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Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Magic Shoes
Heavenly Wings
Vampiric Shroud
Soul Stone
Shoes of the Magi
Chronos' Pendant
Spear of the Magus
Soul Reaver
Ethereal Staff
Pythagorem's Piece
Gem of Isolation
Rod of Asclepius
Rod of Tahuti
Bancroft's Talon
Magi's Cloak
Divine Ruin
Book of Thoth
Warlock's Staff
Shoes of the Magi
Chronos' Pendant
Spear of the Magus
Soul Reaver
Rod of Tahuti
Bancroft's Talon
Shoes of Focus
Book of Thoth
Chronos' Pendant
Spear of the Magus
Rod of Tahuti
Bancroft's Talon
Greater Sprint
Greater Purification
Aegis Pendant
Enfeebling Curse
Weakening Curse
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It's here, my second SMITE guide! This time, it's on my favorite feathered female, 
Eset Goddess of Magic!
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-Isis functions as both a damage and support mage, and fulfills a lot of roles on the battlefield. -Her utility, especially in team fights, is unparalleled. Despite this, she has no true escape ability and can easily become trapped if you aren't careful. - Eset is the goddess you want if you're looking to give your team exceptional support, CC the living **** out of your enemies, and dish out some rad damage and even a little healing. |
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PROS Abilities have numerous uses and utility effects Phenomenal passive for team supporting Ultimate has a huge radius and can heal as well as reduce damage Lots of crowd control All area abilities |
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Lacks a true escape ability Passive stacks are lost on death Increased protections/damage reduction effects don't last very long Requires a lot of timing |
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Flock Together:  Funeral Rites is a support-oriented passive that grants you additional health/mana regen that is shared among nearby allies. Stacks are gained by being close enough whenever either an ally or an enemy god dies. You lose them if you die
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Flier-Power!: Wing Gust is your main damaging ability as well as your only semblance of an escape, since not only does it grant you 25% movement speed and four powerful magic bursts, but you get zero backpedal penalty and immunity to roots and knockbacks. Generally, you want to max this one out first
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Wing Stop:
Spirit Ball is your long-range area stun that comes in the form of a giant, glowing 10ft ball of hurt. It increases in damage and stun duration the further it travels, and you can detonate it at any point. In terms of leveling, max this second.
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Eggs-spelliarmus!: Yikes, that was a bad one (bird puns can be tough, okay?).
Dispel Magic is one of the more underrated abilities in Isis' bag of tricks. It may seem like just your average area silence, but it's so much more than that:- Enemies hit by it are slowed for a whopping -35% movement speed - They also get an up to -30% magical protection debuff - All the while, allies in range of Funeral Rites gain the stolen protections
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Boom-Chick-A-Wow:
 Circle Of Protection: Your ult. Your heal. Your friend. Your ultimate has a mother of an AOE, acting as both a temporary damage reduction zone and a ticking time bomb that hurts AND heals, increasing in power as damage is soaked up in the radius. Pop it at any time, then sit back and watch the fireworks. Max this ability whenever possible.
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Click to View Wing Gust first since it's your escape and waveclear, then go for Spirit Ball for the damage+stun and get Dispel Magic 3rd for added CC. I'll put another point in Wing Gust at level 4 for more waveclear. After you get your ultimate, Circle Of Protection, at level 5, you can prioritize your ult, Wing Gust, Spirit Ball, and lastly your Dispel Magic in that order for leveling.
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Tyr and the like), I'll put in an extra point or two in Spirit Ball and Dispel Magic, but only after putting in my fourth point in Wing Gust at level 7. I say this because that's when you can instantly clear waves with a single Wing Gust.|
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Shoes of the magi have become the focus of my latest build, since season 3 has made an effort to put less emphasis on CDR for mages and I often find myself needing that little extra boost in power and pen during the late game.
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Shoes of Focus have become more situational. I tend to pick this only when the enemy has a lot of CC-reliant gods like Ymir or Athena
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For me, stacking cooldown reduction early game is imperative. Chronos' Pendant grants decent magical power as well as nearly halves your cooldowns when paired with
Shoes of Focus. This means no more of those disgusting 10-18 second cooldowns on your abilities. This is usually my second item. |
Soul Reaver is excellent on Isis because her kit contains heavy-hitting spells that are hard to miss with due to their large areas. Try and sync your Reaver's passive with your
Spirit Ball or Circle Of Protection for maximum effect. Wing Gust doesn't work so well because it only activates on the first gust that hits.
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Using your spells should always be part of your escape tactic, so if you're low on hp and on the run, Bancroft's added magical power should give you the boost you need to make the enemy think twice. In addition, it works beautifully with your ultimate, allowing you to increase the damage of your ult the more health you lose, which simultaneously charges it up. Works best if the enemy has a lot of melee.
