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Nu Wa S3 Conquest/Joust Hardcore Pusher

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by Thebeardedbro updated May 8, 2016

Smite God: Nu Wa

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Nu Wa Build

Most Common Build

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Warlock's Staff Warlock's Staff
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth
Build Item Soul Reaver Soul Reaver
Build Item Ethereal Staff Ethereal Staff
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Starter items

Build Item Magic Shoes Magic Shoes
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
5

Relics

Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune

Nu Wa's Skill Order

Mysterious Fog

1 X Y
Mysterious Fog
4 15 16 18 19

Clay Soldiers

2 A B
Clay Soldiers
2 3 6 7 9

Shining Metal

3 B A
Shining Metal
1 8 10 11 12

Fire Shards

4 Y X
Fire Shards
5 13 14 17 20
Mysterious Fog
4 15 16 18 19

Mysterious Fog

1 X
Nu Wa condenses moisture into fog at her location which then rolls forward away from her. She and all allies are Stealthed while inside the fog, and have increased movement speed. Attacking breaks the Stealth effect for 1s.

Enemies that run into the fog take damage, and continue to take additional damage again every second they are in the fog.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Damage Per Tick: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+10% of your Magical Power)
Lifetime: 6s
Movement Speed: 10%
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13s
Clay Soldiers
2 3 6 7 9

Clay Soldiers

2 A
Nu Wa conjures Clay Soldiers from the Earth. If she marked a target while summoning them, they will pursue target until it dies. If she summoned them with no target, they will attack enemy gods who damage Nu Wa, or closest enemies.

Soldiers live for 10s. First they will dash at enemies within 30 units, applying a stack of protection reductions. Stacks up to 3 times, stacks last 2s. They will basic attack after that.

Ability Type: Summon Pet
Number Conjured: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 3 Soldiers
Soldier's Health: 200 (+20% of your Maximum Health)
Base Movement Speed: 365 / 380 / 395 / 410 / 425
Dash Magical Protection Reduction Per Stack: 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20
Basic Attack Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 Per Hit
Range: 40
Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100
Cooldown: 16s
Shining Metal
1 8 10 11 12

Shining Metal

3 B
Nu Wa launches a mass of shining metal, damaging all enemies it hits. If it hits one of her Clay Soldiers, it explodes, dealing additional damage and Stunning enemies.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+75% of your Magical Power)
Minion Explode: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Minion Stun: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4s
Range: 65
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 8s
Fire Shards
5 13 14 17 20

Fire Shards

4 Y
Nu Wa flies up into the clouds, gaining visibility on all enemy gods, and summoning fire shards from the sky to damage each of them. As she lifts off the ground, she can pass through player-made deployables.

Ability Type: Global
Damage: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325 / 400 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 110s

Pusher, backdoor towers and burst

This whole build revolves more around being a team player, pushing your lane to begin the game, then mid to late game pushing all other lanes and destroying/backdooring towers and phoenixes. You will have burst but pick your battles, use your clay soldiers-> shining metal explosion as an escape, proceeding to mysterious fog for being invisible and movement speed. Or your ult for a relief of cooldowns, damage or escape.

Nu wa is very situational, and a very underrated god. With a proper team setup and knowledge of Nu Wa you can be deadly, and to reiterate, I don't necessarily mean kills wise, but you will be the reason your team wins half of their matches. I can't tell you how many times our team is down a tower or 2, and they keep the enemy gods busy while I backdoor towers, clay minions spawn after fresh enemy wave passes tower, proceed to burn tower. Then dip back to base.

I Will edit this as time goes on.

Minion Pusher

Depending on who I am versing in either mid or solo lane, depends on one of two ways of pushing the enemy and minions back early game.

First way is shining metal down middle of a straight line of minions before your minions get there, back up let your minions hit and just use auto attack.

2nd way is if you have someone who is constantly going to be in your face, and hits hard, I spawn my minion and auto attack, saving shining metal for minion explode if the enemy god pushes for a melee attack on the minions.

Mid/Late Game:

Almost always through down a mysterious fog down a line of minions to help hurt them.
Then either:
1) throw minions wait for enemy to attack and shining metal to explode combo them
OR
2) Shining metal down middle killing most minions mid game, all minions late game and saving clay soldiers for if a enemy pushes me for a stun combo escape or burst damage down.

Towers

Deadly as can be, maybe nobody anymore deadly to burning towers down than Nu Wa. If you already have your minions pushing with you, let them tank the tower, spawn yours and proceed to burn.

Now the best thing about Nu Wa, previously mentioned, is that she can backdoor towers easy. Either kill minion wave without using your clay soldiers, or wait for it to push, spawn clay soldiers, attack tower.

Because Nu Wa is a glass cannon, don't overstay a welcome just to maybe burn a tower. Back off with enough time and make a push on either another tower, kill minions elsewhere to farm or jungle. Then go back and finish it off.

Fighting Vs Enemies

Your main combo is obviously clay soldiers -> shining metal

Use your fog accordingly, and ult as well. Often times if im up against someone with full health or who is tanky, I could my combo, fog, out into them dont attack ult, combo is reset and use it again.

Remember, this build and this god isn't the best for killing gods, you're a pusher. You push minions fast and burn towers solo and fast. Be wise.

Pros / Cons

Pros:
Team player
Badass Ult
one of best pushers
Backdoor Towers
Burst other glass cannons

Cons:
Made of glass(easily killable)
Though you have a half decent escape, it's not nearly what many other gods have
Not the hardest hitting


Pro & con same time:
Must be quick on your feet, read plays 5 steps before they happen and be weary.

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OtakuJuanma | October 31, 2016 2:12pm
I'm no expert, but shouldn't a god that depends on high cd skills so much have more than just 1 cooldown reduction item?
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