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Unstoppable Xbal

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Smite God: Xbalanque

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Build Summary

Notes At level 20 you can evolve bluestone into either but I prefer bluestone brooch.this build is early game ability focus. Level 2 & 3 as much as possible. Use poison darts(2) then push with rising jaguar(3). Play defensive early game until you get qin sai’s. Level branching bola next, ult last. Have fun. Check notes on extended build. Please vote.

Griffonwing Earrings

The Crusher

Heartseeker

Qin's Sais

Titan's Bane

Envenomed Deathbringer

Xbalanque's Skill Order Notes At level 20 you can evolve bluestone into either but I prefer bluestone brooch.this build is early game ability focus. Level 2 & 3 as much as possible. Use poison darts(2) then push with rising jaguar(3). Play defensive early game until you get qin sai’s. Level branching bola next, ult last. Have fun.

Notes

At level 20 you can evolve bluestone into either but I prefer bluestone brooch.this build is early game ability focus. Level 2 & 3 as much as possible. Use poison darts(2) then push with rising jaguar(3). Play defensive early game until you get qin sai’s. Level branching bola next, ult last. Have fun.

Branching Bola

1 X

11 12 13 15 16

Poison Darts

2 A

1 4 6 8 10

Rising Jaguar

3 B

2 3 5 7 9

Darkest of Nights

4 Y

14 17 18 19 20

11 12 13 15 16

Branching Bola

1 X

When Xbalanque toggles on this ability, his Basic Attacks deal additional damage. When the bola hits, it splits into 2 that hit enemies up to 30 units behind the target for 37.5% damage (on-hit effects do not apply). Pressing the ability again cancels the toggle.

Ability Type: Buff
Damage: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50
Cost: 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 per shot
Cooldown: .5s

1 4 6 8 10

Poison Darts

2 A

Xbalanque shoots 15 darts in a cone in front of him, dealing damage with each one. An enemy can be hit by 7 darts, with the other 4 doing 30% damage. Enemies hit are poisoned, taking additional damage every .5s and are Slowed.

Ability Type: Cone
Damage Per Dart: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Poison Damage: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+15% of your Physical Power)
Poison Slow: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%
Poison Duration: 3s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14s

2 3 5 7 9

Rising Jaguar

3 B

Xbalanque rushes forward and then jumps into the air. While in the air, he fires darts at all nearby enemies, dealing damage to all in the area. Any enemies that were poisoned by Xbalanque take additional damage.

Ability Type: Dash
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Additional Poisoned Damage: 40%
Damage (Max): 104 / 169 / 234 / 299 / 364 (+39% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 30
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 16s

14 17 18 19 20

Darkest of Nights

4 Y

Xbalanque shrouds enemies in darkness for 3s. During this time, Xbalanque's Basic Attack range, Attack Speed and Movement Speed are increased.

Ability Type: Area
Attack Speed: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%
Movement Speed: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%
Basic Attack Range Increase: 40
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Xbalanque Threats

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Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Xbalanque Synergies

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Ideal

Strong

Low

None

Extended Build

Notes You can replace qin sai and titans bane with any combination of these to boost attack speed and crit a bit more often. This will often result in higher damage but keep in mind crits are easy to build against.

Demon Blade

Atalanta's Bow

Shadowsteel Shuriken

At level 20 you can evolve bluestone into either but I prefer bluestone brooch.this build is early game ability focus. Level 2 & 3 as much as possible. Use poison darts(2) then push with rising jaguar(3). Play defensive early game until you get qin sai’s. Level branching bola next, ult last. Check extended build notes, top right corner. Running those 3 items focus on attack speed/crit at a cost. Have fun. Please vote

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Fairly new to the game. Feedback and criticism are appreciated.

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Hi Jakk,

Alright, let's see. Here's some general feedback. Since you're newer, I'll try to explain things a bit more in depth.

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is a pretty standard ADC. Typically this means you mainly focus on items that improve his basic attacks. That said, he does have good damaging abilities, and in some situations (e.g. non-conquest modes) you could have fun with building him hybrid (semi-focus on abilities).

I'm not sure if you mean for this to be used in a specific modes, all modes, etc. I would say I wouldn't recommend this for Conquest, nor would I recommend it for any other mode in its current iteration (Bluestone, Crusher, HS, Qin's, TB, Envenomed DB). I'll break it down a bit so you understand the points I'm trying to make.

