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Freya - Queen of the Valkyries (9/27/14)

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by SMITEGusher updated November 28, 2014

Smite God: Freya

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Freya Build

Full 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 Bancroft's Talon Bancroft's Talon
Build Item Rod of Tahuti Rod of Tahuti
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus

Starting Items

Build Item Bumba's Mask Bumba's Mask
Build Item Hand Of The Gods (Old) Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Build Item Boots Boots
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Actives to get

Build Item Hand Of The Gods (Old) Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Build Item Greater Sprint Greater Sprint
Build Item Greater Purification Greater Purification

Actives never to get

Build Item Salvation Salvation
Build Item Greater Meditation Greater Meditation

Elixers (After Full Build)

Build Item Elixir of Power Elixir of Power
Build Item Elixir of Defense Elixir of Defense

Freya's Skill Order

Irradiate

1 X Y
Irradiate
2 8 11 12 14

Pulse

2 A B
Pulse
1 3 6 7 10

Banish

3 B A
Banish
4 15 16 18 19

Valkyrie's Discretion

4 Y X
Valkyrie's Discretion
5 9 13 17 20
Irradiate
2 8 11 12 14

Irradiate

1 X
Freya activates a Buff that makes her Basic Attacks do bonus Magical damage. Freya may cancel this ability early to put it on cooldown.

Ability Type: Buff, Damage
Damage per Attack: 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+20% of your Magical Power)
Duration: 5s
Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
Cooldown: 8s
Pulse
1 3 6 7 10

Pulse

2 A
Freya activates a Buff that makes her Basic Attacks ranged, dealing bonus Magical damage and Slowing the target and all nearby enemies. The area effect and slow are lost when Irradiate is active.

Ability Type: Area, Buff, Damage
Damage Per Attack: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+15% of your Magical Power)
Duration: 6s
Slow: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%
Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
Cooldown: 12s
Banish
4 15 16 18 19

Banish

3 B
At her ground target location, Freya Banishes her enemies into the air for a short time. The enemies can't be hit or take action while in the air.

Ability Type: Circle, Banish
Banish Duration: 1.5s
Radius: 10
Cost: 70 / 65 / 60 / 55 / 50
Cooldown: 18 / 17.5 / 17 / 16.5 / 16s
Valkyrie's Discretion
5 9 13 17 20

Valkyrie's Discretion

4 Y
Freya uses her Cloak of Feathers to fly above the battlefield where she fires down blasts of Magical damage up to 4 times while flying. Freya can't be hit when at full ascension and can cancel it anytime.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Damage Per Blast: 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230 (+35% of your Magical Power)
Duration: 3.6s
Radius: 12
Cost: 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110
Cooldown: 110s

Introduction

A Freya guide by: Gusher

Hello, and welcome to my Freya guide. Over the coming weeks I will be doing my best to cover a majority of the gods in SMITE to give you an updated version of my builds in use of the current meta. I feel that there are not currently enough theorycrafters out there. So I will do my best to give you a large selection of gods to learn from.

Also a side note I moderate for a wonderful streamer by the name of Desanya be sure to check her out and you can catch me on to ask any questions: http://www.twitch.tv/desanya

Pros / Cons


Pros

Hyper Carry
Great Duelist
Amazing catch potential
Great scale throughout each stage of the game


Cons

Squishy
Near useless without cooldowns
Highly punishable

Jungle Freya

Jungle Route
Begin with your solo lane to clear red or speed buff then to your solo lane's blue buff. (This varies depending on what side you are on, always start where your solo lane is).

Lane with your solo lane to level 4, this will give you the right amount of exp to give mid lane red or take your speed and be level 5.

Always contest mid harpies, start with right mid harpies then transition with your support and mid lane to left mid harpies.

When no lanes are gankable and no buffs are up to give, take back harpies.



Ganking

Always use Pulse before Irradiate

When ganking a lane it is important to know the position of your teammate(s).

Depending on how far away they are will play into what skill you lead with.

If your teammate(s) is not within a castable distance you may want to consider leading with Banish.

If your teammate(s) is near the enemy you will want to lead with Pulse, land the slow and pop Irradiate, if the enemy has escape be ready to use your Banish.

Duo Freya (Adc position)

CDR Boots Explained


First and foremost, you will build your Shoes of Focus boots first, before Hastened Fatalis, starting Ancient Blade will allow you not to be pushed on and make more use of your Pulse spell.

