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Hammer Time: CDR/Tank S3 Joust

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by bobthecoll updated June 9, 2016

Smite God: Fafnir

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Fafnir Build

Full Hammer Time

Build Item Watcher's Gift Watcher's Gift
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone

Hammer Time With Tanking!

Build Item Watcher's Gift Watcher's Gift
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Chronos' Pendant Chronos' Pendant
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Genji's Guard Genji's Guard

Little Hammer Time More Tanking

Build Item Soul Stone Soul Stone
Build Item Warlock's Staff Warlock's Staff
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Mystical Mail Mystical Mail
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone

Replacement Items

Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Celestial Legion Helm Celestial Legion Helm
Build Item Pythagorem's Piece Pythagorem's Piece
Build Item Oni Hunter's Garb Oni Hunter's Garb
Build Item Obsidian Shard Obsidian Shard
Build Item Midgardian Mail Midgardian Mail
Build Item Mail of Renewal Mail of Renewal
Build Item Lotus Sickle Lotus Sickle
Build Item Heartward Amulet Heartward Amulet
Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin
Build Item Pestilence Pestilence

Fafnir's Skill Order

Cursed Strength

1 X Y
Cursed Strength
1 4 6 7 9

Coerce

2 A B
Coerce
2 8 11 12 13

Underhanded Tactics

3 B A
Underhanded Tactics
3 15 16 17 18

Draconic Corruption

4 Y X
Draconic Corruption
5 10 14 19 20
Cursed Strength
1 4 6 7 9

Cursed Strength

1 X
Fafnir hurls his hammer forward, dealing damage to enemies in its path. If Fafnir hits a god the hammer stops short and Stuns them. The Stunned god also radiates out a cursed pulse, Slowing them and nearby enemies by 20% for 3s.

In dragon form, this ability deals increased damage that ticks 3 times over 3s. Also, the cursed pulse shreds Protections in addition to Slowing.

Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage
Damage: 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Dragon Damage per Tick: 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Dragon Protection Debuff: 20%
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15 / 14.5 / 14 / 13.5 / 13s
Coerce
2 8 11 12 13

Coerce

2 A
Fafnir coerces his allies into fighting harder, boosting Attack Speed for 5s and healing himself. While Coerce is active Fafnir deals bonus Magic Damage whenever the affected ally damages an enemy.

In dragon form, this ability has a larger area of effect and can buff multiple allies.

Ability Type: Target, Buff, Damage
Attack Speed Buff: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%
Bonus Damage: 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20% of the target's power
Self Heal: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 16s
Underhanded Tactics
3 15 16 17 18

Underhanded Tactics

3 B
Fafnir leaps to a target location and executes a despicable strike, dealing damage and disarming enemies in front of him for 2s.

In dragon form, Fafnir can leap much further. Also, this ability deals increased damage that ticks three times over the course of 3s and Fafnir Stuns the enemy god closest to him for 2s in addition to Disarming.

Ability Type: Cone, Leap, Damage
Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Dragon Damage Per Tick: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15s
Draconic Corruption
5 10 14 19 20

Draconic Corruption

4 Y
Fafnir transforms into a terrifying dragon and is untargetable during the process. When he emerges in dragon form, he regains 200 Mana and nearby enemies are poisoned, taking damage three times over 3s. He remains in this form for a duration or until the ability is activated again.

As a dragon, his abilities have additional effects and his basic attack changes to a Dragon Breath that deals damage 3 times per second. Dragon Breath can not proc item hit effects.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 (+40% of your Magical Power)
Duration: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60s
Dragon Breath Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+10% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 30
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 90s

The Basics

What does Fafnir do?

Fafnir is the newest god in smite and he is currently in a very strong place compared to other guardians. He is extremely good at locking down targets and buffing your ADC to crazy high levels and being one of the best team fight initiators i have currently found. He has great amounts of CC with his Stun/Slow and Disarm. He can also dish out a ton of damage to the enemy if they aren't careful.

If you are looking for a conquest guide check out my previous guide

Skills

1: Your first ability is a good stun and slow that does decent damage. you can use this as a potential disengage from a chasing assassin or a good way of stopping escapes or slowing down the enemy when they cluster together. In dragon form these effects just get better.

2: This is your attack speed and damage buff that also heals you. you mainly want to put this on your ADC or Assassin when they are trying to take down an enemy. they nice attack speed and damage is a really useful tool for your team. In dragon form you can affect your whole team at once massively increasing damage output.

