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Kali - mid lane like a boss

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by kine updated December 1, 2012

Smite God: Kali

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Kali Build

start with

Build Item Heartseeker Heartseeker
Build Item Ward Ward
2
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
2
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation

generic mid kali

Build Item Heartseeker Heartseeker
2
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
3
Build Item Soul Eater Soul Eater
3
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer
3
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
3
Build Item Qin's Blades Qin's Blades
3

vs anubis or artemis

Build Item Heartseeker Heartseeker
2
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Boots of Celerity Boots of Celerity
3
Build Item Soul Eater Soul Eater
3
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer
3
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
3
Build Item Qin's Blades Qin's Blades
3

vs anhur

Build Item Heartseeker Heartseeker
2
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
3
Build Item Soul Eater Soul Eater
3
Build Item Voidblade Voidblade
3
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade
3
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer
3

Kali's Skill Order

Nimble Strike

1 X Y
Nimble Strike
3 14 15 18 19

Lash

2 A B
Lash
1 4 6 7 10

Incense

3 B A
Incense
2 8 11 12 16

Destruction

4 Y X
Destruction
5 9 13 17 20
Nimble Strike
3 14 15 18 19

Nimble Strike

1 X
Kali leaps forward, damaging enemies in the target area. Kali additionally heals herself for a percent of a single enemy's missing Health. Kali always heals from the target that would heal her the most.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Heal: 15% of target's missing Health
Range: 55
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 12s
Lash
1 4 6 7 10

Lash

2 A
Kali throws several blades, that converge upon the target location. Each does damage and causes bleed. Kali gains Physical Lifesteal against targets affected by this Bleed.

Ability Type: Area, Buff, Damage
Damage Per Blade: 37 / 49 / 61 / 73 / 85 (+20% of your Physical Power)
Bleed Damage: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+5% of your Physical Power) every .5s
Bleed Duration: 3s
Physical Lifesteal: 12 / 16.5 / 21 / 25.5 / 30%
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s
Incense
2 8 11 12 16

Incense

3 B
Kali hurls her incense at her feet, exploding it. Enemies hit are Stunned, while Kali gains a Physical Power bonus.

Ability Type: Circle, Stun
Stun Duration: 1.2s
Physical Power Buff: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Buff Duration: 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 14s
Destruction
5 9 13 17 20

Destruction

4 Y
Kali becomes an unstoppable force of destruction, creating a damage aura around her. During this time, she can be reduced to 1 Health, but cannot die. She is immune to Knockup, Slow effects, and protected from Root, but still vulnerable to Stuns. If Kali is under 15% of her total Health at the end of the duration, she will heal to 15% Health.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Damage: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 (+8% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s
Duration: 3.5 / 3.75 / 4 / 4.25 / 4.5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

this is my first guild. iv been playing smite for a while and one of my favorite things to do is mid lane as kali. iv played many games as mid kali and im very confident this build will work for others. any questions or comments please leave them, ill try to answer the best i can.

Items

so i start with Meditation, Heartseeker 1, and 2 hp pots and 2 wards. i dont get boots until i see who im against in mid. if im against say, anubis or artemis ill go with celerity boots. the extra in combat speed is very very nice to dodge anubis' mummify, also makes getting out of the range of artemis' boar pretty ez. u can get them for Ra too, but i usually go with warrior tabi for any other mid opponent. after your first back, try to make sure u have enough gold to finish heartseeker and at least rank 2 of whichever boot you choose.

next we buy a souleater, this item is just so good for kali especially in mid, it provides great attack speed, hp, and life steel, the passive effects you as well. theres just no reason not to get this.

after souleater, you need some damage, this is when we get Deathbringer. followed by executioner for the attack speed and the passive. and finsish up with qins blades

if you are against anhur, i recommend getting witchstone and voidblade, the physical protection helps alot against his passive.

Summary

iv found the key to mid laning on kali is to be aggressive, dont be dumb, dont tower dive super early or anything, but try to keep the enemy god pushed up in his tower so the tower kills minions and steals their xp and gold.

at lvl 3 you can really push them using your 1 then 2, makes your 2 hit really hard, which will make them think twice about pressing you, and it demolished creeps. if u go to the side your 2 will hit both the archer and melee creeps, so do this if possible.

remember siphon is your best friend here in mid.

if u can score a kill or 2 before lvl 5 thats great, but dont over extend yourself and die to a tower or creeps. remember you want to play aggressive and push, but dont get to greedy. if they are goin back in their tower circle, let them, the more time u are out there and they arent, the better for you, you will have more gold, and be higher lvl. once u have gotten 1 tower down, go ganking for a bit, which ever side seems like they need help more, go help em out. after all you should have the most gold and be the highest lvl by a good bit by this point. ideally you would leave to gank right after you get a kill on their mid, most of the time ppl dont call MIA's if they are dead.

which reminds me, calling MIA, this isnt rocket science, and ppl seem to think it is... if they go back call em mia, if you go back, call mia, if they die call mia, if you die call mia, basically anytime you dont have visual confirmation of their position either via mini map or just on screen, call mia. better to call it have them show right back up then not call it and get someone ganked. i know myself and im sure many others dont always just stare at the mini map, so the argument "look at the map" is just ********. also use the V menu for the love of sex. again if u just type 'ss' or 'mia' that doesnt really mean ****, cuz if its mia left and you are right, prolly shouldnt worry to much, but mid should. its good to know where the missing god is from. and u can hear it rather than the chat box which disappears after a few seconds.

mid to late game, continue to roam and help your team push their towers if they need help, otherwise try to get FG whenever its up, same with GF, GF not as big a deal, especially if you have like baka or arachne, they should bet getting GF.

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Zerfall (4) | January 22, 2014 2:50am
Start with Hand of the Gods instead of meditation!!
1
Lethalized (11) | December 17, 2012 2:33pm
Try adding colors and Icons. Haven't tried the build yet, or even mid Kali. So I'll get back on that part.
1
kine (1) | December 4, 2012 1:39am
iv definitely tried tabi and beads, but iv found that having the speed boots and creeping curse is usually better. most artemis' will pop their ult to early and if you are running you can just get out of the piggys range. and anubis' mummify has a very narrow hit window makin it very easy to dodge with celerity boots, even while in combat, just need to have a good understanding of anubis and about how long between mumify attempts. besides you definitely need medication to mid effectively with kali, and creeping curse is just so damn good. i really miss having 3 abilities, that was the ****.

also if your arte opponent is good and gets in close, just pop your ult right as u hear his ult goin off, its a pig screeching, and it takes about 1s to go off which should be time enough for you to pop your ult and not even worry about it at all. but either way works, this is just what i like and have found to work better for me. its definitely viable to go with tabi and beads though
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Middnights (1) | December 4, 2012 12:16am
If you're agaisnt Anubis or artemis it's probably better getting Beads then Boots of celerity, if you're on artemis , boots won't help you since you're losing the extra speed boost from attacking , and if you're in anubis's face he can just stun you there , i would suggest to keep to warrior's tabi for extra damage and crit and just get beads , but that's just my opinion
1
kine (1) | December 2, 2012 4:31am
thanks!
1
fokkleman | December 2, 2012 1:04am
Good Guide ... +1
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