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Fear the Beard!! - Birdbomb Bruiser Odin

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by Liverslices updated February 13, 2017

Smite God: Odin

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Balanced Bruiser Full Tank GO SPEEDRACER GO! (also counter ADC build if your brave)
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Odin Build

Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Shifter's Shield Shifter's Shield

Actives

Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings
Build Item Horrific Emblem Horrific Emblem

FINAL ITEM

Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Blackthorn Hammer Blackthorn Hammer

Anti-Magic Start

Build Item Shogun's Kusari Shogun's Kusari

Odin's Skill Order

Lunge

1 X Y
Lunge
2 8 9 11 12

Raven Shout

2 A B
Raven Shout
1 4 6 7 10

Gungnir's Might

3 B A
Gungnir's Might
3 15 16 18 19

Ring of Spears

4 Y X
Ring of Spears
5 13 14 17 20
Lunge
2 8 9 11 12

Lunge

1 X
Odin lunges to his target location, doing damage to all nearby enemies.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 / 300 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 20
Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12s
Raven Shout
1 4 6 7 10

Raven Shout

2 A
Odin summons a flock of Ravens that create a shield around him. When the Shield expires it explodes outward, dealing damage to nearby enemies based on how much Health it had remaining. The shield will not expire while Odin is using Lunge, and will always detonate upon landing, dealing bonus damage.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Shield Health: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280 / 340 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 4s
Bonus Damage: 15%
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s
Gungnir's Might
3 15 16 18 19

Gungnir's Might

3 B
Odin begins empowering Gungnir with Runic Magic, becoming immune to knockbacks. Every second, Gungnir changes runes and Odin pulses out damage around him, slowing enemies for 2s. When Odin releases Gungnir it travels forward, damaging enemies and stopping on the first god hit. The first rune causes allies around Odin to gain Attack Speed for 3s. The second rune allows Gungnir to stun.

Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage
Pulse Damage: 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 (+30% of your Physical Power)
Pulse Slow: 20%
Gungnir Throw Damage: 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Attack Speed: 30%
Stun Duration: 1.2s
Range/Radius: 60/20
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 12s
Ring of Spears
5 13 14 17 20

Ring of Spears

4 Y
Odin summons a wall of spears that blocks his enemies movement. Enemies inside the ring cannot heal, and their power is reduced by 15%. Odin is immune to Slows and Roots while in his Ring. A portion of the wall can be destroyed when hit by 5 Basic Attacks. Enemies that leave the ring through or over a wall are chased by Gungnir, taking damage and becoming slowed for 2.5s. Enemies that die inside Ring of Spears grant Odin a permanent bonus to Physical Power.

Ability Type: Area, Buff, Damage
Damage: 120 / 190 / 260 / 330 / 400 (+75% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 5s
Physical Power: 5 Power per stack, max 10 stacks
Healing Reduction: All Healing
Slow: 25%
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 110 / 105 / 100 / 95 / 90s

Intro


As the first god I ever used in smite, Odin holds a tiny little spot in my heart, and he was my second diamond. Odin's popularity is somewhat below average, since his endgame damage isnt so hot, however, if you get ahead at all in laning phase or mid game you become a monster. He is also a great bruiser support if played and built right.

NOTE: Odin takes experience to really do well. The build alone wont make you good if you dont know how to use Odin in a fight.


Thanks for all the support! I cant believe this guide is still going after years! If you like the guide or have questions, feel free to comment and favorite.

Pros and Cons

PROS
-High early game damage
-Moderate late game damage
-High CC and anti healing
-High defense
-Very cool skins!
CONS
-Mana dependent
-Cooldown dependent
-Risky offense and waveclear
-Suffers "falloff"Not anymore, YAAAY!

Builds

Standard
This is the go-to Odin build. Its focus is a balance of defense, penetration, and damage. Your last item ideally is Frostbound Hammer, however, pick up The Executioner, Winged Blade, or another defense item if you feel you need something else. The biggest problem with this build is that until you build Hide of the Urchin you will be squishy against mages.

Spoiler: Click to view



Full Tank
This is a build you will use in very specific situations, such as Arena or Assault. This is designed to give Odin full cooldowns and lots of mobility and survivability, so that means your damage will be low. However, you can still do damage, so keep on attacking!
Spoiler: Click to view


Movespeed
YEEEHHAAAA!!! This is maximum fun. This is not a particularly powerful build, instead focused on grounds speed and cooldowns. This is designed to make you a pain in the *** for the enemy team. Winged Blade is the most important item on this build, because of the massive speed boost it gives you when you get hit with a slow. Also, dont forget Greater Sprint!
Will reduce an ADC's attack speed by 95% if they are inside of Ring of Spears
Spoiler: Click to view

Abilties

Path to Valhalla: He knows when you are sleeping... He knows when you are awak-dead
Odin's passive is the strongest its ever been. It will give you a permanent 5 physical power buff when an enemy god dies inside of your Ring of Spears, and will give you a temporary power and movement speed buff whenever an ally or enemy god dies anywhere on the map. If you are a badass you can get 50 physical power permanently, and temporarily get up to +40% physical power and movespeed. This is ridiculous...

