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Guardian of Heaven (Nu Wa Season 3 Joust/Arena Builds) [NOT FINISHED]

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by intylicious updated July 3, 2016

Smite God: Nu Wa

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Nu Wa Build

Starter Items

Build Item Vampiric Shroud Vampiric Shroud
Build Item Shoes Shoes
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Movement Boots (Choose one)

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi

Stacking Items (Choose one)

Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Warlock's Staff Warlock's Staff
Build Item Doom Orb Doom Orb

Lifesteal (Choose one)

Build Item Polynomicon Polynomicon
Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon

Health/Mana (Choose one)

Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation

Rod of Tahuti

Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Penetration (Trade out for Vampiric Shroud)

Build Item Spear of Desolation Spear of Desolation
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard

Cooldown (If you need it)

Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Mail of Renewal Mail of Renewal

Defensive Items

Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe
Build Item Dynasty Plate Helm Dynasty Plate Helm

Relics

Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings

Nu Wa's Skill Order

Mysterious Fog

1 X Y
Mysterious Fog
4 15 16 18 19

Clay Soldiers

2 A B
Clay Soldiers
2 3 11 12 14

Shining Metal

3 B A
Shining Metal
1 6 7 8 10

Fire Shards

4 Y X
Fire Shards
5 9 13 17 20
Mysterious Fog
4 15 16 18 19

Mysterious Fog

1 X
Nu Wa condenses moisture into fog at her location which then rolls forward away from her. She and all allies are Stealthed while inside the fog, and have increased movement speed. Attacking breaks the Stealth effect for 1s.

Enemies that run into the fog take damage, and continue to take additional damage again every second they are in the fog.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+10% of your Magical Power)
Lifetime: 6s
Movement Speed: 10%
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13s
Clay Soldiers
2 3 11 12 14

Clay Soldiers

2 A
Nu Wa conjures Clay Soldiers from the Earth. If she marked a target while summoning them, they will pursue target until it dies. If she summoned them with no target, they will attack enemy gods who damage Nu Wa, or closest enemies.

Soldiers live for 10s. First they will dash at enemies within 30 units, applying a stack of protection reductions. Stacks up to 3 times, stacks last 2s. They will basic attack after that.

Ability Type: Summon Pet
Number Conjured: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3 Soldiers
Soldier's Health: 200 (+20% of your Maximum Health)
Base Movement Speed: 365 / 380 / 395 / 410 / 425
Dash Magical Protection Reduction Per Stack: 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20
Basic Attack Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 Per Hit
Range: 40
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 16s
Shining Metal
1 6 7 8 10

Shining Metal

3 B
Nu Wa launches a mass of shining metal, damaging all enemies it hits. If it hits one of her Clay Soldiers, it explodes, dealing additional damage and Stunning enemies.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+75% of your Magical Power)
Minion Explode: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Minion Stun: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Range: 65
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 8s
Fire Shards
5 9 13 17 20

Fire Shards

4 Y
Nu Wa flies up into the clouds, gaining visibility on all enemy gods, and summoning fire shards from the sky to damage each of them. As she lifts off the ground, she can pass through player-made deployables.

Ability Type: Global
Damage: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325 / 400 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 110s

Who is Nu Wa?

Quoted:
Mankind is my responsibility, not yours.



Nu Wa is a Chinese goddess in mythology. In SMITE, she is a burst mage. Relying on her Clay Soldiers and Shining Metal combo for her damage. Her ult can be useful to punish escaping enemies or turn the tide of a team fight. Nu Wa is capable of completely erasing a squishy god from the battlefield but, she herself is squishy which makes her an easy target also.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Powerful combo
  • Global ultimate
  • Rooting passive
  • Stun on successful combo

Cons
  • No hard escape
  • Useless once combo is down
  • Long ultimate cooldown
  • Bad Clay Soldiers AI
  • Ultimate easy to avoid with Sanctuary

Skills

Strength of Wood After 5 successful basic attacks, Nu Wa's next basic attack will root enemies.

Ability Type: Passive
Root Duration: 1.5s

Mysterious Fog Nu Wa condenses moisture into fog at her location which then rolls forward away from her. She and all allies are stealthed while inside the fog, and have increased movement speed. Attacking breaks the stealth effect.

Enemies that run into the fog take damage, and continue to take 20% of that damage again every second they are in the fog.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+50% of your magical power)
Fog Lifetime: 6s
Movement Speed: 10%
Radius: 20
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15s

Clay Soldiers Nu Wa conjures Clay Soldiers from the earth. These soldiers have health equal to 200 plus 20% of Nu Wa's maximum health, and deal damage with basic attacks. Enemies hit by their initial charge will take damage and have their magical protections reduced.

Ability Type: Summon Pet
Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 Per Hit
Magical Protection Reduction: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 for 2s, max 3 stacks
Soldiers Conjured: 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3
Soldier Lifetime: 10s
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 18s

Shining Metal Nu Wa launches a mass of shining metal, damaging all enemies it hits. If it hits one of her Clay Soldiers, it explodes, dealing additional damage and stunning enemies.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+50% of your magical power)
Minion Explode: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+30% of your magical power)
Minion Stun: 1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5s
Range: 65
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 8s

Fire Shards Nu Wa flies up into the clouds, gaining visibility on all enemy gods, and summoning fire shards from the sky to damage each of them.

Ability Type: Global
Damage: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325 / 400 (+30% of your magical power)
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 110s

Items



Shoes of Focus

Shoes of Focus provides minor cd (10%) while also giving 250 mana, 30 magical power, and 18% movement speed. Shoes of the Magi is also a good item but instead gives +15 more power and no cd

Book of Thoth

Book of Thoth is a great stacking item as it gives 125 mana, 100 magical power, and 15 mp5. It also converts 3% of your mana into magical power. Warlock's Sash and Doom Orb are also good but Warlock's Sash requires more stacking and less power while Doom Orb loses stacks upon death.

Polynomicon

Polynomicon is a great item for Nu Wa because if you can successfully use her combo and get the stun, it's very easy to hit your target. Polynomicon deals 75% of your magical power as basic attack damage on your next successful basic attack, making it a devastating item for your enemy.

Ethereal Staff

This item is pretty decent for a little extra power as it gives 30+ magical power and 400 health and 300 mana. Ethereal Staff's passive is really helpful as it converts 2.5% of your maximum health to power.

Rod of Tahuti

Rod of Tahuti is pretty much a must on any mage because of its significant amount of power and passive. Its passive gives 25% increase to your magical power.

Spear of Desolation

Spear of Desolation may be expensive but it pays off in the end, especially if you have Rod of Tahuti. These two items go extremely well together as they both give a huge power increase. Spear also gives 20 magical penetration.

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