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Shoes of the Magi
Bancroft's Talon
Demonic Grip
Rod of Tahuti
Polynomicon
Obsidian Shard
Greater Sprint
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Before we continue any further, know that one minion wave IS WORTH MORE than a kill.
If there is a minion wave running towards your portal, and you decide to go chase an almost dead enemy for a kill, one of two things will happen:
1, you lose 7 points from the minions going into your portal, but you kill the enemy. Outcome = -7 points for your team, -5 points for enemy team.
2, you lose 7 points from minions getting in your portal, and the enemy gets away. Outcome = -7 points for your team, assuming you didn't die while chasing.
NOW, say you let that enemy get away and you killed the minions running towards your base. Outcome = -7 points for the ENEMY team.
ALWAYS kill minions over chasing kills. Use your skillshots on minions whenever available, (in Ao Kuang's case, Wild Storm) EVEN IN A TEAMFIGHT.
Wild Storm Water Illusion is a fantastic tool for escaping and assassination, while also doing a shocking amount of damage Water Illusion extremely well. King of the Eastern Seas can easily be countered by 
Greater Purification Magi's Blessing 
Salvation etc Water Illusion and throw Dragon Call, or you are facing extremely long cooldowns
Ao Kuang has been a challenge to build, since there are soooooo many items that synergize well with him. I will first explain my normal build, then suggest other items that could be subbed in for personal preference.
Shoes of the Magi - Ao Kuang is a burst mage, meaning you will always take Penetration over Cooldown Reduction. Bancroft's Talon - No idea why I randomly decided to get this second one game, but it happened, and it shocked me how well it worked. The passive is extremely useful early game, as you will be getting stupid amounts of damage for a cheap price. As Ao, you will usually be taking some damage as you try to assassinate an enemy, which will only make you stronger. Demonic Grip - I wanted to like attack speed Ao Kuang a lot more, but it just didn't seem necessary to get a ton of attack speed. Demonic Grip is the only attack speed item I feel is necessary, since it gives just enough attack speed to get off your six dragons before the enemy team has time to respond. Rod of Tahuti - Staple item for a mage. Gives you mass amounts of power. Polynomicon - Not a popular item on Ao Kuang, but I love it. At this point in the game, you already have a good amount of power, and with the easy proc from Wild Storm, this item is the icing on the cake for your burst damage. Obsidian Shard - Personally, I go Obsidian Shard last just because Penetration is nice late game, but Ao's sixth slot is really open to whatever item you feel would finish out your build. Greater Sprint - I usually have this maxed out by the time I get Demonic Grip. It helps you stick to a target or escape a bad situation every 60 seconds.
Gem of Isolation - I occasionally grab this item if I'm going against a bunch of gods with jump abilities, so that they will remain slowed for a bit after they land giving me a little time to catch up. The extra health doesn't hurt either.
Hastened Fatalis - This item works great on Ao, giving you the ability to stick on your enemy and get off all your dragons with ease. However, it doesn't really offer much else.
Telkhines Ring - Item to grab if you are building attack speed Ao. The passive procs on every enemy when using Wild Storm which is nice for clearing minions or when enemies are grouped.
Chronos' Pendant - I've seen quite a few people use this item on Ao Kuang. It isn't bad, but I feel as a burst mage Ao doesn't benefit much from cooldown. You can always just grab a blue buff.
King's Sword fully charge before going in to assassinate an enemy. Also keep in mind that even if you are close to having no mana, if you have charges up, you can still escape with a free cast of Water Illusion from King's Sword.
Water Illusion for escape. Water Illusion to get away. This will make them swing an auto-attack at you (slowing their movement) also allowing you to detonate the clone as soon as you are safe. King of the Eastern Seas is on cooldown, I like to save Water Illusion as a finisher. I get the enemy to about 5% health, then Water Illusion back towards my base as I immediately detonate the clone, killing my enemy and distancing myself from incoming enemy team members. Water Illusion to engage, be sure to activate Dragon Call and possibly Sprint beforehand, or your stealth will break. Water Illusion's stealth is very susceptible to Damage-Over-Time abilities and will break with a single tick of damage. Gods like 
Sylvanus, Zhong Qui, Xbalanique, 
Loki, etc can counter your stealth with said abilities. Make sure you are not suffering from a DoT before trying to go into stealth.
Dragon Call before firing it as a projectile. Dragon Call and then use Water Illusion to get next them. Line up the projectile version of Dragon Call while in stealth and finish them off. Even the projectile does an insane amount of damage at rank 5 with items. Water Illusion, make sure you expend your extra charges once you are done attacking an enemy, or you will be looking at a longer cooldown. Dragon Call and turn around quickly to shoot the projectile at them. It applies a nice slow that should give you time to make some distance.
He Bo's 
Water Cannon combined with the activation of on-hit effects like Polynomicon. This skill is great for clearing out minion waves and harassing enemies who wander too close. Water Illusion to go in to assassinate an enemy, line up Wild Storm and use it as the ability that breaks your stealth while following up with a barrage of Dragon Call. Polynomicon. Dragon Call is an on-hit effect, and will be activated by Wild Storm.
King of the Eastern Seas is a great escape tool. When it is up, you can usually burst down an enemy and execute them before their team has time to respond, then fly away to safety. King of the Eastern Seas can be used as an 
Epic Uppercut, and can lock down an enemy while your team comes to follow up. If you do knock an enemy in the air like this, make sure to activate Dragon Call and have your Wild Storm ready to cast before they land.I will have a video tutorial very similar to my Ullr video coming soon (probably around Christmas time). Keep your eyes out. Until then, I hope the skill explanations I have given so far will suffice!
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Absolute worst Ao build I have ever tried
Maybe it is just your playstyle ;)
That's a awesome guide ! Thanks to him I've got my first Pentakill in Smite and that's my 1st day playing with him *_* (Though I'm Diamond with
And I'm agree,
That's a +1 for me
Grats on the penta i'm glad it helped out! I'm sure the experience with Nemesis helped out a ton
And I'm agree,
That's a +1 for me
Thanks for guides dude :) Used your guide for Ullr (now he's diamond! :3) and this is another awesome guide. Build works really well.
No problem man, glad to hear they helped!
@Talgor
Yeah, I had only built him like I normally do Freya because I wasn't familiar with him, and linked him to Freya's build because of his ADC qualities. They're obviously nothing alike, since Freya's #1 and #2 make her a fast attack mid-ranger, and Ao really needs to be in closer. Your build is absolutely the superior one.
Yeah, when I build using Fatalis, I definitely need to do it later. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you for the support, i'm glad you like the build!
Yeah, I had only built him like I normally do Freya because I wasn't familiar with him, and linked him to Freya's build because of his ADC qualities. They're obviously nothing alike, since Freya's #1 and #2 make her a fast attack mid-ranger, and Ao really needs to be in closer. Your build is absolutely the superior one.
Yeah, when I build using Fatalis, I definitely need to do it later. Thanks for the tips!