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Rod of Tahuti packs a lot of power and is the default damage-dealing accessory for any mage. The additional mana regen has a lot of synergy with
Funeral Rites, making it particularly effective with Isis. I suggest getting this late game (5-6th item) since it's passive combos with all of the other mp items you've been stacking throughout the match.
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Spear, when used with Wing Gust will melt through half of the base protections on ADCs and enemy mages, allowing you and your team to combo, sweep, and profit. |
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Ethereal staff grants you excellent sustain and even a good bit of added magical power. If you find yourself getting fed on early game, go ahead and grab Ethereal to make yourself a little less gank-able.
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Gem of Isolation helps with both survival and teamfighting. With the health and mana boost as well as the added slowing effect, enemies will have a difficult time not only finishing you off, but escaping from your wrath.
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Adding lifesteal to your increased regen aura significantly ups your support potential, especially if you're in a game mode where you're constantly grouped up with teammates, such as in Assault or Arena. Because of the CDR cap, you'd ideally want to pair this with
Chronos' Pendant and Shoes of the Magi instead of Focus.
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If you want to go full support, Rod of Asclepius usually seals the deal for me. You get increased movement speed, allowing you to more easily control the battlefield. You also get an additional regen boost that you share with allies, stacking perfectly with your passive.
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Get Magi's Blessing for taking on aggressive teams packing a lot of CC. If you're facing an Athena, Ymir or anyone else with particularly nasty crowd control (that they just love using on you), you'd want to invest in one of these early on.
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Warlock's sash is great for Conquest and Siege, since it's a long-term stacking item and will compliment your strong waveclear and early game. I would recommend this to player's who aren't extremely familiar with Isis' ability kit. However, if you feel comfortable with it, I'd much rather use
Book of Thoth and I'll explain below why.
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When playing conquest or siege, I like to rush Book of Thoth ASAP, even before getting boots. This ensures that you can immediately start stacking as you lane, permanently boosting your mana and mp with every wave you clear. I prefer this over warlock's sash simply because Isis' lifeblood are her abilities, and being able to cast them for much longer and for a lot more damage completely sells it for me. |
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You'll want to get Divine Ruin as your 3rd or 4th item when facing teams with heavy healing. In most situations when the enemy team only has one healer, you can put off getting Divine until you see them actually stacking healing items
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Sprint is an all-around excellent relic to add to Isis' arsenal. As stated earlier, your abilities are your life, and your life helps your team's life, savvy? So why not add an extra escape manuever? How about a chase active? Or even a faster way to get into battle just in the nick of time? Greater Sprint does it all. |
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Curse is great since it perfectly sets up the initiate for your combos, allowing you and your team to quickly trap the enemies, stack your ults, then keep 'em reigned in until you sweep the board.
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There will often be matches where you can't help but be feed, either because of poor team coverage or the other team is focusing you. Keep your passive stacks up and avoid nukes with Sancutary. Even though the cooldown sucks, the ability to move while invulnerable will be key since you don't have a dash or jump escape. |
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Since Isis has no hard CC immunity in her kit that can prevent things like Ares'
 No Escape or Hades'  Pillar of Agony, Purification Bests is a must-have in those matches.
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Wing Gust, then harass and poke the enemy gods with Spirit Ball as much as needed. Play carefully, as you should know full well how squishy you are this early in the game.
In arena, the mana buff will usually go to you, unless that  Kukulkan really wants it...This means you are likely the first god to get their ult on your team. This is important in case the enemy initiator goes for an early-game dive; you'll be ready and waiting with your Circle Of Protection.For ideal positioning, you want to stick to these spots in the arena. They'll allow you to control minions and launch spirit balls from the side or behind pillars. |
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Funeral Rites and make that final push to victory. Circle Of Protection down, you get to decide who lives and who dies in the aftermath, even your own teammates. Yes, this might sound harsh, and ideally you want to keep everyone alive, but there comes a point when you have to make the choice of who gets healed, who gets fried, and who has to die to make that happen. I'd quote the saying about making an omelette, but I'm pretty sure you're sick of my poultry humor by now...
