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Thoth, Lord of The Khemenu

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Smite God: Thoth

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Thoth Build

Start #1 - Stacks

Notes *Another option is to forego and go straight into to stack quicker

*Wards can be bought in place of health potions if the enemy jungler has high kill potential early game

Mage's Blessing

Spellbook

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Start #2 - Chronos' Pendant Rush

Notes *Wards can be bought in place of health potions if the enemy jungler has high kill potential early game

Mage's Blessing

Lost Artifact

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Situational Alternatives

Notes gems of isolation - Since has little to no CC, this helps him combo abilities a little easier

- Encourages combos by increasing damage. Works especially well on , where each shot is individually fired making the bonus damage 30%

- The CDR is useful, but what you're here for is the lifesteal. Gives you longer sustain in lane and eliminates the need for health potions

- Especially useful if you're being harassed by a god with slows and simply won't cut it

- If you're being targeted by a god with high CC, buy this

- Works well with to really nail its ability to instantly kill anyone with low health. Works well with

- If you're being targeted by a god with high damage and little to no CC, this is the better choice over

- This should be bought early and sold late, as its value decreases overtime. If the enemy jungler is too much, this is a short-term solution

- Essentially a more expensive version of that doesn't need to be sold

- Useful if the enemy jungler is magical, or if the enemy mid is too strong for you. You don't need to sell this late game.

Gem of Isolation

Shaman's Ring

Soul Gem

Winged Blade

Magi's Cloak

Rod of Tahuti

Mantle of Discord

Dynasty Plate Helm

Stone of Fal

Celestial Legion Helm

Example Build #1

Notes *These builds are simply starting points as to how you can build

Book of Thoth

Shoes of Focus

Divine Ruin

Soul Reaver

Obsidian Shard

Chronos' Pendant

Example Build #2

Chronos' Pendant

Shoes of the Magi

Divine Ruin

Soul Reaver

Obsidian Shard

Rod of Tahuti

Relics

Notes * and are your standard relics, in that order.

*If the enemy team has an , purchase in place of .

Purification Beads

Aegis Amulet

Phantom Veil

Consumables

Notes *Sell shoes and purchase and buy an item to replace shoes

*Purchase after you have sold shoes, bought elixir of speed, bought an item to replace shoes, and upgraded your relics

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Ward

Elixir of Speed

Potion of Magical Might

Thoth's Skill Order

Hieroglyphic Assault

1 X

1 4 6 7 10

Evade and Punish

2 A

2 8 11 12 14

Glyph of Pain

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

Final Judgement

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 4 6 7 10

Hieroglyphic Assault

1 X

Thoth conjures three Hieroglyphs around him, ignoring the Basic Attack Movement penalty. His next 3 Basic Attacks pass through Enemies and apply Ability Damage instead. Additionally, these Basic Attacks deal an additional 25% damage to jungle minions. If these attacks pass through the Glyph of Pain, their range is increased by 30. Hitting an enemy with this ability increases the damage they take from each subsequent shot by 10% and reduces the cooldown by 0.5s (this can only occur once per shot).

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage Per Shot: 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Glyphs Spawned: 3
Range: 55/85
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 10s

2 8 11 12 14

Evade and Punish

2 A

Thoth dashes in the direction he is currently traveling. After dashing, for 5s Thoth's next basic attack is enhanced.

This projectile roots the first Enemy god hit while slowing all other enemies, and also deals Ability Damage.

If either the Dash or Attack passes through the Glyph of Pain, their respective range is increased by 30.

Ability Type: Dash, Root, Damage
Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Root and Slow Duration: 1.5s
Slow: 30%
Dash Range: 45
Attack Range: 55/75
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12s

3 15 16 18 19

Glyph of Pain

3 B

From his book, Thoth conjures forth a Hieroglyph in front of him. Thoth's ability projectile passing through the glyph receive increased damage, and a range increase of 30. This damage does not trigger item effects.

Thoth and allies' Basic Attack projectiles also receive a lesser damage bonus, but no range increase.

Ability Type: Area, Buff, Damage
Ability Bonus Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+5% of your Magical Power)
Basic Attack Damage: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 (+5% of your Magical Power)
Range: 55
Cost: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45
Cooldown: 5s

5 9 13 17 20

Final Judgement

4 Y

Thoth begins summoning pages from his book, up to a maximum of four. When all four have been summoned, he sends them forward damaging all Enemies in their path.

