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Smite God: Yemoja

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Yemoja Build

Starting Items

Sentinel's Gift

Glowing Emerald

Healing Potion

Hand of the Gods

Example Build

Sentinel's Embrace

Gauntlet of Thebes

Spear of Desolation

Pridwen

Lotus Sickle

Mantle of Discord

Physical Defense Options

Contagion

Sovereignty

Spectral Armor

Lotus Sickle

Magical Defense Options

Shogun's Kusari

Heartward Amulet

Pestilence

Physical + Magical Defense Options

Spirit Robe

Mantle of Discord

Pridwen

Magi's Cloak

Situational Items

Notes Arguably, every item you build as a support is a "situational item" but I feel like these are the main situational items you will either be building early on or not really building.

Relic Dagger

Winged Blade

Witchblade

Example Build with Antiheal

Notes You can swap out for if they have a heavy magical damage comp.

You could replace with antiheal instead of or whatever else you are replacing, but I really like Deso on Yemoja... So I don't.

Sentinel's Embrace

Gauntlet of Thebes

Contagion

Spear of Desolation

Lotus Sickle

Pridwen

Relic Options

Purification Beads

Sundering Spear

Blink Rune

Heavenly Wings

Horrific Emblem

Cursed Ankh

Bracer of Radiance

Yemoja's Skill Order Notes You could also start her Riptide first and use it twice on your own wave at the beginning of the match to push them back towards your towerline.

Notes

You could also start her Riptide first and use it twice on your own wave at the beginning of the match to push them back towards your towerline.

Bouncing Bubble / Moonstrike

1 X

1 3 6 7 10

Mending Waters

2 A

4 8 11 12 14

Riptide

3 B

2 15 16 18 19

River's Rebuke

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

Yemoja Threats

Tap each threat level to view Yemoja’s threats

Max

Major

Even

Minor

Tiny

Yemoja Synergies

Tap each synergy level to view Yemoja’s synergies

Ideal

Strong

Low

None

Pros + Cons

PROS
/ is amazing for lane pressure.
/ and provide a lot of setup and peel.
is amazing for late-game team sustain.
is a very good team fight ultimate.

CONS
No CC immunity in her kit.
Her ultimate can be hard to position properly, and is hard countered by gods with leaps and .
She does nothing without omi.

Abilities

You should read Yemoja's abilities in detail either through Smite or here: https://smite.fandom.com/wiki/Yemoja

Yemoja uses Omi to cast spells instead of Mana. She starts with 7, earning up to 10. Yemoja gains 1 Omi (+.01 per level) every 5 seconds and Cooldown Reduction increases Omi regeneration. Yemoja's Basic Attacks healing only affects gods and does not proc item effects. Mana, MP5, and Mana Heals are applied to Yemoja's Health pool.

Unlock additional Omi upon reaching level 6, 11 and 16.

Basic attack Healing: 1 (+0.2 per level) every 0.5s and 10% Increased Healing for 7s

Health Conversion: 20% of Mana

Simplify it for Me...

Bouncing Bubble: Yemoja tosses out a bubble that bounces twice, dealing damage and slowing enemies by 30% before exploding into smaller bubbles that deal 50% damage. Enemies hit by both bubble bounces take 50% damage on the second hit.

Bubble Damage: 40/75/120/145/180 (+30% of your Magical Power)

Slow Duration: 1s

Cost: 2 Omi

Moonstrike: Yemoja calls upon the Moon to deal damage to enemies below. The inner strike is the largest, dealing full damage and stunning all enemies and enemy structures hit.

Inner Damage: 50/90/130/170/210 (+40% of your Magical Power)

Outer Damage: 20/40/60/80/100 (+15% of your Magical Power)

Stun Duration: 1s

Cost: 2 Omi

Simplify it for Me...

Yemoja sends out a wave of water that damages all enemies it passes through, dealing extra unmitigated damage to their shields.
Once the wave reaches an ally it bounces to all nearby allies healing and shielding them for 3s.

