vs CRIT)

Hydra's Demise

Void Shield

Malice

Deathbringer

Actives

Fist of the Gods

Combat Blink

Aegis Amulet (Old)

Purification Beads (Old)

Shielded Teleport

Jungle Opener

Hand Of The Gods (Old)

Bumba's Mask

Potion of Power

Loki's Skill Order

Vanish

1 X

2 15 16 18 19

Agonizing Visions

2 A

1 4 6 7 8

Flurry Strike

3 B

3 10 11 12 14

Assassinate

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 15 16 18 19

Vanish

1 X

Loki disappears in a puff of smoke. While invisible, he moves faster, removes Slow effects, and gains immunity to Slow effects. His next Basic Attack from stealth (or for 2s after) applies a bleed to his target, dealing damage every .5s and reveals Loki. If Loki takes damage while in stealth he will be revealed for .33s.

Ability Type: Melee Target
Damage per Tick: 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+20% of your Physical Power)
Damage Duration: 2s
Stealth Duration: 4s
Stealth Movement Speed: 35%
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15s

1 4 6 7 8

Agonizing Visions

2 A

Loki summons a vision of his tortured past at a target location for 4s. Enemies in range of the vision feel the poison themselves, taking damage and having their Damage Dealt reduced. This effect stacks up to 4 times. If an enemy gets 4 stacks they become Blinded, allowing Loki to benefit from Behind You! from any direction for 3s.

Ability Type: Circle
Damage: 13 / 18 / 23 / 28 / 33 (+15% of your Physical Power)
Enemy Damage Dealt: -5% for 3s
Vision Lifetime: 4s
Radius: 25
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

3 10 11 12 14

Flurry Strike

3 B

Loki unleashes a flurry of 5 dagger strikes quickly in front of him, damaging and slowing enemies hit by 15% for 3 seconds. After this flurry he winds up for a final heavy strike that deals higher damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% for 3s. Loki cannot be knocked up while firing this ability. This ability can benefit from Behind You!

Ability Type: Cone
Flurry Damage: 19 / 28 / 37 / 46 / 55 (+25% of your Physical Power)
Final Damage: 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Range: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 12s

5 9 13 17 20

Assassinate

4 Y

Upon activation, Loki teleports to his ground target location. If an enemy god is within the radius, Loki will slice that target doing damage and crippling them for 1s. After he teleports he will wind up a heavier strike, damaging all enemies in front of him and stunning them.

Ability Type: Teleport
Cripple Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+35% of your Physical Power)
Heavy Damage: 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 / 280 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Stun: 1s
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Loki Build

Jungle Opener

Hand Of The Gods (Old)

Bumba's Mask

Potion of Power

Loki Build

Ninja Tabi

Jotunn's Wrath

Qin's Sais

Witchblade

Soul Eater

Hide of the Urchin

Enfeebling Curse

Heavenly Agility

UPDATE/REWORK

I will be moving this guide over to my main shared fire account. I will be keeping the guide in largely the same format but I plan to update and reorganize the data. I play many MOBAs so i decided to do away with all my old single accounts that have accrued over time.

Once I get this guide back up to snuff I'll republish it and hopefully it will be helpful again.

Overview

PROS

+ Insane Burst
+ High Mobility
+ Safe Waveclear
+ Mid or Jungle
+ Strong vs Squishies

decoyaimed strike

CONS

- Weak to CC
- Will be focused
- Risky
- Weak Early Game
- Mana starved early

Conquest Phases

EARLY GAME

MID GAME

LATE GAME

Conquest Build

HEARTSEEKER

HEARTSEEKER
This is a pretty standard opener for some people. I prefer to not use risky items or items that I know are going to be sold. That being said, this is a good item, and is regularly rushed before a normal build. Its up to you to decide if its too risky or how/when to trade it in (usually late game after a death).

CORE

WARRIOR TABI
Very standard. Pretty much a no brainer. CDR boots would be a bit of waist on Loki. He needs all the raw power he can get early game.

Devourer's Gloves

DEVOURER'S GLOVES
Stacking items traditionally end up being more powerful than static ones. This will give a you a little bit of sustain. It will also scale nicely in to late game while keeping you focused on farming.

