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Sands of Time
Shoes of the Magi
Spear of Desolation
Chronos' Pendant
Obsidian Shard
Rod of Tahuti
Spirit Robe
Mail of Renewal
Pythagorem's Piece
Aegis Amulet
Heavenly Wings
Purification Beads
Sands of Time
Shoes of the Magi
Breastplate of Valor
Spirit Robe
Spear of Desolation
Obsidian Shard
Rod of Tahuti
Sands of Time
Shoes of the Magi
Void Stone
Stone of Fal
Spear of Desolation
Chronos' Pendant
Rod of Tahuti
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Hey guys before you read my build this little section will serve as a small feed of what I have been trying to do to enhance 
The Morrigan's damage potential and/or for all the ideas ideas of new builds I'v gathered ^~^.
So far I'v been concern by a new playstyle for The Morrigan, something more like 
Ao Kuang, to sum up a magical assassin ! I met few players on smite and chatted with some other experienced players on TeamSpeak, a majority plays The Morrigan with a build that looks something like this :
Shoes of Focus + Chronos' Pendant
Polynomicon + 
Soul Reaver Rod of Tahuti + Spear of Desolation The Morrigan is extremely versatile in her playstyle and going for the "stealth and get close" then the "burst him down to death" for finally escape and "let the rest of the enemy chase your decoy" is really effective and so much fun *bad guy in animes evil laugh* !
Welcome to my guide, this build is recommended for Patch 4.2. As of this patch I have been playing mostly Joust (and some Arena/Clash but still more Joust) and most of the games ended with the enemy team surrendering earlyor winning in less than 20 min. So without further ado here's the guide for the first Celtic goddess.
Since no one plays her because they think she's not fixed yet, I could pick her every game. She's a real team fight changer god with her unique kit, the poke she gets from her Dark Omen combined to either Deadly Aspects or most of the time a second Dark Omen is truly devastating ! Then there's Confusion, oh this escape... How many times have they used their attacks/ability on the decoy... And finally that ultimate, enjoying everyone's ultimate ally or enemy for her own.
So here's a build I suggest and is open to improvements (all you got to do is leave a comment with your recommendations I will check regularly ^~^).
Before you dive in the guide enjoy my Top 3 fan-art of The Morrigan :
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The Morrigan
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........ Pros ........
+ Watching people using their ultimate on your decoy is satisfying + A real teamfight changer with her ultimate + Low CD and low mana consumption on her abilities |
....... Cons .......
- Escape is hard to master as you lose your stealth if you are hit - Ultimate depends mostly on your knowledge of other gods kit - Really Squishy early and needs sustainability |
With this build you will be focusing on early poke, spamming that ultimate, being as much as possible in teamfights to make use of those passives, burst down tanks with your penetration, enjoy huge damage (wait isn't that evil enough ?) and add in there some sustain so you will never die :).
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Items Description
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Sands of Time : The best starter item for The Morrigan, it comes with a little magical power and a useful mana passive but the best perk of this item is the nice and cheap 10% CDR !
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Shoes of the Magi : Every burst mage first item (some go with Shoes of Focus but here we will need these), the best shoes due to the magical power and flat penetration that provides a nice burst damage potential early on !
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Spear of Desolation: Again an enormous amount of magical power and that +20 flat penetration gets you the damage we are trying to reach but still the most attrative stat of this item is the 10% CDR we get and the CDR passive that will come useful more than you think, what can I ask more ? |
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Chronos' Pendant : This item finally gets us to the ability-spamming in teamfights we are aiming for *evil laugh*. So basically more magical power and a bit of mana over time but the main job of this item again is to get the maximum of 40% CDR (we want that ultimate as much as possible to be of use !). |
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Obsidian Shard : Best magical penetration for objectives and burst mages ! Magical power and penetration with that sweet passive. You will be bursting down objectives and gods ! |
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Rod of Tahuti : This item, oh well, when you get this item ... You will enjoy bursting down anything. 125 magical power!!! And that passive that will raise your damage to 731.5 total ! |
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Spirit Robe : Now for the 6th item if you are the kind to jump headlong into teamfights, the magical and physical protection this item gives should help you survive a bit longer and in case you need to escape, the CC reduction and the passive damage mitigation will surely save you. And guess what, 10% more CDR ! Now we still get a total of 40% CDR even when selling Sands of Time.