Damage: 50/80/110/140/170 (+40% of your Magical Power)

Shield Damage Multiplier: 2x/2x/2x/2x/3x

Heal: 30/55/80/105/130 (+15% of your Magical Power)

Shield: 30/55/80/105/130 (+15% of your Magical Power)

Cost: 3 Omi

Simplify it for Me...

Yemoja creates a water ring that Knocks Up everyone that enters it. Allies are pushed further and gain both Movement Speed and Protections for 3s. Enemies go a shorter distance and are Slowed. After entering a ring you are briefly locked out of entering another.
Yemoja can place the ring at a maximum distance to reverse the direction.

Movement Speed: 10/15/20/25/30%
Protections: 20/25/30/35/40 Physical and Magical Protections

Slow: 20% for 2s

Ring Duration: 6s

Cost: 3 Omi

Simplify it for Me...

Yemoja unleashes her full power creating two large walls of water that block enemy movement and projectiles. After a delay the river cascades down, damaging, trembling, and slowing enemies.
Yemoja gains a buff to her Omi regeneration while she is in the river field that lingers briefly after she leaves it.

Damage: 240/305/370/435/500 (+70% of your Magical Power)

Initial Slow: 90% decreasing by 30% each second
Slow Duration: 3s

Omi Regeneration: 1 extra every 2 seconds
Buff Duration: 4s after leaving the area

Cooldown: 140 seconds

Simplify it for Me...

Getting Riptide Level 1 vs. Getting Bouncing Bubble/Moonstrike

Some of you may be asking, "Why would I ever get Yemoja's 3 as her first ability?" I will tell you why.

Before you get the purple buff you can stand in lane and wait for your minions to approach the tier 2 tower, once they are within distance you can use Yemoja's to push them back. Once they are no longer being pushed back by the first you will place a second one that once again pushes them back - as soon as you place the second you will go to the purple buff (which is like 2 feet away from where you are doing this) and clear it with . With the clear really is not that bad and you will not miss any minions.

Here is a video of me doing it to SHOW yall visual learners:

You can also make it so one of your minions gets through, that way they will definitely die to the enemy wave and your ADC will hit 2 before theirs does guarantee. It takes more effort though but I will show you that as well:

The trick to getting one minion through it to put your on that little brown pattern thing as soon as the first minion passes it. You might want to practice it a few times before you try it but its really easy once you get the timing down.

Okay! So what was the point of pushing your wave back? It will make the waves meet at your side of the lane and will likely deny the enemy a minion or two because they have to walk ALL the way down the lane. Once you get to the lane the minions will be right in front of you and you need to make it clear to your ADC to not attack the wave for a little while so that they can fight each other and your minions will die from the enemy minions.

The overall purpose of pushing your minion wave back: You are much safer on your side of the map because you can run to your tower quicker and you are likely denying the enemy ADC at least a minion or 2 which will allow your ADC to hit level 2 first.

When do you want to do this? You want to do this vs. enemies that have a strong 2v2 over yours. Inbowned recently released a video going more into detail about this and I REALLY recommend you watch it because he explains it perfectly:

I will tell you here though when you should get first and push your wave back and when you should get / first.

You should get Yemojas 3 vs. enemies that have a strong 2v2 on you - Medusa, Izanami, Sobek, Ymir, etc. are all very aggressive gods. Artemis, Jing Wei, etc. are late-game hunters that have weak early pressure. Yemoja has good pressure with her 1 but she can't do it all if her hunter has weak clear. So, when you have a weak early hunter and you are against 2 gods that have early pressure and kill potential, you want to get her 3 and push your wave back.

If you are paired with a god like Izanami and especially if you are against weak early game gods, you want to go ahead and get her 1 and just outpressure them immediately. Pushing the wave back and denying them a couple minions is not worth the time or effort when you can just pressure them outright.

8.8 Update + 8.8 Bonus Update

8.8 UPDATE

No direct changes to Yemoja.

