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Skadi Conquest Builds (ADC/Mid) (7.9)

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Smite God: Skadi

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Skadi Build

Start 1

Charged Morningstar

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Start 2

Notes s in ADC instead of Mana pots.

Mage's Blessing

Morningstar

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Start 3 (ADC only / For Qins build)

Hunter's Blessing

Morningstar

Healing Potion

Multi Potion

Example Build 1 (Burst)

Notes Need Anti-heal, swap or for .

Can swap for .

Can swap for .

Buy lategame and sell for or or .

Transcendence

Warrior Tabi

The Crusher

Jotunn's Wrath

Heartseeker

Atalanta's Bow

Example Build 2 (Hybrid AA)

Notes Can swap late for /

Buy lategame and sell for .

Warrior Tabi

Transcendence

The Crusher

Atalanta's Bow

Asi

Qin's Sais

Example Build 3 (Tank Shred)

Notes Can swap for .

Buy lategame and sell for or or or .

Ninja Tabi

Transcendence

Asi

Atalanta's Bow

Qin's Sais

Odysseus' Bow

Example Build 4 (Against Squishies)

Notes Buy lategame and sell for or or alternative.

Need Anti-heal, swap or for .

Transcendence

Warrior Tabi

The Crusher

Jotunn's Wrath

Heartseeker

Bloodforge

Main Relics

Purification Beads

Aegis Amulet

Alternative Items

Brawler's Beat Stick

Titan's Bane

Runeforged Hammer

Berserker's Shield

Shifter's Shield

Void Shield

Ancile

Mantle of Discord

Magi's Cloak

Winged Blade

Relic Dagger

Soul Eater

Warrior's Blessing

Midgardian Mail

Toxic Blade

Ichaival

The Sledge

Fail-Not

Demon Blade

Magic Shell

What you need if you wish to sell boots lategame for another item

Elixir of Speed

Can pickup for bonus sustain mid to late

Chalice of Healing

Skadi's Skill Order Notes Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4.

Notes

Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4.

Piercing Cold

1 X

1 4 6 7 9

Rune Of The Hunt

2 A

3 13 14 15 16

Permafrost

3 B

2 8 10 11 12

Winter's Grasp

4 Y

5 17 18 19 20

1 4 6 7 9

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

3 13 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

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

5 17 18 19 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

Chapter Title

Skadi Builds for Mid and ADC.

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Burst build alot of fun got a penta in Clash. Heartseaker OP!

I know the build haven’t been updated after the patch but what about buying Soul Eater now as 3rd item after boots and Transcendce instead of let’s say ASI (maybe sell it later for Bloodforge). Also Berserker’s shield might be pretty handy as 3rd item now.

(143) |

Soul Eater just got nerfed in bonus balance ( Decreased Base Physical Power from 30 to 20
Decreased Total Physical Power on Evolved Soul Eater from 40 to 35 ) so not sure how attractive it is still as an option, as for Berserkers (better on AA hunters IMO).... it's an ok item but it lacks sustain compared to Asi, also chances are you're playing against a Mage ADC in Duo.

(15) |

I think a 5 power difference does not make the item worse. The overall stats it provides and the % pen is solid and skadi will at least have some form of sustain this way by building into it.

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(143) |

It's not just a 5 power difference (which was just the nail in the coffin), the item got shafted pretty heavily when it got reworked in the mid season update, at least for ability hunters.

Buying this item for 20 power only is a very bad power spike, and bloodforge is much better on her anyway.

(15) |

Bloodforge is much more expensive tho while having the same amount of lifesteal. And has no cooldown reduction nor %penetration and does not benefit from lifesteal with abilities. And also requires you to actually kill things for its effect which is only during the late game or when you are snowballing. I'm not saying souleater is the best item to get on her in every scenario but I think it's still quite alight to build and cheap.

(143) |

The lifesteal on bloodforge isn't that important (though helpful paired with health chalice for sustaining OOC / off camps), it's more so for the survivability from the passive and for the raw power it offers for heartseeker procs, better for ability based builds. If you're going AA you're going Asi.

With the new update, should example build 1 be changed?

(143) |

All of them should be changed, haven't done much testing with ability hunters yet though

In what situations would you want to build the second example build?

(143) |

2nd example build is a hybrid build, sacrificing sustain from Asi (could sell boots for it later though) in favour of more burst from Crusher, has some AA DPS focus from Exe and Qins.

You basically would use that build if you don't care about the sustain from going Asi, but still want to go an AA-focused build path that will help your own autos do more damage to tanks though Kaldr doesen't benefit from Qins (pets don't proc item effects).

Generally you see lots of high level players building Power + Pen on Skadi (helps her burst as she's ability focused, and pure power/pen benefit Kaldr a lot as well as attack speed to some extent), not very often using Qins. But situationally Qins does have its use on her.

(400) |

The first build is more of an ability focus, due to items like and .

The second build, of which you're asking, is a more traditional Trans-based basic-attack focused build that is going to be strongest for consistent basic attack damage, along with strong function against tanks, due to the use of , , AND .

Hi quick question:
what do you think about soul eater on skadi? Recently I am using it instead of transcendense and bloodforde so I can buy other OP physical damage items and it's pretty fun tbh.

(143) |

I wouldn't ever consider it outside of assault. There's better items. And the CDR it offers isn't that beneficial. With Trans, Jotunn's and Power pot I have capped CDR (40%) anyway.

Trans is a must on Skadi, and Bloodforge passive offers better survivability on Skadi than Soul Eater, plus works well with Heartseeker passive.

