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Zhong Kui: GET IN MY BELLY

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by itals updated September 18, 2013

Smite God: Zhong Kui

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Zhong Kui Build

Solo Build Core

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Warlock's Staff Warlock's Staff
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Doom Orb Doom Orb
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Alternatives

Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus
Build Item Pythagorem's Piece Pythagorem's Piece
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Divine Ruin Divine Ruin
Build Item Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Book of Thoth Book of Thoth

Actives

Build Item Aegis Amulet (Old) Aegis Amulet (Old)
Build Item Creeping Curse Creeping Curse
Build Item Enfeebling Curse Enfeebling Curse
Build Item Girdle of Inner Power Girdle of Inner Power
Build Item Heavenly Agility Heavenly Agility
Build Item Spiked Shell Spiked Shell
Build Item Purification Beads (Old) Purification Beads (Old)

Zhong Kui's Skill Order

Expose Evil

1 X Y
Expose Evil
1 10 11 13 14

Exorcism

2 A B
Exorcism
2 3 6 7 9

Book of Demons

3 B A
Book of Demons
4 15 17 18 19

Recall Demons

4 Y X
Recall Demons
5 8 12 16 20
Expose Evil
1 10 11 13 14

Expose Evil

1 X
Zhong Kui pastes a card on all enemies in front of him, marking them as a demon, Slowing and damaging them each second while they are marked. If the card is removed, 75% of the remaining damage is done instantly.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Damage Per Tick: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+20% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 20%
Card Lifetime: 5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s
Exorcism
2 3 6 7 9

Exorcism

2 A
Zhong Kui drives out the demons of his enemies, dealing damage as they leave the body. Demons exorcised from Enemies marked by Expose Evil will be absorbed by Zhong Kui, healing him per demon (up to 3), and will remove the card.

Ability Type: Cone
Damage: 75 / 125 / 175 / 225 / 275 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Heal: 15 / 40 / 65 / 90 / 115
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Book of Demons
4 15 17 18 19

Book of Demons

3 B
When fired, the Book of Demons deals damage and Stuns enemies, stunning marked enemies for 2x the duration and removing the card. Once this ability has been ranked, the Book of Demons flies nearby Zhong Kui, firing for 50% of Zhong Kui's basic damage.

Ability Type: Circle, Stun, Damage
Damage: 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1s (2x for marked targets)
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13s
Recall Demons
5 8 12 16 20

Recall Demons

4 Y
Upon activation, demons pulse out from his bag at nearby players every second for 5s. They chase and accelerate over time, doing damage to enemies as they enter the body. Zhong Kui is immune to Knockback and Slows for the duration.

Ability Type: Circle, Buff, Damage
Damage: 80 / 95 / 110 / 125 / 140 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 40
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

Hey guys, I'm new to smitefire and this is my first guide so go easy on me! I've been playing quite a bit of Zhong lately and I haven't lost a game with him yet getting to mastery 1 (conquest only) so I decided I should make a guide to help others play him!

I usually play Zhong Kui as a tanky in-your-face type of mage, similar to Necrolyte from Dota (or Soul Reaper in HoN). I hope you enjoy and please provide feedback as I've never written a guide like this before!

Pros / Cons

PROS:
-Very tanky with passive protections
-Incredible healing with Exorcism and ult
-High burst damage with Expose Evil into Exorcism combo
-Has a stun
-Is immune to CC during his ult
-Very high harass with auto attacks due to 3 and ability to heal himself after exchanges

CONS:
-Low range on his 2 and 3

That is literally the only con I can think of

Items

I build Zhong Kui as a tank-mage with high sustain and health. I like to get early health to take advantage of his high early game protection and then I begin to build CDR/MP to increase his sustain and damage. Warlock's Sash and Doom-Orb (or even Book Of Thoth) are very viable items for Zhong as he needs to get souls before engaging in most fights so he will often have to farm a little bit between deaths (or fights). I know I don't have much penetration but my thinking is that any tanks should not be a problem with the amount of healing you can do due to the CDR in the core build.

Skills

I like to get Expose Evil at level 1 as it has the highest base damage of his abilities as well as a slow for chase down in early game jungle battles at furies. Exorcism is practically useless unless the target is marked by Expose Evil so there is no point in taking it at level 1. Book of Demons can be an option at level 1 but the stun duration is also very low on non-marked targets and I like to have the early heals from Expose Evil and Exorcism by level 2. I obviously level his ultimate every chance I get as it is an incredible ability, being able to fight off ganks from junglers early game as well as turning them around for a kill.

Note that when wave clearing, it is important to cast Expose Evil on all the lane creeps from the front, and then walking around the melee creeps to the side of your lane to cast exorcism on both the melee and ranges creeps.

Team Work

You want to play Zhong as a type of bruiser-caster. That means following up on your main tanks initiation and overpowering your enemies. Remember that your ult also heals teammates for ridiculous amounts and makes you CC immune, so if your team gets grabbed into a big combo (ie: Ares ult into Pos ult) be sure to activate your ult to avoid the damage to yourself and heal your teammates to turn the fight around.

The End

Well, this is the end, beautiful friends, the end.

THIS IS STILL A WIP! Please provide feedback I'm sure I there's a lot of info I should add. (KEEP IN MIND THIS IS MY FIRST GUIDE!)

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