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Focus Yamir

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by Fastball2600 updated January 21, 2013

Smite God: Ymir

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Ymir Build

Focus Tank

Build Item Boots of Celerity Boots of Celerity
Build Item Aegis Amulet (Old) Aegis Amulet (Old)
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Bulwark of Hope Bulwark of Hope
Build Item Sovereignty Sovereignty
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings

Cooldown Focus

Build Item Boots of Celerity Boots of Celerity
Build Item Aegis Amulet (Old) Aegis Amulet (Old)
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Bulwark of Hope Bulwark of Hope
Build Item Breastplate of Valor Breastplate of Valor
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings

Ymir's Skill Order

Ice Wall

1 X Y
Ice Wall
4 15 16 18 19

Glacial Strike

2 A B
Glacial Strike
1 3 6 7 10

Frost Breath

3 B A
Frost Breath
2 8 11 12 14

Shards of Ice

4 Y X
Shards of Ice
5 9 13 17 20
Ice Wall
4 15 16 18 19

Ice Wall

1 X
Ymir summons a wall of ice out of the ground that blocks player movement.

Ability Type: Line, Wall
Lifetime: 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5s
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11s
Glacial Strike
1 3 6 7 10

Glacial Strike

2 A
Ymir smashes his club, doing damage to all enemies in front of him and slowing them. Applies Frostbite.

Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage
Damage: 90 / 160 / 230 / 300 / 370 (+70% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 35%
Slow Duration: 4s
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 8s
Frost Breath
2 8 11 12 14

Frost Breath

3 B
Ymir uses his breath to freeze enemies in blocks of ice, doing damage and stunning them. Applies Frostbite.

Ability Type: Cone, Stun, Damage
Damage: 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+50% of your Magical Power)
Stun: 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25s
Range: 35
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14s
Shards of Ice
5 9 13 17 20

Shards of Ice

4 Y
Ymir begins to freeze the air around him, causing shards of ice to grow on his back and Slowing enemies. After a 3s channel, Ymir erupts out of his frozen state, causing shards of ice to do damage to all enemies in his range. Applies Frostbite. Cancelling the ability decreases the damage.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 500 / 650 / 800 / 950 / 1100 (+150% of your Magical Power)
Slow: 40%
Radius: 35
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Intro

Basically the whole point to this Yamir build is to get max focus with some damage, while remaining tanky. I find in all matches you really shouldn't need more then Bulwark of Hope and Sovereignty to remain tanky while the Void Stone and Rod of Tahuti will make sure that anyone not stacking magic protection are basically dead.

Really this build works for all game types as yamir is a great tower holder in domination, a great lane partner with a high dps character in conquest, and a great initiator in arena.

Please let me know of any critiques to this guide that will make it better!

Items

Seeing the point of this build is focus all of the items have focus on them even though it does go over the cap of 100 at the end. The Void Stone puts you at 105 just over the cap and the Spear of the Magus is picked up just basically for the added damage and penetration with the ability/ult combo Yamir has. It is the 6th item I prefer but you can choose a different one. It is basically just a filler item and any other damaging item could be choosen or you could pick up more protection if you wish to go tankier you can.

Boots of Celerity are the first item you get because of the cooldown reduction for your stuns, the focus given, and the speed boost relative to other boots.

Next you can either get both of your abilities sprint and Aegis Amulet or you can go right for the winged wand. The sprint and aegis gives you more survivability early on and literally ungankable even without a having a movement ability.
The winged wand I feel gives a little less survivability but still good with massive health, movement speed, immunity to slows, and focus to increase your stuns and this build is all about the focus!

Bulwark of Hope is my third item because of the massive health, damage reduction if below 25% health, and gives you focus. It is seriously a ridiculous item to have early game and basically makes you unkillable by mages unless you eat basically three ults. Even then you will probably survive and be able to just pop sprint to run away.

Sovereignty is my fourth item because it just rounds out your tankyness with massive health/focus/physical protection. If you were killable before you definitely are not now.
Breastplate of Valor is an alternate choice. It doesn't give you the health or the aura but it maxes out your cooldown so you can freeze even more!

Void Stone is my fifth item because not only do you get more magical protection for increased tankyness but you gain magical power/focus/and a great magic protection reduction aura. Really ramps up the damage done to anyone who is stupid enough to stay in your ult.

