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VZMeAdOw's Hou Yi Joust Guide

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by DarkMeadowGamer updated February 27, 2015

Smite God: Hou Yi

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Hou Yi Build

Starting Items

Build Item Combat Boots Combat Boots
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
3
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3
Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation

1st Set Of Items

Build Item Devourer's Gauntlet Devourer's Gauntlet
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Improved Meditation Improved Meditation

Last Set Of Items

Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Odysseus' Bow Odysseus' Bow
Build Item Greater Meditation Greater Meditation

Hou Yi's Skill Order

Ricochet

1 X Y
Ricochet
1 4 6 7 10

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A B
Mark of the Golden Crow
2 8 11 12 14

Divebomb

3 B A
Divebomb
3 15 16 18 19

Sunbreaker

4 Y X
Sunbreaker
5 9 13 17 20
Ricochet
1 4 6 7 10

Ricochet

1 X
Hou Yi fires a powerful shot that can ricochet off of walls. After firing, if this arrow bounces off of a wall it will travel 70 units from that point and gain +40% bonus damage to gods per bounce up to a maximum of 2 bounces. This arrow will stun if the target has Mark of the Golden Crow.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 95 / 145 / 195 / 245 / 295 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Stun Duration: 1s
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Mark of the Golden Crow
2 8 11 12 14

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A
Hou Yi marks an enemy with Mark of the Golden Crow. Marked enemies take extra damage for every 10% of their missing health from Hou Yi's abilities and basic attacks. Also, marked enemies, including stealthed gods, are visible to Hou Yi on the minimap. The mark lasts for 10s.

Ability: Target, Debuff
Damage Increase: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% for every 10% of missing health
Range: 55
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s
Divebomb
3 15 16 18 19

Divebomb

3 B
Hou Yi launches into the air, and for a short time may target some distance away to quickly dive towards the ground damaging any enemies in the immediate area. If the target has Mark of the Golden Crow they are knocked back.

Ability: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 55/20
Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
Cooldown: 15s
Sunbreaker
5 9 13 17 20

Sunbreaker

4 Y
Hou Yi shoots nine arrows into the sky, striking one sun with each arrow. The nine suns come crashing down one by one, slowing and dealing damage in a target area over time. A target with Mark of the Golden Crow will have their movement speed slowed by an additional 20%.

Ability: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 (+25% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s
Damage (Maximum): 720 / 810 / 900 / 990 / 1080 (+225% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 4.5s
Slow: 20%
Slow Duration: 0.5s per hit
Range/Radius: 55/30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction to VZMeAdOw's Hou Yi Guide

Hey guys, this is VZMeAdOw. Yes (VZMeAdOw) is my Smite in-game name. This guide was made after I started using Hou Yi and rented him with a 3-day rental. Hope you all enjoy it and give me some feedback, because this is my first ever smite guide.

Pros / Cons

Here are some of the pros of Hou Yi i've seen when playing him:
1.)Very Powerful without crit damage.
2.)Good Crowd control abilities.
3.)Combos are easy to do with him.

Now here are some of the cons i see of Hou Yi since I started playing him:
1.)If not fed, after Hou Yi combo is over, very easy to target.
2.)If divebomb is on cooldown, Hou Yi has no escape other than a stun.
3.)weak against assassins early game to mid game.

Team Work

Hou Yi is very good with other gods that have very good crowd control abilities like Bacchus, Nu Wa, Cabrakan, or Geb. So pair up with a joust team that has atleast 1 tank with crowd control abilities or 2 teamates with equal crowd control.

Hou Yi's Combo

This is the in combo for Hou Yi

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