TRANSCENDENCE
Another scaling item which is chosen for most of the same reasons. It alleviates most of your mana issues and gives you a nice chunk of damage as well.

JOTUNN'S WRATH
Again a pretty standard pick. Gives you everything you need. Scales with , grants armor pen and some flat damage. Still a necessary item even after the nerf.

OPTIONS

BURST DAMAGE

+Maxes CDR
+Burst damage
+High flat damage
+Passive scaling

HIGH ARP
Focused Voidblade

+Maxes flat ARPen
+Good Damage
+Cheaper

CRIT CHANCE

+High Damage
+Crit Chance
+Good ATK SPD

CRIT BURST

+Strong End Game
+High Damage
+Massive burst
-Needs Malice

Utility Build

witch stone

Utility Loki was a whimm but it actually ended up being pretty good. If your team needs a little buffer or you just feel like changing it up, utility Loki can be very fun. Maxes out CDR early for lots of mind games in whichever lane/role you take. Strong team items and some defense also helps round you out so that you are a threat by merely being alive, yet you are incredibly difficult to actually suppress.

You're damage won't be extremely high, and 1v1s will also be difficult. Utility Loki requires skill but above all it requires awareness of the situation, positioning, team strength, and player skill. You will also be drawing a lot of attention off of otherwise heavily focused carries.

Skills

BEHIND YOU!
Loki's passive may seem lackluster. Most people's initial thought is: "How often will I manage to be behind my opponent." STOP. This passive has amazing synergy and when used correctly, is deadly. It multiplicatively scales that 20% bonus with your damage from both crits, hydra and any steroids such as potions or your aimed strike. The result is 1k+ single hits. This just gives further incentive to a mechanic you should already be following.

VANISH
This is your money maker. Proper usage of this skill will determine success or failure. Knowing when and how to stealth separates the bad Lokis from the good ones. Vanish can be a powerful escape tool or gank/initiate tool. Timing, precision, and judgment have to be learned for this skill to be utilized to its fullest.

decoy

DECOY
Lokis primary wave clear ability. Level this first to farm quickly and safely. It also saves a lot of turret damage. When laning, drop on the ranged creeps as the melee will run back to it. This will ensure that you hit all the wave that you have easy back hits on the tougher melee mobs. When jungling, attempt to place it just behind the large mob to ensure you are proccing your passive for faster clears. This ability has some more advanced tactics explained later.

aimed strike

AIMED STRIKE
This is your damage. Has a lowish cooldown, scales with your passive, and slows the enemy. Do not forget to keep activating this in skirmishes. Too many proc it at the start and forget about it (because most physical abilities have longer CDs).

ASSASSINATE
This ability kills more Loki than any other ability in the game. When to ult, separates the good Loki's from the god-like ones. You should not always initiate with this ability. Sometime it is best used as a low CD combat blink. It is usually better to stealth > aimed strike than to all in. Know that, if you use your ult you had better zero someone. Comes with a good amount of damage and a nice little stun. The blink is fairly long range and can pass through walls so there are many possibilities for this skill.

Actives

FIST OF THE GODS
This active helps Loki's early lane/camp clear and builds into a nice little aoe stun. This item is very popular right now in all positions/lanes. I would hold off on the upgrade until you have the money left over unless you have some good interrupt opportunities. Which also makes this item extremely strong vs enemies with channeled attacks/abilities.

COMBAT BLINK
Allows you to make suicidal moves and survive. I love taking this active as it requires a very high skill level to make it effective. Use this to jump structure, walls, aoe, and just about anything else you can think of. Becomes very strong and long range when you chain this with . I also don't upgrade this into combat blink until I am sure there will only be team fights left (lower CD is way better for laning phase ganks). DOES NOT BREAK STEALTH.

AEGIS AMULET
INVINCIBILITY. At the sacrifice of healing, dealing damage, or even moving. Can be used to cleanse CC, tank high damage ults, or buy time for your team to get there. Has 1,000 uses. Pendant variation allows movement but doesn't stop CC so chose wisely. I tend to go pendant in arena for reference sake.