Lunge: ("Bird Bomb" part 1)
This is your basic leap, with a little bonus. Just like all other leaps, this will let you jump over/through walls, initiate, or escape. If Raven Shout is active on you, then you deal additional damage. The problem with Lunge is how slow it is. It takes practice to hit people close to you. Max second.

NOTE: A perfectly timed knockup will completely stop all damage. The knockup must hit you right before you hit the ground, so it is almost impossible. Landing in a Nox silence will also completely nullify all damage you deal.


Raven Shout: ("Bird Bomb" part 2)
This is Odin's main source of both offense and defense. When activated, Odin gains a shield that absorbs damage. After 4 seconds the shield will detonate, dealing the remaining health as damage to anyone nearby. While it is not required, the main use of Raven Shout is to deal damage with Lunge. To do this, activate Raven Shout, then Lunge to a target. At max rank, these two abilites combined will do 700 damage, plus at least 130% of your physical power. As you can imagine, this is very powerful early game and sometimes in lategame. It is important that you not take damage before leaping in order for Raven Shout to do an additional 25% damage when landing. Max first!


Gungnir's Might: (Spin2Win)
This is a standard warrior slow. Use this ability either right before Raven Shout and Lunge or right after. Gungnir's Might can also be used to help teammates get kills or escape. While the damage is not very high, it is higher than it looks, because this ablity hits twice. As described, enemies will only be slowed if they are hit with the first strike. Max last.


Ring of Spears: (Two man enter, one man leave!)
Ahhhhhh... Hear that? Its the sound of your teamates gleeful laughter as they cut down everyone caught in your Ring of Spears. Ring of Spears is, obviously, a ring of spears that lasts for 6 seconds, preventing enemies from healing and reducing their attack speed by 60% (Mercury, Odins coming for you!). This is a constant threat to the enemy team, because it is one of the best teamfight ultimates there is. Inside Ring of Spears, you are immune to slows and roots, and Adding to that, max cooldown will allow you to place Ring of Spears once every 45 seconds! Ring of spears can also be used to save low health allies from a chasing enemy. Max third.

Unfortunately, there are a few risks involved with using Ring of Spears. First off, enemies with a leap are able to get out of your ulti. Try to keep track of when their escape is on cooldown. If they do get out, chase them!! You have a leap too, and if they are low health, you will be able to kill them. Thankfully, a Season 3 buff to Odin allows him to walk through his ring, so getting trapped in it isn't a risk anymore.

Spoiler: Click to view

Roles

Odin has a few tricks up his sleeve, and he can play several roles well.

Support
I wont go into a long guide on support, but basically Odin support is a walking ulti. Early game he will be able to deal heavy damage and secure kills. Once your ADC has built a few items and has more damage, Odin switches to a kick *** bruiser support. With max cooldowns Ring of Spears can be cast every 36 seconds. The ability to contain an enemy hunter and reduce his/her attack-speed and lifesteal is an incredible teamplay tool.

Great ADCs for Odin Support
- Cupid
- Hou Yi
- Neith But then again she can do just about anything...


Jungle
Odin jungle is my favorite way to play him in conquest. He has excellent camp clear and incredible gank potential. 'Nuff said.

A few things to note:
-Buy Bumba's Mask
-Build stacks early for Transcendence.
-Ward often, surprise "Bird Bombs" are alot like surprise buttsex: shocking and painful.
-Communicate! Nothing makes you feel more silly than being killed by an overfed midlaner after you gank him. Make sure your teammates know 1) That you are ganking with VSGG and 2) That you have an ulti with VVVR


Solo
To be honest, Odin solo is risky. Can it be done? Yes, but only in certain situations. If the enemy solo is a high sustain god ( Aphrodite, Chang'e, Hercules etc) you must kill them constantly to win the lane. But you cant just plop down a Ring of Spears every time they try and heal. High sustain enemies will stay in lane much longer than you because of this. That being said, Odin solo has incredible damage early game, so killing them and gaining a lead is entirely possible.

Changes

4/1/14: Changes to reflect Odin's small buff in ability scaling. Added The Executioner in the place of Quin's Sais. Combined Items chapter with Builds chapter.
5/7/14: Added Roles section, added some Odin lingo to Abilities. Kicked the tires, Lit the fires.
5/28/15: Added detailed stats for the three builds, changed the tank build a bit. Thanks for the support guys!!
2/25/16: Added Shifter's Shield, changed a few things.
3/7/16: Added Jotunn's Wrath to build as possible final item, switched Titan's Bane and Shifter's Shield, updated actives for Season 3.
3/15/16: Added ability builder
9/14/16: Added new skins, a few tweaks
10/19/16: Removed stats from the three different builds, they were really old. Someday Ill put them back in, I promise.