Thoth may activate this ability again to fire the ability early, doing a reduced amount of damage based on the number of glyphs currently summoned. Alternately he may cancel this ability at a cost of 30 Mana.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 420 / 480 / 540 / 600 / 660 (+120% of your Magical Power)
Range: 100/130
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

is a long-ranged mage who specialises in dealing high damage in short periods of time. Besides damage, also brings utility to the table. With his , towers take less time to destroy; especially as a group. Even individually, can arguably push faster than several other mages like . However, he is no . is useful for setting up combos for allied gods while dashing into battle. Overall, 's ability as a mid-laner is what kept at the top of tierlists for sometime. However, DM Brandon recently labelled him as 'B' tier.

Pros and Cons

Pros

High burst damage
Reasonable mana costs
Hieroglyphic Assault and Glyph of Pain have low cooldowns
Long range
Build-in penetration
Instant cast on Hieroglyphic Assault
Decently mobile
Combo-orientated kit
AA + ability buff
Final Judgement can one-shot low-protection enemy gods below 70% health
All abilities can go through walls

Cons

Low health and protections
No hard CC
Skills are easy to miss
Final Judgement is a massive hit or miss gamble
Dash has a long cooldown

Abilities

Passive: Dead Reckoning

Thoth pens the names of his fallen opponents in his book, recording their weaknesses. After killing 30 Enemies, Thoth gains a stack of 3 Magical Penetration, and killing an Enemy God will complete the current stack. He unlocks a new stack every 4 levels, up to a maximum of 5 stacks at level 17.

Ability Video

Notes and Tactics

Help with damage early on. This lets you delay any penetration items by a slot or so. Always try to get the last hit on minions to obtain stacks. Same concept if you're item stacking.

Hieroglyphic Assault

Thoth conjures three Hieroglyphs around him, ignoring the Basic Attack Movement penalty. His next 3 Basic Attacks pass through Enemies and apply Ability Damage instead.

If these attacks pass through the Glyph of Pain, their range is increased by 30.

Ability Video

Notes and Tactics

's main source of damage, wave clear, and poke. When leaving the fountain, activate this but do not cast it. This will save you mana. This won't expire until you fire, so you can carry it with you for as long as you like. Like all abilities, aim and fire where you think your target will be. Pair this up with to clear waves and poke. Especially poke, you'll need the range.

Evade and Punish

Thoth dashes in the direction he is currently traveling. After dashing, for 5s Thoth's next basic attack instead fires a magical projectile at the target which pierces through enemies and roots the first God hit and slows every other enemy hit.

If either the Dash or Attack passes through the Glyph of Pain, their respective range is increased by 30.

Ability Video

Notes and Tactics

Can be used to escape or engage for combos. Do not engage fights that you cannot win. This is especially useful when combined with a gank from your jungler. punish and evade is also useful for the opposite; to get out of a gank.

Glyph of Pain

From his book, Thoth conjures forth a Hieroglyph in front of him. Thoth's ability projectile passing through the glyph receive increased damage, and a range increase of 30. This damage does not trigger Item effects.

Thoth and allies Basic Attack projectiles receive a lesser damage bonus, but no range increase.

Ability Video

Notes and Tactics

is useful for amplifying 's abilities. Commonly used in conjunction with . This can also be used on to snipe from an even further distance. is also useful when escaping, as it increases the range of 's dash. In addition, this helps when pushing structures, especially with a team.

Final Judgement

Thoth conjures a large glyph from his book, and then inscribes three more at its corners. When all four have been summoned, he sends them forward damaging all Enemies in their path.
Thoth may activate this ability again to fire the ability early, doing a reduced amount of damage based on the number of glyphs currently summoned. Alternately he may cancel this ability at a cost of 30 mana.

Ability Video

Notes and Tactics

Useful for sniping enemy gods, acting as a finisher. When fully charged after channeling, can potentially one-shot some gods below 70% health. However, you have to wait for it to charge and aim properly, which is actually quite difficult. This can also be used to engage, hitting multiple enemies. This makes it easier to finish them off. Also, can go through walls making it great for ganks. Keep in mind that all of 's abilities can fire through walls and for every glyph he draws after the first, the damage of his ultimate his increased by 40 + 20%. One more thing: If you're trying to be stealthy, his incessant screeching will typically give you away.

Ability Combos

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Notes and Tactics

Used to poke, clear minion waves, and damage non-structures in general. can be used in place of to finish off enemy gods at a distance.

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Notes and Tactics

Use this when escaping, taking advantage of the range boost on the dash. Fire the AA boost through the glyph on whoever is chasing you.

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Notes and Tactics

Use this to engage, focusing on a single enemy.

