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I Will Grant You Victory! - Nike 5.3

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Smite God: Nike

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Build 1 Build 2

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Nike Build

Starting Items

Warrior's Blessing

Breastplate

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Core Items

Warrior Tabi

Breastplate of Valor

Stone of Gaia

Relics

Teleport Fragment

Magic Shell

Horrific Emblem

Cursed Ankh

Heavenly Wings

Defense Options

Hide of the Urchin

Genji's Guard

Spirit Robe

Pestilence

Witchblade

Damage Options

Void Shield

Frostbound Hammer

Shifter's Shield

Jotunn's Wrath

Masamune

Nike's Skill Order

Rend

1 X

1 4 6 7 9

Barrier Formation

2 A

3 8 10 11 12

Valiant Leap

3 B

2 13 14 15 16

Sentinel of Zeus

4 Y

5 17 18 19 20

1 4 6 7 9

Rend

1 X

Nike slams the ground three times, sending out fissures that deal damage. If a target is hit twice, that target loses protections for 5 seconds. If a target is hit three times, that target is disarmed. Nike is immune to Knockback for the duration.

Ability Type: Line, Disarm, Damage
Damage: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+40% of your Physical Power)
Protections Shred: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24
Disarm Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Range: 50
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s

3 8 10 11 12

Barrier Formation

2 A

Nike conjures a protective barrier in front of her that blocks ranged Basic Attacks. While focused on the barrier Nike's ability to turn is limited and she is knockback immune. Enemies who get near the barrier are repelled. At any point, Nike can re-fire the ability to collapse the barrier and deal damage to enemies in front of the barrier.

Ability Type: Cone, Knockback, Damage
Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+50% of your Physical Power)
Repel Damage: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+5% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 4s
Range: 25
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13s

2 13 14 15 16

Valiant Leap

3 B

Nike leaps into the air, then crashes down at a location dealing damage and knocking up enemies.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Range: 55
Radius: 15
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 16s

5 17 18 19 20

Sentinel of Zeus

4 Y

Nike transforms into an armored sentinel and sends out a shockwave that damages and slows enemies around her. While in this form, she gains a percentage of her max health as a shield that lasts for 10 seconds.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 200 / 250 / 300 / 350 / 400 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Slow: 40%
Shield: 25 / 27.5 / 30 / 32.5 / 35% of Max Health
Slow Duration: 4s
Radius: 40
Cost: 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Nike Build

Normal Game

Warrior's Blessing

Breastplate

Warrior Tabi

Breastplate of Valor

Stone of Gaia

Genji's Guard

Hide of the Urchin

Void Shield

Mantle of Discord

Against a Mage

Warrior's Blessing

Glowing Emerald

Warrior Tabi

Stone of Gaia

Genji's Guard

Breastplate of Valor

Pestilence

Void Shield

Introduction

Welcome to my guide for Nike, God of Victory

My name is Cyberhawk. I am a ranked player who primarily plays conquest. I bounce between Support, Jungle, and Solo.

This is my second season 5 guide, and I intend to update it, so feel free to comment things that should be added/edited.

Pros / Cons

Trust in me!

Pros:

Excellent Clear
Very High Damage
Best passive in the game
Strong team-fight presence

Cons:

Long cooldowns
Low Peel, almost no CC
Low sustain
Relies on multiple abilities for every combo
VERY reliant on CDR

Skills

Onwards, to victory!

Valient Leap

Passive - To Victory!

isn’t an ability you really have to pay attention to. Once your team finishes the ‘quests’ to activate it, they all will effectively be getting a free tier 2 item with no conditions or downtime ( and ). Everyone can rotate faster, pressure more and hit harder. This passive is incredible, if hard to notice since it isn’t very flashy. You may just find yourself winning more fights than you otherwise would.

1 - Rend

is 's main clear and poke tool, so level it first, and its honestly outstanding. Combined with , this ability does 570 + 120% damage. Thats comparable to a lot of ultimates. In addition, the protection shred applies to the third hit, making it hit even harder then they expect.

After level 6, can full clear a wave with a boosted , as long as she isn't stunned during it. This gives her some of the fastest clear of any warrior, allowing you to bully your opponent out of lane and put pressure on their side of the jungle.

In teamfights, prioritize hitting the same target with multiple strikes (multiple targets if you can manage it). If you can hit the ADC with all 3, the shred and disarm will likely be a death sentence.