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Laern Too Speel | March 20, 2017 5:41am
Thanks so much everyone, I appreciate the time you took to reply!!!
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Laern Too Speel | March 17, 2017 11:50am
Could you run stone of Gaia? Or is that a no-no with new patches? Sorry, I'm kind of new.
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Papa Murmz (16) | March 17, 2017 11:51am
I don't know much about about Stone of Gaia, but Odin has a pretty aggressive early-game in my opinion, so Mail of Renewal may be worth giving a shot if you're aggressive and looking for a little HP5.
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Branmuffin17 (394) | March 17, 2017 12:04pm
In general, Stone of Gaia is just a general no-no...it's been that way for a while, S3 and whatnot, with the exception of Assault mode.

Yes, S4 got the new passive, but since you'll usually go somewhat tanky with Odin, I just don't think it's worth it for him. Gaia is basically a counter for knockups and whatnot, and probably best on squishy gods looking to avoid getting ganked from that (e.g. Awilix on the enemy team).

I dunno, just my opinion on that. I think there are better items for him in most cases.
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ChaosDiscord | August 18, 2016 1:34am
I really like your guide, i have create a my combination that is more aggressive but just because i have noticed that i suck in defense. So MY final build for him is this: Trascendence, Warrior Tabi, Jothun's Wrath, Hide of Urchin, Titan Bane and as last item or Shapeshifter Shield or that armor of valor. What do you think?
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Liverslices (1) | September 12, 2016 2:08pm
It's great! The last item is what I think of as "flavor." Whatever works for you works for the build
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djturner92 | June 7, 2016 1:38pm
"Ward often, surprise "Bird Bombs" are alot like surprise buttsex: shocking and painful."
Thats great, lol
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Noob Dot Dot | January 10, 2016 8:11am
Only thing I wish you added, was an ability builder. Other than that I'm going to be trying this out today!!
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EpicEpidemic | October 31, 2015 10:22am
Great guide. Poseidon and scylla ultimate work really well with ring too
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Liverslices (1) | July 15, 2015 12:05am
DreadWolf16 wrote:

Why not Jotun's wrath? Good power, mana and 25% cdr

Its really up to you. Both Titan's Bane and Jotunn's Wrath are good pen items. Its up to you. I usually prefer percent based pen items, call me crazy.
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DreadWolf16 | July 9, 2015 10:16am
Why not Jotun's wrath? Good power, mana and 25% cdr
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Liverslices (1) | June 3, 2015 11:30pm

I like a lot about this guide until it comes to the builds. The builds really soil it for me. I don't understand where you get this attachment to items like Breastplate of Valor from. Yes, I understand it gives a LOT of physical defence and good cdr but you don't need the mana. You're buying a costy item for 2 stats. Why buy breastplate when you can get Mystical Mail? Improve your early and mid game considerably, as well as your teamfight. Not that you need extra early mid but increases your kill potential and is just generally better.

Then there's Transcendence. Yeah, you might of got Breastplate of Valor so you have more power, but you're literally not going to be doing much lategame outside of cage. Transcendence wont fix that.

More later.

Breastplate of Valor isnt for the protections as much as it is for the high CDR and high mana. The reason it comes first in the build is because of the CDR, because Odin has very risky waveclear (either jump in balls to the wall, or stand there waiting for your shield to go off). If there was another item that game 25% CDR and added to Transcendence then I would deffinetally suggest it. Also, Breastplate of Valor is a pretty low cost item, it is less than Mystical Mail.

On occasion I will replace Breastplate of Valor for Ancile, but only in a magic heavy game. I dont like doing this because it forces me to have less CDR than my normal build.

As far as Transcendence, it does fix lategame damage. No, you will not be hitting as hard as an assassin, but you are possibly the hardest hitting warrior. Transcendence adds over 100 physical power at full build and stacks. And lets be honest, Odin is nothing without mana. If he doesnt have mana, he doesnt have escape, damage, defense, or Ring of Spears.
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Covertactician (4) | June 3, 2015 2:46am
I like a lot about this guide until it comes to the builds. The builds really soil it for me. I don't understand where you get this attachment to items like Breastplate of Valor from. Yes, I understand it gives a LOT of physical defence and good cdr but you don't need the mana. You're buying a costy item for 2 stats. Why buy breastplate when you can get Mystical Mail? Improve your early and mid game considerably, as well as your teamfight. Not that you need extra early mid but increases your kill potential and is just generally better.

Then there's Transcendence. Yeah, you might of got Breastplate of Valor so you have more power, but you're literally not going to be doing much lategame outside of cage. Transcendence wont fix that.

More later.
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Liverslices (1) | May 7, 2015 6:10am

I swear to dear Zeus All-Mighty I'll try this out ! I recommended this to my friend who wanted to start playing with Odin on solo lane ( since she can't use her 10 Chang'e pretty well on that lane ... ) and it looks like ! Up Vote !

Odin is a potential solo laner due to his tankyness and great waveclear, but remember that he has virtually no sustain. It can be done, but you might have to stock up much more on Health Potions.

This build also works well with jungling, Odin ganks are usually a guarenteed kill for the person you are ganking for. If you jungle with this build, priortize Transcendence and Titan's Bane.
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ShadowKumba (1) | May 5, 2015 10:10am
Best Odin guide I have seen on smite fire so far defiantly an up vote from me!
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