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Notes and Tactics

Against a single god, use this to finish them off. However, this is fairly risky as a stun would interrupt the channeling process and allow the enemy god to take advantage of your proximity to them as works best from a distance behind the frontlines.

Playing in The Mid Lane

Early-Mid

Activate the three charges on hieroglyphic asault as soon as you spawn in the fountain
Head to the speed buff and use Hieroglyphic Assault on the camp, but do not take the buff
Clear the minion waves
If your jungler is heading to the damage camp, follow, help him clear it, and take the buff
If the enemy jungler has high kill potential early game, warding is advisable
Always work with your team, especially your jungler
Use Glyph of Pain to push structures
If the solo laner or ADC needs help, go and help them
Clear the mid furies as much as possible, without dying of course

Late Game

Move to other lanes to help push towers if needed
Don't depend on your jungler for the damage buff, as you can clear it yourself at this point
Group up late game to push phoenixes or the enemy Titan
Ward near allied phoenixes that have been defeated
Keep a safe distance from the frontlines, or you'll die easily

End

If this guide is outdated or incorrect, please inform me. Criticism is welcome.

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(143) |

Im fairly sure for example Build #2 You overcap with Thoth's passive included.

(17) |

True, however it only does so by 5

(143) |

It's more than 5, you're forgetting Obs Shard. If this was any other mage than Thoth then I wouldn't see a problem with divine + deso + pen boots + obs shard, but, it is Thoth.

Like I don't see the issue, swap deso for tahuti and then sell boots for speed pot and deso.

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(81) |

Isn't Thoth's passive flat pen? Shard is percentage pen, not flat.

(143) |

Yes, but overcapping flat pen by 5 and then letting Obs Shard get wasted further on squishies isn't ideal, and the flat pen at this point will be overkill.

(81) |

Makes sense seeing as how inherent magical protections tend to cap out at 48.

(143) |

Yep, and flat pen reduces effectiveness of Obs Shard as well. Edit: I was wrong about this but my other points are still relevant.

(143) |

Tlaloc no response?

(17) |

Sorry, I didn't see this.

I agree. Will make changes immediately.

(13) |

Since his cooldowns are small (Execpt for ), I think you could also list a no Thoth and no Chronos' build.

Start: , , potions.
Build: , , , , , , sell boots for or another CDR item if you need it.

(143) |

Im not sure about that build, needs some tweaks.

, , , , , is better. Can sell boots for .

Also the build has 30% CDR until you sell boots/blessing (or get magical power pot), so im not sure what you meant by "small cooldowns".

If it was up to me I wouldn't even list since the last change to his 3 but I have seen others build it, so it's fine I guess.

(13) |

I still advocate against outside of Thoth builds unless extremely necessary.

helps with burst.

wrote:

Also the build has 30% CDR until you sell boots/blessing (or get magical power pot), so im not sure what you meant by "small cooldowns".

I mean that 's cooldowns are low on their own, not due to the build. So you can skip and go straight into Deso+Focus.

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(17) |

It does have lot of magical power and mana. His 1 also deals 9.625% of a target's health as a passive against enemy gods above 2750 HP, cause it fires thrice.

(13) |

Don't forget that Reaver's passive deals less damage on subsequent hits.

(143) |

I don't think it procs for each hit of his 1 but I might be wrong. If im right, the cooldown for the subsequent hits is 3 seconds which is irrelevant. If im wrong, it's still proccing 3 times for one usage of his 1. So either way, is still good on Thoth.

(13) |

Just tested, it only procs for the first hit.

(143) |

Im fairly sure the proc is only once for his 1 but im not 100% sure.

(143) |

wrote:

I still advocate against outside of Thoth builds unless extremely necessary.

I mean, still works fantastic on him for me: https://smite.guru/match/933829880 , as well as for others: https://smiteprobuilds.com/Builds?p_filters_page=1&p_filters_search=&p_filters_god=2203&p_filters_pro=~&p_filters_opponent=~&p_filters_role=~&p_filters_league=~&p_filters_sort=~

And if we look at the item's stats, it's 2750 gold for 130 power, 300 mana (more than bancrofts mana), and a passive that has a scaling percentage health magical damage component, that increases over 2000 health, and the cooldown that reduces the effect is only 3 seconds, which is fine for Thoth's kit. I really do think you are underrating this item, not to mention this season with the prevalence of Thebes and Blackthorn you are bound to get more higher health tanks in your games.

wrote:

Soul Gem helps with Final Judgement burst.

I mean that Thoth's cooldowns are low on their own, not due to the build. So you can skip Chronos' Pendant and go straight into Deso+Focus.

