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Wave of Death He bo

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by wetcoolguy101 updated March 18, 2015

Smite God: He Bo

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He Bo Build

Starting

Build Item Vampiric Shroud Vampiric Shroud
Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Enchanted Trinket Enchanted Trinket

Situational

Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver

Main Build

Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver

Actives

Build Item Aegis Pendant Aegis Pendant
Build Item Greater Purification Greater Purification

Protections if needed

Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe

He Bo's Skill Order

Water Cannon

1 X Y
Water Cannon
1 3 7 8 10

Atlas of the Yellow River

2 A B
Atlas of the Yellow River
6 15 16 18 19

Waterspout

3 B A
Waterspout
2 4 11 12 14

Crushing Wave

4 Y X
Crushing Wave
5 9 13 17 20
Water Cannon
1 3 7 8 10

Water Cannon

1 X
He Bo fires a short burst of water from his sleeves, damaging all enemies in front of him. Lane Minions and Jungle Camps take an extra 20% damage.

Ability Type: Cone, Damage
Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+80% of your Magical Power)
Range: 35
Cost: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80
Cooldown: 4s
Atlas of the Yellow River
6 15 16 18 19

Atlas of the Yellow River

2 A
He Bo unfurls his scroll in a line, releasing the flood waters. Allies on the water are immune to slows and move faster, while enemies are slowed.

Ability Type: Line, Buff
Slow Debuff: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Speed Buff: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Lifetime: 7s
Range: 80
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s
Waterspout
2 4 11 12 14

Waterspout

3 B
He Bo calls forth a geyser, causing it to burst out with tremendous force at his target location, damaging enemies while knocking them into the air.

Ability Type: Circle, Knockup, Damage
Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Range/Radius: 55/10
Cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85
Cooldown: 10s
Crushing Wave
5 9 13 17 20

Crushing Wave

4 Y
He Bo transforms into a wave and crashes forward, damaging all enemies in his path.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 370 / 450 / 530 / 610 / 690 (+115% of your Magical Power)
Range: 55
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

The power of He Bro can never be mistaken

Unleashing the power of He Bo


If there was any word to describe the most OP god on smite it would be for He Bo God of the yellow river. He Bo waves into smite as a strong Ranged Mage. Never underestimate He Bo in lane, in my opinion hes the most op mage.
He Bo requires skill, precision, and good positioning to be incredibly effective.
He bro truly is Hebroic (get it?) :D

Pros/Cons

Pros
immortal spirit
INSANE BURST
Good mobility with his 2
High ranged damage with his 3
Good team fighter
Looks so cool
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Drawbacks

Quite low sustain
His spam skill 1 needs to be close range
Mana Hungry
Ability Reliant
In Short
The power of He Bro is insane
expansion

Items

Actives

Greater Sprint


Greater Sprint is a great Active for He Bo as it can aid him in escaping hunters, assassins and even other mages with dash's, or rushing to the Fire giant to steal it.

Aegis Pendant

Aegis Pendant is a must have active for He Bo especially when you are laning up against a Poseidon antoher He Bo and many other mages as well as warriors for when in solo.

Greater Purification

This is another great active for He Bo as it is great in removing hard crowd control effects, I will almost always get this item as most Gods have some form of crowd control.

Items

Boots

Every god at least needs boots as for He Bo, Shoes of the Magi are needed when in solo for warriors tend to pick solo lane and commonly get protection items and that +15 penetration really helps therefore in mid I go with Shoes of Focus for their cooldown reduction.

Bancroft's talon

Bancroft's Talon is a great Item for He Bo for its passive grants you 1% additional magical power per 1% of your missing health. This item can really help He Bo in tough situations or at low health, it is also a great starter life steal item.

Book of Thoth

Now this is where He Bo gets better with his mana problem, I like to rush this first in mid lane for it helps me with damage on lane clear and running out of mana and not being able to clear the lane, I would recommend rushing this item in mid lane.

