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Ymir's case, there are 3 I prefer on him.
Blink Rune, this is because it's just really fun on Ymir. But it also has other great effects for him. For example, Ymir doesn't have a dash to engage with (he does have other forms of engage though) so blink is really good on him because it gives him that free escape or engage. This relic has a lot of use cases on Ymir and I'd recommend going it just about every game.
Sundering Arc. This is because Ymir] is an aggressive support. He doesn't like to sit back and wait for stuff to happen. He wants to be proactive, and that's exactly what sunder allows him to do. It does this by giving him early game steal potential on enemy buffs, or steal potential late game on main objectives like the fire giant or the gold fury. Overall, this relic compliments [[Ymir's playstyle very well and I'd recommend it if you're not going Blink Rune on him.
Phantom Shell can be really good if you want to play more of the protector role in the game. It's also very good into wall orient characters like 
Odin, especially if your teammates don't have leaps to get out of Odin cage.
Since Smite 2 only allows you to have 1 relic, and you can only pick that relic for the rest of the game, it's important to understand the effects of it. In Ymir's case, there are 3 I prefer on him.
The first is Blink Rune, this is because it's just really fun on Ymir. But it also has other great effects for him. For example, Ymir doesn't have a dash to engage with (he does have other forms of engage though) so blink is really good on him because it gives him that free escape or engage. This relic has a lot of use cases on Ymir and I'd recommend going it just about every game.
If you don't want to go blink, the second relic I would recommend is Sundering Arc. This is because Ymir] is an aggressive support. He doesn't like to sit back and wait for stuff to happen. He wants to be proactive, and that's exactly what sunder allows him to do. It does this by giving him early game steal potential on enemy buffs, or steal potential late game on main objectives like the fire giant or the gold fury. Overall, this relic compliments [[Ymir's playstyle very well and I'd recommend it if you're not going Blink Rune on him.
Lastly, Phantom Shell can be really good if you want to play more of the protector role in the game. It's also very good into wall orient characters like Odin, especially if your teammates don't have leaps to get out of Odin cage.
Blink Rune
Sundering Arc
Phantom Shell
Ymir is a big 
War Flag user. He has the ability to get early pressure. War Flag is great on supports who can get early pressure because it helps them excel even more in lane, since it's giving an aura of attackspeed, movementspeed, and you're getting extra gold and sustain from it. He also doesn't have an escape (besides his wall lunge) so the extra movement speed can really help him in and out of combat. Even though 
Selflessness isn't an incorrect pickup, I much prefer War Flag on him in just about every case because of the pressure he and his laner gain from it.
Medallion will later build into 
Stampede which will be discussed in the full build portion of the build. Ymir is a big War Flag user. He has the ability to get early pressure. War Flag is great on supports who can get early pressure because it helps them excel even more in lane, since it's giving an aura of attackspeed, movementspeed, and you're getting extra gold and sustain from it. He also doesn't have an escape (besides his wall lunge) so the extra movement speed can really help him in and out of combat. Even though Selflessness isn't an incorrect pickup, I much prefer War Flag on him in just about every case because of the pressure he and his laner gain from it.
Medallion will later build into Stampede which will be discussed in the full build portion of the build.
Finally, we're gonna finish his start off with some health pots, to help sustain in lane, and some wards that we can use to gain sight on anyone coming to gank us. They'll be a section below on where to place the wards.
War Flag
Medallion
Health Potion
Vision Ward
Ymir. I'll have another section for items you can replace if you'd like, but this would be my main general build for him. It's important to note that each game is different, and thus will require building different items. But this is a good place to get you started.
War Banner is just our upgrade from War Flag. Get this when you hit level 15, but it just builds from it's starter that we talked about in the "starter" section. Stampede is a great item all around, but extremely good against comps that have a lot of slows, and really good on characters that need the additional movementspeed. It's honestly a stat stick. It should be purchased in just about every support build with what it gives you right now for tankiness.
Talisman Of Purification I believe is a must in every support build. This item can be activated even while you're being CC'd. It's essentially a free beads for you and everyone around you, and it gives you cooldown. What's not to love? I would go this pretty much every game, building it no later then 3rd item.
Screeching Gargoyle gives you a ton of cooldown and magical protections. It's also an additional CC that you can have, and it's very good to help counter dive. On top of that, enemies who are silenced by this item become weaker, reducing their overall prots which means they take more damage. This is another item I have in almost every support build.
Spirit Robe is an all around great tanky item. It's very good against CC heavy comps, as it gives you more protections making you tankier when you get CC'd, and it reduces any followup CC on you with its CCR benefit. I think this item is a must have into heavy CC comps, since it has no internal cooldown and it's protections when combined with it's passive are unrivaled.