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Playing With
Playing with Ares is a blast because you can line your ult up snugly beneath his No Escape, leading to an easy setup and a bloody mess of anyone caught. |
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Playing Against
Playing against Ares is not as fun, but you can easily counter his ultimate by placing Circle Of Protection beneath him haflway through the ult's channeling. |
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Anubis works well with you, since you can place your ultimate under him and his targets while he channels  Death Gaze, ratcheting up your damage charge. |
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Playing Against For the very same reason mentioned above, you can counteract and protect yourself from his stationary abilities with Circle Of Protection. When he launches his ult on you, get yourself and him in the circle and watch as you trade health when you pop it. |
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You two can make a great pair, as Arty's kit of roots, stuns and slows will give you the perfect opportunities to lay on the CC, allowing for quick cleanup on the hunter's part. |
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You can fly over her root traps with Wing Gust, and she can be easily trapped with your CC's since her only escape is her ultimate. Make sure you get out of the way when she uses it, though! |
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Chang'e is one of your best gal pals: she can stun, heal, and deal lots of sustained damage, as well as escape almost any situation unscathed. Trade off CC's and cover her back and she'll definitely return the favor. |
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Playing Against
Chang'e is hard to hit with Spirit Ball because of her evasive  Moonlit Waltz, so make sure you silence her with Dispel Magic before you try to pull off anything. |
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Set up easy Loki kills with Spirit Ball, using Dispel Magic to prevent enemies from escaping while he finishes the job. |
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Don't let him feed on you. When he disappears, get ready to silence the area behind you. If your silence is down, Wing Gust the area, and if you know he's gunning for you with his ult, whip out your Circle and use Aegis Pendant to prevent outright pwnage. |
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Watch for when  Ratatoskr dives, as he'll need your help covering his escape. Even though he has plenty of evasive maneuvers, a single CC on him could mean the end of his squirrely antics, so be ready to stun and silence his pursuers. If he's good, you can bet the enemies are pissed |
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I absolutely hate Ratatoskr. He's nearly impossible to hit with Spirit Ball, and trying to catch him with Dispel Magic is futile (but not impossible). Cripple him with Enfeebling Curse then Wing Gust him as you dodge his annoying acorns. |
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Oh look, your ultimate fits perfectly in his  Ring of Spears. |
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Oh look, your ultimate fits perfectly in his Ring of Spears. |
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Time your Spirit Balls to hit enemies right as his  Frost Breath stun wears off to maximize the stun duration. Overlap your Circle Of Protection near wherever enemies are running to get out of his  Shards of Ice, then wait for his ult to explode before you detonate your own. |
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I guarantee you Ymir will pick on you 9 games out of 10. He knows he can blink and take out half your health with his 3 and 2, and the slow from  Glacial Strike will completely negate Wing Gust. I'd suggest investing in magi's blessing, then proceeding with caution. |
First off, I'd like to thank Joe AKA Buddhafisted for the excellent guide suggestions and itemization tips.
Next, I want to thank my girlfriend Stephanie for all the support she's given me, and for the patience to deal with my obsession with making this silly guide.
Finally, I want to thank Jordenito once again for having such an amazing BB code guide, which I constantly referred to while gussying this baby up. Shout out to Piederman and Sanguis as well for providing excellent examples and templates. Also, I'd like to credit Shlickcunny from Deviantart for providing the inspiration for my Intro banner. Check out the rest of her neat Smite artwork, it looks pretty sick.
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I'm so glad to hear I helped out someone, especially a newer player! It's part of the reason why I make these guides and I am definitely planning on doing some more guides, especially now that I'll be done with school soon. Thanks for commenting!
Duly noted! Thank you for the feedback!
Thank you so much, your support means a lot! I am definitely hoping to make more future guides once I expand my mastery with other gods
Wow...this is a great guide. Beautiful coding, practically error-free (spelling/grammar), and the way you word things reminds me of, well, me. Great sense of humor throughout. Awesome job. I have to try her out in Arena. +1
Thank you so much for the comment and upvote, it really means a lot! :)
Because it DOES true damage.
It is just not written in the description, which is misleading.
But if you look at the death recap after you've been destroyed by this proc, you will see it's true damage.
Therefore,
I don't know why, I was sure
In the description, it only says additional damage, so we can assume it's magical damage.
Therefore, yes, most likely your first ability will trigger
Other than that, it doesn't matter is the proc is from a
Maybe it is just fun to see big chunk of health removed in one spell, and making the enemy think
"Omg, all that damage from one spell, she hurts so much, I'm in trouble"
I realize the combo I am almost always doing is not even mentioned.
The idea is to reduce enemy armor before attacking, and the slow ensure the
Maybe it's the best way to play her, what do you think about this combo ?
Logically, this combo makes a lot of sense, and I agree that I find myself using it quite a lot as well. For dueling, zoning and chases this works great. Not too sure about initiates, though. I've found in my experience that the shorter range of
That being said, the fact that we use it so often with more or less success means it certainly is worth mentioning in the guide and I'll work on that ASAP.
Thank you for the feedback!