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Hou Yi the critical Master (joust)

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by mipi123 updated January 18, 2016

Smite God: Hou Yi

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Hou Yi Build

The build order

Build Item Charged Morningstar Charged Morningstar
Build Item Shoes Shoes
Build Item Transcendence Transcendence
Build Item Bound Gauntlet Bound Gauntlet
Build Item Soul Eater Soul Eater
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
Build Item Hidden Dagger Hidden Dagger
2
Build Item Short Sword Short Sword
2
Build Item Rage Rage
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer

Alternative offense

Build Item Malice Malice
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick

Actives defensive

Build Item Combat Blink Combat Blink
Build Item Improved Sprint Improved Sprint
Build Item Greater Purification Greater Purification

Actives offense

Build Item Achilles' Spear Achilles' Spear
Build Item Girdle of Inner Power Girdle of Inner Power
Build Item Shield of the Underworld Shield of the Underworld

Hou Yi's Skill Order

Ricochet

1 X Y
Ricochet
1 2 6 7 9

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A B
Mark of the Golden Crow
3 8 11 18 19

Divebomb

3 B A
Divebomb
4 12 14 15 16

Sunbreaker

4 Y X
Sunbreaker
5 10 13 17 20
Ricochet
1 2 6 7 9

Ricochet

1 X
Hou Yi fires a powerful shot that can ricochet off of walls. After firing, if this arrow bounces off of a wall it will travel 70 units from that point and gain +40% bonus damage to gods per bounce up to a maximum of 2 bounces. This arrow will stun if the target has Mark of the Golden Crow.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 95 / 145 / 195 / 245 / 295 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Stun Duration: 1s
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Mark of the Golden Crow
3 8 11 18 19

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A
Hou Yi marks an enemy with Mark of the Golden Crow. Marked enemies take extra damage for every 10% of their missing health from Hou Yi's abilities and basic attacks. Also, marked enemies, including stealthed gods, are visible to Hou Yi on the minimap. The mark lasts for 10s.

Ability: Target, Debuff
Damage Increase: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% for every 10% of missing health
Range: 55
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s
Divebomb
4 12 14 15 16

Divebomb

3 B
Hou Yi launches into the air, and for a short time may target some distance away to quickly dive towards the ground damaging any enemies in the immediate area. If the target has Mark of the Golden Crow they are knocked back.

Ability: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 55/20
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15s
Sunbreaker
5 10 13 17 20

Sunbreaker

4 Y
Hou Yi shoots nine arrows into the sky, striking one sun with each arrow. The nine suns come crashing down one by one, slowing and dealing damage in a target area over time. A target with Mark of the Golden Crow will have their movement speed slowed by an additional 20%.

Ability: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 (+25% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s
Damage (Maximum): 720 / 810 / 900 / 990 / 1080 (+225% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 4.5s
Slow: 20%
Slow Duration: 0.5s per hit
Range/Radius: 55/30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Your role

With this build you need to focus on Mages, Hunters and Assassins, you don't have to target tanky Gods as much unless they push and you want to counter push. Stay in the back, do not tank in unless you're sure you will survive. At the begining of joust go help your mage get a blue buff and pick the red one yourself.

Item and item build order breakdown

okay so first you want to get Transcende tier 2 item and tier 1 shoes, the second you reach 1400 head back to base when you can and finish your transcende to get the stacks as quickly as possible. Next up is lifesteal, you want to survive more in fights right? I always go with Soul eater it gives you a little more attck speed, lifesteal and extra health, plus it has an aura for your team good. You can exchange this for devourers gauntlets if you feel like having double stacks on yourself.. 4th item should be executioner but only if you have any tanky god against yourself, guardian, warrior with a lot of protection etc. If not the just rush rage and continue with the other criticals. 5th if you already have executioner just buy rage and finish it with deathbringer as 6th. Rage lets you have criticals more often and deathbringer makes your crits do more damage, plus you have increased physical power.

Late/endgame

With your build done and you dealing criticals now you can look at your still tier 1 boots, what I like to do is to sell them and buy either Mallice or Qin Sai's depends on the enemy team. Qin Sai's is good with executioner for tanks with a lot of health and protection. Mallice just adds extra criticals and more physical power making it much deadlier for mages and other hunters. If there is another hunter and they have strong lifesteal then replace this with Brawlers beat stick if you can't survive in 1v1 with them or you could buy it earlier in game. By this time you can buy Greater Sprint or Combat blink to help you escape. Your divebomb with blink or sprint can help you escape quicker, also your divebomb can save you from many deadly situations.

P.S. this is my first guide any feedback apreciated and remember to play safe and have fun

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