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The New (Old) Loki - Masters PvE Mercury Guide

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7.1

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Smite God: Mercury

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Mercury Build

Jungle Start

Assassin's Blessing

Katana

Healing Potion

Hand of the Gods

Solo Start

Thousand Fold Blade

Chalice of Healing

Finished Build

Notes Sell boots for speed potion and silverbranch

Golden Blade

Ninja Tabi

Stone Cutting Sword

The Crusher

Atalanta's Bow

Berserker's Shield

Silverbranch Bow

Alt Items (Check Notes)

Notes golden blade can be sold for these two items lategame if you don't feel like you need it anymore. normally I keep it though.

Hastened Katana

Toxic Blade

Serrated Edge

Relics (Yes, Frenzy)

Purification Beads

Belt of Frenzy

Mercury's Skill Order Notes Basically just max 1>2>4>3

Notes

Basically just max 1>2>4>3

Made You Look

1 X

1 3 6 7 9

Maximum Velocity

2 A

4 8 10 11 12

Special Delivery

3 B

2 15 16 18 19

Sonic Boom

4 Y

5 13 14 17 20

1 3 6 7 9

Made You Look

1 X

Mercury moves in the blink of an eye, dealing one melee attack to every enemy within the target area. This ability can Critically Hit, and triggers Ability related Item effects, not Basic Attack related Item effects.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+70% of your Basic Attack Power)
Radius: 7.5 / 9 / 10.5 / 12 / 13.5
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 9s

4 8 10 11 12

Maximum Velocity

2 A

Mercury passively gains movement speed. When this ability is activated, Mercury increases his attack speed and is immune to slows for the duration.

Ability Type: Buff
Movement Speed: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10%
Attack Speed: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70%
Duration: 5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s

2 15 16 18 19

Special Delivery

3 B

Mercury dashes forward, knocking aside minions, grabbing the first enemy god he encounters and spinning them. The enemy god takes damage until the effect ends, and Mercury throws the god in the direction of his choice.

Ability Type: Dash
Minion Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Damage per Tick: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+20% of your Physical Power) every 0.25s
Damage (Total): 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+64% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 1s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15s

5 13 14 17 20

Sonic Boom

4 Y

Mercury gathers energy for a powerful dash, with the range extending as he does so. He travels the distance faster than the speed of sound, dealing damage to all enemies, stunning them and spinning them around in a random direction.

Ability Type: Dash
Damage: 200 / 275 / 350 / 425 / 500 (100% of your Physical Power)
Disorient Duration: 1.5s
Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Is this a joke? Am i bronze?

Guide updated for patch 7.11. (added serrated to selling boots, switched to ninja tabi, changed some text)

THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A GUIDE FOR PLAYING MERCURY IN THE NORMAL / META WAY AND DOES NOT REPRESENT HOW YOU SHOULD BUILD MERCURY TO PLAY THAT WAY. IF YOU THINK THE BUILD SUCKS, READ THE GUIDE, IT SERVES A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

Is this a joke?

No (sadly). This is, at least in my opinion, a totally legitimate way of playing that I find at least more enjoyable, if maybe not as effective, as the normal crit style build. Yes, I know this is not how most people play . No, I don't think that that makes this trolling.

You may well catch some flak from teammates for doing this, but if you do it right, you'll get less bm after you win the game for them. (assuming they don't give up and troll or surrender I guess)

Ok, so how does it work?

In short, the process is:

Sounds simple enough, because it is, really. The complicated part is trying to find your way to a phoenix to push it, but the most fun part about this playstyle is figuring that bit out.

Alright, then explain the build, it looks dumb

Well, does look pretty dumb, but there's plenty of thought process behind it. The basic goal of the build is simple: (almost) the most tower dps you can get out of 6 physical items. The only item that is not true of is Golden Blade, but that is needed to get the farm necessary to get the rest of the build.

Once you sell Ninja Tabi (no power potions or fire giant), this build has:

Use and that increases to 333 power.

Once you get to hyper late game, if you sell for , , or , pop a 500 and a 3k potion, and get enhanced fire giant, you reach around 450 power, or 539 with activated due to passive.

At this stage, a tier 2 tower dies in 5 auto attacks, or exactly 2 seconds, with no minions. Add a red buff and , and it dies in four.
A phoenix dies in 6 auto attacks, or just over 2 seconds, also with no minions. No one can get to you in time to stop you if you get to the phoenix first.

As for relics, is just necessary on any squishy character, and the pickup is for the same reason as everything else, tower dps (or fire giant dps)

Isnt this Loki's job?

Update since patch 7.10: Not anymore! Now you're stuck with this.

Previous text:

Well, normally, yes. Does it have to be 's job? Think about it, kills the towers/phoenixes faster, and, at least in my opinion and experience, is safer while doing so. Plus you probably wont get BM'd for picking .

Maybe you're thinking "Yes, ok, so kills phoenixes really fast, but one-shots mages and hunters too!". To which my response would be "Alright, but if a tower with 2500 health dies in four auto attacks, how many do you think it takes to kill a ?"

Hell, with 539 power, 2.5 attack speed, and 40% pen, I don't think your tank is going to last very long either, especially since they cant build against this build. But I didn't want to focus on the PvP aspect of this build since, well, it's not really the point, is it?

The New (Old) Loki - Masters PvE Mercury Guide

Smite God: Mercury