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Mail of Renewal : But Sometimes you will want a little more health because few gods are hitting a bit too hard for such a frail queen The Morrigan is :P. And the passive that gives you health regen for any kill or assist on enemy gods and objectives feels so good right ? And guess what, 10% more CDR ! Now we still get a total of 40% CDR even when selling Sands of Time.
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Pythagorem's Piece : Still the best lifesteal item there is currently, here's a sustain item, again more magical power for a maximum of damage and 24% lifesteal that will let you regen your health on minions or gods ! (12% magical lifesteal or 10 physical lifesteal is applied to allies within 70 units !). And guess what, 10% more CDR ! Now we still get a total of 40% CDR even when selling Sands of Time.
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Here's why y'all are here for !
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Skills Presentation
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Passive: Doomsayer |
The 3rd hit of
The Morrigan's hit chain will explode, dealing damage to all enemies within range and Dooming all enemies hit. Doomed enemies will take additional Basic Attack damage over time.
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1st Ability : Deadly Aspects |
When activated,
The Morrigan begins combining the power from all three of her forms. When activated again, they simultaneously damage and stun enemies in front of them.
Deadly Aspects
Max this second as it is our main damage output
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2nd Ability : Dark Omen |
The Morrigan launches a wave of dark magic at her enemies that deals damage, deals bonus damage to minions, and applies an Omen to enemy gods for 8 seconds. Gods with an Omen will take bonus damage the next time they are hit by any damaging ability.
Dark Omen
Max this first since you will be spamming it
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3rd Ability : Confusion |
The Morrigan creates a phantom of herself while becoming stealthed and increasing her Movement Speed. The phantom runs to the targeted area, deals no damage, and will die if it takes any damage. If the Morrigan attacks or takes damage, she will be revealed and lose her increased Movement Speed.
Confusion
Max this last
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Ultimate: Changeling |
The Morrigan selects a God from the current match and becomes a copy of them. She copies all of their current stats and may use all of their abilities for the duration. She retains her own Relics and cannot use Consumables. The Rank of her abilities will transfer to the skills of the god she copies. This ability's cooldown will be increased to match the target God's ultimate if she uses it while transformed. Changeling
Level it whenever it can be
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Ymir jungle xD but way more scary) with ease or any situation and any unexpected turns of events. She holds great potential for the juking mechanics of Smite (#JukeNation) and that's also what made me like her so much !
So wanna learn how to play The Morrigan !? Easy ! Or not exactly easy but after reading this you will at least know what you are doing.
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Dark Omen but if he's still near to you just one shot him with Deadly Aspects.
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Dark Omen + Deadly Aspects to burst down the enemy and if he gets away finish him with Dark Omen again (the CD is quite low don't worry).
This was a fast made guide and my first as well *dramatic sound*, I really wanted to be the first to make it since The Morrigan is a goddess I've been waiting to play for a long time (to be honest my girlfriend was more excited than me for The Morrigan since she is the real Celtic mythology fan) and I had fun imagining other Smite players reading the guide so I made it easy to read as well (hopefully xD, I'm not a native speaker so I'm ready to get bashed by grammar nazis), I'm also aware I made a lot of parenthesis, hope it wasn't too much ^~^.
Thanks you for reading my guide ! If you find this guide useful let me know with an upvote :3 !
Will be waiting for your comments <3 !