2 - Plan of Action

is a very unique ability. On its own, it simply gives Nike her only form of sustain in a bit of HP5. However, it boosts 's other abilities to extremely potent levels.

The specific boosts are discussed more in those abilities, but keep in mind that you should usually save this ability for or , and it doesn't go on cooldown until the boost occurs.

I prefer to level this 2nd for the Cooldown and HP5 increases.

3 - Valiant Leap

is 's only hard CC, and it isn't the easiest to even land. A slow-travelling leap with a knock-up, this is your chase, set-up, and peel, but it is mostly your escape from ganks. This is the biggest downside of this ability: you constantly need to use it for different things.

Best uses of :

Stopping an escape in a team fight
Getting in range for a kill
Jumping over a wall to escape
Landing on the mid-laner to save your mid's life

The only time I this is when urgency is needed (like example 4 above).

You can level this 3rd or 4th, both just add damage to skills not primarily used for damage.

4 - Sentinel of Zeus

is a fairly weak ultimate unless boosted. A tickle of damage, a very slight slow, and a health shield (350 at level 5). The shield gets much better late game as your health pool increases to be over 1000 extra HP (depending on item choices), making you a solid tank in teamfights.

If you do initiate a teamfight, I highly recommend boosting this. It doubles the slow, and adds another chunk of ~500 health to the shield. Both of these make you incredibly annoying to shift.

You can level this 3rd or 4th, both just add damage to skills not primarily used for damage.

Items

All According to Plan

Starting Items

is your starter item of choice on for the added defense and sustain. You have no issues doing damage, but the sustain is extremely helpful.

In addition, you want to pick a tier 1 item: , , , , or .

My preference is Breastplate or Kusari (based on what damage type you are laning against) to be able to rush a CDR item. However, some other items have their situations.

If you plan on rushing for the early pressure, Round Shield can be a great choice. If you are against a very high sustain mage/guardian like Artio or Zhong, a rush may be the only chance you have.

Finally, Glowing Emerald lets you be slightly tankier against a magical solo and a physical jungler, and lets you buy 4 potions.

A Note that most of these items only let you buy 3 potions. Unless you have good reason is a great choice simply because it can come with 6 potions instead.

Relics

Team Support

Core Items

Item 1

are the main choice on Nike to take advantage of her high scaling on .

Item 2

99% of the time, you want to build one of these two items first on . Long cooldowns + multi ability combos means this girl needs CDR like a gamer needs coffee.

You can maybe make a case for or , but you need to have a really good plan and strong grasp of the god before you build either of these over CDR.

Item 3

This is a solid choice to give you that sustain you are sorely lacking. I have often severely undervalued this item myself, and with how long the laning phase often is now the added sustain can be crucial. If you get really fed early, you can skip this to make room for more damage later.

Other 3 Items

Solo laners have a lot of flexibility in their builds, and most of it is around counter building for your opponent and the eventually teamfights. So, you dont have much of a core item list, instead you have 11 useful items and 4 slots to put them in. Have fun!

In general, remember:

You need at least 30% CDR to be useful.
You need a solid base of protections and health.
Penetration helps your biggest strength: Damage.
Attack speed works with your Cleave Auto's.

Items 3,4,5, and 6

Options

Gameplay

Seek Out Their Plans

Warding

Early Game

Mid Game

Late Game

Conclusion

can truly be the God of Victory, helping your entire team do better whether you are near them or not.

I hope this guide was helpful to a few of you. See you on the Battlefield!

Special thanks to Zibly and his awesome Template!

Other Guides

These are all the guides I have made so far, feel free to check them out.

Actively Maintained

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Geb

Nike

Achilles

Update when Possible

Hun Batz Patch 5.3

Mercury Patch 5.3

Sobek Patch 5.3

Changelog

Will update as builds change in patches etc.

UP TO DATE AS OF 5.3

2/20/2018 - Created Guide

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(35) |

Coming back to this guide (sorry for all the comments, xD), I thought I might add a comment about the starting build.

You recommend starting with a and a tier 1 item of certain trees. However, I really feel that you're putting yourself at a disadvantage by not picking up a . This item gives tons of value (750 Health in essence), especially for a solo laner. Also, I don't feel like the s are needed as much either, as you will most likely have your blue buff active at all times.

Lately, my starting build for solo lane has been:

Interested to hear your thoughts on this subject.

(4) |

Certain gods I absolutely love Chalice of Healing on, particularly gods I don't get Stone of Gaia on. Gods with great mana sustain (Chaac, CuChu, Osiris) I will actually start with Blessing + Chalice + tier 1 item.