Before we go into items, I will talk about skill leveling. Especially in Conquest, you would start at level 1 with Branching Bola for the assistance it provides in clearing the minion wave. That said, in a teamfight, it also provides some added damage function (not so much for the bonus damage, but for the chain against grouped up enemies). No matter the mode, it shouldn't be delayed until level 11. (I can see issues w/ why you would delay it in your build, so we'll get into the main item that really helps it in a bit)
you're leveling Rising Jaguar and maxing it at level 9. This isn't suggested either...sometimes you're not using it (shortly after Poison Darts to get the bonus damage) for the damage. You should always keep it in your back pocket for potential escape purposes unless you know you're otherwise safe and you're going to get the better of whichever enemy you're fighting. Your primary leveling should prioritize the 2, then then 3, then the 1, then the ult, OR 2-1-3-ult.
Don't delay the first level in ANY god's ult as you're suggesting. ALWAYS get any god's ult starting at level 5. Depending on the god, you can delay the rest of the points until the end (like you would w/ Xbal).
Alright, to the build. As a starter, situationally, Bluestone Pendant could be okay in a hybrid build, but again, typically I wouldn't suggest a hybrid build. In most cases, I would suggest either Leather Cowl (in combo w/ Transcendence since Cowl provides some helpful early lifesteal) or Death's Toll (with either Trans or Devourer's Gauntlet...DT helps provide at least some mana sustain).
The Crusher can be okay, especially in a hybrid build (or when it's just a stronger item in the meta). It has stats and functions that can benefit both basic attacks and abilities. Here, in your build that doesn't have good focus on either, I wouldn't suggest.
Heartseeker is an ability-based item. You have no CDR in the build, which would help it be more of an ability build. It's also fairly expensive with a function that ends up being a bit better later in a build, due to the passive's damage bonus that works off an enemy's max HP.
Qin's Sais is a basic attack-based item. It is the basic attack equivalent to HS as the passive bonus damage works off an enemy's max HP. That said, the bonus damage triggers on basic attacks...and so it does much, much better if you can hit them more often. Xbal has no attack speed steroid in his kit, which means you have to get attack speed purely through items. You only have 1 other item in the build that adds AS (Crusher, which isn't really the best item here). You need more AS.
Titan's Bane is mainly an ability-based item, though situationally it can work for any damage build. That said, for Xbal, I would suggest Silverbranch Bow, and in many circumstances, The Executioner as well.
Envenomed Deathbringer is your only crit item. You should have at bare minimum (in most situations) 2 crit items to make crits worthwhile. 30% chance is pretty low. This is also purely a basic attack item. You see here? You've got 3 items that are typically for ability builds, and 2 items for basic attackers, with one item that's generally hybrid (when you want both basic attack and ability function). This reduces your overall effectiveness.

Here are a couple of builds that I would recommend.

meta ADC Qin's build

crit build

ability build

Hope this information helps. Let me know if you have other questions.

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll definitely try these out. I only focus on his abilities early game with my current build. The 2/3 combo procs crusher, heart seeker and bluestone for some nice early game damage. It’s helpful in turning early game team fights in my favor. Late game I use the combo to initiate but most of the damage comes from autos at that point. I mainly use branching bolas for clear. I will definitely check these out and update though! Thanks.

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Yes, definitely. Are you playing Conquest or other modes?

If Conquest, try building into first with either Cowl or DT. If you get at level 1 and keep it on, the low mana usage means you should be able to basically always keep it on for wave clear.

I tend to stick to joust, occasionally arena. I’ve tried conquest it just seems like much more of a slow grind to me. I don’t have the patience for it. Also I struggle with positioning and knowing when to get into a different lane to give support. I did try a few different things you suggested earlier and I gotta say the crit block you put up worked very well for me. Thanks. I may give conquests another go.

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Awesome, that definitely helps to know. If you're picking XBal in Joust, then at least I know laning is still important (less so than Conq but more so than Arena) and that you should be able to get stacks pretty easily. I would stick to my suggestion to try Trans early, and also to advise to put 1 point into each skill to start. Then you can prioritize the 2, then either the 1 or 3 as preferred. Once Trans is stacked, you still will want to watch mana consumption a bit as you get Bolas toward max level as they will start drawing more and more mana from your pool.

That said, if you like the ability-based thing, it can work okay in Joust, though I would probably go hybrid (part ability / part basic attack) at most. In that case, you might try Cowl/DT -> Trans -> WD -> Shadow -> Silver -> [[

Conquest is definitely more of a grind, but as you start understanding the technical side more and more, the slower pace and laning phase may become something you appreciate.

Positioning and knowing where to be / when to rotate is definitely a thing people struggle with, especially when new to MOBAs or to SMITE in particular. Newer people struggle more but even more seasoned people can still find it difficult. It's tough because for positioning, you want to be able to provide pressure and contribute in fights, but not over-expose yourself to the point where you're caught out and can get ganked. If you're focusing on that aspect of gameplay, it'll come to you, just takes practice.

On Conquest ADC, if you'd like to watch some gameplay to get a bit of a feel for laning and general gameplay, I might suggest watching some pros...try BaRRaCCuDDa, Zapman or PandaCat on Twitch or YouTube. Keep in mind their games will likely be quite a bit different than what would happen in your games, so just use them as references and pay attention not just to them but what's going on around them as well.

Definitely. If you want to PM me on here I’ll give you my GT we can run some games together. I could stand to learn quite a bit

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Table of Contents

Unstoppable Xbal

Smite God: Xbalanque

Build Summary

Branching Bola

Poison Darts

Rising Jaguar

Darkest of Nights

Xbalanque Threats

Achilles | Major

Atlas | Major

Ares | Maximum

Jormungandr | Minor

Xbalanque Synergies

Ares | Strong

Bacchus | Strong

Amaterasu | OK

Extended Build

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Smite God: Xbalanque

Build Summary

Notes

Notes

Branching Bola

Poison Darts

Rising Jaguar

Darkest of Nights

Branching Bola

Poison Darts

Rising Jaguar

Darkest of Nights

Xbalanque Threats

Achilles | Major

Atlas | Major

Ares | Maximum

Jormungandr | Minor

Xbalanque Synergies

Ares | Strong

Bacchus | Strong

Amaterasu | OK

Extended Build

Notes

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