For the last item I would just go with your favorite magic damage item be it Rod of Tahuti, Book of Thoth, Spear of the Magus or any other item. It really just solidifies your player killing ability.

Skills

You will want to level up Glacial Strike first, then Shards of Ice, Frost Breath, and finally Ice Wall.

Farming Creeps
Just farm all the archers with Glacial Strike. At around Glacial Strike level 3 you should be able to one hit them or have them one club away from death. Don't really worry about getting hit by players at low levels because if you get hit the damage your creeps will do to them is a hell of a lot more then what they could do to you.

Players
You don't really want to go out expecting to kill anyone until you have your ultimate Shards of Ice.

What you want to do is run up to someone and freeze them with Frost Breath. Lay down a quick Glacial Strike going towards their escape while they are frozen from Frost Breath. This will slow them once they are done being frozen while doing more damage. Then finally you run towards their escape a little ways to get in front of them for the ult. This allows the enemy to make a choice, chance not being able to run from one side of your ult to the other in time for you to get the kill, or to turn back towards your teammates with low health.

Team Fights
Basically do what is stated above just try to get multiple people trapped by frost breath. Really Frost Breath is ridiculous because with max focus it can last 3 SECONDS! (don't know why the site doesn't have updated focus skills) That is your entire channeling time for your ultimate so even if the person does have a leap if you use your ability instantly after freezing they shouldn't even have time to cast it.

If any of your teammates are around and are able to cast an ult on multiple players that are remaining still for 3 seconds it is basically over even without your ult.

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Fastball2600 (4) | January 21, 2013 9:49pm
Bnol wrote:

Winged Wand and Sprint alone are questionable on Ymir, but even more questionable is Sprint and Winged Wand together. At the key moments in which you would use Sprint, you already have slow immunity so, the Winged Wand passive is useless in those critical situations. Rod of Tahuti seems like a waste as you only have Void Stone and The Rod itself as MPower items, so you really aren't getting that much out of the passive, especially considering how expensive it is.


Winged wand is not for the passive. It is for the focus, health, and movement speed base. Yamir doesn't have a movement ability like every other god so it enables you to catch up or run away a lot easier. Sprint also isn't used for the passive it is for getting away or catching up for a clutch freeze to allow teammates to catch up. If you think their is a better alternative to getting speed to keep up with people while maxing out focus I would like to hear the alternative.

Also I get Rod of Tahuti not because of the passive but because of the of the insane 125 magic power. It is the last item so I don't see why you wouldn't get the item with the strongest magical power with a passive that increases it farther. On top of that yamir's ult gives +200% magical power! Every bit of mp is basically tripled to anyone who stays in your ult. Every point counts! Even the 2nd tier of the item gives more magic power then most items in 3rd tier! The Book of Thoth is the closes magic power item and it gives 100 which is 25 less then the [[rod of tahuti] not including the passive 25% of all magical power.
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Bnol | January 21, 2013 8:01pm
Winged Wand and Sprint alone are questionable on Ymir, but even more questionable is Sprint and Winged Wand together. At the key moments in which you would use Sprint, you already have slow immunity so, the Winged Wand passive is useless in those critical situations. Rod of Tahuti seems like a waste as you only have Void Stone and The Rod itself as MPower items, so you really aren't getting that much out of the passive, especially considering how expensive it is.
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Fastball2600 (4) | January 21, 2013 5:03pm
Just added another build order.

If you like the build please vote and if you have a question about it or a critique please feel free to mention it!
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Fastball2600 (4) | January 19, 2013 7:53pm
BeNjAh16 wrote:

who is yamir? hah just kidding, nice build, looks a lot like my first build of ymir (they said "use focus" so i buy all the focus **** i find XD) but i remember it works pretty well, i think i done a 10 4 that time, ery nice for a first time ymir :D nice build, thanks ;)


Yes it works very well. I have not had a game where I went negative k/d wise yet.

It works a lot better in arena/domination because of the increased team play and having multiple enemies stay still for 3 seconds is incredibly beneficial for anyone.

If you like the build please up vote and if you do not like it please leave a comment why!
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BeNjAh16 | January 19, 2013 9:19am
who is yamir? hah just kidding, nice build, looks a lot like my first build of ymir (they said "use focus" so i buy all the focus **** i find XD) but i remember it works pretty well, i think i done a 10 4 that time, ery nice for a first time ymir :D nice build, thanks ;)
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