3: This is your main escape and a useful tool for chasing and disrupting those pesky assassins and hunters. This ability gives the enemy a 2 second disarm meaning they can't attack. This is very useful against gods they rely heavily on AA damage. In dragon form this adds a damage over time and a massive range

4: Dragonic Corruption This is your ultimate. you essential turn into a big dragon killing machine. While transforming you are immune to damage and put a big DOT on all surrounding enemies. All your abilities gain a big bonus when in the form and you AA becomes a big cone they is constantly doing small amount of damage very very fast to the enemy. This is a good team fight ability and allows you to control the enemy super hard. AND it last far a very long time so you can maintain that form for an entire team fight.

PS ( These were literally copy and pasted from my other guide )

Pros / Cons

PROS
Good Slow
Good Stun
Easy Tanking
Can do Moderate Damage
Great Team fighter
ADC's best friend
Great Escapes


CONS
Stun Lockable
Easy to be controlled
Long ult casting
Ult easy to avoid
Short

Good Teammates

Almost any ADC is amazing with Fafnir but i will just list a couple and also some good assassins depending on their build.

She is always a good pick in most situations and your attack speed and damage steroid on top of Vengeful Assault will result in complete devastation.

How could you not expect me to put her here? especially if she is going for a AA build! you are able to lock down opponents for her allowing easy lading of her abilities while keeping her safe.

She is good with Fafnir by her self BUT if she is going for a shredder build you will leave complete destruction where ever you go. She is already AAing really fast and if you add your Buff on top of that she is also hitting really hard!

Cupid is already feared for his massive damage and hard hitting AA but you can excel him to a complete GOD with your Buff. it is a good idea to pick up Gem of Isolation to ensure his ult is made good use of and stop escaping enemies!

Example of a game

When you start off your joust match you will hopefully have a balanced team of A Guardian (You) a Mage and a ADC/Hunter . For the sake of this guide lets give it a best case scenario! Your Hunter is a Cupid and your Mage is a Sol ( I know some people consider Sol an ADC but for the sake of the guide she is a mage ) You start off like usual by getting your Mana and contesting damage. Using your hammer to stun the enemy before they take the Damage you leap in and deal the killing blow to the Camp leader and capturing the buff for your team!

After getting that strong early game advantage yo manage to get a strong EXP lead on your opponents and you are still managing to keep up on gold due to your amazing passive ( Plus 4 gold on every thing! ) Your Cupid catches the enemy team trying to sneak up from behind and he fires his Field of Hearts Ultimate blocking off their escape. You leap in disarming their hunter removing them from the fight for 2 seconds. This gives you enough time to Pop your Ultimate Dragonic Corruption and control the enemy team enough to wear your Sol and Cupid can take them down and push the first tower down.

Now you are in an amazing spot but remember TO NOT GET COCKY Seeing their Hunter walking through the jungle alone you quickly stun him while your sol comes in and blowing them up with her amazing burst damage. with the other team weakened you can easily take the Bull Demon King and push down their Phoenix!

Now only the Titan remains... you lure the enemy team out by baiting them to what seems like a lone cupid. when they move in on him you quickly jump from the jungle disarming their team and stunning the ADC while also slowing the rest of the team. Sol is easily able to hit them all with her 1 and with the enemy team down you push in FOR THE WIN

Basic Strategies and Idea to keep in mind!

Now the example i gave was a real game using the Hybrid Hammer Time build.

List of Strategies:
Keep their ADC Controlled at all times
Buff your ADC not only when they go into a fight but also as heal for your self
Utilize your Cooldowns. DO NOT SPAM THEM. Just the enemy team knowing you have your stun ready can cause them to be cautious.
You are immune when transforming into a dragon BUT not when Turing back into a dwarf
You become a lot more damaging when in dragon form

Things Not To Do.
Spam Cooldowns
Waste your only escape
Buff yourself ( Not always but generally don't want to )
Go into Dragon form with no Mana ( I see this done all the time it doesn't end well )

GOOD LUCK!

I hope this has been helpful!
Keep in mind this is still a WIP and subject to change at any time!
if you have anything to add or suggest leave it in the comments for me to see!

Have Fun Hammering all your friends!

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Odradin (2) | June 9, 2016 3:50pm
great guide, but for the full hammer time build you have 75% cooldown reduction, when the max is 40%. I feel like there are other options you can get instead of the genji's and mantle like a pestilence and hide of the urchin.
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