How To (Actually) Play Danzaburou (Masters ADC/Jungle Guide)

Is Danzaburou any good? Did I Grind him to diamond within three days of his release? Do I have to google how to spell his name every time I type it? Yes. Here are some builds and tips to play him both in ADC and Jungle.

Here are my overall stats for danza (3KDA, 65% winrate):

Danzaburou has some very obvious up and down sides, which define how the character plays generally:

+ Just stupid damage. Really, this character hurts. Fool's Gold hits for about half your health, all game.
+ The taunt on Alluring Spirits is deceptively strong. Makes it surprisingly hard to dive or box him.
+ Actually good cc. Intoxicate, Taunt, Slow, and Stun.
+ God his ult is fun.

Danza does have his downsides though.

- Rather easy to dive. Tanuki Trickery isn't really a pure escape, and he has no instant movement ability.
- Needs to be up close to his target to do max damage, which puts him in danger a lot.
- No auto attack steroid, meaning he doesn't make as good of a tank killer as say, Rama.

As always, I will run through the god's abilities and leveling order.

---

Dubious Savings

Dubious Savings is... weird to explain. The simple description is, as you earn certain amounts of total gold, you gain some bonus power, and a little extra gold. Each milestone gives you 10 power, up to 40 total, and about 500 extra gold in total. Not particularly impactful, but definitely unique.

---

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold is Danzaburou's main damage and clear ability. He throws out three bags that roll in a \|/ shape. If they hit an enemy god or reach the end of their targeter, they will explode after a second or so. The bags do damage if they hit anything while rolling, or if the explosion hits. Hitting multiple instances of damage from this ability will reduce the damage of each tick after the first to 20% of its normal damage.

Oh and I forgot, if the bag hits an enemy god while rolling, it also intoxicates them. Oh, and it drops a coin, which anyone on Danza's team can pick up to give him 10 gold. This ability does a lot of things.

Fool's Gold can do ridiculous damage, just the initial rolling damage alone does 400 + 110% damage, which is more damage than Cernunnos or Hachiman ult, for example.

---

Alluring Spirits

Danzaburou throws out a bottle, which heals him as he throws it, does damage to anything it lands on, and will slow and taunt any enemy gods within its radius after about a second. This bottle can be broken by a couple of auto attacks. Alluring Spirits is Danzas saving grace when getting dove, since putting it at your feet can make it difficult for any melee god to really stick to you without getting taunted away.

---

Tanuki Trickery

You thought the other abilities did too many things? Nope.

Tanuki Trickery creates a small circular field around Danza where he moves faster, takes less damage from enemy auto attacks, and gives him slow immunity. Enemies that walk into it are also slowed. If Danza walks out of the circle, he turns into a leaf. While he is in leaf form, he gains even more movement speed, longer slow immunity, and a Phantom Veil effect. Other decoy leaves also appear that mirror his movement. Taking damage or using an ability or auto attack breaks the leaf effect.

This is Danza's main "escape" tool. Its certainly not the most reliable escape, as it is hard countered by DOT effects like Serqet ult, and you cannot instantly turn into leaf form. However, the field itself is great for boxing, and the leaves can make for fun outplays.

---

Uproarious Rocket

You basically just become bullet bill from Mario kart. Danza summons a massive rocket, which he can either lock onto an enemy god similar to Persephone's flowers, or he can hop in it himself by pressing the ability button again. Once the rocket hits an enemy, wall, or runs out of time, it explodes, doing stupid damage to any enemy it hits, and half that damage in a fairly large area. It also stuns any enemy hit by it.

Uproarious Rocket is generally used for chasing, escaping, or engaging/ganking. Hopping inside it puts you in the perfect position to hit the rest of your kit while the enemy is stunned. Alternatively, let it lock on to a low health enemy and watch it do the hard work for you.

---

Leveling order:

Level 1-5:

1

>

2

>

1

>

3

>

4

Leveling Priority:

4

>

1

>

2

>

3

At level 1, your best clear is with Fool's Gold, so you start with that. Danza's level 2 kill potential with Alluring Spirits is super high with the slow, taunt, and intoxicate from Fool's Gold, so level that next. You shouldn't need the escape from Tanuki Trickery early, so I recommend putting the second point in the 1 at level 3. You are forced to level it at level 4 though. At 5, grab your ult.

The thought process behind the main ADC and Jungle builds are mostly the same, get the most damage out of Danzas combos. If you ult someone and they don't die, its probably the fault of the build. Crit with failnot and Deathbringer gives you plenty of burst damage to just mow through teams, but including some lifesteal through either Devourer's Gauntlet or Asi means you can still box when your abilities are down.

Both roles include alternate builds, which are viable, but in my opinion, not as good as the crit build. ADC includes a typical Qin's Sais focused build, but Danza generally wont use this build as well as most other hunters as he lacks an auto attack steroid. The jungle section also includes a more burst focused build, but this build may lack a punch when your abilities are on cooldown.

Need more tank damage in the builds? Add an atalantas bow or The Executioner in. Need antiheal? Toxic Blade or Brawler's Beat Stick. Want more dps for a little less burst? Swap Deathbringer for wind demon (or get it afterwards). More ability focus? Pick up Malice instead. Other situational items are just options you can add in if you want to.

Generally Danzaburou is fairly combo focused. Hitting either Alluring Spirits or fools gold will hold the enemy in place enough to hit the other. Add auto attacks to this combo, and most squishies will die just with this combo. If they don't, ult either at the start or the end of the combo, they'll die then.

Getting dove? Throw Alluring Spirits on your feet, and then either pop Tanuki Trickery to try and escape, hop inside your ult (it makes you immune to damage), or just turn around and kill them. Up to you really.

Uproarious Rocket can be used to enter and disrupt a fight very quickly. You can launch yourself right into their backline, one shot their mid or ADC, and turn the fight from there. Its also a great escape if you need it, or you can throw it as a homing rocket to watch their team scramble to avoid or block it.