Loki: The OP Arena Assassin!

THIS IS NOT A CONQUEST GUIDE. THIS IS AN ARENA GUIDE.

Loki, the trickster god, is an insane Arena Assassin. In this guide, I will share with you, the build that I use in Arena, that will make the enemies regret playing arena against you.

Pros

[*] Ridiculous burst damage
[*] Can turn an enemy god's ability on them
[*] Has stealth
[*] Late Game Damage is impossible to escape!
[*] Fast

Cons

[*] Squishy to begin
[*] Can be difficult to escape battle(s)

Loki has a very simple and straightforward skillset when comparing him to other gods. All of his abilities compliment one another and can be used in quick conjunction to remove an enemy from the battlefield.

Behind You!
Loki's passive ' Behind You!' pretty much defines him as a god. It is where you will aim to spend all of your time while assassinating an enemy god. When you are hitting an enemy in the back you are doing 20% extra damage from your basic attacks! That is absolutely HUGE. So make sure as often as possible you are striking your enemies in the back, this can really frustrate ranged gods - giving them a hard time to hit you, and we like that.

Vanish
Vanish is your 3 second stealth. You must learn to use this skill at the proper and opportune moments. Mainly we will use the speed and invisibility it grants us to run up behind an enemy and unleash our damage, however it also provides us an opportunity for escape in some dangerous situations. It's best to use this bleed along with Aimed Strike right before stabbing an unsuspecting enemy in the back and locking down that kill. Vanish can also be used to chase enemies that are low on health that would otherwise escape the fray of a team fight. Don't let them escape, Vanish and make sure your team doesn't lose its kill.

Decoy
Decoy isn't an especially awesome or defining ability, but it serves a couple solid purposes in the arena. Most of the time you will use it to stop a creep wave from reaching your portal or kicking the **** out of you after you damage a nearby enemy god, but it also serves an often overlooked purpose. You can actually place it directly in front of a retreating enemy to block their movement - albeit for a very short time, but often long enough to get in a potential killing blow on them. Another purpose Decoy serves at the moment but probably not for much longer is that it confuses enemy gods who are unfamiliar with Loki's abilities. Often times, gods will run to avoid it helping you escape or separate a turtling team.

Aimed Strike
This skill will provide us with most of our damage on an opponent aside from using Loki's ultimate. When behind an enemy in stealth activate Aimed Strike to hit them in the back for an unfair amount of damage. This skill also slows the enemy by 25% which allows us to follow retreating gods while constantly striking them in the back. There are some situations where you may find it appropriate to use this skill while out of stealth just to apply the slow in an effort to escape an enemy in pursuit.

Assassinate
What Assassinate does is all in it's name. Use it to teleport to just about any enemy guide and land a kill. The damage output when you Assassinate > Vanish > Aimed Strike > Basic Attack an enemy is almost always a guaranteed kill. Only the tankiest will survive, and even then, only if they are lucky. Assassinate can even be used as an escape, but I wouldn't recommend putting it on a cooldown to do so in less the situation is super important (i.e. the enemy team needs 5 points and you are about to die).