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Warrior Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Hydra's Lament
Malice
Deathbringer
Titan's Bane
Warrior Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Hydra's Lament
Titan's Bane
Malice
Deathbringer
Hide of the Urchin
Magi's Cloak
Shifter's Shield
Combat Boots
Purification Beads (Old)
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Combat Blink
Girdle of Inner Power
Greater Aegis
Greater Purification
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Me
Hi, I'm Pentargonite, and thanks for checking out my  Loki guide! I've been playing Smite for almost a year now and I started playing him in the jungle. Then I tried him in Arena and Solo, and found out that he's very fun, and (surprisingly) complicated! I also play league, and I am currently in Gold 2 conquest. |
Loki
Loki, The Trickster God! He is a physical carry assassin, and has one of the highest, if not the highest burst in the game. He has one of the coolest skills of the game: Vanish. I mean, who doesn't want to be invisible... Easy to play but hard to master, only a few can play him to the fullest. I hope to bring you closer to that goal with this guide! |
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Pros
Extreme lategame A lot of damage, even early game Most burst in the game Invisibility |
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One reliable escape, his ultimate Countered by bruisers Very squishy Easily focused down |
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A standard item. You'll need some movement speed for chasing, it gives you some early physical power and some very useful penetration. |
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A great item for Loki, you won't run out of mana that often anymore, you gain more physical power, and you get some CDR, which is very useful for 2 reasons: Your ultimate is available more often so you can use it for escapes or kills and Vanish will be off CD quicker, making you a lot safer.
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In the solo lane, Loki benefits the most from this item. He can just sit in lane, get some kills and stack it up. Once stacked up, you can easily kill mages in solo or mid lane.
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This item gives you something to add to the DoT of
Vanish. 20% crit chance isn't a lot, but that's why we get the next item...
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This far into the game most gods have gotten some protection. Get this, and deal some massive damage to the ones who didn't buy protections (and also to the ones who did)!
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One of the best defensive items in the game. Especially if there are 3 magical and 2 physicals on the enemy team, since the support barely does any damage. Only pick this up if you really need to though. |
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A very good, and straightforward item. It even gives you 40 (!) physical power, which is a lot for a 'defensive' item. |
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Magi's Blessing
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An  Ares on the enemy team who keeps blinking in and ulting? An annoying  Athena who keeps using  Confound? Buy this if you're up against a heavy CC team, or an annoying support. It makes it a lot easier for you to escape dangerous situations.
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Why it's generally not a good idea to build defensive items
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You might want to get this if you seem to get stuck in dangerous positions a lot. Or if there is an  Odin.
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This active synergises greatly with Loki. If you're going for the kill: Vanish, Girdle of Inner Power,Aimed Strike and you got a kill.
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A life saver. With 40% CDR, the CD on Vansish is 9 seconds. If you can stall your death untill then, you might get away. |
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One of the best actives in the game, it can save your life, but also give you kills, since you get 5 second CDR when you activate it at rank 3. |
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You are a pretty good GF and FG stealer, with Vanish and Assassinate. If you think you might be able to steal some, get this.
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If you just need that extra time to finish that annoying enemy Loki, get this. When you use your kill combo and use  Fist of the Gods immediately after, it's almost a guaranteed kill.
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A great passive! Always try to attack from behind (obviously) for that extra damage. It's also very useful because enemies usually run away from you with their backs towards you! |
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The invisibility skill. It gives you good damage and basically your only escape. If you're escaping, go to places the enemy doesn't expect you to go. Run towards them and back in their jungle etc. Blink does not break Vanish. You can also back with Vanish being active, you'll turn visible when you've got about 2 seconds left. Wards do see you, but only as a red dot on the map. People can hear you turn invisible!That's why enemies might be prepared |
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Your main clearing ability. Place it in front of the archers (with them in the circle so they take damage), and it will taunt the melee minions, causing it to damage/clear the whole wave. You can use this to block autoattacks from gods who are chasing you or bodyblock them. This skill is also great for zoning out people. When you place it under tower, it will take tower damage for it's duration. Good for dives and escapes. |
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Your main burst skill. Not much to explain here other than to note that it also applies a 3 second 25% slow. This also makes noise so make sure to cast it right in front of the enemy or at a distance that he can't hear it. There is a very good trick with this skill. When fully leveled and with full CDR, this ability has a 4,8 seconds CD. When you go in and use it early, the cooldown timer will start but the buff lifetime will last for 5 seconds. So when you use it early and then attack it will come off cooldown shortly after. |
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Your ultimate! You can use this to escape, kill or finish of enemies. One thing to note is that you shouldn't be afraid to use this as an escape. It's better when you don't die and get no kills than when you die and get one kill. If you use Vanish, Aimed Strike, use Assassinate and use 1 basic attack, it will apply the effects of Vanish and Aimed Strike. Also note that it applies a stun, making you able to save a teammate if possible. |
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Skilling Priority Solo Lane
DecoyAimed Strike
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Assassinate first, obviously. It gives about double the damage of Aimed Strike. Some people level this ability last, because the stun is the biggest part of it, but I like to level it first. Vanish last. Yes, it does most damage, but it's countered by healing and just hasn't got the burst Aimed Strike has.
