Everything You Need to Know to Play Susano

Welcome to The Ultimate Susano Guide

And if you are doing poorly at all stages of the game don't worry, this guide is going to touch on early game stuff as well.

Pros
+High Mobility
+High AoE Busrt
+Strong CC and Lockdown
+Strong Early Gamne
+Great Boxing Potential
+Amazing Teamfight Presence

Cons
-Destroyed by Cripple & Silence
-Easy to Read
-Falls off Late Game

For every ability that Susano has on cooldown he gains 4% movement speed up to a maximum of 16%. This isn't a passive you're going to have to pay attention to or think about but it's a little something extra that helps with Susano's mobility.





This is Susano's main ability and the one you're going to be maxing first no matter how you play him. This ability does anywhere from 55-195 base damage per hit with 80% scaling, meaning that if you hit both ticks of damage you'll be dealing 110-390 damage with an additional 180% of your base physical power tacked on. This ability is the sole reason you want to be getting damage and penetration on Susano and is at the forefront of all of his combos.





This is incredibly useful in setting up combos and assuring you can hit multiple enemies with your Storm Katas. Sadly leveling this provides no benefit other than a minuscule damage increase and a slightly lower mana cost so you'll be maxing this one last, but learning it at a fairly early level. Early game this ability can be devastating if used in lane to pull an enemy into a group of aggressive minions, and if that enemy doesn't have a way to escape it's almost a guaranteed first blood extremely early in the game when used correctly. This ability should only ever be used for the pull as the damage it deals is negligable.





This ability can be used as a gap closer or for some extra damage but it's main use in my eyes is to chase down highly mobile targets. If you hit an enemy with this raincloud it will follow them no matter what. They can go through a janus portal, they can jump, they can dash, they can even teleport and the raincloud will follow them. Landing this ability means you can beat down whatever enemy it lands on for a full 3 seconds before they are able to escape you. Most of the time if the enemy knows what this ability will do they will try to avoid using their gap closer until the raincloud dissipates so against these targets it can essentially act as a cripple. You'll want to start leveling this ability 2nd or 3rd depending on how much you value the extra damage on your ultimate.





A very simple ability that's going to help you set up combos for you an other members of your team as well as lock down scary targets on the enemy team. You should be looking to land this on someone who doesn't have a gap closer, purification or sanctuary at the ready but it can be used to simply burn purification on your enemies if that's your goal. A lot of the time if they do use purification you will have enough damage with tornado to kill them outright anyways.

This is 100% the correct choice in starter items if you plan on playing Susano in the jungle. While he does get a lot of extra damage from Bluestone Pendant it isn't enough to warrant giving up the extra gold and sustain that Bumba's has to offer.





The typical starting item for laning as Susano. It gives you damage, mana and an extra passive that makes you abilities hurt a lot more in the early game. Bluestone Pendant is the only reason Susano can work as a solo laner or even a mid laner.





No explanation needed here, Susano benefits a lot more from the extra power than he would with the attack speed from Ninja Tabi.





I definitely consider this to be a core item on Susano. Jotuun's Wrath works so well with all ability assassins that there is never a situation in which you don't want to buy this at some point. This should be the 2nd or 3rd item you buy depending on whether or not you decide to buy Transcendence.





A lot of people say that you shouldn't buy Transcendence on Susano but from what I've seen it can work wonders if you get an early lead. I believe this item should be picked up if you know the matchup well and know that you are going to get ahead in the early game as this item can be an excellent tool for snowballing.





Because this item gives penetration based off of a percent of your opponent's armor you should wait until a good portion of their team has gained a high amount of physical protection before buying this item. Normally I wait until it's time to sell Bumba's or Bluestone to pick up Titan's Bane but I generally always pick it up.





This is a very niche item and requires you to be efficiently communicating with your team for it to be useful. Normally you'll buy this item to fill your 5th or 6th slot if you buy it at all but you should never pick it up unless your team is very far ahead. Bloodforge lets you dive into their backline and dump your kit into the team without worrying as much because as long as your team lets you pick up a kill or two you should make it out safely. The movement speed from the passive can also assist you in chasing down targets if needed.





This item works as an amazing counter to healers as well as gods with copious amounts of self-healing or lifesteal and should definitely picked up if the enemy team has someone like Guan Yu or Sylvanus. Your abilities have very large AoE to them so you'll be able to reduce their entire team's healing in a teamfight if you use your abilities effectively. It also gives you a nice amount of extra penetration and damage.





This item can be very tempting to pick up as a 3rd or 4th item to cement your 40% cooldown early on into the match but there are very few situations where this item is actually viable. If the enemy team has a lot of physical damage and very minimal magical damage then this item is acceptable but it would still get outclassed by Void Shield. If the enemy team has the normal spread of magical and physical gods Mantle of Discord is always going to be better.





Void Shield is still relatively new to the meta but is being picked up by almost every ability assassin right now. As Susano you should only really build this item if you die early on or otherwise get behind on experience as it can help you survive fights with the enemy jungler and offers a nice amount of armor reduction to help out your ADC.





Mantle of Discord is the only defensive item you'll need to buy if you are ahead and it can still work wonders if you build it from behind but it is fairly expensive compared to other options like Void Shield. This item gives you incredible amounts of both physical and magical protections as well as a very niche passive that can be a life saver in certain situations. You should be building this item right after Jotunn's in most scenarios as the cooldown reduction will bump you up to 35% which is a fine number to take into the late game.






Another very situational item. If the enemy team has a high number of magical gods this can be useful for surviving their burst but there are much better items out there.

Legend
Red = Extremely dangerous, do not go near these gods unless you are really far ahead.
Orange = Dangerous, exercise caution around these gods.
Yellow = Evenly matched, most encounters will come down to who is the better player
Blue = If you play these matchups correctly you should be winning them all.
Green = Child's play, enjoy getting fed if these gods are on the enemy team.

Future Updates

Matchups: I plan to list every god in the game. Since Susano is normally played as a jungler you'll need to know what gods you should be looking to gank at what stages of the game.

Combos: A new page that will take a while to work on as Susano has a lot of potential for combos.

Jungle Route: 3 Maps that indicate a starting jungle route depending on which lane you plan on ganking the most.

Synergies: Similarly to learning your matchups it's important to learn who Susano works well with on his team. At first this will only contain gods seen commonly in the middle lane but eventually I will broaden it to every god in the game.

When to pick Susano: Detailed information on what kind of ally/enemy team compositions that should make you think "Hmm, I should pick Susano this game"

Stats Page: Information on his stats and comparisons with other top-tier junglers.

Video Guide: This one is coming last, after I have all the information condensed into this one guide I plan on turning it into a YouTube video, this will probably take months from the original publication date so don't hold your breath.