Warlock's Sash

Warlock's Sash
Warlock's sash is another great stacking item for He Bo for it grants health per stack and magical power, I would recommend only getting this in mid for mana is not needed because you get blue buff and the solo build is better.

Soul Reaver

Soul Reaver Helps He Bo with his damage majorly for its passive deals 15% of the targets health with one of your abilities, this can help take out enemies much easier and get you to do insane damage.

Rod of Tahuti

This is the strongest item in the game for magical gods, this will increase He Bo's damage by 25%. This is where He Bo gets his main damage from.

Void Stone

Void Stone is an optional item for He Bo as it can help in mid for it grants protections and damage, but not recommended in the solo lane.

Obsidian Shard

This is another optional item for He Bo, since Void Stone reduces protections, Obsidian Shard will be more efficient.

Skills

Steady Flow (Passive)



This passive allows He Bo to get a lot of added damage early game for his spam ability Water Cannon can let this stack increasing power by 5% for each stack. Use this passive to your advantage.

Water Cannon



This is He Bo's Bread and butter spam ability, this an amazing ability for it has only a 3 second cooldown and amazing damage, therefore he has good lane clear for spamming and can take down enemies easily. Use this to harass enemies, it is guaranteed to work. This is why I max it out first.

Atlas of the yellow river



Without this ability He Bo would not be able to get away, this is a incredibly unique ability for it slows all enemies on it but increases speed of allies on it. This is a good get away for He Bo as it helps him gets the distance from assassins trying to kill him.

Waterspout



This is He Bo's long range high damage ability. It will knock enemies up in the radius in the direction they were moving. This ability is a great finisher on killing the escaping enemy. Warning there is a slight delay when He Bo uses this, causing him to stand still.

Crushing Wave



Now this is He Bo's ultimate, it does quite a bit of damage and can be easily targeted on an enemy, although it is very predictable, try make your enemies waste there Aegis amulet or items that can counter this ability.

Team Work

Team work

He Bo is a great team fighter as he can burst down enemies for other team mates to kill or assist you.
Here are some tips on teamwork
When chasing down enemies, remember He Bo's 2 Atlas of the Yellow River will also increase the Movement speed of allies so if you have a fast assassin like mercury with his Maximum Velocity that increases his ground speed, you can increase it more so he can catch up with the escaping enemy and get the kill.
Passive
Never underestimate He Bo's passive, it can help him with lane clear and early added damage, use this to your advantage, this also helps He Bo's with his spam ability Water Cannon.
Damage and abilities
Ability 3 is a Knock up, what ever way the enemy is walking they will be knocked that direction, use this to your advantage, for example knocking enemies into allies to initiate into a team fight, early game Knocking them into towers for a split second for that added damage.

Summary

Now you can crash in to Smite as the one and only He Bo.Remember never underestimate him in lane,and have fun with him :D




Want to check out my other guides?
http://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/bring-thunder-to-the-battlefield-zeus-guide-5334
http://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/tearing-it-up-as-tyr-5271

Thanks guys for looking at my guide and remember comment and leave a vote.

Note

Thanks to SubShallot for his introduction template.
A massive thanks to Jordenito for his Pros/Cons template.
And another massive thanks to BestMinionEver's template for Skills and abilities.

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wetcoolguy101 (12) | November 17, 2014 10:38am
Thanks Greenevers will Fix
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Greenevers (105) | November 16, 2014 8:01am
You seemed to have made a small error on your coding for the boots in your items section. Also, I would highly recommend you to give credit for the templates you used.
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wetcoolguy101 (12) | November 8, 2014 11:04am
Guys I am adding a Match Up section when I get round to updating it, please give me lots of support on it and tell me if I have done it right even though it is my third guide, Leave and up vote and thanks
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RythonX (1) | November 8, 2014 10:35am
Nice and Detailed and looks really appealing, I would recommend though adding more information
other then that its a great guide.
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