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Skilling Priority Arena
Aimed Strike
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Assassinate first. This is besically for the same reasons as stated above, since nothing relly changes. Vanish, again basically because of the same reasons stated above. Here healing will counter it even more, since almost every Arena team has a healer.
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Heartseeker. If the oppertunity arrives, kill the enemy laner. Especially mages are easy to kill. You need to be very careful with bruisers. Playing against mages has a good and bad side (for some mages). Most mages can outpush you, making you lose a lot of farm. I advise you try to use decoy twice on 1 wave. When the wave is incoming and when the wave is just about to hit the tower. Only do this with mages that outpush you, since it costs a lot of mana. When you have your mana buff that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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Vanish and Aimed Strike. Since you'll also be with other people in mid lane, you can use your Assassinate's stun to set up other ultimates like 
Searing Pain.
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Like all assassins, you're not very strong here. Wait for you team to engage, and pick off the ones retreating. Since Aimed Strike is on such a low cooldown, this should be fairly easy. Focus on the squishies. Don't be afraid to disengage if you think you'll not be safe. Some people say you should get behind the enemy. I advise against this, since you'll die instantly or you'll be forced to ult out. Pay attention to where the enemy is retreating so you can try and flank them.
Skill Combo's
Kill combo
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ExplanationSo I decided it would be nice if I added some vids :) I'm was planning on adding a solo lane video, but then Shadowplay broke :3
Arena
Loki guide! If you have any questions or suggestions, I'll be happy to receive your constructive criticism.
5/6/14: Guide published! Added something to changelog.
6/6/14: Fixed missing skkill sequence for solo lane. Added something to Decoy in the skills section. Thanks Greenevers :)! Added something to changelog.
14/6/14: Added Skill Priority section. Added something to the Aimed Strike section. Added something to the changelog.
18/6/14: Edited Skill and Item layout, added to the teamfighting/playstyle section. Thanks for the feedback Jordenito! Added something to the changelog.
19/6/14: Edited video to have sound. Added something to the changelog.
23/6/14: Fixed wrong arena skill priority. Thanks guys :P!
23/8/14: Big visual makeover: New skill section template, new item template, new fonts. I also added some new info here and there.
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Rage
I actually dislike the coding in this guide to an extent :/
But yah, you mentioned to use decoy twice on a wave, which you should never do nor need to. Basic attacks or let your minions finish off instead of wasting mana and time.
Eeeeh, not in early game, when you have your decoy up a few levels you shouldn't need to do it. But when you just started and have mana buff, it shouldn't be a problem.
I just want to say that the coding in this guide makes me extremely happy.
I actually dislike the coding in this guide to an extent :/
But yah, you mentioned to use decoy twice on a wave, which you should never do nor need to. Basic attacks or let your minions finish off instead of wasting mana and time.
Pretty sure you realize this, Kill Combo=Not Sure Combo, you can just explain further the variation in the spoiler. Just saying what I would do :P
And you have (/columns) at the end of your spoilers, dunno
Yeah I know :P
Thanks for the columns typo
And you have (/columns) at the end of your spoilers, dunno
Das wut I sed :P And them dividers doe
could do
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aimed strike ->
Oh now I get it, thanks for the clarification :D
It's not a problem with your guide penta, I was just too tired when I did this review.
Shouldn't review guides at 22:30.
Anyhow there should be 2 skill combos with identical skill rotation - one where you ult immediately, and one where you auto attack with Vnaish and AS and then ult.
Das wut I sed :P And them dividers doe
could do
or
aimed strike ->
Can't see how you can "like it as it is", because it's actually wrong (what he said is the skill priority title for Arena with the ">>" symbols is wrong, not the skill order itself)
Anyway, really great guide, either in formatting and content. Upvote for me !
Oh LOL, just realised he was talking about that xD Thanks bud ;)
And I emant that I like the item BBCoding as it was, but I kinda updated it :P
Thanks :D
I'll try some editing, I kinda like it how it is though. But I'll try :)
I'm not sure anymroe if I republished it, or that your smf is messed up, cuz a lot of the stuff you said are in it :P
I'll update tomorrow, thanks!
Can't see how you can "like it as it is", because it's actually wrong (what he said is the skill priority title for Arena with the ">>" symbols is wrong, not the skill order itself)
Anyway, really great guide, either in formatting and content. Upvote for me !
Any more things?
Shouldn't review guides at 22:30.
Anyhow there should be 2 skill combos with identical skill rotation - one where you ult immediately, and one where you auto attack with Vnaish and AS and then ult.