Nike makes such good use of Gaia, and has built in Hp5, that I feel Chalice isnt worth the added defense from most of the tier 1 items.

However, with 5.4, this might all change if Gaia becomes a niche pick.

When facing a magical solo lamer replace BoV with ancile and swap stone of Gaia for breastlate of renewal so you still get the 40%cdr.

(401) |

This is an option, but like in my other comment, I also think should be considered, and in fact feel that it's a better option, as it provides higher magical protection along with some health and an amazing amount of MP5.

If you do get Genji's, you could consider a variety of other CDR options (meaning you don't have to go with BoV)...yes, you'll have lower CDR for a longer time, but CDR doesn't necessarily need to be maxed. After boots and Genji's, you can consider as you said, but also , , , etc. Combine Genji's with a couple of those and you get a nice 30% CDR and a bunch of utility in various ways.

None of your item choices are wrong and neither are mine, all I meant was to point out different options but we're going to have to agree to disagree on maxing cdr. And yeah genji and spirit robe might be out but there's still pestilence and bulwark of hope - also solid options.
Also none of us are wrong about skill levels, we just have different mind sets. I've seen myself get the leap Early - erlang shen for example, you can bet your *** I get leap 2nd.

My mindset is all about fast wave clear and gaining Lvls, with 40%cdr I can clear my blue pop plan of action go back to lane and rend is ready again to clear the wave. Farm farm farm - get my items online quickly.

I think you're stressing to much about the jungeler. It's a very situational aspect.

Personally I would go with juton's wrath 3rd, capping that 40% cool down asap will make life a lot easier. And should be top build priority with Nike.

(401) |

Maxing CDR between BoV and Jotunn's isn't a horrible idea, but it limits the other items you can consider past that point.

Firstly, it delays getting the 2nd protection type... If you in fact got BoV 2nd to counter a physical solo, getting Jotunn's 3rd means you won't have any magical protection until at least item 4,in case it's a magical jungle or you rotate into mid for fights or ganks.

Secondly, items like Genji's and Spirit Robe are basically out the door if you get Jotunn's,and those are very solid items.

Thirdly, her base damage is pretty good, so although an offensive item is helpful for damage output, she's pretty decent as-is. IF you were to get better use out of an offensive item, it would probably be better earlier to have with that early lane dominance, but Nike is likely to lose out to a decent amount of other solo laners anyway and it's a bit risky.

Generally then, I'd suggest against Jotunn's as a core/set item unless you're just absolutely dominating and are very ahead in levels and such.

(4) |

Bran making all my arguments for me lol

Literally exactly what he said

Should definitely level plan of action second for better wave clear and if the jungeler isn't making frequent visits to your lane, pop a second point into rend at lvl 3. Do this and you'll be clearing waves before lvl 6 ;) and you should be out farming your opponent. If you don't feel safe then get leap 3rd but always go with plan 2nd.

(4) |

I disagree, Nike without her Leap is basically a free kill for the jungler. Unless you can guarantee you wont get ganked until 4, get the Leap at 2

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I'm not gonna push up the lane at lvl3 or invade camps without a leap also if your jungles not warded then you deserve to be a free kill for the jungeler, with a leap or not.

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(401) |

I absolutely get what you're saying and am not discounting that.

Thing is, at level 2/3, it's not about pushing lane...you're still going to be mostly concentrating on clearing your own wave with multiple basics after you use ...even with a buffed Rend via , you're still going to be likely cutting even, unless maybe if you're facing someone like (or heaven forbid, ).

If you aren't willing to meet at the mid-point where the two minion waves come together, then you're going to be fighting the minions at your tower and losing at least some farm. If you're at that mid-point, then depending on the Solo/Jungle combo and the support of your own Jungler, then that's far enough from your tower that you can still get ganked if you don't have .

Also at level 2/3, you might not have backed yet...you seriously always pick up s at the very beginning? I don't see not having wards at the very beginning of the game = "you deserve to be ganked."

At least, that's what it seems like to me.

(35) |

This is the reason that I don't pay attention to skill leveling charts on guides. How you level your skills is entirely situational and varies depending on the matchup.

Generally, yes, you can delay your leap a bit if you feel safe doing so. However, if the enemy comp is (for example) something like a solo with and a jungle, I'd probably invest a point into the leap.