- Add few pictures and some banners (soon)
- Make a comparison between base stats and build stats (soon)
- A Joust/Arena/Clash Gameplay section (later)
- A Changelog (later)
- Improve the guide with bb coding using xZeroStrike and nanoyam guides (on-going)
- Improve the build with the huge help of Bullfrog323 and Branmuffin17's item choice guide (on-going)
- Credit everyone that helped me (Papa Murmz; xZeroStrike; Bullfrog323; Branmuffin17)
If anyone wants to discuss or play with me just add me ,TheMrRay06, I will be updating regularly as well with personal experience playing The Morrigan or, using comments on the build or, if they ever happen to nerf her in the future patches ...
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Qin's Sais
Chang'e
I'll write that the build is outdated somewhere else than the title :P.
So like I said, I'm totally not familiar with a proper build for
So, corrections, coding, organization, and additional things you can add to your guide...this is going to be long, so I'm putting it in spoiler form.
+ 75 Magical Power
+ 300 Mana
+ 10% Magical Lifesteal
+ Using an ability gives your next Basic Attack within the next 8 seconds +75% of your Magical Power as additional Magical Damage. The effect can only apply once every 3 seconds.
+ 90 Magical Power
+ +30% Magical Lifesteal
+ +10% Cooldown Reduction
+ 30 Magical Power and 15% Magical Lifesteal to all allies within 70 units.
So let me start with this, this build primary concern is to reach max CDR and have at least some sustain since
First of we lose 10% CDR (for some people it's not that important but there's more) then for sustain we go from 30% lifesteal to a mere 10% :/ again
Now
But here's a question I get asked regularly, why ranged ? Well she could be played as an assassin right ? Her kit has ganking possibilities ? But whats the difference between an assassins and
- Assassins have gap closer to chase enemies while she has only movement speed (which is preferable to escape).
- Her burst isn't enough to kill someone 1v1, after using your main combo
- Her ultimate is situational and preferably used in teamfights ...
To sum up only 2 real damage abilities where only one of them is close ranged, playing safely and from afar while poking them will often create situations where going for "The Suprise" combo will secure you at least one kill.
It is maybe a bug (with all the bugs that she had, it would not be surprising), but it worths noting :
Therefore, casting
If your target already has the debuff and you cast a second
Ex :
Let's say you cast 4
- First one does damage x1 (cast) + apply debuff
- Second one does damage x2 (cast + trigger) + remove debuff
- Third one does damage x1 (cast) + apply debuff
- Fourth one does damage x2 (cast + trigger) + remove debuff
So, if it is intended and they don't fix it, you probably want to update your guide in that regard.
For the Dark Omen debuff it is confusing since I tested it myself before and it was applying on the second time you hit
As you know i'm in an important exam week so I'm drowning with homework and studying but I will probably log in later tonight to buy the Celtic event :3. I will try then and if it's true I will change my description till it's fixed (and will probably add a disclaimer) ^~^.
The Core build cost would be : 6300g
The Core build cost would be : 6360g
You will be bursting down gods, right.
You won't be bursting down tower with
So that you can throw 2 basics and don't hit anything and still benefit from the 3rd hit AoE effect for your 3rd basic.
Of course, you still need to connect with your 3rd auto, since it remains a basic attack.
It does not acts like
this is a pretty good guide, and I'm pleased to see that you are willing to improve it according to the feedbacks you received. For that reason, I'll try my best to contribute to its success.
The build
By itself, this build is good, we can't deny it.
I see you focus on 3 main points :
1 - Full 40% CDR (which is mostly for her ult)
2 - Lifesteal
3 - Penetration (Because it's mandatory if you want to deal damage)
However, I think it could be improved a bit
CDR options
Papa Murmz already covered that point, so I'll skip it.
Rod of Tahuti
However, to include it, you need to replace one item.
First option : remove lifesteal from your build and replace
You will deal more damage but would rely mostly on your
Second option : combine your lifesteal and CDR by picking
This would make you completely squishy though.
Third option : keep only 30% CDR and replace
Again, this would make you squishy.
Item cost
I understand the reason why you want to pick
By its stats, it is an amazing item, however it cost you an arm and a leg to buy it.
Plus, its Tier 2
Which means that as long as your item is not completed, your abilties are still weak.
