Loki- The One Hit Guide

Hello All! Welcome to My first SMITE guide!
So, while i appreciate criticism, please keep it constuctive and dont be rude.
Also, this guide is still in the process of being build out. I will get the core basucs in as soon as possible, then add all the bells and whistles as I get the oppotunities too.
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Loki, The Trickster God. Whom we all love to hate. (Because of The Avengers of course.) That, and because if played right in SMITE, he is ridiculously powerful. Loki is a melee ***issin, which means he gets in close, then burts tons of damage. Howeveer, he will alsso be quite swuisy, or easily killable.

Remember, this is only a GUIDE, you may choose to play hoverver you want, this is just here to help guide you. If you dont like a certain item, just dont use it...no harm, no foul.

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Warrior Tabi
+(10/20/30) Physical Power
+(2/4/6)% Attack Speed
+(2/4/6)% Critical Strike Chance
UNIQUE - Passive- +21% speed while in combat/+33% speed out of combat.
The Warriors signature boots, This work rather well on most AD gods.

Deathbringer
+(15/32/50) Physical Power
+(/ /10/20)% Critical Strike Chance
Passive- +50% Critical Strike Damage
The bringer of death, not much more about it, the crit chance, crit dmg, and phys power are exactly waht Loki needs.

Hydra's Lament
Physical Power {10/30/50}
Cooldown Reduction {5%/10%/15%}
Focus {5/10/15}
PASSIVE - For 5s after using an ability, your next basic attack will deal an additional 30% of your physical power as additional physical damage. The effect can only apply once every 2 seconds.
Loki's signature item, actually, any assassins signature item. Loki already does insane single hit damage, now were just adding more.

[Titan's Bane
+(10/20/30) Physical Power
+(11/22/33)% Physical Penetration
Gives Loki some phys power, and a decent amount of penetration. Your even more anti-carry item, but also giving some dmg against tanks, need you ever fight one. I choose this over The Executioner because this is a build where you will be doing a majority of the samage in the first hit, no time to build Executioner stacks.

Rage
+(5/15/20) Physical Power
+(10/20/30)% Critical Strike Chance
+(5/10/15)% Attack Speed
Passive- If you basic attacks do not crit , your critical strike chance increases by 5% (max 10 stacks). Resets on successful crit.
The item of crits, who can say no to more crit chance, phys power, and attack speed (should you ever need to stay in a fight)

Heartseeker
+(5/15/25) Physical Power
+(4/7/10)% Movement Speed
PASSIVE - You gain +1 Physical Power per stack and 1 stack per minion kill. All stacks are lost on death (max. 50 stacks).
Amazing phys item. It stacks up to a whopping 75 total power, with an added speed boost,a great item for one-hit Loki.
You may ask, why is it last? Well, i've seen enough people build heartseekers first and get killed, losing all the stacks, and leaving them behind. If you trust yourself to not get killed early on, go ahead and start with hearseeker, otherwise, saving it until regaining the stacks not hard is a great path to take. Also, if you dont trust yourself with lose-on-death items like heartseeker, swap it with the Voidblade, a great alternative.

Behind You!
Key Bind: Passive
Loki deals 20% more damage from his basic attacks when hitting enemies from behind.
This is how Loki rules the battlefeild, 20% is an insane bonus to get, so stay behind your enemies and they will fall fast.

Vanish
Key Bind: 1
Loki disappears in a puff of smoke for 3s. While invisible, he is immune to slows and moves 50% faster than normal. His next basic attack from invisibility (or for 2s after) applies a bleed to his target, dealing 30/45/60/75/90 (+25% of your physical power) physical damage every .5s for 2s and reveals Loki. Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 mana.
Cooldown: 15 s.
Loki's signature move, allows you to pull "A wild Loki has appeared!" and finish of the damage dealer before they even know what happened.

Decoy
Key Bind: 2
Loki spawns a decoy version of himself that taunts all nearby enemy minions. After 3s, the decoy explodes dealing 90 / 155 / 220 / 285 / 350 (+80% of your physical power) physical damage to all enemies in the radius
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana.
Cooldown: 14s.
A great way to distract those OP minions while you ..."silence" their masters. Also, most people will intinctivly back away from it, so you can zone people as well.

Aimed Strike
Key Bind: 3
Upon activation, Loki’s next basic attack does an additional 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 (+80% of your physical power) physical damage within 5 seconds. The enemy hit is also slowed by 25% for 3 seconds.
Cost: 50 mana.
Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 s.
This is where most of your damage is going to be originating from. With about half of the cooldown of the Vanish, using it by itself for the wuick damage/slow is a good idea.

Assassinate
Key Bind: 4
Upon activation, Loki teleports to his ground target location. If an enemy god is within the radius, Loki will backstab that target doing 250 / 325 / 400 / 475 / 550 (140% of your physical power) physical damage and be stunned for 1s.
Cost: 100 mana.
Cooldown: 90 s.
Teleport with alot of damage, also plases oyu right behind the targeted god. Use this sparingly, only when oyu truly beleive you can pick up the kill, as its also your main escape ability.

Early Game:
Stay back, farm minions of your partner keeps the enemies held back. Wait for a mistake, Loki works wonders on the mistakes of him enemies. Remember, you are VERY squishy, get in, get out.

Mid Game:
Still play it safe and wait for mistakes when laning, if you still are. In teamfights, skirt around and play it safe until you see an opening on the carry, or main damage dealer. Be cautious on jumping into the midle of a fight, people dont like a wild Loki killing them and will often focus you down.

Late Game:
This depends on how the game is going, if your doing really well, and your team in winning, skirting around more and playing more aggresivly works well, or simply just backdooring them then disapearing.
However, if you arnt doing so hot, follow the mid game ideas.

Reminder:
Tanks are generally going to be a no-go, attack the carries first, then back off and let your cooldowns reset, only go after a tank if you're overfed or its him alone and you have your team.
If you cant finish of the God on one hit, DO NOT tower tank, Loki can easly be stunned and killed under the towers.
You dont have alot of sustaian, try to avoid long confrontations, back off quick if you dont finish them quick.

Powerful Pros

Insane instant damage
Can go invisible
Can completely shut one god down
Good mobility

Corrosive Cons

Squishy
Semi-Long Cooldowns
More Squishy
Usually Focused