The reason you build Shoes of Focus in the duo lane is so you have Pulse up as frequent as possible. If you constantly go up to melee the minions you will find yourself being heavily poked and unable to trade. If you must do this try to land a Banish to sponge some of that damage you would have taken.



How to trade
Freya's kit offers a lot of control and kiting while maximizing damage output.

When trading, always land Pulse to slow your enemy and follow up with Irradiate for extra damage.

Use your Banish wisely, interrupt a channel spell, use it to escape.

When receiving a gank ask yourself a few questions:

1. Does my opponent have escape? If yes be ready to banish AFTER it is used.

2. Does my teammates ganking have a hard to hit skill shot and question one is false? If yes Banish right away, remember you can hit your banished target as they are falling before they are able to react.

If you have Hastened Fatalis you can still trade when Pulse is on CD, Banish your target to get into melee range safely. Pop Irradiate and you will stay within range to deal massive damage.

When using Freya's Ultimate, at full ascension you are untargetable and CC immune immediately. Use this to avoid being locked down and to finish kills.

Solo Freya

Freya Solo Overview


Solo lane has always been about playing the "Who can stay in lane longer" game.

As Freya your job in solo is not so much about sustaining and passively farming your lane as your typical solo laner would be.

Instead you should be looking to punish, wear, and tear your opponent as frequent as possible.

When against a mage be careful when melee'ing minions, always know your opponents position.




How to trade



Against Melee:


You do not have to use Pulse to farm unless you are pushed on. Instead look to kite and punish your lane opponent as often as possible with Pulse Irradiate combo.


Against Ranged:
Be aware of there range and location. It is possible to melee farm still but requires a lot of awareness. You will most likely find yourself needing to use Pulse to farm frequently.

Remember your banish, when receiving a gank ask yourself a few questions:

1. Does my opponent have escape? If yes be ready to Banish AFTER it is used.

2. Does my teammates ganking have a hard to hit skill shot and question one is false? If yes Banish right away, remember you can hit your banished target as they are falling before they are able to react.

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Itemization Explained

Hastened Fatalis
This is Freya's core item that allows for great chase and kiting mechanics.

This needs to be picked up directly after boots.

Freya is not in high demand of damage items early game.

This allows for more slows and faster Pulse Irradiate combo's to pop off.


Shoes of the Magi
Non Duo lane Freya's will use this boot. After the full usage of Pulse/Irradiate your CD's come up in 6 seconds.

This will provide early game M.Pen and a small boost to Magic Power.




Demonic Grip
Pulse applies on hit effects, making this item highly effective.

It gives magic power + attack speed, top stats for Freya.

When used with Boots of the Magi and Spear of the Magus it gives your flat pen cap of 50.

Banecrofts Talon
While granting large magic power this is your main source of surviving.

With Freya's passive this grants a total of 27% Magical Lifesteal.




Rod of Tahuti

A key item to all mages, grants a large magnification to Magical Power.




Spear of the Magus
Pulse applies on hit effects, making this item highly effective.

When used with Boots of the Magi and Demonic Grip it gives your flat pen cap of 50.




Shoes of Focus


Duo lane only

This item is good for duo lane for its CDR effect, allowing your pulse to be up more often to duel effectively.

The mana also allows you to get more uses out of your spells and staying in lane longer.

Actives Explained


Hand of the Gods


Always pick this item up as Solo and Jungle.



Greater Sprint


As Duo always pick up this active.

As Solo and Jungle you will pick between this and Beads. If the enemy team has devastating hard cc take Beads over Sprint.


Greater Purification


As Duo always pick up this item.

As Solo and Jungle you will pick between this and Sprint. If the enemy team has little to no hard cc take Sprint over Beads.

Why no mid lane build?

In the current meta Freya is not mobile enough to roam as most of the current high tier mid laners. Also Freya does not bring enough objective control to mid harpies nor can Freya 100-0 mid harpies in a combo.

Tips and Tricks

  • Freya's Ultimate makes Freya CC immune immediately and at full ascension untargetable.


  • Freya and allies can target a banished target as they are falling, before they are able to use anything.


  • Use Pulse before Irradiate, Irradiate removes the slow effect of Pulse.


  • When using Pulse on towers, remember the splash effect is still present. The tower will aggro you if you splash an enemy.

Ending Statement

I hope you guys liked the guide I appreciate all and any constructive feed back and I hope this guide has opened you to many new ideas.



Also be sure to check out http://www.twitch.tv/desanya You can catch me on there to answer questions and enjoy our madness.