When you will have completed it, other players would mostly have 1 more item than you.
For that reason, I would suggest you to pick
Skill order
I would have thought that your 2nd ability
It's your main wave clear, your main poke ability, and it safer to use than
If you prefer to level
Corrections
This is to correct false/misleading information in your guide.
Perhaps you didn't know, perhaps it's just a mistake or sort of unclear wording.
Ultimate on a 40s CD
This is totally misleading, because Morrigan's ultimate,
So, the 40s CD is only if all these points are true :
1 - You are level 20
2 - You have full CDR
3 - You have
3 - You ult, but didn't use the ultimate of the god you picked (or if you did, his or her CD was lower than 80s)
4 - You get a killing blow during AFTER the ultimate is finished while the passive of
As you can see, it's pretty much only a late game scenario.
Mid-game, you may have full CDR, but your ult will probably be still at 140s or 120s, which means anywhere between 72s and 98s
That means you should NOT "waste" your ult only to get a
It means that your ultimate will mostly be used for something that will be very effective for the situation (most likely involving CC).
Bancroft's Talon
First, 12% magical lifesteal is not very high, since AoE abilties reduces lifesteal by 66% and you only have AoE abilties.
Therefore, it's not enough to make you feel as sustainable as
However, the "can be doubled in case you lose 25% of your health" is incorrectly worded.
It should be either
"can be doubled in case you lose 75% of your health"
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"can be doubled in case you are at 25% of your health"
Which makes
If you are at 25% of your heath, which is around 550hp at level 20 with your build, you should not stay in the fight, as anyone can 1 shot you at that point.
Improvements
Finally, here are some suggestions you could include in your guide to improve it, aside from what is already in your To-do list.
Ultimate tips
Sure, you can't even think about listing all the possibilities you can do with her ult.
However, there are some tips that are nice to know about the use of her ultimate that maybe not every player has figured yet.
Since it's a guide on how to use Morrigan it would only make sense to include those tips here.
If you need help for your guide, don't hesitate to ask here, we are all willing to help.
Hope this will help you with your guide.
P.S. Je peux aussi t'aider en français si tu préfères, c'est également ma langue.
Tout d'abord je tiens à te remercier d'avoir écrit autant de conseille marque une analyse poussée de mon build en un premier tant mais aussi de te remercier d'avoir écrit tout cela en anglais pour nos amis anglophones ! Ainsi la question se pose, est-ce qu'on devrait continuer en français pour faciliter la communication et arriver à un build améliorer efficacement ou continuer en anglais pour que les lecteurs puissent suivre la progression et être témoins de l'évolution du guide ^~^ ?
Par sécurité je continue en anglais car c'est une langue qu'on parle ***ez correctement (sauf quelque maladresse que tu as pu lire) et donc par rapport à la majorité anglophone voila ma réponse :
I'm going to answer chronologically so I won't make it more confusing xD.
The Build :
As you said, I focus mainly on sustain (so not lifesteal only but it can also be from protection or more health regen/recuperation after a teamfight) and since it's an "over-all" build penetration was the best option as the a tank per composition meta in Smite is pretty much the only viable composition :'(. Of course CDR was one of the principal objectif of the build as sooner have your abilities availible higher the potential of being useful to either yourself (escapes or chasing kills) or team (active during teamfights adding to the damage output of the team) will be. So far you got me all right which implies again that you analysed my guide thoroughly, so let me thank you again :3 !
You are right about
Always with
- Remove lifesteal and go for the
- Using
- Just replacing the
I think that the second option is the best option as it doesn't really change from any mage playstyle (who are mainly glass canons) but who knows maybe there's an even better option or build than this one where having at the same time 40% CDR while being of use to the team and having as well some good sustain on
The gold problem persist tho, so far it's :
Here the 4th item and 6th item are expensive but buying a expensive item end game isn't really a problem while in midgame it is. So maybe put
Skill Order
Yes. My fault (;_;). It is in fact better now that I think of it in a laning phase point of view. I should divide the guide in two, Conquest and Arena/Joust/Clash, I would appreciate your Conquest knowledge to help me if possible :) ?