PURIFICATION BEADS
Use this if the enemy team has a ton of CC. Has a lowish CD and can get you out of many scrapes. It will also lower your already super low CDs on use. You can effectively chain and Aimed Strike back to back with this skill and a little timing.

SHIELDED TELEPORT
The goto map presence active. Can be used on wards and turrets. You can get some nasty ganks off using this. It also allows you to trade near death and get back to lane to save the turret or secure a kill. CD can be a little restrictive. also has awesome synergy with .

Combos, Tips, & Tricks

Combos

Name

Skills

Description

Difficulty:
Easy
Intermediate
Hard

Backstab:

aimed strike

Position behind the opponent for maximum damage. This is used as your "Poke." Two to three times of this will force a mid back. This is the most effective lane combo for early and mid game. Don't even auto them afterwards. Misdirection is key. Act like you are walking into jungle (they will usually drop all their spells trying to push and punish you for leaving) and immediately go behind them.

Scarecrow:

decoy

Drop Decoy on or slightly behind enemy. This forces them towards you or through the Decoy. If they come to you, and side step. They may take some serious minion damage and stealth lasts a while. If they go into the Decoy, immediately them. They will be stunned in the AOE. It actually has high damage and most people don't respect it because its so predictable. Works with as well. You also don't take minion damage while this is going on.

Assassinate:

aimed strike

DO NOT START IN STEALTH.
This is a very aggressive move and can get you killed. Only use when you are aware of your surrounding or you will execute someone easily. If you miss you are dead, if you pop into a CC, you are dead. Drop your burst then start autoing. Save your for when you sense trouble.

Out of Nowhere:

Exactly like it sounds. You can use this as a kind of team initiation, setup for a lane gank, or to steal buffs and harass the enemy jungler. Limited only by your imagination. You could also throw in during your stealth so they have no idea where you are but that is a lot of eggs in one basket.

Bodyblock:

Decoy

Under certain circumstance, you can actually prohibit an enemy from moving. If you position correctly with , and then properly drop Decoy on an enemy next to the wall, they will be body blocked. Not that easy to accomplish, but can be devastating.

Tips & Tricks

HOW TO ALWAYS GET AWAY:

Just like doesn't break stealth your other (non-attack) abilities leave you in stealth as well. Protected recall while in stealth will all but guarantee your escape. You probably shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place. But it does allow for some very deceptive and annoying tactics.

HOPSCOTCH:

Because you have two teleports you are able to pull off some insane escapes and baits. If you have a team chasing you, blink through a wall. If you know they are all going to follow you, wait against the wall and flash back immediately with your ult. You may even pick off a target while doing it. You can also blink through multiple walls in a row putting major distance between them and you.

STEALTH:

When you are stealthed, you are completely invisible. None of that smoky, cloudy near invisibility in most games. However, dots, aoe, and even AAs can sort of reveal you. When you take damage a number pops above your head. That basically will mark your position. You need to be creative with your stealth. The first second is the most important. Wait for a creep wave or a corner. Make weird moves or random direction changes. When possible, wait for a DOT to expire. If they have constant damage on you, you never really disappeared at all.

KILL SECURE:

People are generally very (if not overly) concerned with kill-stealing. How often do you see people escape with almost no HP. In smite, there are simply too many moving part to ever truly "Kill steal." But because you can come from almost no where and do in an instant what takes them a minute, they are defensive. Kill securing saves time, places pressure on the lane, and adds the perception that you are always everywhere. If a tank or support is involved with a dispute, just ignore them. The money should always go to a carry over them anyway. It's up to you to decide where the line is for securing vs stealing, but it's never bad to have a fed Loki.

INSTA-GIB:

If you get lucky and have built properly, you will be able to literally 1-shot a squishy. The combination of , Aimed Strike, , , and a crit will do unbelievable damage.

