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Attack Speed Poseidon

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by Lewcipher updated February 28, 2016

Smite God: Poseidon

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Poseidon Build

Example build

Build Item Shoes of the Magi Shoes of the Magi
Build Item Hastened Fatalis Hastened Fatalis
Build Item Demonic Grip Demonic Grip
Build Item Polynomicon Polynomicon
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti

Subsitutes

Build Item Telkhines Ring Telkhines Ring
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus

Actives

Build Item Greater Sprint Greater Sprint
Build Item Greater Purification Greater Purification
Build Item Greater Blink Greater Blink
Build Item Weakening Curse Weakening Curse
Build Item Enfeebling Curse Enfeebling Curse
Build Item Aegis Pendant Aegis Pendant

Poseidon's Skill Order

Tidal Surge

1 X Y
Tidal Surge
2 8 11 12 14

Trident

2 A B
Trident
1 4 6 7 10

Whirlpool

3 B A
Whirlpool
3 15 16 18 19

Release The Kraken!

4 Y X
Release The Kraken!
5 9 13 17 20
Tidal Surge
2 8 11 12 14

Tidal Surge

1 X
Poseidon summons forth a wave that travels in a line, dealing damage and pushing back all enemies in its path.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Tidal Meter: -15% Tide
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10s
Trident
1 4 6 7 10

Trident

2 A
Poseidon activates his Trident, granting attack speed and movement speed and making his Basic Attacks fire 2 additional shots in a spread for 6s. The shots deal Magical damage plus 25% of Poseidon's Magical Power. All shots increase Poseidon's Tide on successful hit.

Ability Type: Buff
Base Damage Per Hit: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Attack Speed: 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15%
Movement Speed: 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20%
Lifetime: 6s
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 15s
Whirlpool
3 15 16 18 19

Whirlpool

3 B
Poseidon summons a whirlpool at his ground target location that Cripples targets, preventing movement abilities, and creating a Vortex which drags targets toward the center dealing damage every .5s for 3s.

Ability Type: Ground Target
Damage: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Damage (Total): 90 / 150 / 210 / 270 / 330 (+90% of your Magical Power)
Tidal Meter: -15% Tide
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11s
Release The Kraken!
5 9 13 17 20

Release The Kraken!

4 Y
Poseidon releases the Kraken, damaging and Slowing targets in its radius. Enemies in the center of the effect when it spawns take additional damage, are bounced into the air and Stunned.

Ability: Ground Target
Damage: 175 / 210 / 245 / 280 / 315 (+45% of your Magical Power)
Damage (Center): 175 / 210 / 245 / 280 / 315 (+45% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 30%
Stun (Center): 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2s
Tidal Meter: -20% Tide
Radius: 30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Intro

Firstly, this is just a build, not a guide. So here we have an unconventional build for Poseidon - Attack speed. I find Poseidon fairly dull to play in the usual way of a burst mage, abilities are quite boring and easy. Don't get me wrong, he's one of the most powerful AoE gods, i just prefer this build on him to spice things up a little!

Obviously, I level my 2 first as I'm using basic attacks as my main source of damage, my 1 second for some extra damage and keep my 3 last to keep it low on mana for utility. Fatalis and demonic grip are key to the build, I built polynomicon early in the video example because I wanted some more sustain, usually i would build it last. Often I will build Telkhine's Ring into it somewhere but in a lot of cases gem of isolation is too useful to pass up.

This build isn't particularly powerful which is why I opt for shoes of the magi over focus as he needs some penetration and Rod of Tahuti to give him a boost. Winged blade is another fun item on him for the movement speed, with fatalis, boots, his 2 and sprint all active you can outrun anyone!

Hope you enjoy this unorthodox build. Play with it and let me know what you think.

Lewcipher

Pros/Cons

Pros

+Movement speed can potentially be just silly
+Good CC with cripple, knock-up and stun (+gem of isolation)
+Good utility - Demonic grip debuff can be very quickly applied
+Passive meter fills up quickly
+Fun to play

Cons

-Low damage
-Easily burst down if caught in crowd control
-Enfeebling Curse and Witchblade kind of ruin everything
-If the gimmick doesn't work then you're just a weak link on your team

Video example

Summary

This is a great build for poking the enemy team and for chasing fleeing opponents. once you have hit someone with a basic attack and your fatalis passive kicks in, used your 2, it is hard to not land your basic attacks. You can almost literally run circles around them! It's not a serious build but it does catch out and surprise them.

Lewcipher

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DosX | December 14, 2016 3:29pm
Poly is a bad choice for attack speed Poseidon. It only processes if you hit your target with the middle of the trident shots. So if you use your 2, only the middle hit processes, and if you hit with one of the two outside shots, you lose the poly attack.
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TheNephilimCrow (1) | August 12, 2016 10:24am
This guide receives my official SMITEFire Blind Pick approval. It was the first episode of my series. :)

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