(15) |

Why dont you consider over ? Your ability will only hit for like 10 damage more with and I think having a bit more attackspeed gives more damage in the longrun. It's also more logical to switch out the for lategame as they are both attackspeed items.

(143) |

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Why dont you consider over ? Your ability will only hit for like 10 damage more with

You absolutely could, and I do have it listed as an alternative item choice, as well as mention example builds with it below in this comment section: https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/skadi-conquest-builds-adc-mid-6-9-20040/comments?c=149720#comment-149720

But as to why ? It does benefit each ability with the added extra power (and has pretty good ability damage), plus adds more power to take advantage of (Though when you have the fire giant buff and Potion of Physical Might, this may be less of a necessity, but by that point you've probably sold for and another item), and Kaldr inherits from 40% until up to 80% of 's basic attack damage as you put points into , which lowers the necessity of needing attack speed (though Kaldr does inherit her attack speed, and certain situations may call for more attack speed in the build).

Examples of being picked up:

https://smiteprobuilds.com/Builds?p_filters_page=1&p_filters_search=&p_filters_god=2107&p_filters_pro=~&p_filters_opponent=~&p_filters_role=~&p_filters_league=~&p_filters_sort=~

https://smitesource.com/gods/2107/builds/32efe414-abc7-47c6-9f2f-74bc140444d1

Examples of being picked up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC34iQpulwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y9v-MRKkJ4

Also please note this build/builds was last updated patch 6.9, which I believe was the patch.

wrote:

and I think having a bit more attackspeed gives more damage in the longrun. It's also more logical to switch out the for lategame as they are both attackspeed items.

Well, yes that's if there is an opportunity for extended dps over a longer period, and yes it can be logical to swap for lategame, though you don't have to. get's attack speed per level until level 20, which Kaldr also inherits. is nice if you want extra structure/objective dps, or if you're facing against attack-speed reduction items or maybe if you're simply looking for good multi-target damage with the O-Bow procs in combination with and your flat pen items.

(105) |

Gonna add onto kriega's comment. Yes will increase your damage late game more than . However, for most adcs picking up one over the other is a playstyle or advantage difference. Picking up warrior gives you a powerspike during early trades as you basic attacks will do 20 more damage AA favoring early aggression.
if I remember correctly around 3rd item (including a near finished stacking item) ninja AA DPS will become higher, this is assuming no ability usage in which warrior also has an slight advantage.

So yeah the whole ninja vs warrior is an early game dps thing and playstyle as goign warrior while playing passively is not gonna help you then if you would have picked ninja

Could you make more Builds? to see more examples

(143) |

Some extra examples:

, , , , , , sell lategame for and .

, , , , , , sell lategame for and .

, , , , , , sell lategame for and .

, , , , , , sell lategame for and .

To be honest though I don't see that much of a massive reason to get over something like on , after all the item did receive a slight nerf to the base crit, and while the crit when ulting is useful for yourself, Kaldr and teammates, Fail-Not is still an expensive item and lacks the flat pen that Jotunns offers. Also if you're behind in a match you don't want over .

You could also try something like: , , , , , , sell lategame for and Wind Demon, but im not a massive fan of that build (expensive + crit isn't that great on Skadi vs Power + Pen due to Kaldr), though feel free to try it.

(13) |

Kirega, have you ever seen Tmoney/Tramear playing Skadi?

(143) |

No, but I know what he builds on Skadi, or at least, before they buffed the hammers. According to DM he is quite good with Skadi.

(13) |

Even after the hammer buffs, he still builds her the same way: Smite.Guru

He builds like she's a physical mage, going full pen/power and not investing in attack speed at all. I don't agree with Brawler's every single match (even when the enemy team doesn't have healers/lifesteal), but to each their own.

Well, I'm not going to say that he's the best Skadi player in the world (since that's very subjective), but I believe he's the Top 1 Skadi player in the leaderbords and he really invested time in this goddess.

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(143) |

The build he uses is basically the second example build I have listed on the Heartseeker builds page.

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Skadi Conquest Builds (ADC/Mid) (7.9)

Smite God: Skadi

Skadi Build

Start 1

Start 2

Start 3 (ADC only / For Qins build)

Example Build 1 (Burst)

Example Build 2 (Hybrid AA)

Example Build 3 (Tank Shred)

Example Build 4 (Against Squishies)

Main Relics

Alternative Items

What you need if you wish to sell boots lategame for another item

Can pickup for bonus sustain mid to late

Skadi's Skill Order Notes Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4.

Notes

Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4.

Piercing Cold

Rune Of The Hunt

Permafrost

Winter's Grasp

Chapter Title

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Smite Gods

Skadi Conquest Builds (ADC/Mid) (7.9)

Smite God: Skadi

Skadi Build

Start 1

Start 2

Notes

Start 3 (ADC only / For Qins build)

Example Build 1 (Burst)

Notes

Example Build 2 (Hybrid AA)

Notes

Example Build 3 (Tank Shred)

Notes

Example Build 4 (Against Squishies)

Notes

Main Relics

Alternative Items

What you need if you wish to sell boots lategame for another item

Can pickup for bonus sustain mid to late

Skadi's Skill Order Notes Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4. x Notes Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4. Close

Notes

Piercing Cold

Rune Of The Hunt

Permafrost

Winter's Grasp

Piercing Cold

Rune Of The Hunt

Permafrost

Winter's Grasp

Chapter Title

Leave a Comment

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Smite Gods

Skadi's Skill Order Notes Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4.

Notes

Alternative Max priority: 2 > 3 points into 3 > 1 > 3 > 4.