LEVELING SKILLS:

Decoy

Aimed Strike

For jungling, level your Aimed Strike as you will need to the damage to clear buffs faster. For laning, level Decoy for the aoe clear. Smite is a little different when it come to leveling abilities as well (specifically at level 8). When you reach level 8, DO NOT LEVEL A SKILL. You can if you want, but you will not be optimizing the leveling pattern. Hold off on spending that point until 9. Then level your ult and finish leveling the ability you are focusing. The reason being is that abilities have level restrictions. So if you want to keep your ult up to date and max a skill ASAP, you have to do it this way.

DECOY!!!!:

Decoy

decoy

Oh sweet Decoy. You are my friend. Decoy has its obvious uses, and even some more advanced tactics mentioned previously. But there is more. Decoy can body block people and skill shots. It is a physical object which people collide with and can target. That means that it can be ed (which is annoying for laning against) but can also block any single target ability. Melee users on the other side will hit it instead of you while your attacks go right through it (allied minion basically). You will have to learn all of the ways it can be used, but it is more than a minion taunt!

Gameplay Videos

About

I have been playing MOBAs for about 4 years now; video games in general for 17 years. I have played DOTA, LoL, HoN, and obviously SMITE. Loki is my favorite god currently.

I enjoy writing out guides and formatting them. I will take anything you have to offer and try to better the guide. I did place a lot of effort and thought into this guide so please be gentle.

I am generally pretty mild mannered, but feeders and leavers put me on edge. BEWARE!!!

This guide is meant as a general Loki guide but has a bit of focus on mid for tactics and explanations. I tend to play him there so I feel more comfortable talking about it.

If you have a question, would like to comment, have found an error, or would like to help this guide, please leave a comment below. I am open to suggestions.

And please at least try the build out and read through the guide before commenting or voting. I'm not the world's best or most experienced Loki player, but I have placed thought and effort into my decisions. Hopefully, they work for you too.

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F.A.Q.

1. Why don't you build attack speed?

2. Why don't you build Deathbringer by itself?

3. Why don't you take Titan's Bane?

4. Doesn't Loki belong in the Jungle?

5. I got fed but their team built tanky and I can't one-shot them. WTF?

6. How and when should I build Hydra?

Change Log

2014-02-10

Other Resources

Tiermonster: http://tiermonster.com/
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Smite
Reveal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs1-VvN2hxw
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

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(105) |

I just saw this and despite it being quite short it's a great guide. You understand Loki perfectly and I respect that

(1) |

Under the tips and tricks section you will find how the damage for hydra is calculated and when demise will overtake lament. If you look at that section, it shows how this build will have better usage out of demise. Because its picked up late game when two stacking items are full, you will definitely see better results with demise.

I'll move that section to the FAQ. I think it fits better there anyway. Thanks for the improvement.

(66) |

Good guide overall. An upvote for me. (I never played loki so I can't offer much criticism).

Though I'm pretty sure that is the superior choice over , with this build it might be the other way.

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Believe it or not, I actually don't know that much about WoW. I played a Warlock and a Warrior to play with a friend. The name actually did originate (in my mind) from GW2.

It seems as though the name is better than the guide itself. Thanks tormentedturnip for the positive feedback.

(96) |

Solid formatting and information as well as being pretty concise. Looks great to me.

(8) |

Though thief is my secondary class in gw2, I assumed you we're trying to make a WoW Rogue reference...

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Thanks!

Nice guide, and nice gw2 reference on the tittle. :)

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Table of Contents

UPDATE/REWORK

Overview

Conquest Phases

Conquest Build

Utility Build

Skills

Actives

Combos, Tips, & Tricks

About

F.A.Q.

Change Log

Other Resources

Shadowsteppin' (Updated 2014-02-10)

Smite God: Loki

Loki Build

Lane Opener

Core

Finisher (BURST vs CRIT)

Actives

Jungle Opener

Loki's Skill Order

Vanish

Agonizing Visions

Flurry Strike

Assassinate

Loki Build

Jungle Opener

Loki Build

UPDATE/REWORK

Overview

Conquest Phases

Conquest Build

HEARTSEEKER

CORE

OPTIONS

Utility Build

Skills

Actives

Combos, Tips, & Tricks

About

F.A.Q.

Change Log

Other Resources

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