Hussar's Wings just like Stampede is a great stat stick. It's similar in that it gives slow immunity.... BUT PERMANENTLY. On top of that, the amount of protections and HP it gives is unreal. This is a great item to finish out a support build with.
Stone of Binding is great on heavy CC oriented characters like Ymir. That's because they can abuse it's passive which reduces the targets overall protections. This makes them more vulnerable, allowing them to take increased damage from all sources. It also has great tanky stats. It's an all around fantastic item for any support that can build it.
Here's gonna be our full build for Ymir. I'll have another section for items you can replace if you'd like, but this would be my main general build for him. It's important to note that each game is different, and thus will require building different items. But this is a good place to get you started.
War Banner is just our upgrade from War Flag. Get this when you hit level 15, but it just builds from it's starter that we talked about in the "starter" section.
Stampede is a great item all around, but extremely good against comps that have a lot of slows, and really good on characters that need the additional movementspeed. It's honestly a stat stick. It should be purchased in just about every support build with what it gives you right now for tankiness.
Talisman Of Purification I believe is a must in every support build. This item can be activated even while you're being CC'd. It's essentially a free beads for you and everyone around you, and it gives you cooldown. What's not to love? I would go this pretty much every game, building it no later then 3rd item.
Screeching Gargoyle gives you a ton of cooldown and magical protections. It's also an additional CC that you can have, and it's very good to help counter dive. On top of that, enemies who are silenced by this item become weaker, reducing their overall prots which means they take more damage. This is another item I have in almost every support build.
Spirit Robe is an all around great tanky item. It's very good against CC heavy comps, as it gives you more protections making you tankier when you get CC'd, and it reduces any followup CC on you with its CCR benefit. I think this item is a must have into heavy CC comps, since it has no internal cooldown and it's protections when combined with it's passive are unrivaled.
Hussar's Wings just like Stampede is a great stat stick. It's similar in that it gives slow immunity.... BUT PERMANENTLY. On top of that, the amount of protections and HP it gives is unreal. This is a great item to finish out a support build with.
Stone of Binding is great on heavy CC oriented characters like Ymir. That's because they can abuse it's passive which reduces the targets overall protections. This makes them more vulnerable, allowing them to take increased damage from all sources. It also has great tanky stats. It's an all around fantastic item for any support that can build it.
War Banner
Stampede
Talisman Of Purification
Screeching Gargoyle
Spirit Robe
Hussar's Wings
Circe's Hexstone is a pretty versatile item. It can either be used as an engage tool, an escape tool, or just as an additional CC or damage tool. Since this item gives you an additional dash, it allows you to play more aggressively without getting as punished. If you can fit it in, I highly recommend going this item. It's also very good on Ymir because he doesn't have a direct escape and this helps him to either engage or escape from a fight. The only reason it's not in the main build is because of the 3 active limit. But if you want to replace one of those actives, this would be a great item to trade in, especially against characters like Baron that have a lot of lockdown CC for Ymir.
Shogun's Ofuda is great if you have a lot of auto attack oriented allies on your team. This will provide them that extra stim that might just win you the fight.
These are gonna be some additional items that you can sub in and out of your main build if you'd like. Most of these are going to be more niche, and thus used in more specific situations.
Circe's Hexstone is a pretty versatile item. It can either be used as an engage tool, an escape tool, or just as an additional CC or damage tool. Since this item gives you an additional dash, it allows you to play more aggressively without getting as punished. If you can fit it in, I highly recommend going this item. It's also very good on Ymir because he doesn't have a direct escape and this helps him to either engage or escape from a fight. The only reason it's not in the main build is because of the 3 active limit. But if you want to replace one of those actives, this would be a great item to trade in, especially against characters like Baron that have a lot of lockdown CC for Ymir.
Shogun's Ofuda is great if you have a lot of auto attack oriented allies on your team. This will provide them that extra stim that might just win you the fight.
Circe's Hexstone
Shogun's Ofuda
Glacial Strike first. This will give him the most fight potential in terms of damage. The ability level up shown is what I believe to be the best given you want to truly support and setup for your teammates.
Note: If you want to go for a more damage oriented start, I suggest maxing out Glacial Strike first. This will give him the most fight potential in terms of damage. The ability level up shown is what I believe to be the best given you want to truly support and setup for your teammates.
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Hey there, I go by Dashboarrd and I'm a Grandmaster Support Conquest player. I've competed in the SCC (Smite Challenger Circuit) and I have won SOC (Smite Open Circuit). I have also won plenty of gem tourneys during the weekends, such as Iced and Vulpis. I also hit Masters in Smite 2 and I competed in the Vegas tournament, making playoffs. I have put in many hours into Smite and in particular Ymir. I hope this guide can give you some new direction with Ymir if you're struggling with him, or just improve your overall Ymir gameplay.
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