Indirect changes to Yemoja; Items:

[NERF] Benevolence:
- Decreased Base GP5 from 3 to 1.
- Decreased GP5 Per Level from 0.5 to 0.3.
- Decreased the experience and gold earned from any time you would gain either resource from slain enemies from 90% to 85%.
- The full lost reward still goes to an ally within 40 units of you. (10% to 15%).

What this means for Yemoja: You are no longer building . Its bad.

[BUFF] War Flag:
- Increased Gold Reward from 8 to 10.

What this means for Yemoja: Still bad. You should only be building rn.

[BUFF] Bulwark of Hope:
Increased Magical Protections from 60 to 80.
The shield provided by Bulwark of Hope will now be based on 15% of the holder’s Maximum health, rather than 150 + 10 Per Level.

What this means for Yemoja: Its an option for sure..!

Indirect changes to Yemoja; Relics:

[BUFF] Bracer of Radiance: Increased Movement Speed Aura from 10% to 15%.
[BUFF] Upgraded Bracer: Increased Movement Speed Aura from 10% to 15%; Increased Power Aura from 10% to 15%.

What this means for Yemoja: Once again, an option for sure. If you're going to get it I would get it first relic. If you need then go that instead.

[NERF] Sundering Spear: Increased Cooldown from 110s to 125s.
[NERF] Sunder Upgrade: Increased Cooldown from 110s to 125s; Decreased Damage Amplification from 10% to 7%.

What this means for Yemoja: No longer a prioritized relic. Unfortunate. I don't ever get it anymore, it's not much value in comparison to other relics.

8.8 BONUS UPDATE

Direct changes to Yemoja [NERF]:
: Removed 10% bonus healing buff she can apply from basic attacks
: Increased Cooldown from 120s to 140s

What this means for Yemoja: They killed her... no but really 140s on an ultimate is crazy even if the rest of her kit is really good.

The 10% bonus healing buff that you gained from autos was a little excessive but removing it altogether instead of decreasing it to 5% or something is annoying as well.

Yemoja will probably still be picked sometimes but I doubt she's going to be prioritized. Only time will tell though!

Epilogue...

Thanks for reading my Yemoja guide gamers... let me know if there's anything I should clarify, add, or change.

The main reason I made this EPILOGUE of sorts is to say this: Do not be afraid to play Yemoja!! So many people have said over and over that Yemoja has a high skill ceiling and it's hard to play her perfectly. This is true, her kit is very versatile and there are many different ways you can react to a situation as Yemoja. HOWEVER, her skill floor is not all that high and if you enjoy her you can learn to play her well enough at a base level. As you play Yemoja more, you will improve and learn new things to do with her kit.

The primary thing people struggle with is the following:

1. Hitting abilities
2. Omi management

My advice for hitting abilities: Play like a SUPPORT. Many people see that Yemoja has decently longed ranged abilities and ranged auto attacks, surely that means she must be played from a distance? No, you are being deceived.

Yemoja is a backline support in that she provides great peel and sustain for her team. This does not mean you are going to be BEHIND your carries though, you are still a support and you are still tanky and you need to get in there and do some work. All that this means is that you will be falling back to your team once the fight gets going to provide heals and peel off the solo laner/jungler that are likely diving your carries.

It is 100x easier to hit Yemoja's when you are close to the enemy vs. hitting it at max range. If you struggle to hit Yemoja's abilities, ask yourself: Am I playing like a guardian or am I playing like a mage?

My advice for omi management: and are expensive in comparison to / and they do not give enough for their cost early game.

is situational and you are never really spamming it but does not give enough healing for its cost in the early game, especially with / being so good. This is why you see Yemoja players maxing her 1 before her 2. is REALLY good late-game once you are all grouped together and team fighting because it spreads to the entire team.

So, basically, my advice is to use her 2 and 3 very SPARINGLY. Once again, for the 2 there's not much value in the healing until it's maxed and it will be maxed by the time it matters (team fighting stage of the game). During the early and mid-game, a > combo will do MUCH more for your teammate than a heal would for only 1 omi more.

Once again.. thanks for reading.. love you all.. enjoy playing YEMOJA!

8.8+ // Yemoja Build + Guide

Smite God: Yemoja