Also, jungle routes right now are, for the most part, pretty predictable. Jungle starts at speed, does the small back harpy camp, then clears blue. Then, they usually stick their head into solo lane for a second or two to see what's happening. Your friendly jungler will most likely take this same route, meaning that you will have backup to dissuade them from making any moves. After a brief meetup period/wave share, the junglers head toward mid, not to be seen from again for a little while.

So, all in all, I wouldn't worry so much about a gank that it sacrifices my waveclear for it, unless there is a notable matchup/relic combo that causes me to reconsider.

(401) |

DV, in that game I was in Solo as and you were support , what happened with my first death was that I hadn't seen the the entire time, so I put a point into 2nd, at least as far as I remembered. It was a while, but at one point, he did in fact come over and I hadn't backed at all at that point...both Xing and I were just trading blows and were over 1/2 health, and the Ao ganked me, and I just know I didn't have my leap.

So I was in fact judging based on situation and I made the wrong call. Generally would have gotten the leap 2nd, but felt confident. Probably won't skip leap 2nd from this point forward unless it's a serious mismatch and we're already getting kills.

(35) |

Personally, that sounds more like a positioning error to me.

If you didn't see the enemy jungler on the mini-map at any point during the game, you should not have been pushed up that far in lane at half health (Also, how were you half-health against a at level 2? Did you not have ?).

To me, this is a general rule of solo lane. Your knowledge of enemy jungler position dictates how you position yourself in lane (at least until the point when you have your escape and wards). If, for example, the enemy jungler was in mid, and your mid gets eyes on the jungler to put him on the mini-map, and you see it, you have freedom to be aggressive in Solo for a while. But if you don't know where the jungler is, it is always best to assume he is right around the corner, and position yourself accordingly.

Also, if you opt for stronger waveclear over your leap, you can hang back and clear the wave closer to your tower before the minions step into your tower radius, so you won't lose out on any farm. This way, you will be in a more defensive position if the jungler were to try to gank you.

It's kind of hard to explain without a video.

(Also, I noticed that you didn't build any cooldowns on that game. How did feel on her?)

(401) |

Duotem (the bastard) has already given me a hard time on my Nike build that game. Said it gave him cancer or something. I don't blame him. Not really sure what I was thinking.

Anyway, I could be remembering incorrectly. I may have put a 2nd point into rend and been at level 3 when I got ganged. I know I wasn't too far up. Maybe mid point where the minions meet. Or maybe I'm full of it. I don't know. It's Sunday and I'm working at the convention and I'm drunk because we hosted an open bar. I'll follow up later with a real response XD

(10) |

"That build makes me cry at night"

But know I know that I need to specify each item for each role when talking to Bran

(401) |

Okay, so not cancer, just pitiful grown men crying.

Yeah, I totally don't remember what the actual situation was. I think I just thought, "okay Xing has some healing in his kit, so I'll grab Pest...the health and magical protection will be good against his and Ao's damage, and the anti-heal will also help."

Then of course I just bought because I was being stupid and was thinking about wave clear. Dammit, this is getting WAY too much attention!!!

(401) |

I could have built better myself. It's just, in game, pressure makes me choose somewhat poorly sometimes.

(35) |

(401) |

Hey Cyber,

You've got a nice template going for your various guides. Some quick comments:

I usually would level my escape at level 2 when the god has an escape, but, depending, would you maybe level Plan of Action 2nd if you find you're not getting interrupted? Would really help your clear pressure.
Feel you're maybe missing some situational counter items, like Midgardian Mail or Hide of the Nemean Lion.
I like your explanations on the starting item section.

(4) |

With the current meta jungler starts, I always level the leap at 2 in case the jungler ganks after their first camps instead of going to mid.

Sacrificing 1 level's time of pressure for that easy on mind actually lets me play more aggressive than would

Nemean Lion could definitely be considered, I always find myself choosing over it for the kill potential with 's insane damage though. I actually prefer over Midgardian here for the Attack Speed and CDR

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Skills

Items

Gameplay

Conclusion

Other Guides

Changelog

I Will Grant You Victory! - Nike 5.3

Smite God: Nike

Nike Build

Starting Items

Core Items

Relics

Defense Options

Damage Options

Nike's Skill Order

Rend

Barrier Formation

Valiant Leap

Sentinel of Zeus

Nike Build

Normal Game

Against a Mage

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Trust in me!

Skills

Onwards, to victory!

Items

All According to Plan

Gameplay

Seek Out Their Plans

Conclusion

Other Guides

Changelog

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