I know, thats why I gave the example build:

wrote:

Shoes of Focus, Spear of Desolation, Divine Ruin, Soul Reaver, Obsidian Shard, Soul Gem is better. Can sell boots for Rod of Tahuti.

I just prefer for the cdr rush early game, plus it leaves the build more open for damage without having to focus on CDR Boots, Deso or Soul Gem (which you can build on Thoth, but I find it meh since the nerf to his 3). And if you don't have to get divine on Thoth, then you can get Deso + Chronos' + power pot gives the max CDR + Chronos' passive.

(72) |

Seems solid to me +1
Now I can finally play with my Geek Beak

(143) |

You haven't mentioned Rod of Tahuti in your notes, and if you did mean to, I recommend mentioning somewhere it has good synergy with Shaman's Ring. I don't recommend getting Tahuti or Shaman's in a book based build though for Thoth.

(17) |

@Kriega Why does it have good synergy? Genuinely unsure

(143) |

Because increase the extra damage from evolved passive. (under 50% health). I've tested it on an ability based Chronos in jungle practice and with Section III active I can use 3+1 on level 20 Neith/Thor/Ra bots and they get one-shot by it. Of course, this wasn't factoring in protection auras.

Also I think amplifies the damage from as well but im not 100% sure on that, nor am I sure that it is as effective.

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(17) |

Ah okay. Thanks to you and gulf for explaining.

(81) |

An evolved causes an enemy to be debuffed when you hit them with an ability, causing your other abilities and attacks to do more damage. Add in 's passive of additional magical power against low health opponents and you can quickly annihilate them.

(400) |

Oh I didn't know you'd done this. =P

Looks good overall, and items seem to be covered well.

As an FYI, you can try a different embedding for ability videos...previously I did some of it using Giphy (uploading a video and coding it as an image), but I was never really happy with the quality of the gifs. And I find YouTube videos for 5-10 second videos to be clunky.

Talked last night with Psi, and he pointed me to a different gif-making site (https://gfycat.com/upload) and with a bit of a roundabout process and different code (webm), got a much better quality that I'm very pleased with overall. If you want to see how I've used them and the quality, check out my Medusa or Freya guide. We could do this with Nox too.

(17) |

wrote:

As an FYI, you can try a different embedding for ability videos...previously I did some of it using Giphy (uploading a video and coding it as an image), but I was never really happy with the quality of the gifs. And I find YouTube videos for 5-10 second videos to be clunky.

Hmm... Is the code complicated/difficult?

(81) |

You have listed twice in your notes. I'm pretty sure you meant to mention first.

(81) |

I'd like to see an explanation of why you picked your items, Tlaloc. Other than that, take my +1. Take it! Take it all!

*Ahem*

Sorry. :)

(17) |

Okay >:(

Updated.

(81) |

I can remove my upvote if that'd make you feel better. :P

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(17) |

Do you want to d i e ?

(81) |

You ain't got the balls, son. :P

(17) |

Kriega does >:)

(81) |

(143) |

"Keep a safe distance from the frontlines, or you'll die easily" - not just frontline, but any assassins (e.g. who I would consider against if they're a good player, and depending on team coordination), who could blink in on you and demolish you, even if you dash away (also stun to root made him weaker to assassins).

Also I don't know if this counts as a combo, but you can 3 and ult from behind a wall or something from far range that people wouldn't know what hit them.

"One more thing: If you're trying to be stealthy, his incessant screeching will typically give you away." - I can't remember which skin it is, could be "Geek Beak" or whatever it's called, but I think it has the quietest ult casting sound. Also you can bait out relics with his ult, but since they added the mana cancel cost you want to be a bit conservative with this and not spam it too much.

(17) |

Will add more info, thanks.

wrote:

I can't remember which skin it is, could be "Geek Beak"

Hmm, interesting. I never thought about that.

(143) |

Add Rod of Tahuti, Mantle, Dynasty, Celestial and Stone of Fal as situationals.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros and Cons

Abilities

Ability Combos

Playing in The Mid Lane

End

Chapter Title

Thoth, Lord of The Khemenu

Smite God: Thoth

Thoth Build

Start #1 - Stacks

Start #2 - Chronos' Pendant Rush

Situational Alternatives

Example Build #1

Example Build #2

Relics

Consumables

Thoth's Skill Order

Hieroglyphic Assault

Evade and Punish

Glyph of Pain

Final Judgement

Introduction

Pros and Cons

Abilities

Ability Combos

Playing in The Mid Lane

End

Chapter Title

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