Corrections
So here's the real problem xD (j'ai quelque peu exagéré, tout en restant dans le véridique, les possibilités du build afin de le "vendre" un peu au lecteur pour qu'il soit impressionné, c'est surement mal mais je reste dans les limites :P et pour ma défense j'allai en effet changer tout ça après une certaine période où le besoin d'embellir le build n'est plus) The description of
Regarding
Improvements
It was supposed to be in the To-do List I'm ashamed :'( I did say that there are too many possibilities but of course some are more profitable than others (for example the enemy team have a
P.S. Voila voila x) un call sur n'importe quelle plate-forme de communication vocale m'aurait permis de te transmettre tout ça plus facilement :P Il est toujours possible que pour le reste de nos échanges, qui ont pour but d'améliorer ce build pour la communauté, sois faite dans la simplicité d'un call (Skype/Curse/Teamspeak/Discord) pour cela et seulement si tu l'accepte nous pourrons en discuter en PM ^~^ Merci encore !
Cordialement, Best regards, Ray.
Again, I'm glad you receiving our feedback with such a positive mind.
Of course, we'll continue this thread in english, so that everyone can profit from it.
I just told you I spoke French too if you wanted to continue in PM, since it could potentionally become a huge thread, of which only the final result could be useful.
I'll try to keep this response short, maybe not in chronologically order.
So, as I guessed, your build was not aimed toward Conquest.
I guessed Arena, but with Clash, I wasn't really far.
If you really want your guide to be top notch, you should have a division for the different modes, but that's probably not the next point on your To-do list.
Also, you asked help with my Conquest knowledge ... lol, that was funny.
I never play Conquest (but this might change with Season 4, who knows), so I'm not the best placed to help.
About the
It would be better to pick
About the
So, because of that I would personally suggest the build you came with, with 1 or 2 switch possibilities and the reason behind them.
For example
This makes a glass canon build.
Then, if you want, you can replace
And then list some items that can be used, why and when.
For example
Replace
Replace
Warlock's Sash : Get more health, lose a bit or power and penetration, it is long to stack though.
Finally, about the tips on ultimate, that is not what I had in mind.
Yes, you could probably show a list of "priorities" that would likely be a kind of tier list about which god to copy "in general".
But if you plan to do so, you would probably have to test all the "what if" implications, and that could take alot of time.
What I meant was more general tips like (but not limited to)
- You can press your ult button to show the god selection, but can still continue to move (and throw basic attacks ? I'm not sure), even while in stealth.
- Once shifted, you cannot come back to your origial form until the end (10s). Therefore, if you picked a god without an escape, you are stuck with it and
- As soon as your ult ends, every ability you have cast will stop as well. If you throw
- If you pick
- When you select the god, have in mind that you will copy the stats of the god. If you picked the enemy
- When you select the god, have in mind that your 3rd ability will have only 1 point until level 15. So if you plan to go for the kill with a full combo of an assassin, picking
- Probably other points that I have in mind, but haven't tested yet (I played her only once against bots to get the feeling).
Bullfrog323 and I have been continuing our discussion in PM to make it simple for everyone, I will be changing the build according to what we both agree on as the best for the current meta and for the idea behind the build (maximum CDR and sustain with lots of damage that comes with the mandatory penetration obviously).
I will probably make a Changelog (as seen in my To-Do List) to see how the build has been improving to a state where the build will be viable in any kind of situation ^~^ !
But yeah, this is some really nice feedback
I don't comment often on guides, and when I do, I can't only do so in a few words.
Of course you can use my guide as a reference in your video I will be much pleased ! The guide in the first place is here publicly for everyone to use :) Only one condition ! Link me the video so I can add it in my credit parts of the guide as an appreciation for being thoughtful about crediting my guide (which to be honest gives both of us advertisement that is most welcomed ^~^)
Thank you again, Ray.