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Smite God: Hou Yi

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Hou Yi Build

Starter (Boots when you have enough)

Throwing Dagger

Healing Potion

Mana Potion

Warrior Tabi

Purification Beads

Choose One (Asi is base, Devos for power, Soul Eater for atk speed)

Asi

Devourer's Gauntlet

Soul Eater

Pen/Atk Spd (Choose 2 but you can opt to take a critical item before the second pen/atk speed item)

Ichaival

Qin's Sais

The Executioner

Crit (Choose 1, Rage is go too, but if they have no tanks you can submit DB for the second pen item)

Rage

Deathbringer

Aegis Amulet

Final Option (Sell throwing dagger when you finish the other items, or finish it to Golden Bow. You can also pick up these other three options depending on there comp. HF for chase/out boxing, Titan f

Golden Bow

Hastened Fatalis

Titan's Bane

Malice

Finished Build (Preview)

Warrior Tabi

Asi

Qin's Sais

Rage

Ichaival

Hastened Fatalis

Hou Yi's Skill Order

Ricochet

1 X

1 4 7 12

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A

2 6 8 11 14

Divebomb

3 B

3 15 16 18 19

Sunbreaker

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

1 4 7 12

Ricochet

1 X

Hou Yi fires a powerful shot that can ricochet off of walls. After firing, if this arrow bounces off of a wall it will travel 70 units from that point and gain +40% bonus damage to gods per bounce up to a maximum of 2 bounces. This arrow will stun if the target has Mark of the Golden Crow.

Ability Type: Line, Damage
Damage: 95 / 145 / 195 / 245 / 295 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Stun Duration: 1s
Range: 70
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8s

2 6 8 11 14

Mark of the Golden Crow

2 A

Hou Yi marks an enemy with Mark of the Golden Crow. Marked enemies take extra damage for every 10% of their missing health from Hou Yi's abilities and basic attacks. Also, marked enemies, including stealthed gods, are visible to Hou Yi on the minimap. The mark lasts for 10s.

Ability: Target, Debuff
Damage Increase: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% for every 10% of missing health
Range: 55
Cost: 50
Cooldown: 14s

3 15 16 18 19

Divebomb

3 B

Hou Yi launches into the air, and for a short time may target some distance away to quickly dive towards the ground damaging any enemies in the immediate area. If the target has Mark of the Golden Crow they are knocked back.

Ability: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 55/20
Cost: 70
Cooldown: 15s

5 9 13 17 20

Sunbreaker

4 Y

Hou Yi shoots nine arrows into the sky, striking one sun with each arrow. The nine suns come crashing down one by one, slowing and dealing damage in a target area over time. A target with Mark of the Golden Crow will have their movement speed slowed by an additional 20%.

Ability: Circle, Slow, Damage
Damage: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 (+25% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s
Damage (Maximum): 720 / 810 / 900 / 990 / 1080 (+225% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 4.5s
Slow: 20%
Slow Duration: 0.5s per hit
Range/Radius: 55/30
Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90s

Items

Most of the item builds in this guide are situational. So buy what you need when you need it lol.

Chapter Title

Hou Yi is a God that can be very useful in every game mode. His passive prevents from being crit too often and his Dive Bomb is one of the best getaway skills in the game. Ricochet and Mark of the Golden Crow combo is über deadly and his ultimate is great for team fights and peeling for your team. The setup for his Ricochet can be kind of hard to learn, but once you master it and really understand exactly how it works, you will be hitting people for 400+ at level 4 in no time. The only adevice I can give for the Ricochet hits os this, don't be too indecisive about it, just let it fly. His Dive Bomb is seen as a utility move, if you time it correctly, you can dodge just about any ability in the game. Golden Crow is good for the damage and the stun you get on Ricochet, also if they are marked and you hit them with Dive Bomb, you get a knock up which can be used for Awilix. His ultimate is very versatile. You can use it to secure/steal objectives, to peel for your team if they are in trouble, or pressure a team out of a tower to secure it. So yea that's Hou Yi in a nut she'll XD. Have fun, and fly like a Crow.

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Chapter Title

Hou Yi Crow of the Sun

Smite God: Hou Yi

Hou Yi Build

Starter (Boots when you have enough)

Choose One (Asi is base, Devos for power, Soul Eater for atk speed)

Pen/Atk Spd (Choose 2 but you can opt to take a critical item before the second pen/atk speed item)

Crit (Choose 1, Rage is go too, but if they have no tanks you can submit DB for the second pen item)

Final Option (Sell throwing dagger when you finish the other items, or finish it to Golden Bow. You can also pick up these other three options depending on there comp. HF for chase/out boxing, Titan f

Finished Build (Preview)

Hou Yi's Skill Order

Ricochet

Mark of the Golden Crow

Divebomb

Sunbreaker

Items

Chapter Title

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