Changelog

September 27th, 2014: Added a changelog


October 2nd, 2014: Removed unnecessary colors

October 2nd, 2014: Added BB Code

November 26th, 2014: Updated for freshness

November 28th, 2014: Reformatted Changelog

November 28th, 2014: Added Pros / Cons chapter

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mariotnc | December 29, 2015 9:47am
This guide is so well written that I actually created an account just to leave a congratz for you. Nice job.
1
rabbitklien | March 14, 2015 7:06pm
Hey I love your build! It honestly made my freya all-around game much better ^.^ I would love it if you would expand on other possible items choices for a more flexible freya -if its possible, cause idk maybe these are the only items that will work for her- but, that is why I'm typing this, do you think that freya could carry the active meditation for ADC since in the new season of smite, the blue has been replaced with purple(attack speed), just a thought :3 or maybe book of thoth? idk tell me what you think I'm kinda a noob when it comes to item building. anyways great guide!
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KamikazeKitty (4) | January 15, 2015 8:20am
I had decided to do a new Freya build to maximize shredding everything. I made my build and thought about making a guide, because I'm nice like that. Someone already made the guide exactly the same as my build! Good job, this build will absolutely shred everything. You should also note that Obsidian Shard would be more effective than Spear on an enemy with +210 protections (which is so rare it doesn't matter) but I feel it should be mentioned anyways.
Also, I never built Poly on Freya just because there are much better items for her.
+1
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SMITEGusher (6) | October 22, 2014 7:37pm
TheBronzeBlade wrote:



Bancrofts just flat out outclasses it now after the poly nerf.

This I can agree with
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TheBronzeBlade (1) | October 21, 2014 9:30pm
SMITEGusher wrote:



Poly is unreliable in the sense that if you miss the first auto the effect is no longer. This build maximizes your flat pen cap giving you the capability to tear through any opponent. Highly efficient I urge you to give it a closer look ^_^


Bancrofts just flat out outclasses it now after the poly nerf.
1
Desanya (1) | September 30, 2014 7:54pm
Awesome guide!!! I suck with Freya and I now suck a little less because of you.
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SMITEGusher (6) | September 30, 2014 7:54pm
TheZodiacWolf wrote:

I like that you added several builds, though I do dislike the COLORFUL sentences you did. It's equivalent to using a highlighter and just going over EVERY word. Use color more conservatively on words that matter. I do see you could do more BBcoding to make this guide more enjoyable for the eyes and more focus could be put on gameplay. Though I like the effort you put in this guide and wish you best of luck.

I agree entirely, currently I am trying to just mass produce guides for the viewers. I plan to go back in with BB code and I will refine my work greatly in the future. I appreciate the helpful response
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TheZodiacWolf (23) | September 30, 2014 5:21pm
I like that you added several builds, though I do dislike the COLORFUL sentences you did. It's equivalent to using a highlighter and just going over EVERY word. Use color more conservatively on words that matter. I do see you could do more BBcoding to make this guide more enjoyable for the eyes and more focus could be put on gameplay. Though I like the effort you put in this guide and wish you best of luck.
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SMITEGusher (6) | September 30, 2014 4:34pm
GSneakySanchez wrote:

Amazing guide! The ADC build Is almost the same one I use except I have obsidian shard instead of talon. However, I will be trying out all of these builds they look awesome. Keep up the good work! P.S. can you do a Scylla guide next? :D


Appreciate the feedback! Currently working on another requested guide. But I will add on Scylla for the next guide!
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GSneakySanchez (1) | September 30, 2014 7:31am
Amazing guide! The ADC build Is almost the same one I use except I have obsidian shard instead of talon. However, I will be trying out all of these builds they look awesome. Keep up the good work! P.S. can you do a Scylla guide next? :D
1
SMITEGusher (6) | September 28, 2014 3:55pm
ShaoTheGreat wrote:

A Freya build with no Poly? What???


Poly is unreliable in the sense that if you miss the first auto the effect is no longer. This build maximizes your flat pen cap giving you the capability to tear through any opponent. Highly efficient I urge you to give it a closer look ^_^
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ShaoTheGreat (5) | September 28, 2014 5:03am
A Freya build with no Poly? What???
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Pros / Cons
Jungle Freya
Duo Freya (Adc position)
Solo Freya
Itemization Explained
Actives Explained
Why no mid lane build?
Tips and Tricks
Ending Statement
Changelog

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